The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour made its debut with its first leg at Weissenhaus this month, as Vincent Keymer defeated Fabiano Caruana within the closing to reign supreme in Wangels, Germany. Keymer additionally took residence 200,000 {dollars}, and Caruana acquired 140,000 {dollars} because the winner. In the meantime, Indian fan favorite D Gukesh had a disappointing marketing campaign, remaining winless to finish final. The India No. 1 was awarded 20,000 {dollars} for his place within the standings, which is roughly ₹17,33,367 lakh. In the meantime, Arjun Erigaisi, who can also be a part of the Freestyle Chess Gamers Membership, hit the jackpot, incomes an enormous quantity of 27,132 {dollars} ( ₹23,51,485 lakh roughly, together with tax deductions) as a non-participating member.
Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh are a part of the Freestyle Chess Gamers Membership (FCPC).
The FCPC’s non-participating members may even obtain a share of the prize cash for every occasion, however they should have a classical Elo ranking of greater than 2725 within the month of the Grand Slam. So, for the Weissenhaus Grand Slam, the FIDE rankings printed for February have been used. The prize pool for non-participating members is 90,000 {dollars}.
Freestyle Chess confirmed to Hindustan Occasions that 357 {dollars} have been assigned per Elo ranking level for non-participating members. However it’s only for members who meet the Elo ranking standards. Erigaisi’s present FIDE Elo ranking is 2801.
In the meantime, World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen noticed his run finish on the semi-finals, shedding to eventual winner Keymer. Carlsen pocketed 100,000 {dollars}.
His victories got here on the finish towards title contenders Nodirbek Abdusattorov in spherical 12 and Gukesh in spherical 13. His win towards Gukesh modified the tide within the event as R Praggnanandhaa caught up within the standings. Then Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa needed to combat it out in a tie-breaker spherical to determine the winner, which the reigning world champion misplaced.