Standings Paris

Players

FCC Points

Prize Money

Magnus Carlsen

$ 200.000

Hikaru Nakamura

$ 140.000

Fabiano Caruana

$ 100.000

Vincent Keymer

$ 60.000

Arjun Erigaisi

$ 50.000

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

$ 40.000

Ian Nepomniachtchi

$ 30.000

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

$ 20.000

Praggnanandhaa R.

$ 15.000

Richard Rapport

$ 10.000

Vidit S. Gujarathi

Dommaraju Gukesh

$ 7.500

April 7-14, 2025

The results at a glance

Players													Total
1. Ian Nepomniachtchi	–	0.5	1	1	0.5	1	1	0.5	0	1	1	1	8.5
2. Magnus Carlsen	0.5	–	0.5	0	1	1	0.5	1	1	1	1	1	8.5
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	0	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	0.5	1	0.5	1	1	0.5	1	7
4. Arjun Erigaisi	0	1	0.5	–	1	0	1	1	0.5	0.5	0	1	6.5
5. Nodirbek Abdusattorov	0.5	0	0.5	0	–	0.5	1	1	0	1	1	1	6.5
6. Hikaru Nakamura	0	0	0.5	1	0.5	–	0	0.5	0.5	1	1	1	6
7. Vincent Keymer	0	0.5	0	0	0	1	–	1	1	1	0	1	5.5
8. Fabiano Caruana	0.5	0	0.5	0	0	0.5	0	–	1	1	1	0	4.5
9. Praggnanandhaa R.	1	0	0	0.5	1	0.5	0	0	–	0	0	1	4
10. Richard Rapport	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	1	–	1	1	3.5
11. Dommaraju Gukesh	0	0	0.5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	3.5
12. Vidit S. Gujarathi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	–	2

Best Players in the world

Line-up for Paris

April 7 – 14

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Magnus Carlsen

World Rank (07/25) :

#1 ELO 2839

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2882

Freestyle ELO:

2909

Current Place:

Dommaraju Gukesh

World Rank (06/25) :

#5 ELO 2776

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2794

Freestyle ELO:

2701

Current Place:

Hikaru Nakamura

World Rank (07/25) :

#2 ELO 2807

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2816

Freestyle ELO:

2818

Current Place:

Fabiano Caruana

World Rank (07/25) :

#3 ELO 2784

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2851

Freestyle ELO:

2804

Current Place:

Vincent Keymer

World Rank (07/25) :

#22 ELO 2730

World Rank Best:

#12

World ELO Best:

2743

Freestyle ELO:

2766

Current Place:

Arjun Erigaisi

World Rank (07/25) :

#5 ELO 2776

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2801

Freestyle ELO:

2758

Current Place:

Ian Nepomniachtchi

World Rank (07/25) :

#14 ELO 2742

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2795

Freestyle ELO:

2771

Current Place:

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

World Rank (06/25) :

#19 ELO 2736

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2819

Freestyle ELO:

2700

Current Place:

Praggnanandhaa R.

World Rank (07/25) :

#4 ELO 2779

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2767

Freestyle ELO:

2773

Current Place:

Vidit S. Gujarathi

World Rank (07/25) :

#25 ELO 2720

World Rank Best:

#14

World ELO Best:

2747

Freestyle ELO:

2713

Current Place:

Fan Favorite

Richard Rapport

World Rank (06/25) :

#27 ELO 2714

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2776

Freestyle ELO:

2724

Current Place:

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

World Rank (07/25) :

#7 ELO 2771

World Rank Best:

World ELO Best:

2783

Freestyle ELO:

2702

Current Place:

Paris

Impressions

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News

Freestyle Chess’ Grand Slam Tour Will Make its U.S. Debut at Wynn Las Vegas (Press Release)

June 3, 2025

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Magnus Carlsen Achieves the Impossible: 9/9 in Karlsruhe

April 22, 2025

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Carlsen Extends His Perfect Run in Karlsruhe

April 20, 2025

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Carlsen Takes Full Control in Karlsruhe

April 19, 2025

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Fourteen Players Remain Perfect After Three Rounds

April 18, 2025

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Carlsen Tops Star-Studded Field As Freestyle Chess Open Gets Underway

April 17, 2025

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Magnus Carlsen Wins Paris Grand Slam Without a Single Tiebreak

April 14, 2025

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Carlsen outgrinds Nakamura in El Chessico

April 13, 2025

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Carlsen and Nakamura to Meet in Dream Final

April 12, 2025

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Caruana, Carlsen, Keymer, Nakamura Start With Draws

