Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Chess Classic Romania…
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Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Chess Classic Romania
# Official Website https://grandchesstour.org/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-gct-super-chess-classic-romania/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/gct-super-chess-classic-romania-2026/p3ctK4xS
The 2026 Super Chess Classic Romania https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/4329fd10-2225-11f1-a476-e11c91a47893-2.59b84032.320x180o.d777e4f103d1@2x.png will take place from May 14 to 23 in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament is the first of two classical events on the 2026 Grand Chess Tour and features a 10-player single round-robin format with nine full tour players and one wildcard. With a total prize fund of $475,000, full-tour players also earn Grand Chess Tour points that count toward qualification for the GCT Finals in Saint Louis.
# Participants https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/Colin_McGourty/phpbjip6svrb04cbvwX3nL.jpg
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rating|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Fabiano Caruana|🇺🇸 USA|2788|
|2|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2776|
|3|GM|Anish Giri|🇳🇱 NED|2767|
|4|GM|Alireza Firouzja|🇫🇷 FRA|2759|
|5|GM|Vincent Keymer|🇩🇪 GER|2759|
|6|GM|Wesley So|🇺🇸 USA|2754|
|7|GM|Jorden van Foreest|🇳🇱 NED|2735|
|8|GM|R Praggnanandhaa|🇮🇳 IND|2733|
|9|GM|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|🇫🇷 FRA|2717|
|10|GM|Bogdan-Daniel Deac|🇷🇴 ROU|2650|
# Format/Time Control
* 10-player single round-robin.
* Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|May 14-18|16:00|13:00|Rounds 1-5|
|May 19|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|May 20-22|16:00|13:00|Rounds 6-8|
|May 23|14:00|11:00|Rounds 9|
# Live Broadcast
* Saint Louis Chess Club Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@STLChessClub/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stlchessclub . Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Peter Svidler, GM Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich.
#games
# Official Website https://grandchesstour.org/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-gct-super-chess-classic-romania/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/gct-super-chess-classic-romania-2026/p3ctK4xS
The 2026 Super Chess Classic Romania https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/4329fd10-2225-11f1-a476-e11c91a47893-2.59b84032.320x180o.d777e4f103d1@2x.png will take place from May 14 to 23 in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament is the first of two classical events on the 2026 Grand Chess Tour and features a 10-player single round-robin format with nine full tour players and one wildcard. With a total prize fund of $475,000, full-tour players also earn Grand Chess Tour points that count toward qualification for the GCT Finals in Saint Louis.
# Participants https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/Colin_McGourty/phpbjip6svrb04cbvwX3nL.jpg
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rating|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Fabiano Caruana|🇺🇸 USA|2788|
|2|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2776|
|3|GM|Anish Giri|🇳🇱 NED|2767|
|4|GM|Alireza Firouzja|🇫🇷 FRA|2759|
|5|GM|Vincent Keymer|🇩🇪 GER|2759|
|6|GM|Wesley So|🇺🇸 USA|2754|
|7|GM|Jorden van Foreest|🇳🇱 NED|2735|
|8|GM|R Praggnanandhaa|🇮🇳 IND|2733|
|9|GM|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|🇫🇷 FRA|2717|
|10|GM|Bogdan-Daniel Deac|🇷🇴 ROU|2650|
# Format/Time Control
* 10-player single round-robin.
* Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move one.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|May 14-18|16:00|13:00|Rounds 1-5|
|May 19|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|May 20-22|16:00|13:00|Rounds 6-8|
|May 23|14:00|11:00|Rounds 9|
# Live Broadcast
* Saint Louis Chess Club Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@STLChessClub/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stlchessclub . Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Peter Svidler, GM Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich.
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