<p>Las Vegas: World number one Magnus Carlsen found his rhythm back, defeating Arjun Erigaisi 2-0 and R Praggnanandhaa 3-1 in the Freestyle chess Grand Slam, which is drawing to a close here.</p>.<p>With Hans Moke Niemann taking on his American counterpart Levon Aronian in the finals, Carlsen set up a clash with world number two American Hikaru Nakamura for the third place in the $750,000 prize money event.</p>.I'm not enjoying playing chess: Carlsen after defeat to Gukesh.<p>It turned out to be an eventful two matches for Carlsen who was earlier denied the chance to win the event by Praggnanadhaa.</p>.<p>The Indian started off with another victory against the world’s best in the first game of their mini-match. The Norwegian struck back in the return game and won the next set of games to find himself back in the event.</p>.<p>In his next match, Arjun enjoyed some opening advantage in the first game but could not hold it together while in the second Carlsen proved superior again.</p>.<p>In the other matches slated on the final day, Arjun will meet Fabiano Caruana of United States for the fifth-place play-off while Praggnanandhaa will have to fight for the seventh place against another American Wesley So.</p>.<p>By his own admission, Nakamura said he was lucky. Winning 1.5-0.5 against Wesley So, Nakamura defeated Fabiano Caruana 3-1 in a match that saw fortunes fluctuating more than a few times.</p>.<p>On the final day, all eyes will be Niemann who is the lowest ranked player in the last-8 stage and is fighting for the prize purse of USD 200,000 against comeback king Aronian.</p>.<p>Results penultimate day: Match 1: Magnus Carlsen (Nor) beat R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) 3-1; Hikaru Nakamura (Usa) beat Wesley So (Usa) 1.5-0.5.</p>.<p>Match 2: Arjun Erigaisi (Ind) lost to Carlsen; Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana (Usa) 3-1.</p>.<p>Line ups for the finale: Final: Hans Moke Niemann (USA) vs Levon Aronian (USA) 3-4 place: Carlsen vs Nakamura 5-6 place: Arjun vs Caruana 7-8 place: Praggnanandhaa vs Wesley. </p>
<p>Las Vegas: World number one Magnus Carlsen found his rhythm back, defeating Arjun Erigaisi 2-0 and R Praggnanandhaa 3-1 in the Freestyle chess Grand Slam, which is drawing to a close here.</p>.<p>With Hans Moke Niemann taking on his American counterpart Levon Aronian in the finals, Carlsen set up a clash with world number two American Hikaru Nakamura for the third place in the $750,000 prize money event.</p>.I'm not enjoying playing chess: Carlsen after defeat to Gukesh.<p>It turned out to be an eventful two matches for Carlsen who was earlier denied the chance to win the event by Praggnanadhaa.</p>.<p>The Indian started off with another victory against the world’s best in the first game of their mini-match. The Norwegian struck back in the return game and won the next set of games to find himself back in the event.</p>.<p>In his next match, Arjun enjoyed some opening advantage in the first game but could not hold it together while in the second Carlsen proved superior again.</p>.<p>In the other matches slated on the final day, Arjun will meet Fabiano Caruana of United States for the fifth-place play-off while Praggnanandhaa will have to fight for the seventh place against another American Wesley So.</p>.<p>By his own admission, Nakamura said he was lucky. Winning 1.5-0.5 against Wesley So, Nakamura defeated Fabiano Caruana 3-1 in a match that saw fortunes fluctuating more than a few times.</p>.<p>On the final day, all eyes will be Niemann who is the lowest ranked player in the last-8 stage and is fighting for the prize purse of USD 200,000 against comeback king Aronian.</p>.<p>Results penultimate day: Match 1: Magnus Carlsen (Nor) beat R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) 3-1; Hikaru Nakamura (Usa) beat Wesley So (Usa) 1.5-0.5.</p>.<p>Match 2: Arjun Erigaisi (Ind) lost to Carlsen; Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana (Usa) 3-1.</p>.<p>Line ups for the finale: Final: Hans Moke Niemann (USA) vs Levon Aronian (USA) 3-4 place: Carlsen vs Nakamura 5-6 place: Arjun vs Caruana 7-8 place: Praggnanandhaa vs Wesley. </p>