Saturday
May072022
Superbet Chess Classic 2022, Rounds 1-2
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 2:07AM
The 2022 Grand Chess Tour is underway, and the first event of the year is a classical chess tournament in Bucharest, Romania, the Superbet Chess Classic. The field is very strong, including the world's #3-8 players. Two rounds of nine are in the books, and there have only been two decisive results. In round 1, Wesley So defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and in round 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi won with Black against Alireza Firouzja.
All ten games are here, with my notes. Here are the round 3 pairings:
- Vachier-Lagrave (1) - Mamedyarov (.5)
- Caruana (1) - So (1.5)
- Nepomniachtchi (1.5) - Dominguez (1)
- Aronian (1) - Firouzja (.5)
- Rapport (1) - Deac (1)
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