Freestyle Chess Las Vegas, Lower Bracket LIVE
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 / Schedule / Pairings
Live: Las Vegas Freestyle Chess LIVE / Freestyle Las Vegas LIVE, round robin white / Freestyle Las Vegas LIVE, round robin black
Day 1: Nakamura shines, Aronian stuns Carlsen in day 1 of Las Vegas Freestyle
This is the lower bracket of the Quarter finals live
Lower bracket – Round 1 (2025/07/17)
| Board | White | Rating | vs | Black | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR) | 2909 | vs | GM Vidit Gujrathi (IND) | 2713 |
| 2 | GM Ray Robson (USA) | 2687 | vs | GM Vincent Keymer (GER) | 2766 |
| 3 | GM Leinier Dominguez (USA) | 2749 | vs | IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) | 2506 |
| 4 | GM Samuel Sevian (USA) | 2683 | vs | GM Wesley So (USA) | 2737 |