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Vishy Anand and Ivan Sokolov played the first Blindfolded chess match with human pieces in Romania!

Romanian chess had a premiere at the Sports Festival event. Grandmasters Vishy Anand and Ivan Sokolov played for the first time a blindfolded chess match with human pieces at a national festival. 

The chess performance was accompanied by the scenography of the pieces moving in dance steps on the chess board.

Each move of the two chess legends was keenly observed by the audience in attendance, and the pieces did their job to perfection and gave us a memorable theatrical performance.

Victory belonged to Grandmaster Vishy Anand after a series of extraordinary moves that forced Ivan Sokolov to declare victory to his opponent.

The two chess legends shared the excitement of each move with the general public and the chess show was unmissable for lovers of the royal sport.

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Magnus Carlsen became the Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland champion!

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2023 was a show for mind sport lovers worldwide.

The 10 chess wizards kept us on our toes throughout each round, and the grand finale was completed by Magnus Carlsen’s victory and winning the Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland 2023 stage title.

Jan Krzysztof Duda had a great run in this stage of the tournament, finishing first in the rapid chess rankings with 6.5pct. However, the difference was made in the blitz tournament where Magnus was unbeatable throughout the rounds.

 

Final rankings:

1-Magnus Carlsen

2- Jan Krzysztof Duda

3-Wesley So

4-Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

5-Levon Aronian

6-Richard Rapport

7-Anish Giri

8-Kirill Shevchenko

9-Bogdan Deac

10-Radoslaw Wojtaszek

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Get the latest results from Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland!

Get the latest results from Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland!

So far, the Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland leg of the Grand Chess Tour has brought us 9 rounds of chess entertainment. The 10 magicians fought for every point, and surprise results were present in every round of play.

The first round of the second day of competition gave chess enthusiasts five tied results, but Duda broke the ice in round number 5 against his compatriot Wojtaszek.

Duda didn’t let himself down in the round played against Kirill Shevchenko either, managing to find an excellent tactic to get the win against the Romanian representative.

Here are the results of Day 2 in Rapid Chess.

Round 4

Kirill Shevchenko – Anish Giri ½- ½

Bogdan Deac – Levon Aronian ½- ½

Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½- ½

Richard Rapport – Jan-Krzysztof Duda ½- ½

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Wesley So ½- ½

Round 5

Wesley So – Kirill Shevchenko 1-0

Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Richard Rapport ½- ½

Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen ½- ½

Giri Anish – Bogdan Deac 0-1

Round 6

Kirill Shevchenko – Bogdan Deac ½- ½

Magnus Carlsen – Giri Anish ½- ½

Richard Rapport – Levon Aronian ½- ½

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave½- ½

Wesley So – Jan Krzystof Duda ½- ½

Day 3 began with Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s victory over Wesley So. The American chess player did his best to lead the match to a draw, but Vachier-Lagrave gave him no chance of a draw.

Grand champion Magnus Carlsen scored his first win of the tournament in his match against Bogdan Deac. The Romanian player lost the advantage after a series of poor moves, leaving the Norwegian champion the opportunity to advance. The good day continued for the most expected chess player of this tournament. Magnus made it two straight wins with the black pieces following his match with Kirill Shevchenko.

Day 3 Rapid Chess results:

Round 7

Jan Krzystof Duda – Kirill Shevchenko ½- ½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Wesley So 1-0

Levon Aronian – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0

Anish Giri – Richard Rapport ½- ½

Bogdan Deac – Magnus Carlsen 0-1

Round 8

Kirill Shevchenko – Magnus Carlsen 0-1

Richard Rapport – Bogdan Deac ½- ½

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Anish Giri 0-1

Wesley So – Levon Aronian ½- ½

Jan Krzystof Duda – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0

Round 9

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Kirill Shevchenko 1-0

Levon Aronian – Jan Krzystof Duda ½- ½

Anish Giri – Wesley So ½- ½

Bogdan Deac – Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½- ½

Magnus Carlsen – Richard Rapport ½- ½

Day 4 was Blitz day for the chess wizards in this year’s tournament. We had a spectacular start to the first round of the Blitz tournament. Kirill Shevchenko prevailed over our countryman Bogdan Deac, and Magnus Carlsen managed to get the win over the French grandmaster MVL.

Richard Rapport and Anish Giri gave Duda and Aronian no chance, managing to climb to the top of the leaderboard in the first round.

