Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris
Day 1 ends with Carlsen and Abdusattorov tied for first.
A super-strong Chess960 event started today, featuring Magnus Carlsen, Dommaraju Gukesh, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vincent Keymer, Vidit Gujrathi, and Richard Rapport.
Not being a huge fan of Chess 960 (aka “Freestyle” or “Fischerrandom”) I’m not planning to cover the event, but it’s still worth mentioning, especially for those of you who are fonder of the variant than I am. So have a look at the event webpage, and enjoy!