How much did Carlsen earn from winning Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam? Check out prize money and final standings

After falling narrowly short in Weissenhaus with a shock semi-final defeat against Vincent Keymer, Magnus Carlsen bounced back in style to win the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour , defeating Hikaru Nakamura in final on Monday. Carlsen had arrived in the French capital looking to prove a point after his slip up in the opening event of the tour, and stamped his authority by cruising to victory without a single tie-break in the eight-day event. Nakamura too had suffered a semi-final loss in Weissenhaus in February but went a step further in the ‘City of Light’ to finish runner-up.

The American Grandmaster could have taken the blockbuster final against the world No 1 into the tie-breaks had he not committed a blunder in his 35th move in Game 1 on Sunday. Carlsen simply needed a draw on Monday to clinch the title, and did so with ease. Caruana, meanwhile, avenged his defeat against Keymer in the Weissenhaus final by defeating the German GM in the third-place playoff while Arjun Erigaisi finished fifth on Freestyle Chess debut after beating home favourite Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.



The prize money on offer is the same in each of the five events in the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, with the winner pocking $200,000 and the runner-up getting $140,000. After Keymer and Caruana in Weissenhaus, it was Carlsen and Nakamura who took home the biggest pay cheques after finishing first and second respectively in Paris. Here’s a breakdown of the prize money allocated for each event in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour: 1st: $200,000 2nd: $140,000 3rd: $100,000 4th: $60,000 5th: $50,000 6th: $40,000 7th: $30,000 8th: $20,000 9th: $15,000 10th: $10,000 11th: $7,500 12th: $7,500 Here are the final standings in the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam: 1st: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2nd: Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 3rd: Fabiano Caruana (USA) 4th: Vincent Keymer (Germany) 5th: Arjun Erigaisi (India) 6th: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 7th: Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 8th: Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 9th: R Praggnanandhaa (India) 10th: Richard Rapport (Hungary) 11th (shared): D Gukesh (India) and Vidit Gujrathi (India).