Superbet Chess Classic, Bucharest Thu 5th May to Sat 14th May 2022

[Mick Norris]

TWIC

It is the first event in the 2022 Grand Chess Tour which has three rapid and blitz events and one further classical event, the Sinquefield Cup. Players: Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Leinier Dominguez and Bogdan-Daniel Deac.

website

[Mick Norris]

chess24 preview and round 1 report

[JustinHorton]

Nepo beats Firouzja

[Mick Norris]

Chess Mind rounds 1&2

chess24 round 2

[NickFaulks]

An excellent tournament so far, particularly today. I consider it unfair to say, as the official bulletin does, that

"Day 4 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania was projected to be another eventful day and it did not fail to disappoint".

[Matt Mackenzie]

Hah, the classic double negative in action.

[NickFaulks]

The problem is it's a triple negative. Did not, fail, disappoint.

[Mick Norris]

chess24, Chess Mind and chess.com round 6 reports

[Mick Norris]

Chess Mind round 8 report and analysis

these are the final round pairings:

Aronian (5) - Mamedyarov (3)
Rapport (3) - Nepomniachtchi (3.5)
Deac (4) - Caruana (4)
Firouzja (4) - Vachier-Lagrave (4.5)
Dominguez (4) - So (5)

[David Sedgwick]

Many thanks to Mick and others for their contributions to this thread. I shall try to be more evident for the future GCT events.

Round 9 today (Saturday 14th May) starts one hour earlier than hitherto, at 1200 BST. The round will be followed by any necessary playoffs.

[LawrenceCooper]

Many thanks to Mick and others for their contributions to this thread. I shall try to be more evident for the future GCT events.

Round 9 today (Saturday 14th May) starts one hour earlier than hitherto, at 1200 BST. The round will be followed by any necessary playoffs.

Regards,

David

I see that the two French players and two of the four USA are playing in the last round.

[Mick Norris]

I assume that MVL and Firouzja are working together in the run up to the Candidates

Not sure about the Americans

[David Sedgwick]

I see that the two French players and two of the four USA are playing in the last round.

So? That would normally be precluded only in official events.

I assume that MVL and Firouzja are working together in the run up to the Candidates

Forty to fifty years ago, that would have been a valid assumption. It is not necessarily the case nowadays.

[LawrenceCooper]

I see that the two French players and two of the four USA are playing in the last round.

So? That would normally be precluded only in official events.

Not Wesley, no

[Mick Norris]

I assume that MVL and Firouzja are working together in the run up to the Candidates

Forty to fifty years ago, that would have been a valid assumption. It is not necessarily the case nowadays.

MVL had said he would if he didn't reach the Candidates himself