April 11, 2025

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Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura, Keymer Reach Semifinals

April 10, 2025

Over 3,000 Players Registered for grenke Chess Festival 2025 (PRESS RELEASE)

April 10, 2025

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Wins For Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Rapport On Knockout Day 1

April 9, 2025

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Nepomniachtchi Edges Out Carlsen on Tiebreak Ahead of Quarterfinals

April 8, 2025

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Abdusattorov, Carlsen Lead as 2nd Freestyle Grand Slam Kicks Off in Paris

April 7, 2025

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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Kicks Off in Paris (PRESS RELEASE)

April 7, 2025

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“Sometimes, I want to steal Levy’s shirts”: James “Dash” Patterson

March 31, 2025

“I surprised myself”: Arjun Erigaisi after winning three Freestyle Fridays in a row

March 21, 2025

Vidit Wins Paris Freestyle Spot – And Books His Honeymoon There

March 15, 2025

April 7-14: Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris (Press Release)

March 3, 2025

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Vincent Keymer Wins Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Weissenhaus

February 14, 2025

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Keymer One Step Away From Freestyle Grand Slam Title

February 13, 2025

grenke Freestyle Chess Open and grenke Chess Open 2025 (Press Release)

February 13, 2025

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Keymer, Caruana to Battle for Freestyle Grand Slam Title

February 12, 2025

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Keymer Shocks Carlsen

February 11, 2025

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Carlsen, Keymer, Caruana, Sindarov Advance to Semifinals

February 10, 2025

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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Participants Agree on “Freestyle Chess Champion” Title (Press Release)

February 10, 2025

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Carlsen, Keymer, Caruana Take Lead In Quarterfinals

February 9, 2025

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Firouzja Wins Rapid On Tiebreak; Aronian, Fedoseev Knocked Out

February 8, 2025

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Mastering the Unknown – GM Niclas Huschenbeth on Navigating Freestyle Chess

February 8, 2025

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Sindarov Impresses on Day 1 of Rapid, Tops Leaderboard With Caruana

February 7, 2025

Vladimir Fedoseev, the dark horse in WEISSENHAUS

February 1, 2025

Javokhir Sindarov joins the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kick-off

January 18, 2025

Vladimir Fedoseev clinches the final spot

January 9, 2025

The final seat for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kick-off awaits

January 4, 2025

World Chess Champion Gukesh is joining – PRESS RELEASE

December 19, 2024

Freestyle Chess and Chess.com Announce Major Partnership (Press Release)

December 2, 2024

A cage match as the climax: Magnus Carlsen wins the Freestyle Chess Summit in Singapore

November 25, 2024

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Freestyle Chess Summit: Magnus Carlsen wins the first game against Fabiano Caruana

November 21, 2024

Magnus Carlsen raises $12 million for Freestyle Chess Grand Slam (Press Release)

July 25, 2024

Superstar Magnus Carlsen plays for FC St. Pauli in the German Chess Bundesliga (PRESS RELEASE)

May 16, 2024

The Exclusive Freestyle Chess Players Club (Press Release)

April 8, 2024

Magnus Carlsen wins inaugural Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge

February 16, 2024

“My dream is a Grand Slam of Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenges on five continents”

February 16, 2024

The prize money is there, the winner not yet

February 15, 2024

“I think I have decent chances”

February 15, 2024

“It’s an amazing sport, I love it”

February 15, 2024

“Happy that the old guys are winning”

February 15, 2024

Aronian, Carlsen strike on first day semifinals

February 13, 2024

“I just played the logical moves”

February 13, 2024

Vincent Keymer | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

“I’m very motivated”

February 13, 2024

“Yeah, it’s really cool here”

February 13, 2024

A nap after each game

February 13, 2024

Behind the scenes with Sagar Shah

February 13, 2024

Day 4 Ding Liren and Nodirbek Abdusattorov tournament

Three Kings, one Jack in the Semifinals

February 12, 2024

Three decisive games on first day quarterfinals

February 11, 2024

Linh Tran: “I took a lot of competitiveness from chess to foosball actually”

February 11, 2024

Nodirbek Abdusattorov comes first in the round-robin

February 10, 2024

“Maybe it’s the future of chess”

February 10, 2024

4 laws of opening play in chess960

February 10, 2024

Vincent Keymer dominates

February 9, 2024

Magic, a lottery machine and custom-made jackets

February 9, 2024

Keymer Carlsen Aronian Caruana Emelianova

“We’re breaking new ground”

February 9, 2024

Paris 2025