[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qf3 Ne4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nxd5 Nd2
14. Qg3 Qb5 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Rfd1 Qxb2 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Qxd6 Rac8 19. Qf4
Qxc2 20. Ng3 g6 21. Qe5+ Rg7 22. h4 Nc4 23. Qf6 Re8 24. d5 Ne5 25. Rac1
Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Nxf6 28. d6 Ng4 29. d7 Rd8 30. Rc7 f6 31. Rxb7
Rgxd7 32. Rdxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Ne5+ 34. Ke2 Nxd7 35. Kd3 Kg7 36. Kc4 Kf7 37.
Kb4 Ke6 38. Ka5 Nc5 39. Kb6 Kd5 40. Ne2 g5 41. Ng3 f4 42. exf4 gxf4 43. Nh5
Na4+ 44. Kxa6 Ke5 45. Ka5 Nc3 46. a4 Kf5 47. Kb4 Nxa4 48. Kxa4 Kg4 49.
Nxf6+ Kxh4 50. Nxh7 Kg3 51. Ng5 Kxg2 52. Kb4 f3 53. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8.
a5 Qc7 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. a6 b5 13. d5 b4 14. dxc6 bxc3
15. cxd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4
Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bg5 22. Rf3 Re7 23. Bd5 Rd8 24. c4 Be6 25. Ne4 Bf4 26. Rd3
Red7 27. Raa3 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. g3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Bg5 31. Nxg5 Rxd3 32.
Qxd3 hxg5 33. Qd5 g6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kf3 Qc3+ 36. Kg2 Qd4 37. Qb5 Qe4+ 38.
Kg1 Qd4 39. Kg2 Qd6 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Qc4 Qb6 42. Qc8 Kg7 43. Qc4 Qd4 44. Qc6
e4 45. Qc1 Qb6 46. Qxg5 Qxa6 47. Qe5+ Qf6 48. Qxe4 a5 49. Kg2 Qc3 50. Kh2
Qb2 51. Kg2 Qb5 52. Qd4+ Kh7 53. Qh4+ Qh5 54. Qc4 Qf5 55. g4 Qf6 56. Qa2
Qc6+ 57. f3 Qc7 58. h4 Kg8 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Qe5 61. h6 Qg5+ 62. Kf2
Qh4+ 63. Kg2 Qg5+ 64. Kf2 Qc5+ 65. Kg2 Qf5 66. Qa1 Qg5+ 67. Kf2 Qd2+ 68.
Kg3 Qg5+ 69. Kf2 Kh7 70. Qa2 Qf5 71. Qd2 Qc5+ 72. Kg2 Qe5 73. Kf1 Qf5 74.
Kg2 Qg6+ 75. Kf2 a4 76. Qa2 Qb6+ 77. Kg2 Qb3 78. Qa1 Kxh6 79. Qf6+ Kh7 80.
Qf5+ Kh6 81. Qf6+ Kh7 82. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "IND"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "25033220"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Nb6 14.
Ne3 Bd7 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. a4 a5 17. Bd2 h5 18. Rfe1 h4 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Ng4
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nxa4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. d6 Bd7 24. Re7 Bf5 25. Qd5 Be6 26.
Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Bd3 Qe8 29. Qxe8 Rxe8 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Bxa5 Rxd6
32. Be4 b6 33. Bb4 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Bxb2 35. Ne3 Bd4 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. Nd5 Rxg2+
38. Kd3 Bc5 39. Bc3 Rxh2 40. Nc7 Nf4+ 41. Kc4 Rh1 42. Be5 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Be3
44. Ne8 Nh5 45. Nd6 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 Nh6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nf5 8.
e3 e6 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. a3 a6 11. Rb1 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nce4 c4 14. dxc4
bxc4 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. b4 c3 17. Ndb3 d5 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. b5 Ne5 20. a4 Nc4
21. e4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Nb3 Bf6 24. Bf4 e5 25. Bh6 Na3 26. Ra1 d4 27.
Qa2 Nc4 28. Nc1 Be6 29. Qc2 Nb2 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Rbc8 32. Rfc1 Bc4 33.
