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The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand Slam" tournaments following the format of the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, held in 2024.Players will score points based on placement in each event. The player with the highest score at the end of the year will become …

4 days ago · Learn everything about the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 - location, format, time control, and more.

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is consisting of individual Grand Slams in different countries, Open Over-The-Board-Tournaments, and the Grand Slam Final at the end of each calendar year.

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is set to begin with its inaugural tournament in Weissenhaus, Germany, from 7 to 14 February. This new five-event series, featuring elite players competing in the Freestyle Chess format (a.k.a. chess960), marks a significant addition to the chess calendar. With a structured format combining rapid and classical games and a $660,000 …

Learn all about the first leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour: location, format, time control, and more.

16 hours ago · The Sunday evening meeting, following the first day of the quarterfinals, included all Freestyle Chess Grand Slam participants in Weissenhaus and remote members of the Freestyle Chess Players Club. They agreed to temporarily avoid using “world” to counter FIDE’s unfounded claims of ownership over such word.

The opening tournament of the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour begins in WEISSENHAUS on 7 February. The current world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, will be competing, along with two of his predecessors, Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

16 hours ago · Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Highlights, Weissenhaus Leg Day 4: It was a disappointing day for D Gukesh and the chess world champion was eliminated from the title race by Fabiano Caruana. Gukesh was forced to resign after just 18 moves in Game 2 of the quarter-finals and lost the last eight tie 0-2.

Freestyle Chess Operations GmbH announced three dates for the upcoming Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. The first tournament will start in February 2025 in Weissenhaus. This will be followed by the second tournament in New York in July and the final tournament in South Africa in December 2025.