Ray Robson substitutes Parham Maghsoodloo for Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025
Las Vegas Freestyle will take place July 16–20, 2025, at the Wynn Las Vegas, specifically in the 50,000-square-foot Lafite Ballroom. It’s the third leg of the 2025 tour – after Paris Freestyle and Grenke Freestyle – and the first Freestyle Chess event in the U.S. open to live spectators. It features 16 top grandmasters in a five-day event with a group stage (round-robin, 10+10 time control) followed by a double-elimination knockout (30+30 for key stages). The prize fund is $750,000, contributing to the tour’s points system to crown the first Freestyle Chess Champion in Cape Town.
Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025 timeline
22.04.2025 Parham Maghsoodloo gets the ticket to Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025
24.04.2025 Full list of participants
11.07.2025 Hans Niemann wins Freestyle Friday ahead of Las Vegas
12.07.2025 Ray Robson substitutes Parham Maghsoodloo for Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025
12.07.2025 Live games
Las Vegas features Magnus Carlsen (Norway, calendar), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, calendar), Fabiano Caruana (USA, calendar), Arjun Erigaisi (India, calendar), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, calendar), Leinier Dominguez (USA, calendar), Vincent Keymer (Germany, calendar), Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID, calendar), Levon Aronian (USA, calendar), Wesley So (USA, calendar), Praham Maghsoodloo (Iran, calendar), Praggnanandhaa R (India, calendar), Hans Niemann (USA, calendar), Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, calendar), Vidit Gujrathi (India, calendar), and Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan, calendar)
Parham Maghsoodloo qualified to Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025 from the Grenke Freestyle event. However, a visa related issue prevented him to participate in Las Vegas. He will be substituted by the American Grandmaster Ray Robson.
This will now be a series of strong events for Robson, as after Freestyle Las Vegas he will play Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Chess 2025