Vachier-Lagrave Reaches Div I Grand Final As Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi Set Up Repeat Clash

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the Division I Winners Bracket and qualified for the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 Grand Final thanks to beating his compatriot GM Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 on Sunday. Vachier-Lagrave may face Firouzja again, since the winner of GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (their second meeting this tournament) will play Firouzja in the Losers Final after they eliminated GMs Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, respectively.

The final of the Winner’s Bracket in Division II will be played between GMs Alexander Grischuk and Vidit Gujrathi while the Losers Bracket may still see the „interesting“ clash between GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Vladimir Kramnik. In Division III, the final will be played between GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Evgeny Alekseev.

Division play continues on Monday, July 22, starting at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 8:30 p.m. IST.

Division I Bracket