Superbet Chess Classic Playoffs - Live!

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5/16/2025 – The 2025 Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest marks the second stage of this year's Grand Chess Tour and the first of two classical tournaments in the series. Held on 6–16 May, the event brings together ten top grandmasters in a single round-robin format. Reigning tournament champion Fabiano Caruana and world champion Gukesh Dommaraju are part of the star-studded lineup. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

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Commentary provided by Peter Svidler, Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, Nazi Paikidze and Anastasia Karlovich

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1.e4 0 e5 1 2.Nf3 1 Nc6 1 3.Bc4 1 Bc5 1 4.c3 1 Nf6 2 5.d3 1 a6 1 6.Bg5 2 Ba7 3 7.Nbd2 3 d6 1 8.a4 1 h6 6 9.Bh4 1 Ne7 21 10.Bxf6 6 gxf6 1 11.0-0 5 Ng6 4 12.d4 3 c6 9 13.Re1 4 h5 36 14.Nf1 24 h4 21 15.Ne3 9 Nf4 15 16.Qb3 29 Qe7 8 17.a5 8 Kf8 36 18.Rad1 8 Rb8 16 19.Qa3 19 Rh6 5 20.g3 33 hxg3 50 21.hxg3 3 Nh3+ 38 22.Kg2 1 Kg7 9 23.Nh4 2:41 Rxh4 10 24.gxh4 2 Nf4+ 1 25.Kf3 2 Kh7 42 26.dxe5 9 Bc5 23 27.exd6 14 Qe5 0 28.b4 2 Qh5+ 0 29.Kxf4 0 Qxh4+ 0 30.Kf3 2 Qh5+ 0 31.Kf4 2 Qg5+ 0 32.Kf3 1 Qh5+ 33.Kf4 Qh4+ 4 34.Kf3 1 Qh5+ 35.Kf4 Qg5+ 2 36.Kf3 1 Qh5+ 1 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Firouzja,A2757Praggnanandhaa,R2758½–½2025C54GCT Superbet Classic Romania-TB 20251.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2722Firouzja,A2757½–½2025B15GCT Superbet Classic Romania-TB 20251.2
Praggnanandhaa,R2758Vachier-Lagrave,M27221–02025A33GCT Superbet Classic Romania-TB 20251.3

The Superbet Chess Classic is the second stage of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour.

The tournament is a 10-player single round-robin with a classical time control. The players receive 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

The event features a prize fund that amounts to $350,000, with $100,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.

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Final standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
2758
5.5
9
24.00
2826
2
2757
5.5
9
24.00
2826
3
2722
5.5
9
22.50
2830
4
2776
5.0
9
22.75
2787
5
2773
4.5
9
19.00
2745
6
2747
4.0
9
18.00
2705
7
2668
4.0
9
17.75
2713
8
2787
4.0
9
17.00
2700
9
2748
4.0
9
17.00
2704
10
2739
3.0
9
14.00
2623
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

