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Paris Grand Slam 2025

Second stop of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour held in Paris. Magnus Carlsen won the tournament, defeating Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the final without needing a single tiebreak.

Date
April 7-14, 2025
Location
Paris, France
Prize Pool
$750,000
Format
Chess960
Tournament Winner
Magnus Carlsen
Defeated Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the final • $200,000 prize

Final Results

Top finishers from the Paris Grand Slam 2025

$200,000
Champion
2
$150,000
Runner-up
3
Fabiano Caruana
Semifinalist
$75,000
4
Ding Liren
Semifinalist
$75,000
5
Gukesh Dommaraju
Quarterfinalist
$50,000
6
Alireza Firouzja
Quarterfinalist
$50,000

Tournament Format

How the Paris Grand Slam 2025 was structured

Time Controls

Round Robin Groups:

Rapid (10+10)

Knockout Stage:

Classical

Participants

26 FCPC Members

Elite players rated 2725+ competing in exclusive Chess960 format

Structure

• Round Robin Groups

• Quarterfinals

• Semifinals

• Final

Tournament Participants

All 26 FCPC members who competed in Paris

Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura
Fabiano Caruana
Ding Liren
Gukesh Dommaraju
Alireza Firouzja
Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Arjun Erigaisi
Wei Yi
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Levon Aronian
Anish Giri
Vincent Keymer
Viswanathan Anand
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Richard Rapport
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Teimour Radjabov

Links available for top-ranked FCPC members • All 26 members participated

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