Penultimate Round Played at Superbet Chess Classic
Decisive games are ahead.
The penultimate eighth round of the Superbet Chess Classic tournament, the first event of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, was played in Bucharest on June 13. Levon Aronian defeated Bogdan-Daniel Deac, while the games Mamedyarov - Giri, Grischuk - Caruana, So - Vachier-Lagrave, and Radjabov - Lupulescu were drawn.
Standings after Round 8:
1. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5
2-4. Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So - 4.5
5-6. Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov - 4
7-8. Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Fabiano Caruana - 3.5
9-10. Constantin Lupulescu, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 3.
Round 9 pairings:
Vachier-Lagrave - Mamedyarov, Giri - Grischuk, Aronian - Radjabov, Lupulescu - So, Caruana - Deac.
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