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May 9, 2022

Summary of the day – Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest 2022 – May 9

The 5th round was marked by the surprise victory of Italian-American Fabiano Caruana over last year’s champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The surprise moves of the American put the great Azeri master in difficulty, and the victory in this round represented the re-entry into the fight for the great trophy.

Bogdan Deac remains in the fight for the first position after an unexpected tie with the young master, Alireza Firouzja. Both players looked for a way to win, but both players’ strategies led the fight to a draw.

5th round results:

▪ Levon Aronian – Wesley So ½ – ½

▪ Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ½ – ½

▪ Bogdan Deac – Alireza Firouzja ½ – ½

▪ Fabiano Caruana – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0

▪ Richard Rapport – Leinier Dominguez ½ – ½

Ranking:

1 Wesley So 3.5p

2-4 Bogdan Deac 3p; Levon Aronian 3p; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3p;

5-6 Fabiano Caruana 2.5p; Ian Nepomniachtchi 2.5p

7-9 Alireza Firouzja 2p; Richard Rapport 2p; Leinier Dominguez 2p;

10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1.5p

Media coverage:

– sport.ro

– bursa

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May 8, 2022

Summary of the day – Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest 2022 – May 8

The 4th round of Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest offered us the most surprises since the start of the tournament. Wesley So, Levon Aronian and Vachier-Lagrave climbed the competition rankings following victories achieved after three spectacular matches in which novel strategies and unexpected moves were not missing from their arsenal.

At the same time, our compatriot, Bogdan Deac, put last year’s champion, Sahriar Mamedyarov, in difficulty and achieved a draw after a match experienced by the fans at maximum intensity.

These are the results of the 4th round:

▪ Wesley So – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0

▪ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Bogdan Deac ½-½

▪ Alireza Firouzja – Richard Rapport ½-½

▪ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Fabiano Caruana 1-0

▪ Leinier Dominguez – Levon Aronian 0-1

Media coverage:

– Sportmedia

– Agerpres

– Commissioner

Health

May 2, 2022

Race for Cure 2022 – Superbet Foundation together with more than 20 stars and personalities from Romania are raising money for the prevention and fight against cancer

The Superbet Foundation, represented by the president Augusta Dragic, together with stars and personalities such as Andreea Esca, Mihaela Geoană, Cristiana Copos, Camelia Șucu, Anamaria Popescu (Brînza), Dana Deac, Dana Rogoz, Adelina Pestrițu, Anca Serea, Sabina Iosub, Mihaela Bîrzilă , Smaranda Vornicu-Shalit, Laura Fronoiu, Sonia Argint Ionescu, Liana Stanciu, Oana Tache, Roxana Voloseniuc, Nicola and Silvia Dumitrescu join the RACE FOR CURE event, organized by the Renașterea Foundation, on June 5, at the “Iolanda Balaș Soter” stadium in Bucharest. It will be a special race through which donations will be collected to help women in Romania have access to investigations and treatments to prevent and fight breast and cervical cancer.

Romania thus joins the 32 European countries in the international charity event “Race for the Cure”, now in its eighth edition, which resumes this year in physical format.

Also, the 2022 edition is held under the auspices of the Presidential Administration, the Patronage of the Italian Embassy in Bucharest and has as institutional partners the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, the Romanian Athletics Federation.

In the days leading up to the event on June 5, the co-founder and president of the Superbet Foundation, Augusta Dragic, a surgeon, wanted to share the specialist’s perspective on the importance of regular medical check-ups.

“For the third consecutive year, we support the Campaigns dedicated to Women’s Health. Screening can prevent thousands of cancer deaths. We now have modern mammography programs that can reduce breast cancer mortality by more than 40%, according to current statistics. In fact, the more than 50% decrease in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in the last 3 decades is largely due to screening with the Pap test. There are only a few numbers that I mention to remind you what we all know – good guard, prevention in this case, passes the bad danger”, Dragic commented.

For his part, Mr. Dr. Marius Geantă, the president of InoMed – Center for Innovation in Medicine, spoke to us about personalized prevention and how people with influence in social media and, in general, with notoriety in the public space, can keep their healthy online communities.