Day 4 results:

Round 1

Bogdan Deac – Kirill Shevchenko 0-1

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Wesley So ½- ½

Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0

Richard Rapport – Jan Krzysztof Duda 1-0

Anish Giri – Levon Aronian 1-0

Round 2

Kirill Shevchenko – Levon Aronian 0-1

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Anish Giri ½- ½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Richard Rapport 1-0

Wesley So – Magnus Carlsen 1-0

Bogdan Deac – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 0-1

Round 3

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Kirill Shevchenko 0-1

Magnus Carlsen – Bogdan Deac ½- ½

Richard Rapport – Wesley So ½- ½

Anish Giri – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0-1

Levon Aronian – Jan Krzysztof Duda 1-0

Round 4

Kirill Shevchenko – Jan Krzysztof Duda ½- ½

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Levon Aronian ½- ½

Wesley So – Anish Giri 0-1

Bogdan Deac – Richard Rapport 1-0

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Magnus Carlsen ½- ½

Round 5

Magnus Carlsen – Kirill Shevchenko 1-0

Richard Rapport – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0

Anish Giri – Bogdan Deac 0-1

Levon Aronian – Wesley So 0-1

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0

Round 6

Kirill Shevchenko – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½- ½

Wesley So – Jan Krzysztof Duda ½- ½

Bogdan Deac – Levon Aronian 0-1

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Anish Giri 0-1

Magnus Carlsen – Richard Rapport 1-0

Round 7

Richard Rapport – Kirill Shevchenko 0-1

Anish Giri – Magnus Carlsen 0-1

Levon Aronian – Radoslaw Wojtaszek ½- ½

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Bogdan Deac 1-0

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Wesley So ½- ½

Round 8

Kirill Shevchenko – Wesley So ½- ½

Bogdan Deac – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0

Radoslaw Wojtaszek – Jan Krzysztof Duda 0-1

Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian 1-0

Richard Rapport – Anish giri 1-0

Round 9

Anish Giri – Kirill Shevchenko 0-1

Levon Aronian – Richard Rapport 0-1

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Magnus Carlsen 0-1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 1-0

Wesley So – Bogdan Deac 1-0

 

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Big wins on the first competition day of Superbet Rapid&Blitz Poland!

The first day of the Polish leg was a spectacle for chess lovers from all over the world. Champion Magnus Carlsen lost his opening game after a Polish defence tipped the balance of the game in his opponent’s favour.

Wesley So and Richard Rapport prevailed over grandmasters Bogdan Deac and Kirill Shevchenko.

In the second half, Aronian prevailed over Kirill Shevchenko with a clear victory.

In the 3rd round, Aronian got his second consecutive win over Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave managed to draw against our countryman Bogdan Deac.

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The Bucharest leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2023 has come to an end!

The chess show kept chess lovers in suspense throughout the 9 rounds of play. We had 10 of the world’s best chess players, a prize pool of $350,000 and a show worthy of the world chess hall of fame.

Fabiano Caruana surprised the audience with his performance, managing to finish the competition in first place, half a point behind the Romanian representative, Richard Rapport.

The American grandmaster was undefeated in this stage of the tournament, managing to lead the last game played against Richard Rapport to a favourable draw result.

We had close games, surprise results, and a room full of chess lovers at every round.

Round 9 results

Wesley So-Jan Krzysztof Duda-½-½

Richard Rapport-Fabiano Caruana-½-½

Alireza Firouzja-Maxime Vachier-Lagrave-½-½

Giri Anish-Ian Nepomniachtchi-½-½

Bogdan Deac-Ding Liren 0-1

 

The round in Bucharest was a great start to the tournament for us. Good moments were in abundance and chess fans in Bucharest enjoyed the most anticipated matches of the year. From tomorrow, the show will continue in Warsaw, where we will have world number 1 Magnus Carlsen, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Bogdan Deac and Kirill Shevchenko.

It remains to be seen whether Fabiano Caruana will manage to win the second stage of the tournament or whether the presence of the great champion Magnus Carlsen will drastically influence the rankings.

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Two rounds, two victories in the Bucharest stage of the Grand Chess Tour tournament!

After five matches ended in a draw in round 6, Alireza Firouzja and Giri Anish scored two victories against Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren in round 7.

Giri Anish scored his first win in this leg of the Grand Chess Tour. The Dutch grandmaster defeated Ding Liren in the 7th round after an intense match for chess fans.

