Freestyle Grand Slam Tour Las Vegas: Arjun Erigaisi will face Levon Aronian in the Semifinals

A new chapter will be written in the Arjun Erigaisi-Levon Aronian saga. Arjun needed only two 30'+30" games to beat Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) by 0.5-1.5. Levon Aronian won his Semifinal against Hikaru Nakamura by 2.5-1.5. R Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana had an exciting where they traded wins for six consecutive games. Armageddon had to decide winner which was Caruana. Hans Niemann (USA) defeated Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) to secure his place in the Semifinals. He will face Caruana in the next stage. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) whitewashed Vidit Gujrathi 2-0 and now he will face the Upperbracket QF losers in a Lowerbracket QF. Upper Bracket Semifinals and Lower Bracket Quarterfinal Game 1 starts today at 11 a.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy