Dominguez
So
R9 LIVE
Firouzja
MVL
R9 LIVE
Deac
Caruana
R9 LIVE
Rapport
Nepo
R9 LIVE
Aronian
Mamedyarov
R9 LIVE
Nepo
Aronian
1/2
1/2
R8
Caruana
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R8
MVL
Deac
1/2
1/2
R8
So
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R8
Mamedyarov
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R8
Firouzja
Dominguez
1
0
R7
Deac
So
1/2
1/2
R7
Rapport
MVL
0
1
R7
Aronian
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R7
Nepo
Mamedyarov
0
1
R7
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
R6
MVL
Aronian
0
1
R6
So
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R6
Dominguez
Deac
1
0
R6
Mamedyarov
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R6
Deac
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R5
Rapport
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R5
Aronian
So
1/2
1/2
R5
Nepo
MVL
1/2
1/2
R5
Caruana
Mamedyarov
1
0
R5
MVL
Caruana
1
0
R4
So
Nepo
1
0
R4
Dominguez
Aronian
0
1
R4
Firouzja
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R4
Mamedyarov
Deac
1/2
1/2
R4
Rapport
Deac
0
1
R3
Aronian
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R3
Nepo
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R3
Caruana
So
1/2
1/2
R3
MVL
Mamedyarov
1/2
1/2
R3
So
MVL
1/2
1/2
R2
Dominguez
Caruana
1/2
1/2
R2
Firouzja
Nepo
0
1
R2
Deac
Aronian
1/2
1/2
R2
Mamedyarov
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R2
Aronian
Rapport
1/2
1/2
R1
Nepo
Deac
1/2
1/2
R1
Caruana
Firouzja
1/2
1/2
R1
MVL
Dominguez
1/2
1/2
R1
So
Mamedyarov
1
0
R1
Duda
Nepo
R14 LIVE
Liren
Nakamura
R14 LIVE
Caruana
Firouzja
R14 LIVE
Rapport
Radjabov
R14 LIVE
Radjabov
Caruana
R13 LIVE
Firouzja
Liren
R13 LIVE
Nakamura
Duda
R13 LIVE
Nepo
Rapport
R13 LIVE
Nepo
Nakamura
R12 LIVE
Duda
Firouzja
R12 LIVE
Liren
Radjabov
R12 LIVE
Rapport
Caruana
R12 LIVE
Caruana
Liren
R11 LIVE
Radjabov
Duda
R11 LIVE
Firouzja
Nepo
R11 LIVE
Nakamura
Rapport
R11 LIVE
Nakamura
Firouzja
R10 LIVE
Nepo
Radjabov
R10 LIVE
Duda
Caruana
R10 LIVE
Rapport
Liren
R10 LIVE
Liren
Duda
R9 LIVE
Caruana
Nepo
R9 LIVE
Radjabov
Nakamura
R9 LIVE
Firouzja
Rapport
R9 LIVE
Firouzja
Radjabov
R8 LIVE
Nakamura
Caruana
R8 LIVE
Nepo
Liren
R8 LIVE
Rapport
Duda
R8 LIVE
Caruana
Radjabov
R7 LIVE
Liren
Firouzja
R7 LIVE
Duda
Nakamura
R7 LIVE
Rapport
Nepo
R7 LIVE
Nepo
Duda
R6 LIVE
Nakamura
Liren
R6 LIVE
Firouzja
Caruana
R6 LIVE
Radjabov
Rapport
R6 LIVE
Nakamura
Nepo
R5 LIVE
Firouzja
Duda
R5 LIVE
Radjabov
Liren
R5 LIVE
Caruana
Rapport
R5 LIVE
Liren
Caruana
R4 LIVE
Duda
Radjabov
R4 LIVE
Nepo
Firouzja
R4 LIVE
Rapport
Nakamura
R4 LIVE
Firouzja
Nakamura
R3 LIVE
Radjabov
Nepo
R3 LIVE
Caruana
Duda
R3 LIVE
Liren
Rapport
R3 LIVE
Duda
Liren
R2 LIVE
Nepo
Caruana
R2 LIVE
Nakamura
Radjabov
R2 LIVE
Rapport
Firouzja
R2 LIVE
Radjabov
Firouzja
R1 LIVE
Caruana
Nakamura
R1 LIVE
Liren
Nepo
R1 LIVE
Duda
Rapport
R1 LIVE
Radjabov
Firouzja
R1 LIVE
Caruana
Nakamura
R1 LIVE
Liren
Nepo
R1 LIVE
Duda
Rapport
R1 LIVE
Wesley
Predke
1/2
1/2
Mamedyarov
Dubov
1/2
1/2
Nakamura
Esipenko
1/2
1/2
Aronian
Oparin
1/2
1/2
Aronian
Nakamura
1
0
Esipenko
Oparin
1/2
1/2
Keymer
Mamedyarov
1/2
1/2
Dubov
Dominguez
0
1
Predke
MVL
1
0
Shankland
Wesley
1/2
1/2
Giri
Yangyi
1/2
1/2
Vitiugov
Tabatabaei
1
0
Salgado
Fedoseev
0
2
Final result
Alekseenko
Krasenkow
0.5
1.5