Alireza Firouzja scored another victory over Ian Nepomniachtchi and moved up to second place in the ranking, level on points with leader Fabiano Caruana.

The magic of the Grand Chess Tour continues today with round 8. Stay tuned!

Round 7 matches:

Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0

Wesley So – Fabiano Caruana ½-½

Richard Rapport – Bogdan Deac ½-½

Giri Anish – Ding Liren 1-0

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½-½

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Round 5, the most dynamic round of the Grand Chess Tour!

Round 5 of the Grand Chess Tour was full of surprises for professional chess fans. 

The French were at their best in Round 5, with two important wins for their ranking. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the most anticipated match of the day.

Alireza Firouzja got his second consecutive win over grandmaster Ding Liren and moved to 2nd place, half a point behind leader Fabiano Caruana.

The opening of this round was memorable for the Grand Chess Tour volunteers and the students of the French School in Bucharest.

European vice-champion and national champion Kirill Shevchenko played a simultaneous in the opening round against the volunteers present. He was joined by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a simultaneous against the passionate chess students of the French School.

By far, round number 5 was the most spectacular so far, marking a first half of the competition in Bucharest full of suspense and unexpected results.

Round 5 matches:

Giri Anish – Richard Rapport ½-½

 

Alireza Firouzja – Ding Liren 1-0

 

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Fabiano Caruana ½-½

 

Wesley So – Bogdan Deac ½-½

 

Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0-1

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Super results and a memorable opening ceremony for day 4 of the competition!

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Joy, smiles and excitement were on hand for the children in the GO Scholarship and Step by Step partner programs.

Most of them had the opportunity to meet Grandmaster Garry Kasparov for the first time in a Q&A session organized as part of the Grand Chess Tour.

The little ones came armed with plenty of questions for the greatest champion in the history of the mind sport.

Always smiling, Garry Kasparov shared with the youngsters some of his experience as an athlete, but also some of the secrets that helped him become the greatest chess player of all time.

Absorbed by the stories of the American grandmaster, the children were treated to a memorable experience and an autograph from Garry at the opening of round 4 of the Bucharest stage.

After the beautiful gathering, chess fans everywhere were treated to an exceptional chess show by the 10 magicians.

Fabiano Caruana took the lead in the standings after an unexpected victory over Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. Fabiano currently sits at the top of the rankings, half a point behind Richard Rapport and Wesley So.

The second surprise of the evening came from French chess player Alireza Firouzja. Unfortunately for Bogdan Deac’s supporters, Alireza managed to beat him with a clear victory.

After two draws and a defeat, Alireza Firouzja comes back strong with a win, placing him in 7th place, tied on points with Ding Liren, Giri Anish and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Today’s results:

Bogdan Deac – Alireza Firouzja 0-1

Fabiano Caruana – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0

Maxim Vachier-Lagrave – Giri Anish ½-½

Ding Liren – Jan Krzysztof Duda ½-½

Richard Rapport – Wesley So ½-½

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Day 3 was lucky for Fabiano Caruana! Watch today’s match results!

Fabiano Caruana picked up the only win of Round 3 in his match against grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Chess fans everywhere enjoyed a great chess show, and today’s point win propelled Fabiano Caruana into the top spots, tied on points with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, and Wesley So.

Today’s results:

Fabiano Caruana – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0

 

Wesley So – Giri Anish – ½- ½

 

Alireza Firouzja – Richard Rapport – ½-½

 

Ian Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren- ½-½

 

Jan Krzysztof Duda – Bogdan Deac- ½-½

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Two important victories on the second day of the stage in Bucharest!

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Day two of the Bucharest stage surprised chess fans everywhere with two wins in the most anticipated matches of the round.

Romania’s representative Richard Rapport scored a win over Polish grandmaster Jan Krzysztof Duda in the longest match of the day.

After his draw with Rapport in the first round, Ian Nepomniachtchi gained a significant lead in the rankings with a win over our countryman Bogdan Deac. The Romanian player played defensively until the last move, but Nepo’s experience made the difference in this match.

Today’s results:

Richard Rapport – Jan Krzysztof Duda 1-0

Bogdan Deac – Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1

 

Anish Giri – Alireza Firouzja- 1/2-1/2

Wesley So – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – 1/2-1/2

Fabiano Caruana – Ding Liren- 1/2-1/2