In addition to attending the physical race in Bucharest, residents from other cities or the diaspora can support and donate to Romanian women for the prevention and fight against breast and cervical cancer, through the European platform. Registrations and donations for Romania can also be made on the website. One registration in the race is 50 lei and will turn into a Babes-Pap test, and 4 registrations will be equivalent to a mammogram.

JUNE 5, CHARITY AND FUN

The participants in the race on June 5, at the “Iolanda Balaș Soter” Stadium, will enjoy, together with family, colleagues, friends, a lot of surprises – warm-up program with music, educational games and fun activities for children, photo fun booth , obviously prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each category (women and men – 5,000 m, winners in the fight against cancer – 2,500 m, girls 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-14 years – 2,500 m, Boys 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-14 years – 2,500 m).

For the employees of the Superbet Group who register for the “Race for Cure”, the Superbet Foundation will donate the registration fees, to encourage as many colleagues as possible to participate.

“In recent years, Superbet had the largest team at “Race for Cure”. And this year we hope it will be the same, especially since we are returning to the physical format. In the Superbet family, all colleagues are encouraged to exercise, to have a healthy lifestyle and also to help every time they have the opportunity”, says Dragic.

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May 2, 2022

The Superbet Foundation finances the “Community Grandparents” project

“Whoever doesn’t have old people, should buy them” says an old proverb from the people. We prefer to take care of our own, which is why we chose to finance the “Community Grandparents” project initiated by the Caritas Association in partnership with Aunt Paula.

The elderly represent a people’s source of wisdom, and the Superbet Foundation considers their care and support to be a priority in order to pass on their teachings to posterity.

Unfortunately, many are in difficult situations both financially and medically, but with Auntie Paula’s help and our support, they can enjoy their old age comfortably.

With a total support of 42,000 lei, the Superbet Foundation joined this project out of the desire to ease the burdens of old age for many of the elderly left without support. Often, the elderly are left to their own devices, forced to carry all the burdens placed on their shoulders behind them with the passage of time. For this reason, many cannot talk about their situation with a smile on their face, but a little kindness and help from us can radically change their lives.

Periodically, Aunt Paula crosses the threshold of the elderly to help them both with household chores and to offer them moral and religious advice.

Maintaining a spiritual and social balance remains an important aspect for the elderly, this being the main goal of the project.

We want to build a better world for the elderly everywhere, and the involvement of the Superbet Foundation is only a first step towards helping the elderly in need. For sure, the burdens of age will not stop appearing, but our help can turn them into simple aspects that can be easily overcome.

April 13, 2022

Romania’s two best chess players received wildcards in the first stages of the Grand Chess Tour™ 2022 tournament

Romania’s two best chess players received wildcards in the first stages of the Grand Chess Tour™ 2022 international tournament, founded by the famous Garry Kasparov. The Superbet Foundation becomes a global strategic partner of the tournament.

The Grand Chess Tour™ 2022, founded by multiple world champion Garry Kasparov, announce the wildcards for the first two legs in Europe.

Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Constantin Lupulescu, the best Romanian chess players, will compete in the first stages of the GCT circuit: from Bucharest (May 4-15) and Warsaw (May 17-24).
The Superbet Foundation becomes a global strategic partner of the Grand Chess Tour circuit.

BUCHAREST, APRIL 13, 2022 – The organizers of the Grand Chess Tour international chess circuit, whose 2022 edition will debut in Bucharest on May 4, announce seven wildcards for the first two stages in Europe: Superbet Chess Classic Romania and Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland . Among the seven grand masters (GMs) selected are also the two best Romanian chess players, according to the FIDE (International Chess Federation) ranking , namely: Bogdan-Daniel Deac (59th place in the world) and Constantin Lupulescu (151st place in the world).

Bogdan-Daniel Deac will play in the stage from Bucharest, and Constantin Lupulescu in Warsaw. Also in Poland , the Ukrainians Kirill Shevchenko and Anton Korobov, the Poles Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Radoslaw Wojtaszek , as well as the Indian Viswanathan Anand, a former world champion, received wildcards .

