Richard Rapport, one of Romania’s representatives, ended in a tie his match against American Wesley So, on Tuesday, in the fourth round of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2023 chess tournament, the first stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2023 circuit, which is hosted by Grand Hotel Bucharest, write Agerpres.
Bogdan Deac, the world number 38, was defeated by the Frenchman of Iranian origin Alireza Firouzja, the winner of the Grand Chess Tour 2022, according to the Facebook page of the competition.
The American Fabiano Caruana, the world number 7, defeated the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, the world vice-champion, on Tuesday.
The new world champion, Chinese Ding Liren, drew with Polish Jan Krzysztof Duda, and the match between the French Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and the Dutch Anish Giri, world number 6, also ended in the tie.
Fabiano Caruana is the leader of the ranking, with 3 points, followed by Rapport and So, 2.5 points each, Nepomniachtchi, Giri, Ding and Firouzja, 2 points each, Duda and Vachier-Lagrave, 1.5 points each, Deac, 1 point.
The Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2023 tournament, the first stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2023 circuit, takes place at the Grand Bucharest Hotel, Sala Ronda, between May 6-15, with a rest day on May 11, being equipped with total prizes of 350,000 USD.
