The main event has a confirmed USD 350,000 event purse. In addition, the 2026 Grand Chess Tour includes a USD 125,000 bonus allocation for each regular-season classical event, which brings the total event-related prize pool to USD 475,000. Location:Â National Bank of Romania Museum, Strada Lipscani 25, Bucharest, Romania.
Bent Larsen (1935–2010) was the greatest chess player in Danish history, and for a time, the second-strongest player in the Western world behind Bobby Fischer. Between 1954 and 1971, he won the Danish Championship six times, and achieved numerous international tournament victories throughout his career.Â
Free video sample: Introduction to Bent Larsen by Peter Heine Nielsen
Free video sample: Introduction to the Opening Section
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The event is a 10-player classical round robin, the time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to finish, with 30 seconds increment from move 1. The broadcast will be available on the YouTube and Twitch channels of the Saint Louis Chess Club, with the commentary team led by GM Yasser Seirawan.
Full details on the event are provided by MyChess.events
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Official tournament page of the 2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
Live coverage of the event will be available on the ChessBase Live Chess page
The Benoni family of openings has toppled world champions, decided match games under the highest pressure, and rewarded those brave enough to play them with some of the most electrifying chess imaginable. In this Fritztrainer, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov –Â continuing his successful series “Understanding Middlegame Structures” – takes you deep inside the complexities of the Colour-Reversed Benoni, the Colour-Reversed Benko Gambit, and the Colour-Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit.
Free sample video: Introduction
Free sample video: Colour Reversed Banoni – Game 1
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