Qd1 Rb8 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Qxf1 Bg5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5 37. Qd3 Rdc8 38. a5 Qd2 39.
Qxd2 cxd2 40. Rd1 Rxb5 41. Rxd2 Ra8 42. a6 Ra7 43. Rda2 Kg7 44. Ra5 Rb6 45.
Rxe5 Raxa6 46. Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Rd5 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra4 49. e5 Kf8 50. Kf3 Ke7
51. Rd6 Ra5 52. Ke4 Ra2 53. Rf6 Rd2 54. h4 h5 55. f4 Rg2 56. Kxd4 Rxg3 57.
Rb6 Rg4 58. Kd5 Rxf4 59. Rb7+ Kf8 60. e6 Rf5+ 61. Kd6 Rf6 62. Rb8+ Kg7 63.
Re8 fxe6 64. Rxe6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "4264312"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qe3 a5 11. a4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1
Nd5 15. Qe4 Ndb4 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. c3 Na6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ne4 g5 20. Qg3
Rad8 21. Be3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf3 f5 24. Ng3 Qd5 25. Qxd5+ Rxd5 26.
f4 e5 27. Nh5 gxf4 28. Bf2 Bh8 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Rae1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. a3 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e4 d4 9. Ne2 a4 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 b5
15. h4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bxh4 17. Rh3 Be7 18. e5 Ra6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Kf2 f6 21.
Qh1 Nxe5 22. fxe5 fxe5+ 23. Ke2 h5 24. Bd5+ Ne6 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Nd5 Bg7 8.
Qa3 e6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 a5 12. Be3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. c3
Bd7 15. Kb1 Nbc6 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. f4 dxe4 5. dxe4 Bg7 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 b5 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14. Rd4
Qc7 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Rd1 c5 17. e6 f5 18. Ng5 c4 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. O-O Na6 21.
Nhf3 Nb4 22. Bb1 c3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Ne5 Ba6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Be2 27.
Re1 Bxf3 28. Ngxf3 Rfc8 29. Nd4 N6d5 30. c4 Nc3 31. Bd2 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Bxe5
33. fxe5 Rxc4 34. Nf3 Rd8 35. Bg5 Kf8 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. h4 Rcd5 38. Kh2 Nc6
39. Bf4 Rc5 40. h5 gxh5 41. Ra4 Rd3 42. Bh6+ Ke8 43. Rf4 Rxf3 44. gxf3 Rxe5
45. Bg5 Rxe6 46. Rc4 Ne5 47. Rc3 Rc6 48. Re3 Ng6 49. Ra3 Rc5 50. Kg3 f4+
51. Bxf4 h4+ 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kh3 Nxf4+ 54. Kxh4 Ne6 55. Re3 Kf7 56. f4 a4
57. f5 Rxf5 58. Ra3 Rf4+ 59. Kxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2907712"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Be5 c6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rfe8 14.
Rab1 a5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nc8 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Nf4 h5 20. b3
h4 21. Qd1 g6 22. a3 Rec8 23. a4 Kg7 24. Qd2 Nde4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qc2 Qb4
27. Nd3 Qe7 28. Nc5 Nd6 29. b4 b6 30. Nd3 axb4 31. Nxb4 Nc4 32. Qd1 Ra5 33.
Nd3 Rca8 34. Ne5 Rxa4 35. Nxc6 Qf6 36. Ne5 Ra2 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Re2
39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Rxc4 Raa2 41. Rf1 Rab2 42. d5 Red2 43. Rxh4 Rxd5 44. Rd4
Rxd4 45. exd4 Kf6 46. Re1 Rb4 47. d5 Rb5 48. Rd1 Ke7 49. f4 Kd6 50. f5 Rxd5
51. Rb1 b5 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. Kg2 Kc5 54. Kf3 b4 55. Kg4 Kc4 56. Rc1+ Kb3
57. Rc6 Ka2 58. Ra6+ Kb2 59. Rxg6 Rb5 60. f4 b3 61. f5 Kc2 62. Kf4 b2 63.
Rg2+ Kd3 64. Rxb2 Rxb2 65. f6 Kd4 66. Kf5 Kd5 67. f7 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[BlackFideId "938190"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Qd2 Nc6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bh6 Qa5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Rac8 13. Kb1 Nb4 14.
a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h5 Bf5 18. Bd3 Be6 19. b3 Nxh5 20.
c4 Qc6 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2932717"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 Rb8
8. a4 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O b6 11. h3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rb1
Na5 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2
Qe7 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Rbd1 Na5 23. Qd3 Bc6 24. Nd4 Be8 25. Kh2 Nb7 26. Qc2
Nc5 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nd4 h5 29. f4 h4 30. g4 e5 31. g5 Bg7 32. Nf3 exf4 33.
