Las Vegas Freestyle Chess pairings, round robin black

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.

Participants: Las Vegas Freestyle Chess participants
Information: Las Vegas Freestyle chess format explained + flow chat
Live: Las Vegas Freestyle Chess LIVE / Freestyle Las Vegas LIVE, round robin white / Freestyle Las Vegas LIVE, round robin black

The participants of the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess round robin black include GM Hikaru Nakamura (2818), GM Fabiano Caruana (2804), GM Arjun Erigaisi (2758), GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2749), GM Hans Moke Niemann (2722), GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2713), GM Ray Robson (2687), GM Samuel Sevian (2683). The pairings of the Black group will be posted here when they are announced.

Las Vegas Freestyle Chess 2025 regulations explained – detailed information and a flow chart https://t.co/SmpW8yf1Wj

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Pairings Las Vegas Freestyle Chess

Round 1 on 2025/07/16 at 11:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Sevian, Samuel	2683	8
2	2	2722	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2758	7
3	3	2713	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2804	6
4	4	2749	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2818	5
Round 2 on 2025/07/16 at 12:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	2683	GM	Sevian, Samuel		GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2818	5
2	6	2804	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2749	4
3	7	2758	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2713	3
4	1	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2722	2
Round 3 on 2025/07/16 at 13:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	2722	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke		GM	Sevian, Samuel	2683	8
2	3	2713	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Robson, Ray	2687	1
3	4	2749	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2758	7
4	5	2818	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2804	6
Round 4 on 2025/07/16 at 14:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	2683	GM	Sevian, Samuel		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2804	6
2	7	2758	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2818	5
3	1	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2749	4
4	2	2722	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2713	3
Round 5 on 2025/07/16 at 15:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	3	2713	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Sevian, Samuel	2683	8
2	4	2749	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2722	2
3	5	2818	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru		GM	Robson, Ray	2687	1
4	6	2804	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2758	7
Round 6 on 2025/07/16 at 16:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	2683	GM	Sevian, Samuel		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2758	7
2	1	2687	GM	Robson, Ray		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2804	6
3	2	2722	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke		GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2818	5
4	3	2713	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2749	4
Round 7 on 2025/07/16 at 17:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	2749	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Sevian, Samuel	2683	8
2	5	2818	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2713	3
3	6	2804	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2722	2
4	7	2758	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun		GM	Robson, Ray	2687	1