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Freestyle Chess Tour: How much prize money did D Gukesh, Vincent Keymer and other participants earn in Weissenhaus?

While D Gukesh finished a disappointing eighth after failing to win a single game across eight days of competition, Vincent Keymer was crowned champion of the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.

Freestyle Chess Tour Highlights: Keymer crowned Weissenhaus champion; Gukesh signs off without a win

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Weissenhaus Highlights: Vincent Keymer, completes a fairytale triumph in Weissenhaus after beating Fabiano Caruana 1.5-0.5 in the final. D Gukesh, on the other hand, signs off without a victory after losing to Alireza Firouzja 0.5-1.5 in their seventh-place playoff. Follow our live blog for more updates.

D Gukesh fails to win a single game in Freestyle Chess Tour event in Weissenhaus, finishes 8th after losing to Alireza Firouzja

With his 0.5-1.5 defeat at the hands of Alireza Firouzja in the seventh-place playoff on the final day of the competition, D Gukesh finished with 11 draws and six defeats across eight days of competition at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event in Weissenhaus, Germany.

Vincent Keymer, who helped Gukesh win world title, clinches Weissenhaus leg of Freestyle Chess Tour 2025

Vincent Keymer pulled off the biggest triumph of his career so far after defeating Fabiano Caruana in the final of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 event in Weissenhaus.

Hikaru Nakamura drops major hint on future in Classical chess: 'If I don’t play well in Norway or the World Cup...'

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura added that his focus currently is on the unpredictable Freestyle Chess format as well as on the ESports World Cup later this year, and that the Classical format is no longer a priority.