Bxf4 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Nxh4 Be5 36. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 37. Kh1 Qxg5 38. Nf3 Qg3
39. Qc3 bxc4 40. bxc4 Bc6 41. Qd4 Re8 42. Qxd6 Qxd6 43. Rxd6 Nxe4 44. Rd4
Ng3+ 45. Kh2 Nf5 46. Rxe8+ Rxe8 47. Rd2 Ne3 48. Kg3 Bxf3 49. Kxf3 Nxc4 50.
Ra2 Ne5+ 51. Kf2 Rd8 52. Bf1 Kg7 53. Ra5 f6 54. Be2 Rd4 55. Ra3 g5 56. Rc3
Kg6 57. Kg3 f5 58. Ra3 f4+ 59. Kf2 Kf5 60. Ra5 Ke4 61. Ba6 Rd2+ 62. Kf1 Rb2
63. Ra4+ Kf5 64. Bc8+ Kf6 65. Ra6+ Kg7 66. Ra5 Nf3 67. Bg4 Nh2+ 68. Kg1 Kf6
69. Bc8 Nf3+ 70. Kf1 Nd2+ 71. Ke1 Ne4 72. Rf5+ Kg6 73. Rf8 Ng3 74. Bg4 Rb1+
75. Kf2 Rb6 76. h4 Ne4+ 77. Kf3 Nf6 78. hxg5 Kxg5 79. Bc8 Rb3+ 80. Kf2 Ne4+
81. Ke2 Re3+ 82. Kf1 Kh4 83. Rxf4+ Kg3 84. Rg4+ Kf3 85. Rxe4 Kxe4 86. Kf2
Rc3 87. Bb7+ Kf4 88. Ke2 Rc2+ 89. Kd3 Rc7 90. Bd5 Rd7 91. Kd4 Kf5 92. Kc5
Ke5 93. Bb3 Rc7+ 94. Kb4 Kd4 95. Ba4 Rb7+ 96. Bb5 Kd5 97. Ka4 Kc5 98. Be2
Rb2 99. Bf1 Rf2 100. Bd3 Rf3 101. Be2 Re3 102. Bf1 Rc3 103. Be2 Rc1 104.
Kb3 Rb1+ 105. Kc2 Re1 106. Kd2 Rh1 107. Ke3 Rh3+ 108. Ke4 Rh8 109. Kd3 Rh4
110. Ke3 Kd5 111. Kf3 Ke5 112. Kg3 Rf4 113. Bd1 Ke4 114. Kg2 Ke3 115. Kg3
Rf1 116. Bb3 Rg1+ 117. Kh4 Kf4 118. Kh5 Rg3 119. Be6 Ra3 120. Kg6 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.12"]
[White "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "13725831"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Be2 b5 4. a4 b4 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Nd2 e6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. a5 Nf6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 Be7 13. N2b3 Nc5 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Bd2 Nfxe4 16. Bxb4 Rab8 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb3 Qc6 20.
Be4 d5 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. c3 Ba8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rb4 25. Rec1 Qb7 26.
