The 7th day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 7 rounds, three players share the lead with 4.5 points each, with Fabiano Caruana leading on tiebreaks.

🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer lost to 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov in 40 moves. 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana defeated 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R with 98.3 accuracy and became the Top-2 player in the live rankings. Caruana (2793.2) surpassed 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (2792.0) by 1.2 points.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 4.5
2. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 4.5
3. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 4.5
4. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 4
5. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 3.5
6. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3.5
7. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 3.5
8. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 3.5
9. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2.5
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