Arjun Erigaisi's impressive run at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ended in the semifinals with a loss to Levon Aronian, despite earlier victories over Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. Hans Niemann defeated Fabiano Caruana to advance to the finals. In the playoffs, R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen secured victories, while Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura also won their respective matches.