Las Vegas Freestyle chess: Praggnanandhaa grouped with Carlsen, Gukesh opts out
Carlsen will start the tournament against the winner of the first edition, Vincent Keymer of Germany, in his opening round. Erigaisi will be facing American Hans Nieman, who is making his debut in the Freestyle chess tournament, in his opening match. Gujrathi will face a big test against Fabiano Caruana of the United States in his opener. In a first, woman player Bibisara Assaubuyeva of Kazakhstan has been included in the lineup to take on the world's elite. Freestyle chess is the name given to Fischer random chess or chess 960, where the position of the pieces is randomly changed before the game starts.This version of chess has been gaining popularity as tame draws have been eliminated with the matches being more challenging from the get-go. - EndsMust Watch
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