Qe5 Rxb2 27. Qd6 Qb4 28. Qxa6 Qxd4 29. Qf1 e5 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Rdc1 Qa7 32.
a6 e4 33. Bd1 d4 34. Rab1 Ra2 35. Ra1 Rd2 36. Qe1 e3 37. Be2 d3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.13"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5
8. Ndb5 c6 9. Nc7 Bb4 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Qd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3+ 13. Kb1 Na6
14. Nxa8 Bf5 15. Qa4 Bd6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Ka1 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxf4 19. Qf5
Bd6 20. Rb1 Qxa8 21. Rhe1 Qd8 22. Rb7 Qa5 23. Qf3 Qa3 24. Rxa7 Be5 25. Rb7
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.14"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "CRO"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14531534"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Qb6
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Qc5 a5 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Bxb7 Ra5 19. Rfd1 Rb8
20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Rac1 Ne5 22. Bg2 Bd7 23. Rc5 Rbb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Rd5 Nc6
26. Rc5 Bxa4 27. Rxa5 Nxa5 28. bxa4 Kf6 29. f4 Ke6 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Kc5
32. Kd3 Nc4 33. Ke4 f5+ 34. Kf3 Kd4 35. e3+ Kc3 36. Bf1 Na5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.15"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne7 7. c4 Ng6 8. h3
Bd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 c6 12. h4 Re8 13. h5 Nf8 14. h6 g6 15.
Nh2 a6 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 Bc8 18. O-O N6d7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bf6 21. Qf2
Bh8 22. Rae1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Ng4 Nb6 26. f5 Qg5 27. Qg2
Kf8 28. e6 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Nh2 Qxh6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33.
Bxg6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Rad8 35. Bf5+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+
Kh6 39. Ng4+ Kg5 40. Re2 Rh8+ 41. Rh2 Rdf8 42. Rxh8 Rxh8+ 43. Kg2 Nc8 44.
e7 Re8 45. Ne3 Rxe7 46. Qf5+ Kh6 47. Ng4+ Kg7 48. Qxc8 Kg6 49. Qg8+ Kf5 50.
Kf3 Re6 51. Ne4 Re7 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. a3 e5 5. d3 a5 6. b5 a4 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Bb4
Bc5 9. g3 Ne7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qb1 Qe7
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne1 Na5 17. Nc2 Nab3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Qb2 Bg4 20. Nb4
Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rab8 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. h3 Be6 24. Nb6 f5 25. Qb4 Qc7 26. Rb1 e4
27. Nxa4 exd3 28. exd3 f4 29. Nc5 Bg8 30. Ne4 fxg3 31. fxg3 Be6 32. Qd6 Qc8
33. Ng5 Bf5 34. Qxd4 h6 35. Ne4 Bxh3 36. Rb6 Kh7 37. Nd6 Qd7 38. Be4+ Kh8
39. Nb5 Qxd4+ 40. Nxd4 Ra8 41. Kh2 Bf1 42. Rb3 Rfd8 43. Ne6 Rd7 44. Nf4 Re8
45. Kg1 Rxe4 46. dxe4 Bxc4 47. Rc3 b5 48. Kf2 g5 49. Ng6+ Kg7 50. Ne5 Rd2+
51. Ke3 Rg2 52. Kf3 Ra2 53. Nxc4 bxc4 54. e5 Kg6 55. Ke4 h5 56. Kd5 h4 57.
gxh4 gxh4 58. e6 Kf6 59. Rf3+ Ke7 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Rf3 Ke7 62. Rh3 Rd2+ 63.
Kxc4 Kxe6 64. Rxh4 Ra2 65. Kb3 Ra1 66. Rd4 Ke5 67. Rd2 Ke6 68. Kb4 Ke7 69.
a4 Rb1+ 70. Kc5 Rc1+ 71. Kb6 Rb1+ 72. Ka6 Ra1 73. a5 Rb1 74. Ka7 Rb3 75.
Rd5 Rb1 76. a6 Rb2 77. Rd4 Rb1 78. Ka8 Rb2 79. Ka7 Rb1 80. Rh4 Kd7 81. Rh7+
Kc8 82. Rb7 Ra1 83. Rb4 Kc7 84. Rc4+ Kd7 85. Rc5 Ra2 86. Kb7 Rb2+ 87. Ka7
Ra2 88. Kb7 Rb2+ 89. Ka8 Ra2 90. a7 Rb2 91. Rc4 Rb1 92. Rh4 Kc7 93. Rh7+
Kc8 94. Rh8+ Kc7 95. Rb8 Ra1 96. Rb5 Rc1 97. Rb7+ Kc8 98. Rb5 Rc2 99. Rh5
Rb2 100. Rh8+ Kc7 101. Rb8 Ra2 102. Rb7+ Kc8 103. Rb5 Rc2 104. Rb7 Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.17"]
[White "Besedes, Danilo"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "946796"]
[BlackFideId "4221990"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7
8. Qxc4 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Qd3 c4 12. Qc2 b4 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Be7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Qxc4 Rxc5 19. Qf4 O-O 20.
a3 b3 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. h3 h6 24. Qd4 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxd4 26.
