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Live from the Grand Hotel Bucharest, the 6th Superbet Chess Classic is the second of six legs of the Grand Chess Tour. The nine Tour players are joined by one wildcard (pairings below) for a classical round robin. Today is the final round, with playoffs, if necessary. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, & Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

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ROUND 9 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Bogdan-Daniel Deac vs. Alireza Firouzja
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Wesley So
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Levon Aronian
Gukesh D vs. Fabiano Caruana

PLAYOFFS IF NECESSARY
2 TIED = Two-Game Match
at 10 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
OR
3+ TIED = Round Robin
at 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
If either scenario fails to produce a winner, the remaining tied players will have an armageddon knockout (White shall have 5 minutes and Black shall have 4 minutes, with a 2 second increment from move 61.)

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