Dear chess fans,
next week it is again chess Freestyle time! Or rather chess960 or Fischerrandom, you name it.
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https://www.freestyle-chess.com/

And this time the lineup of players is more than impressive!
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8 from the current top 10 players will join. Funnily, the worst seeded player, Vincent Keymer, has won the first Grand Slam event in Germany earlier this year!
Last minute Hans Niemann and Alireza Firouzja had withdrawn, but they were replaced by Richard Rapport and (the freshly married) Vidit Gukrathi.

On Monday the (rapid) round robin phase starts which determines the top 8 playing on for the quarter finals!


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Who is your favorite?