Caruana scored big at Superbet classic

Fabiano Caruana (second, right) with his winner’s cheque of US$100,000 (Photo: Lennart Ootes)

United States chess champ Fabiano Caruana conquered an elite field which included current world champion Ding Liren, to win the Superbet Chess Classic Tournament in Bucharest, Romania, recently.

Among the ten invitees were Ian Neponiachtchi who lost the World Championship Match three weeks ago, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Alireza Firouzja, all 2700 contestants, the highest ranked worldwide.