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FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship




13 - 15 February 2026
Weissenhaus, Germany

Chess960 - freestyle chess tournament
Round-robin & knockout

Round-robin Stage:Time control: 10 + 5
Top 4 players advance to the semifinals

Knockout Stage: 4-game matches
Knockout Stage:Time control: 25 + 10



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Final
Carlsen - Caruana 2.5 - 1.5
3rd place: Abdusattorov - Keymer 2.5 - 1.5
5th place: Erigaisi - Niemann 0 - 2
7th place: Sindarov - Aronian 1 - 2


Semifinals
Carlsen - Abdusattorov 3 - 1
Caruana - Keymer 2.5 - 1.5


Standings of the Round Robin stage
Rank PlayersCountry Points
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 4.5
2 Keymer, Vincent GER 4
3 Caruana, Fabiano USA 4
4 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB 4
5 Niemann, Hans USA 3.5
6 Erigaisi, Arjun IND 3
7 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 3
8 Aronian, Levon USA 2

Top 4 players advance to the semifinals






















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