Super Chess Classic Romania: Keymer, Pragg and MVL score (opens in new tab)

Vincent Keymer, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave became the first co-leaders of the Super Chess Classic Romania after winning in round two. Keymer punished Bogdan-Daniel Deac's kingside weakening, Vachier-Lagrave outplayed Alireza Firouzja in a Najdorf Sicilian, and Praggnanandhaa ended Javokhir Sindarov's 53-game unbeaten streak in classical chess. Fabiano Caruana v. Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest v. Wesley So were drawn. | Photo: Lennart Ootes