The 2nd day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 2 rounds, 3 players share the lead with 1.5 points each, with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leading on tiebreaks.

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R defeated 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov in 42 moves. Praggnanandhaa played the game with 97.2 accuracy, while Sindarov’s was 92.3.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5
2. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 1.5
3. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 1.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 1
5. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 1
6. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 1
7. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 1
8. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 0.5
9. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 0.5
10. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 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