The 9th and the final day of the GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 in Bucharest has concluded. After 9 rounds, 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer scored 4 wins and 4 draws to win the tournament with 6 points. Keymer is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 6
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 5.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 5
4. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 5
5. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4.5
6. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 4.5
7. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 4.5
8. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 4.5
9. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 4.5
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