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GMs Alireza Firouzja and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov both won their first games in round seven of the 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania. The third winner was GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who was gifted a full point as his opponent blundered. In a round where both leaders had to accept bloodless draws, the...

Round 5 of the Superbet Chess Classic saw Fabiano Caruana bouncing back from his loss on Sunday by taking down defending champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The US grandmaster thus went into the rest day with a fifty-percent score. The remaining games finished drawn, leaving Wesley So in the sole lead, half a point ahead of a three-player chasing pack. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

If you were getting used to just one decisive game per round, then Sunday's round rocks your world with three decisive games, lots of blunders, and electrifying action. Winners were GM Wesley So who prevailed over co-loader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in an endgame, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who took down...

For a third day in a row, we got to see one of five games ending decisively at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. Bogdan-Daniel Deac, the clear underdog in the field, joined Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead after making the most of Richard Rapport’s one-move blunder. Meanwhile, Levon Aronian escaped against Alireza Firouzja, who could not convert his advantage in a double-edged endgame. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

For the third round in a row, the players delivered one win and four draws. This round saw the hometown hero, GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, win against GM Richard Rapport after the latter first let go of a decisive advantage and then a perpetual check. The win means that Deac joins GMs Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi...

After lots of tension and complicated battles, just one game ended decisively when GM Ian Nepomniachtchi beat GM Alireza Firouzja. That the remaining games would all end in draws was far from obvious during the round. Round three will begin on Saturday, May 7, at 5 a.m. PT / 14:00 Central Europe. How...

From 11 to 13 March the Romanian Rapid, Blitz and Solving Championships took place in Bucharest, at the "Pentagon Events" venue and attracted a record number of 212 participants, 163 in the Open section and 49 in the Women’s section. Irina Bulmaga (pictured), who won the Solving and the Rapid event, reports. | Teaser Photo: David Llada > All other photos: Florin Ardelean / We Love Sport

The 2021 Superbet Chess Classic is the first event of this year’s Grand Chess Tour and it takes place in Bucharest, Romania from June 5 to June 14. Canadian FM Joshua Doknjas had a look at four interesting games from the first five rounds of the tournament, all of which contain important opening ideas and are dynamic battles.

The Superbet Chess Classic is wide open again after both tournament leaders GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac lost their games. Caruana was defeated by GM Wesley So, and Deac went down against GM Alexander Grischuk. The quick draw between compatriots GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and GM Teimour...

€119.90 A dangerous late replacement Just two days ago, the organizers of the Grand Chess Tour announced that Richard Rapport would not be able to participate in the Superbet Chess Classic due to a last-minute illness. Fortunately, Romania’s number 2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac was available and quickly took the place of the Hungarian star. Deac recently qualified to the World Cup via the European Hybrid Chess Qualifier, and will certainly gain valuable experience from facing top o...