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Freestyle Chess Semi-finals Day 2 Live Updates: All four in contention for title after draws in opening games
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Freestyle Chess Semi-finals Live Updates: The Freestyle Chess Paris semi-finals remain wide open, with all four contenders starting Saturday’s matches on equal points after draws between Magnus Carlsen-Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura-Vincent Keymer.
Freestyle Chess Semi-finals Live Updates: The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Paris leg semi-finals remain finely poised as all four contenders begin Saturday’s matches on level terms. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura were held to draws by Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer, respectively. Meanwhile, in the classification matches, Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi won against India’s Arjun Erigaisi. R Praggnanandhaa settled for a draw against Richard Rapport in the 9th-10th place playoff.
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&w=400&resize=400,240&ssl=1 "Freestyle Chess Tour Paris: Erigaisi suffers second consecutive loss; Carlsen and Nakamura play out draws in semis")
&w=80&resize=80,80&ssl=1 "Freestyle Chess Tour Paris: Erigaisi suffers second consecutive loss; Carlsen and Nakamura play out draws in semis")
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&w=80&resize=80,80&ssl=1 "Freestyle Chess Semi-finals LIVE Updates: Carlsen faces tough battle against Caruana; Praggnanandhaa battles for ninth place")
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&w=400&resize=400,240&ssl=1 "Freestyle Chess Paris Quarter-finals: Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura through to semis; Keymer-Nepo headed for tiebreak")
&w=80&resize=80,80&ssl=1 "Freestyle Chess Paris Quarter-finals: Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura through to semis; Keymer-Nepo headed for tiebreak")