In the day’s first match, the young Indian player forced Carlsen to capitulate in 43 moves while playing with white pieces.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa maintained a remarkable accuracy of 93.9% while playing with the white pieces, while Carlsen who played with black pieces had an accuracy of 84.9%.
The prize fund for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Paris event is $680,000, while the winner will be getting a big payday of $200,000.
If Dommaraju Gukesh is unable to qualify through to the semi-final stage, then he will be contesting for 5-8 positions in the final points table of the tournament.
During the highly anticipated clash between Dommaraju Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen, fought tooth and nail, but a blunder under time pressure from the Indian GM led to his resignation.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana to win the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge, and the success of the tournament led to the announcement of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.