If you were getting used to just one decisive game per round, then Sunday's round rocks your world with three decisive games, lots of blunders, and electrifying action. Winners were GM Wesley So who prevailed over co-loader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in an endgame, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who took down.
For the third round in a row, the players delivered one win and four draws. This round saw the hometown hero, GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, win against GM Richard Rapport after the latter first let go of a decisive advantage and then a perpetual check. The win means that Deac joins GMs Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi.
After lots of tension and complicated battles, just one game ended decisively when GM Ian Nepomniachtchi beat GM Alireza Firouzja. That the remaining games would all end in draws was far from obvious during the round. Round three will begin on Saturday, May 7, at 5 a.m. PT / 14:00 Central Europe. How.
The first round of this year's edition of the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania saw only one win. GM Wesley So defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a nice positional game, while the other four games ended in draws after varying amounts of battle and tension. Round two will begin on Friday,
Wesley So Wins Opera Euro Rapid As Team Hikaru Raises $361,000 For CARE
GM Wesley So repeated his success at the Skilling Open as he defeated Magnus Carlsen in Sunday s final of the Opera Euro Rapid tournament. GM Teimour Radjabov swiftly placed third as he won both games against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
During the Champions Chess Tour, Team Hikaru has set a goal of raising $3,000,000 for CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) through the commentary on GM Hikaru Nakamura s Twitch channel. In January, they raised $358,000 in conjunction with the Airthings Masters. For the Opera Euro Rapid, they raised even more, a total of $361,000, which brings the total raised to over $720,000. With seven events remaining, $3,000,000 and beyond is looking like a very achievable goal for Team Hikaru.