BUCHAREST, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Superbet Chess Classic Romania, a leg of the Grand Chess Tour, will take place in Bucharest from June 24 to July 6, 2024.
According to organizers, the event will feature some of the world's top chess players, including world No. 2 Fabiano Caruana, world No. 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi, and world No.5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Romanian grandmaster Bogdan-Daniel Deac, 22, ranked 34th globally and No. 2 in Romania, has been invited as a wild card for his fourth participation in the Bucharest leg.
The tournament will be a classic closed round-robin event with a prize pool of 350,000 U.S. dollars. The Grand Chess Tour circuit offers a total prize fund of 1.5 million dollars, including a bonus pool of 275,000 dollars for top finishers.
The ninth edition of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour comprises five tournaments, including two classical, and three rapid and blitz events. ■