Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Carlsen out of title race, Nakamura impresses

Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer are out of title contention at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas after failing to qualify for the upper bracket. In the White Group, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov shared first place with 4½/7, while Levon Aronian claimed the final qualifying spot after beating Carlsen in a blitz tiebreaker. In the Black Group, Hikaru Nakamura dominated with 6/7, ahead of Hans Niemann, Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigaisi. | Photo: Lennart Ootes