Rxd4 Rc2 27. Ra4 e5 28. Rxa6 e4 29. Bg2 Rxe2 30. Rb6 Rxb2 31. a4 Rb1+ 32.
Kh2 g6 33. a5 Nd5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. a6 Nc7 36. a7 e3 37. fxe3 Ra1 38. a8=Q
Nxa8 39. Bxa8 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.18"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 c6 7. g3 h5 8.
h3 Na6 9. Bg2 d5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. d4 g6 12. O-O Bh6 13. Re1 Be6 14. f4 O-O-O
15. a3 Qd7 16. Qf1 Nc7 17. Na4 b6 18. b3 Ne4 19. Kh2 h4 20. g4 Qd6 21. Nc4
dxc4 22. Bxe4 Qxd4 23. g5 Bg7 24. Bb2 Qd2+ 25. Re2 Bxb2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 27.
Kh1 Bxa1 28. Qxa1 Rhd8 29. Qe5 Re2 30. Nc3 Re3 31. bxc4 Rd2 32. Qh8+ Kd7
33. Bg2 Rxc2 34. Ne4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxe4 36. Qa1 Ree2 37. Qd4+ Kc8 38. Qe3
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.19"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Vutov, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "2903431"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Bf2 Nc5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Bf1
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qf2 Nf4 18. Kh1 Ne6 19. Be3 g5 20. Rd2
h5 21. Red1 h4 22. Ne2 Kg7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Be6 25. b3 c5 26. Be3 a6
27. Rc2 Kg6 28. Bd3 Reb8 29. Rf1 b5 30. Qe2 b4 31. f4 gxf4 32. Bxf4 Kg7 33.
Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qf2 Rh8 35. Re2 Rh6 36. Re3 Rg6 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Rf4 h3 39. g3
a5 40. Qf3 Rg5 41. Qe3 Rg6 42. Rh4 Rh8 43. Rhf4 Rh7 44. Qf3 Kg8 45. Qf2
Rhg7 46. Qf3 Rg4 47. Qe3 Rxf4 48. gxf4 Qb2 49. Be2 Rg2 50. f5 Rxe2 51. Qg5+
Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qg5+ Kf8 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "11.20"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "4218655"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Rd1 e6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nd7 15. c3 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Be5 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h4
h5 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Rd7 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Qe3
Nd5 27. Qe2 Nb6 28. b3 Nd5 29. Rd3 Nf6 30. R3d2 Qb6 31. Rb2 c5 32. dxc5
Qxc5 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc2 b6 35. Qb5 Rc7 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Kf1 e5 38. Ke1
Nd7 39. Be2 e4 40. Bb5 Ne5 41. Ke2 f5 42. Ke3 Nf3 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. Rc1 Ne5
45. Bb5 Rd5 46. Ke2 g5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Rh1 Rc5 49. c4 Rc8 50. Rd1 Rf8
51. Rd6 Rf6 52. Rd8 Nd3 53. Ke3 Nc5 54. Rg8+ Rg6 55. Rh8 Rd6 56. Be8 Rd3+
57. Ke2 Nxb3 58. Rxh5+ Kf6 59. Rh6+ Ke7 60. Bb5 Nd4+ 61. Kf1 Nf3 62. Kg2
Rd6 63. Rh7+ Kf6 64. Rh1 Ke5 65. Rc1 Kd4 66. Rd1+ Kc5 67. Rh1 Rd2 68. Rh5
Nd4 69. Kf1 Kd6 70. Rh6+ Ke5 71. Rxb6 Nf3 72. g4 Rd1+ 73. Kg2 Rg1+ 74. Kh3
fxg4# 0-1

