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Superbet Chess Classic Romania – Round 6

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Superbet Chess Classic Romania - Round 6

The Superbet Chess Classic Romania is taking place from 25th June to 5th July at the Grand Hotel in Bucharest, Romania.

The 10-player round robin tournament features nine Grand Chess Tour regulars and one wildcard, local Romanian favorite Bogdan-Daniel Deac. The total prize fund is $350,000.

The only decisive game in round 6 was Alireza Firouzja’s win versus Wesley So. Firouzja is now on the shared second place, half a point behind the leader Fabiano Caruana.

Round 6 results:
Caruana Fabiano USA 2805 – Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770 ยฝ-ยฝ
Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680 ยฝ-ยฝ
Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737 – So Wesley USA 2757 1-0
Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2766 – Giri Anish NED 2745 ยฝ-ยฝ
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732 – Gukesh D IND 2763 ยฝ-ยฝ

Round 6 standings:
1 Caruana Fabiano USA 2805 – 4.0
2-4. Gukesh D IND 2763, Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747 and Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737 – 3.5
5-6. Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770 and Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732 – 3.0
8-9. So Wesley USA 2757 and Giri Anish NED 2745 – 2.5
10 Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680 – 2.0

Round 7 pairings:
Gukesh D IND 2763 – Caruana Fabiano USA 2805
Giri Anish NED 2745 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732
So Wesley USA 2757 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2766
Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680 – Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737
Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770 – Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747

Live commentary is provided with Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Evegeny Miroshnichenko, and Cristian Chirila along with International Master Jovanka Houska on the Saint Louis Chess Clubโ€™s Twitch & YouTube channels.

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