The 5th day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 5 rounds, Vincent Keymer leads with 3.5 points, while Anish Giri is in second place with 3 points. Grandmasters drew all five games in the round.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 3.5
2. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 3
3. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 3
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 3
5. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 2.5
6. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2.5
7. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 2
8. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 2
9. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 1.5
10. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 1

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