Starting with the 2022 edition, the Superbet Foundation becomes a strategic partner of the Grand Chess Tour, founded by the greatest chess player of all time, multiple world champion, Garry Kasparov, together with the American billionaire Rex Sinquefield, also known as the “chess mogul”. This is the Foundation’s most honored international collaboration, thus joining the big names that have supported the GCT chess circuit in its early years, including: Vivendi SA, Saint Louis Chess Club, Tata Steel India, Lohia Foundation or DeepMind ( Google’s Artificial Intelligence company).

“We are extremely happy that the two best Romanian chess players, Bogdan Deac and Constantin Lupulescu, are playing again in this prestigious tournament which, for the third consecutive year, brings the elite of world chess to Bucharest. Seeing the extraordinary impact it had on the local chess community and wanting to make this sport an essential component in the education of children and young people, from this year we are also organizing the tournament in Poland, where the Superbet Group has direct operations since 2017. The mission of the Grand Chess Tour is to to take chess to all corners of the world, and we aim to increase interest in this sport, which of all sports is perhaps the most closely related to the social and professional performance of those who practice it”, said the president of the Superbet Foundation ,Augusta Dragic.

Together with the Grand Chess Tour, which is joined by two sponsors from Romania, One United Properties and First Bank, the Superbet Foundation will organize two of the five stages of the world tour: those in Bucharest and Warsaw. The prizes of the entire circuit reach the amount of 1.4 million dollars, of which 350,000 dollars for the classical chess stage and 175,000 dollars for the rapid and blitz chess stages. Each stage of this tournament pits ten chess players – among the best in the world – against each other.

“All these organizational and financial supports make it possible to fulfill the mission of the Grand Chess Tour to popularize chess in all corners of the world”, said the executive director of the Grand Chess Tour, Michael Khodarkovsky .

The five stages of the Grand Chess Tour circuit are as follows: Superbet Chess Classic Romania (May 3-15), Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland (May 17-24), SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia (July 18-25), Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (August 24-31) and the last stage, the Sinquefield Cup (August 31-September 13), which will take place in Saint Louis (Missouri, USA).

The Romanian Chess Federation is co-organizer and partner of the Romanian stage . Currently, Romania ranks 27th out of 186 countries, worldwide, in the FIDE ranking.

Superbet Chess Classic Romania 3-15 May 2022

#	Name	The type of player	Country	FIDE Rating	BEAR Rating
1	Alireza Firouzja	Play the whole tournament	FRA	2804	2781
2	Levon Aronian	Play the whole tournament	USA	2785	2776
3	Fabiano Caruana	Play the whole tournament	USA	2781	2793
4	Wesley So	Play the whole tournament	USA	2778	2797
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Play the whole tournament	AZE	2776	2768
6	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Play the whole tournament	FIDE	2773	2792
7	Richard Rapport	Play the whole tournament	HUN	2762	2775
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Play the whole tournament	FRA	2761	2751
9	Leinier Dominguez	Play the whole tournament	USA	2756	2748
10	Bogdan-Daniel Deac	Wild card	ROU	2656	2652

Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland May 17 – 24, 2022

#	Name	The type of player	The country	Ranking FIDE	Ranking BEAR
1	Levon Aronian	Play the whole tournament	USA	2785	2776
2	Fabiano Caruana	Play the whole tournament	USA	2781	2793
3	Wesley So	Play the whole tournament	USA	2778	2797
4	Richard Rapport	Play the whole tournament	HUN	2762	2775
5	Kirill Shevchenko	Wild card	UKR	2652	2673
6	Viswanathan Anand	Wild card	IND	2751	2751
7	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Wild card	POL	2750	2870
8	Anton Korobov	Wild card	UKR	2695	2722
9	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	Wild card	POL	2694	2710
10	Constantin Lupulescu	Wild card	ROU	2622	2638

About Bogdan Deac

He achieved the title of international grandmaster at only 14 years and 7 months, becoming the youngest grandmaster in the world at the time. He was selected for the first time in the Romanian national team at only 14 years old. In July 2019 he was rated by FIDE as the 8th junior in the world. Today he is Romania’s best chess player, with ELO 2656. At the European Championship in November 2021, he achieved the fourth best ELO performance at the first table.

