The first day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 1 round, all 10 players share the lead with 0.5 point each, with Fabiano Caruana leading on tiebreaks.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 0.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 0.5
3. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0.5
4. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 0.5
5. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 0.5
6. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 0.5
7. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 0.5
8. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 0.5
9. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 0.5
10. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 0.5

The GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 takes place from May 14 to 23, at the National Bank of Romania, Bucharest. The event features a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over single Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes