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Created: 2025-07-19 21:42:40 UTC

Magnus Carlsen defeated Praggnanandhaa today in the intermediate match, and now he faces another Indian - Arjun Erigaisi! It is Magnus vs Arjun in the Lower bracket semifinals of Freestyle Chess Las Vegas.

In the other semifinals match, it is Fabiano Caruana taking on Hikaru Nakamura - Hikaru took down Wesley So in the intermediate match!

The winners of the semifinals will play the 3rd-4th place match tomorrow, and the losers will play thr 5th-6th place match. Who do you think will win today - Magnus or Arjun? Follow all the action live on the ChessBase India YouTube channel right now.

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