Final result
Artemiev
Studer
1.5
0.5
Final result
Predke
Nasuta
1.5
0.5
Final result
Afanasiev
Inarkiev
3
1
Final result
Donchenko
Indjic
0.5
1.5
Final result
Braun
Rakhmanov
1.5
0.5
Final result
Rakhmanov
Braun
0
1
R3.1 Result
Indjic
Donchenko
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Inarkiev
Afanasiev
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Nasuta
Predke
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Studer
Artemiev
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Krasenkow
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
R3.1 Result
Fedoseev
Salgado
1
0
R3.1 Result
Hracek
Artemiev
0
2
Final result
Urkedal
Esipenko
0.5
1.5
Final result
Nikolov
Alekseenko
0.5
1.5
Final result
Ibarra
Navara
1
3
Final result
Perunovic
Predke
0
2
Final result
Rosell
Matlakov
0.5
1.5
Final result
Fedoseev
Pantzar
2
0
Final result
Krasenkow
Yuffa
2
0
Final result
Artemiev
Hracev
1
0
R2.1 Result
Esipenko
Urkedal
1
0
R2.1 Result
Alekseenko
Nikolov
1
0
R2.1 Result
Navara
Ibarra
1/2
1/2
R2.1 Result
Predke
Perunovic
1
0
R2.1 Result
Matlakov
Rosell
1
0
R2.1 Result
Pantzar
Fedoseev
0
1
R2.1 Result
Yuffa
Krasenkow
0
1
R2.1 Result
Notkevich
Laznicka
1
3
Final result
Ayats
Movsesian
1.5
2.5
Final result
Gines
Paravyan
0.5
1.5
Final result
Petriashvili
Saric
0.5
1.5
Final result
Williams
Sahakyan
0.5
1.5
Final result
Damljanovic
Kuzubov
0.5
1.5
Final result
Dias
Motylev
0.5
1.5
Final result
Finek
Lagarde
0.5
1.5
Final result
Laznicka
Notkevich
0
1
Round 1.1
Movsesian
Llobera Ayats
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Paravyan
Gines Esteo
1
0
Round 1.1
Saric
Petriashvili
1
0
Round 1.1
Sahakyan
Williams
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Kuzubov
Damljanovic
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Motylev
Dias
1/2
1/2
Round 1.1
Lagarde
Finek
1
0
Round 1.1
MVL
Wang
1
0
Ding
Nepo
1
0
Giri
Alekseenko
0
1
Caruana
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Giri
1
0
Ding
Alekseenko
1
0
MVL
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Wang
1
0
Nepo
Wang
0
1
MVL
Alekseenko
1
0
Ding
Grischuk
1
Caruana
Giri
0
1
Ding
Giri
0
1
MVL
Grischuk
0
1
Wang
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Nepo
1/2
1/2
ALekseenko
Nepo
0
1
Grischuk
Wang
1/2
1/2
Giri
MVL
1/2
1/2
Ding
Caruana
1/2
1/2
MVL
Ding Liren
1/2
1/2
Wang
Giri
0
1
Nepo
Grischuk
1/2
1/2
Caruana
Alekseenko
1/2
1/2
Grischuk
Alekseenko
0
1
Giri
Nepo
1/2
1/2
Ding
Wang
1/2
1/2
MVL
Caruana
0
1
Grischuk
Giri
1/2
1/2
Alekseenko
Ding
1/2
1/2
Nepo
MVL
0
1
Wang
Caruana
1/2
1/2
Caruana
MVL
1/2
1/2
The stakes are heating up for Superbet Chess Classic Romania, as the tournament is quickly coming to an end with only two more rounds left to play. Today’s Round 7 brought once again entertaining games with key dramatic moments as three of the five games were decisive. Wesley So and Levon Aronian maintain their co-lead in the event, being trailed by half a point by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who won his game today, taking advantage of a tragic blunder by GM Richard Rapport. GM Mamedyarov won his first game in the event, taking down GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, while GM Firouzja scored his first classical Over-The-Board win in 2022 defeating GM Dominguez.
