Recap

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the sole lead after the first day of blitz, thanks to a fantastic 7/9 performance to give him a total score of 17/27. Trailing with 15 points each are Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with nine more games of blitz to be played tomorrow. 

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

by IM Kostya Kavutskiy

Day 2 of the Superbet Chess Classic saw Ian Nepomniachtchi and Richard Rapport join Wesley So in the lead, with Nepomniachtchi defeating Deac with Black while Rapport ground down Duda in an opposite colored bishop endgame.

The 2023 Grand Chess Tour kicked off today with Round 1 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania, a 10 player elite round-robin taking place in Bucharest, Romania, featuring newly crowned World Champion Ding Liren as well as challenger Ian Nepomniactchi.