7/20/2025 – The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam continues in Las Vegas from 16 to 20 July with a 16-player invitational event featuring a round-robin followed by a double-elimination knockout stage. Top players including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are taking part. All games will be broadcast live with commentary, and eliminated players will contribute to coverage. | Follow the games live starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)
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The Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam takes place from 16 to 20 July, featuring 16 players competing in a combined round-robin and knockout format. Held at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy, the event includes top US grandmasters such as Nakamura and Caruana, alongside international stars like Carlsen, Arjun and Abdusattorov.
The tournament begins with two eight-player round-robin groups. The top four from each group qualify for the main knockout bracket (places 1–8), while the rest play in a parallel bracket for positions 9–16. All matches are played as two-game mini-matches, with time controls and tie-breaks varying by stage.
All games will be broadcast live with commentary. Players eliminated from contention will remain involved through content duties, ensuring full coverage throughout the five-day event.
7/14/2025 – With an opening press conference at Wynn Las Vegas, Freestyle Chess has officially launched its first-ever U.S. event: a full week of chess, celebrity, and competition. The week began with the Chesstival on July 13, and will continue with the $750,000 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam from July 16 to 20. | Photo: freestyle_chess and wwwchesscom
6/24/2025 – For the first time, the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour comes to the United States. From July 16 to 20, Wynn Las Vegas will host 16 of the world’s top chess players, competing for $750,000 in prize money in a format designed to reward creativity and skill. The event marks the fourth stop of the 2025 global tour and is the first to welcome a live audience. | Photo: Freestyle Chess
This entry into the 60 minutes series concentrates on the Modern variation of the Italian game where White opens the centre early : 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5!. This line can be reached by various move orders, most frequently from the Scotch 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4. It's a sharp variation and Grandmasters such as Evgeny Sveshnikov have used it frequently,with very good results. It's a perfect line for club players to adopt which is relatively easy to learn and which contains many traps. All the main responses are covered here, including 5...d5, 5...Ng4 and 5...Ne4 and the conclusion is that is is difficult for Black to equalize in a straightforward way. Problems are being posed, which over the board might prove tough to solve.
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