All games - Classical

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1.e4 3 c5 6 2.Nf3 7 e6 3 3.d4 10 cxd4 7 4.Nxd4 5 Nf6 4 5.Nc3 10 Nc6 6 6.a3 42 d6 27 7.Be3 3:48 Be7 23 8.Be2 10 0-0 47 9.Qd2 1:14 e5 4:05 10.Nb3 2:18 Nxe4 1:47 11.Nxe4 7 d5 2 12.Nc3 11:38 d4 20 13.Rd1 5 Be6 15:01 14.Nxd4 5:22 exd4 21 15.Bxd4 4 Nxd4 20 16.Qxd4 5 Qxd4 4:05 17.Rxd4 43 Rac8 4:59 18.Bd3 7:39 Bxa3 5:06 19.bxa3 59 Rxc3 5 20.Ra4 53 Ra8 9:37 21.Kd2 51 Rc5 43 22.Rb1 2:27 Bd5 15 23.Be4 3:42 Bxe4 21:56 24.Rxe4 40 b6 20 25.c4 20:45 Rac8 3:28 26.Rb4 27 Kf8 3:01 27.Kc3 3:04 Ra5 7:50 28.a4 2:26 Re8 4:06 29.Rf4 8:24 Re1 2:43 30.h4 37 g6 43 31.Kb3 3:41 Rb1+ 2:22 32.Kc3 5 Ra1 9 33.Kb3 4 Kg7 1:47 34.g3 16 h6 59 35.Rd4 48 Re5 2:30 36.Rd2 1:22 Re4 3:46 37.Rb2 3:09 Rd4 45 38.c5 36 bxc5 2:57 39.Rxd4 28 cxd4 2 40.Rd2 14 Rf1 44 41.Kc4 30:51 Kf6 31:11 42.Kxd4 2:26 Ra1 7 43.Ke3 31 Rxa4 14 44.Rd7 20 Ra3+ 0 45.Kf4 0 Ra4+ 0 46.Ke3 0 Ke6 0 47.Rc7 0 h5 0 48.f3 0 a5 0 49.Ra7 0 f6 0 50.Ra8 0 Ke5 0 51.Re8+ 0 Kf5 0 52.Ra8 0 Ra3+ 0 53.Ke2 0 a4 0 54.Ra5+ 0 Ke6 0 55.Kf2 0 Ra1 0 56.g4 3:27 hxg4 1:01 57.fxg4 24 a3 2 58.Ra7 1:58 f5 2:59 59.h5 45 gxh5 47 60.g5 5:24 Ra2+ 1:29 61.Kg3 1:45 Ra1 20 62.Kf2 19 a2 2:38 63.g6 14 Rb1 5 64.g7 1:32 Rb8 3 65.Rxa2 6 Kf6 14 66.Kg3 46 Kxg7 1:40 67.Kf4 20 Rf8 4 68.Kg5 36 h4 26 69.Kxh4 15 f4 3 70.Kg4 7 f3 3 71.Rf2 4 Kg8 3 72.Rxf3 5 Rxf3 3 73.Kxf3 5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Duda,J2739Caruana,F2776½–½2025B45GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20251.1
Firouzja,A2757Vachier-Lagrave,M27221–02025C00GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20251.2
So,W2748Deac,B26681–02025A21GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20251.3
Aronian,L2747Abdusattorov,N2773½–½2025E14GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20251.4
Gukesh,D2787Praggnanandhaa,R2758½–½2025D24GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20251.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2722So,W27481–02025C84GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20252.1
Deac,B2668Aronian,L27471–02025E52GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20252.2
Caruana,F2776Praggnanandhaa,R2758½–½2025A21GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20252.3
Duda,J2739Firouzja,A2757½–½2025E45GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20252.4
Abdusattorov,N2773Gukesh,D2787½–½2025C54GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20252.5
Gukesh,D2787Deac,B2668½–½2025A13GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20253.1
Praggnanandhaa,R2758Abdusattorov,N27731–02025D80GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20253.2
Aronian,L2747Vachier-Lagrave,M2722½–½2025D85GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20253.3
So,W2748Duda,J2739½–½2025E56GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20253.4
Firouzja,A2757Caruana,F27760–12025D36GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20253.5
Caruana,F2776Abdusattorov,N2773½–½2025E05GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20254.1
Firouzja,A2757So,W2748½–½2025C65GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20254.2
Deac,B2668Praggnanandhaa,R2758½–½2025E41GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20254.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2722Gukesh,D27871–02025C45GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20254.4
Duda,J2739Aronian,L27470–12025C58GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20254.5
Aronian,L2747Firouzja,A2757½–½2025B47GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20255.1
Praggnanandhaa,R2758Vachier-Lagrave,M2722½–½2025B86GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20255.2
Gukesh,D2787Duda,J2739½–½2025D37GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20255.3
Abdusattorov,N2773Deac,B2668½–½2025A20GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20255.4
So,W2748Caruana,F2776½–½2025B33GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20255.5
Duda,J2739Praggnanandhaa,R2758½–½2025A34GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20256.1
So,W2748Aronian,L2747½–½2025D35GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20256.2
Firouzja,A2757Gukesh,D27871–02025C54GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20256.3
Caruana,F2776Deac,B2668½–½2025C26GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20256.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2722Abdusattorov,N2773½–½2025B38GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20256.5
Praggnanandhaa,R2758Firouzja,A2757½–½2025D33GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20257.1
Abdusattorov,N2773Duda,J27391–02025D05GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20257.2
Aronian,L2747Caruana,F2776½–½2025D39GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20257.3
Gukesh,D2787So,W2748½–½2025C65GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20257.4
Deac,B2668Vachier-Lagrave,M2722½–½2025B14GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20257.5
Aronian,L2747Gukesh,D27870–12025C85GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20258.1
Duda,J2739Deac,B2668½–½2025C47GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20258.2
Firouzja,A2757Abdusattorov,N2773½–½2025B38GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20258.3
Caruana,F2776Vachier-Lagrave,M2722½–½2025A10GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20258.4
So,W2748Praggnanandhaa,R27580–12025A57GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20258.5
Abdusattorov,N2773So,W2748½–½2025A37GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20259.1
Gukesh,D2787Caruana,F2776½–½2025D02GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20259.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2722Duda,J27391–02025C78GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20259.3
Praggnanandhaa,R2758Aronian,L2747½–½2025C07GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20259.4
Deac,B2668Firouzja,A27570–12025E94GCT Superbet Classic Romania 20259.5

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