About Constantin Lupulescu

He is the second best Romanian chess player, currently an international grandmaster, ELO 2622. Multiple National Champion of Romania for seniors, in 2011 he entered the world Top 100 for the first time. He was equal to the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, at the Baku Olympics in 2016, achieving a draw, and thus the Romanian team defeated the Norwegian national team. He won the powerful tournament in Reykjavik in 2019, where he defeated one of the world’s most promising juniors, Alireza Firouzja. He was born in Buftea, in 1984, and was initiated into the secrets of chess, at only 8 years old, by his grandfather.

About the Superbet Foundation

Through the Superbet Foundation, the Superbet Group, the largest operator in the Betting & Gaming industry in Romania, runs a variety of CSR programs through which it gets involved in the life of the community. The foundation promotes education, performance, cultural values and supports the realization of actions and materials (books, films, cultural programs, etc.) that contribute to education, correct information or the development of skills. In addition to being involved in the promotion of chess, it is also a strategic partner of the Romanian Chess Federation since 2019. Notable projects include those dedicated to health (#pariempebine, Race for Cure), as well as cultural ones, supporting the Old Dilema magazine, the Science magazine & Tech or the bimonthly business publication New Money.

About the Grand Chess Tour (GCT)

The GCT is an international circuit that brings together the world’s best chess players. The legendary Garry Kasparov, one of the biggest “ambassadors” of chess, at the global level, inspired the establishment of the Grand Chess Tour and, at the same time, contributed to strengthening the partnership between the organizers.

Media contact

Loredana Trupșor

loredana.trupsor@porternovelli.ro

0763 597 889

Gabriela Stanciu

gabriela.stanciu@porternovelli.ro

0757 088 838 / 0741 068 170

chesstour@porternovelli.ro

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March 10, 2022

Summary of the day – Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest 2022- May 10 – Charity action

May 10th was marked by a unique moment for Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest 2022. In the context of the war across the border, we dedicated May 10th to a fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees and war victims.

Charity meets quality under the aegis of “Uniting minds, Uniting Hearts”, and some of the Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest 2022 competitors gave us a memorable chess show. Fundraising took place in the form of a doubles competition where a professional player played alongside an amateur. Older and younger chess players played alongside grandmasters to raise funds for refugees from across the border.

The guests were amazed by the performances of the participants, and the amateurs enjoyed a memorable opportunity to play alongside some of the world’s greatest chess players.

The event was an example of solidarity from everyone, and the Superbet Foundation joined this project, doubling the amounts donated by the participants.

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January 15, 2022

We start the year with a SuperDonation – Superbet purchased a 125,000 euro ambulance for Matei Balș Institute!

We promised ourselves that in 2022 we would be at least as active in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason, we chose to step right from the first days and make a SuperDonation to the “tip of the spear” of the health system in Romania, the Matei Balș Institute.

The 5th wave of the pandemic is fast approaching, and the resources of medical institutions are running out every moment. The management of the hospital informed us of what would be the greatest need, and Superbet mobilized in record time and handed them a new, emergency-ready ambulance.

The ambulance was equipped according to the requirements of the hospital management, being aligned with European equipment standards. For us it may be a simple ambulance, but for those fighting the Sars-Cov-2 virus it may represent the chance at life they need.

SuperAmbassador Virgil Stănescu handed the key to the hospital representatives!

The former basketball player, Virgil Stănescu, was with the Superbet team at the handover of the vehicle worth 125,000 euros. For the first time, Virgil Stănescu got behind the wheel of an ambulance and drove it to the hospital yard. The moment of handing over the key to the new ambulance was emotional for everyone, especially since it arrived at the hospital in a period of great crisis for the health system.

Following this moment, the former basketball player declared “Sports bring people together. The same is the case with this kind of actions by which we get involved and help, and the Superbet Foundation already has a track record from this point of view. Its existence largely overlapped with the two years of the pandemic that changed our lives, and all the support given during this time, including today’s action, aims to restore a normality”

We all want to get back to normal, but until then we must take care of our health and that of those around us. As an exhortation to caution, Mr. Adrian Marinescu, director of the Matei Balș Institute, stated: “In the context of the fifth wave of the pandemic, for which we are preparing, the new ambulance received today supports the general effort to deal with the number of hospitalizations and interventions, which will increase from one day to the next, starting from the second part of January”.

