The 4th day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 4 rounds, Vincent Keymer leads with 3 points, while Anish Giri is in second place with 2.5 points.

🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer defeated 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 38 moves by making a brilliant move. Keymer played the game with 92.7 accuracy, while Giri’s was 87.4.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 3
2. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 2.5
3. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 2.5
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2.5
5. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2
6. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 1.5
7. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 1.5
8. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 1.5
9. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 0.5
10. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 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