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Replay the Round 7 games:
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0-1
Levon Aronian – Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2
Richard Rapport – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0-1
Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Wesley So 1/2-1/2
Alireza Firouzja – Leinier Dominguez Perez 1-0
Recaps of previous rounds:
Aronian joins So in the lead; Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 – R6 recap
Caruana scores, So maintains the sole lead; Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 – R5 recap /
Decisive results in the majority; Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 – R4 recap /
Deac surprises Rapport; Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 gets the leading trio – R3 recap /
Nepo defeats Firouzja, Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 – R2 recap /
Wesley So in the early lead of Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022
Results of Round 7
Standings after Round 7
Levon Aronian – Fabiano Caruana
In their recent encounter at The American Cup, last month, GM Fabiano Caruana almost lost to GM Levon Aronian with the Italian, so it is very likely that the latter wanted to avoid the Petroff Defense. In order to ensure another Italian game, Aronian chose 2.Bc4, but it seemed that Caruana was prepared for it playing the solid Nf6 and c6 set up. It never appeared that Aronian had any opportunity to play for the advantage and the players traded all of their pieces to a rook endgame that finished in a three fold repetition in 26 moves. Replay the game here
In the short interview about the opponents, Levon emphasized he is excited to meet Fabiano, looking for revenge: “I really look forward to play against Fabiano. I’ve lost to him in the American Cup, so I want to have my revenge.“. See the whole interview here.
Mr. Andrei Diaconescu, the CEO of One United Properties, one of the tournament sponsors after making the first move in the game Aronian-Caruana | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Bogdan-Daniel Deac – Wesley So
The game between GM’s Deac and So started with the Classical Line of the QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted). However, this time around, So, was on the Black side of the QGA which he faced in his Round 2 game against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Differently from that game, Wesley tried 13…Bxf3 with the idea to bring his rook into play via a7-c7, instead of MVL’s choice of 13…Qd7. However, this game had the same fate as his Round 2 as it finished expectedly in a draw by repetition in just 25 moves. Replay the game here
Adrian Mutu, the famous Romanian soccer player, now soccer manager, after he made the first move in the game Deac-So | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Richard Rapport – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
It is hard to write about this game without having sympathy for Grandmaster Richard Rapport. The Hungarian super-GM has been playing his usual creative style, but in this tournament, he has made two blunders that have cost him dearly. The first was in Round 3 against GM Deac and in today’s game against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Today’s blunder was unfortunately quite tragic after a QGA (Queen’s Gambit Accepted) which transposed into a well-known variation of the Meran Defense, the players reached a balanced position and it seemed that a draw would be the most likely result. However, on move 28, Rapport hung his undefended rook with 28. Nd5?? after which he immediately resigned. It is not clear whether he missed the fact that his rook was hanging or if he forgot about the existence of Black’s bishop on a5 while he was thinking. In case it was the latter, he probably thought that 28…Bxe5 was’t possible because of 29.Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rf8 #, missing of course 30…Bxd8!. This was an important point in the tournament for MVL which came in the most unexpected fashion. Replay the game here
A tough loss by GM Richard Rapport in the most tragic way | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started as a heavily theoretical line of the Italian Giuoco Piano. Shakh played energetically and it seemed that Nepo had misplayed the opening at some point. Things turned in favor of Nepo when Mamedyarov made the dubious choice of 28…Rd3?! trying to go for the material and allowing Nepo to consolidate his position while focusing on some attacking ideas on the king’s side. With a blunder toward time pressure, 35…h6?? Mamedyarov gave Nepo a clear path to victory with the idea 36. Qf2! – an easy choice for the computer, commentators and spectators, but not as logical considering that White would be taking the queen from the long diagonal. However, should the queen have been on f2, it would have helped to actually infiltrate into Black’s territory and have unstoppable mating ideas. This was most certainly the turning point of the game. Nepo’s miss on move 36, prompted a series of blunders which gave Mamedyarov a winning position. The Azeri super GM did not let go of it this time and scored his victory to move up from the bottom of the standings. Replay the game here
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on his way to winning his first game in the event | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Alireza Firouzja – Leinier Dominguez
The game between GMs Alireza Firouzja and Leinier Dominguez started with a developing theoretical idea of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, On move 12, Firouzja tried an interesting aggressive scheme with 12. g4!?, after which a strategic and typical battle ensued. Firouzja developed an attack on the kingside, while Dominguez expanded on the queenside. The position seemed to be more comfortable for Black. However, close to the time control and at a critical moment, Domínguez missed the beautiful and typical 36.Rh7! tactic which won material for Firouzja. After which, the youngster converted his advantage after the time control. This win brought Alireza his first win of the event. Replay the game here
A smiling GM Alireza Firouzja at the beginning of Round 7 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Mr. Henk Paardekooper, CEO of the First Bank or Romania, making the first move in the game Rapport-MVL | Photo: Grand Chess Tour, Lennart Ootes
Round 8 pairings:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Leinier Dominguez Perez
Wesley So – Alireza Firouzja
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Bogdan-Daniel Deac
Fabiano Caruana – Richard Rapport
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Levon Aronian
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