GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Grenke Chess Freestyle Open with an out-of-this-world, perfect 9/9 score. He had already won the tournament with a round to spare in round eight, but round nine was about cementing his legacy of dominance.
With a final win against GM Vincent Keymer, Carlsen’s performance will stand in history alongside GM Bobby Fischer‘s astronomical 11/11 score in the 1963-64 U.S. Championship and other such results.
This is a flash report. The full article, including photos, game analysis, and interviews will be added soon.
The tournament is still ongoing. We will later report on the final results and which player, in second place, will earn the qualifying ticket to the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event in Las Vegas.
The Game of the Day will be analyzed by GM Rafael Leitao below.
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The Grenke Freestyle Chess Open is a classical tournament in the Freestyle Chess (Chess960) format that determines one of the 12 participants of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event taking place in New York. The event takes place alongside a regular classical tournament, the Grenke Chess Open. The Freestyle Chess event is a nine-round Swiss with a time control of 90+30 for the entire game, with a prize fund of €225,000 and the chance to win Freestyle Grand Slam Tour points.
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