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.
All games in the 7th round ended in draws, resulting in no changes to the standings.
Round 7 results:
Gukesh D IND 2763 – Caruana Fabiano USA 2805 ½-½
Giri Anish NED 2745 – Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732 ½-½
So Wesley USA 2757 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2766 ½-½
Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680 – Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737 ½-½
Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770 – Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747 ½-½
Round 7 standings:
1 Caruana Fabiano USA 2805 – 4.5
2-4. Gukesh D IND 2763, Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747 and Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737 – 4.0
5-6. Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770 and Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732 – 3.5
8-9. So Wesley USA 2757 and Giri Anish NED 2745 – 3.0
10 Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680 – 2.5
Round 8 pairings:
Caruana Fabiano USA 2805 – Praggnanandhaa R IND 2747
Firouzja Alireza FRA 2737 – Nepomniachtchi Ian FID 2770
Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2766 – Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2680
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2732 – So Wesley USA 2757
Gukesh D IND 2763 – Giri Anish NED 2745
Live commentary is provided with Grandmasters Yasser Seirawan, Evegeny Miroshnichenko, and Cristian Chirila along with International Master Jovanka Houska on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s Twitch & YouTube channels.