We are aware that the danger is always among us and we hope that our efforts will make an important contribution to saving the lives of patients and equipping the health system in Romania.

Together we can make Romania a safer and better place for everyone, we just have to want and contribute to this.

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December 24, 2021

SuperHeroes brought the spirit of Christmas into the homes of many families!

In the Superbet family, the Christmas holiday is the best opportunity to be closer to each other and do good deeds together. In life, we do not all leave with equal opportunities, but with a little involvement and a dose of mobilization, we were able to bring joy to the hearts of several needy families across the country. Superbet team members mobilized in different regions and organized charitable actions for families and children in difficult situations from their own funds.

The Superbet Foundation is always with those who want to help and has decided to support all charitable activities, doubling the amount collected by the Superbet teams. The Christmas holiday was very special in the year 2021, and the joy of the Superbet team and the families who crossed the threshold was visible from the first moments.

Santa Claus arrived for the first time in Brașov, Sibiu and Mureș!

The local teams of these counties mobilized in record time and managed to quickly raise 4,230 lei through the involvement of employees. Their initiative and promptness was amazing, which is why the Superbet Foundation broke the ice for humanitarian projects this Christmas and doubled this amount. Thus, the local teams allowed themselves to fill their bags with more surprises for them and added several needy families from these counties to the list of recipients. As we expected, the children were the first to welcome the SuperHeroes from the team with smiles of joy and good cheer. To everyone’s surprise, not the sweets, but the oranges were the most appreciated by them, which motivated our colleagues to supplement the bag with even more fruit.

The Superheroes also flew to Banat!

The cities of Timișoara, Pecica and Lipova were the next targets on the map of Santa’s gifts. The Superbet team from Banat was active during the holidays and managed to collect 2,930 lei. With the help of the Superbet Foundation, we doubled the balance for needy families in these areas and managed to surprise them with even more gifts. Food was the basis for them, but the joy of the holidays is never complete without gifts. In addition to the essential foods on the Christmas table, the team from Banat surprised them with various gifts. It was certainly a memorable Christmas for needy families in the 3 cities, and next year we will be with them again around the holidays.

Santa’s elves were also present in the countryside!

Life in the countryside has many beautiful aspects, but often has its difficult parts. Many families in the villages of Romania live without many financial possibilities. However, their love for each other and the unity they show is heartwarming. Colleagues from Superbet also mobilized for such families, and with the help of the Superbet Foundation, they managed to purchase gifts and food worth 3,200 lei. The happiness was enormous when the Superheroes arrived in the villages of Telna and Mihalț in Alba County. Although modest living made its presence felt in the homes of the two families visited, joy and smiles had a place of honor on the faces of parents and children. Clothes, toys, sweets and fruit were indispensable under the tree this year, and the shortages did not make their presence felt like in previous years. It was also an enormous joy for our colleagues to be able to share smiles and gifts, and the beautiful experience motivated them to come back with other surprises in the following years.

December 16, 2021

We turn the holidays into a miracle for everyone! The Superbet Foundation is with the TotusTuus Association!

The holiday season is fast approaching, but unfortunately not everyone has the opportunity to fully enjoy the fairytale atmosphere of Christmas.

Miracles exist and are made by people willing to help others. We strongly believe in equal opportunity and want a better life for the needy families supported by the TotusTuus Association.

For this reason, we thought of being with father Thomas Ioan Raileanu this year as well, in supporting needy families. Through the TotusTuus Association, it will give gifts on the holy day of Christmas to the less fortunate, and on New Year’s Eve they will be able to spend as they say, with a full meal and joy in their souls.

With souls full of faith and the desire to do good, each of us can be a help to the less fortunate.

We are glad that we have the chance to bring a touch of joy to others on the threshold of the holidays and we hope that this Christmas will be a very special one for the families supported by father Răileanu.

Father Răileanua also organized camps for needy children during the summer.