Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus – Qualif: 5th round live

Ranking

Round 01

Round 02

Round 03

Round 04

Round 05

All games

Participants

• Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 34, 2833 Elo, world no. 1 classic)
• Fabiano Caruana (USA, 32 years, 2803 Elo, n°2)
• Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 37, 2802 Elo, n°3)
• Gukesh Dommaraju (India, 18 years, 2777 Elo, n°5)
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, aged 20, 2766, n°6)
• Alireza Firouzja (France, 21, 2763 Elo, n°7)
• Levon Aronian (USA, 42 years old, 2747 Elo, n°12)
• Vincent Keymer (Germany, aged 20, 2733 Elo, n°19)
• Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia, 29, 2724 Elo, n°24)
• Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, aged 19, 2700, n°31)

Fedoseev qualified after an online play-in in January. In the final, he beat Sindarov, who was the lucky loser after Vishy Anand withdrew as a result of the dispute between the Freestylers and FIDE.

In addition to competing for the crown in this specific tournament with a prize pool of $660,000, players will also accumulate Grand Slam points, which will determine their ranking in the series. Points are distributed according to the same system used in Formula 1 racing:

1. 25 points
2. 18 points
3. 15 points
4. 12 points
5. 10 points
6. 08 points
7. 06 points
8. 04 points
9. 02 points
10. 01 point

The tour continues with its second stop in Paris, France, from April 08 to 15.

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