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 …

place of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, as well as to players with extraordinary achievements, to be determined by the Organizer. 5. Freestyle OTB (Over-The-Board) Open Tournaments 5.1 At least one Grand Slam of each calendar year will be held as a Freestyle Chess OTB Open to be organized by a traditional chess tournament organizer, with ...

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5 days ago · O N FEBRUARY 7th the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will begin on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. My anticipation is immense. At the Weissenhaus Resort, the world’s ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Fedoseev, Lazavik, Sindarov and Bortnyk will join the likes of Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So in a 16-player Knockout on Chess.com to decide the final spot in the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.

Weissenhaus, December 2024 – The new World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will take part in the opening tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 in Germany. The 18-year-old Indian made the commitment shortly after winning the title.

Mar 15, 2024 · GM Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan-Henric Buettner have announced the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a new series of Chess960 tournaments that will run across five continents.

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.

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