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The Superbet Romania Chess Classic took place Tue 25th Jun to Sat 6th Jul 2024. Part of the Grand Chess Tour. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dommaraju Gukesh, Wesley So, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Bogdan-Daniel Deac. Long time leader Fabiano Caruana lost in the final round to Anish Giri, this brought about a rapid tie-break with Alireza Firouzja, D Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa. Caruana mounted a remarkable recovery by beating all three of his opponents to win the event.

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Superbet ROM Classic 2024 Bucharest (ROU), 25 vi-6 vii 2024															cat. XX (2750)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2747	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5	2793
2.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2805	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	5	2787
3.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2763	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2791
4.	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FRA	2737	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	5	2794
5.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2770	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2748
6.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2745	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2750
7.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2732	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4½	2752
8.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2766	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	4	2705
9.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2757	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	4	2706
10.	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2680	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2678

Round 1 (June 26, 2024)
Gukesh, D	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1-0	50	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Firouzja, Alireza	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	59	A45	Trompowsky
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	½-½	30	E06	Catalan
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	64	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 2 (June 27, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	49	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Caruana, Fabiano	- So, Wesley	½-½	57	A20	English Opening
Firouzja, Alireza	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	1-0	38	D10	Slav Defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Gukesh, D	½-½	90	C70	Ruy Lopez
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Giri, Anish	½-½	51	D19	Slav Defence
Round 3 (June 28, 2024)
Gukesh, D	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	81	E04	Catalan
Giri, Anish	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	41	E06	Catalan
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	56	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	27	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
So, Wesley	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	68	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 4 (June 29, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Giri, Anish	1-0	80	D27	QGA
Caruana, Fabiano	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1-0	34	E29	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Firouzja, Alireza	- Gukesh, D	½-½	31	D20	QGA
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- So, Wesley	½-½	55	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 5 (June 30, 2024)
Gukesh, D	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	64	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Giri, Anish	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	60	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	28	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
So, Wesley	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	49	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	109	A14	Reti Opening
Round 6 (July 2, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	39	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	19	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Firouzja, Alireza	- So, Wesley	1-0	31	E24	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Gukesh, D	½-½	60	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Giri, Anish	½-½	95	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (July 3, 2024)
Gukesh, D	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	62	C50	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	24	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Giri, Anish	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	37	A20	English Opening
So, Wesley	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	86	D27	QGA
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	45	E47	Nimzo Indian
Round 8 (July 4, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	31	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Gukesh, D	- Giri, Anish	½-½	30	E49	Nimzo Indian
Firouzja, Alireza	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	45	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- So, Wesley	½-½	48	C53	Giuoco Piano
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	84	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 9 (July 5, 2024)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	68	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	37	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Giri, Anish	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	56	E01	Catalan
So, Wesley	- Gukesh, D	½-½	22	E48	Nimzo Indian
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	31	D02	Queen's Pawn Game

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Superbet Classic TB 2024 Bucharest ROU Tue 25th Jun 2024 - Sat 6th Jul 2024 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	1	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2738	3
2	2	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2724	2
3	4	Gukesh, D	IND	2647	1
4	3	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2709	0
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