[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Kavin Vijayakumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "33345791"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Qe7+ 8.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nh4 Bc2
15. c5 Bc7 16. Bf3 g5 17. Bxc6 gxh4 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxf4 Rc8 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21.
b4 Bd3 22. Rfd1 Bc4 23. d5 Ne5 24. Rd4 a5 25. a3 Bb3 26. c6 axb4 27. axb4 Nxc6
28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 h3 30. b5 Rc8 31. b6 hxg2 32. b7 Rb8 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. Nd6
Be6 35. Ra1 Nd7 36. Ra8 Kf8 37. Nf5 Ke8 38. Ng7+ Ke7 39. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Botta, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2804340"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Ba6
9. Qd3 Re8 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. e4 Rac8 14. e5 Nh7 15. Qe3
Qb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. a4 Nb8 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bf1 Red8 20. Bc3 Nf8 21. Bd3 f5 22.
h4 Rd7 23. h5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Nd8 25. Bb2 Nh7 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Rc1 Rc7 28. Rxc7
Qxc7 29. Qc1 Qd7 30. Ba3 Bxa3 31. Qxa3 Nf8 32. Nh4 Qf7 33. Be2 f4 34. Qc1 fxg3
35. fxg3 Qd7 36. Ng2 Nh7 37. Nf4 Ng5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Bd3 Ke8 40. Qa3 Qe7 41.
Bg6+ Kf8 42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Kf2 Nb7 44. b4 Nd8 45. Ke3 Ndf7 46. Bd3 Kd7 47. Bc2
Nd8 48. Bg6 Kc7 49. Bc2 Kb7 50. Bd3 Kc8 51. Bg6 Kc7 52. Bc2 Kc8 53. Bg6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "1534874"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Rc8 14.
O-O-O Bc5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Rc7 18. Red3 g6 19. Kd2 Kg7 20.
b3 h5 21. h4 Re8 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. c4 f6 25. Rd5 b6 26. a4 Kf7 27.
a5 Ke6 28. Kc3 Rc6 29. g3 Rc8 30. Kb4 Rb8 31. a6 Rc8 32. Kb5 Ke7 33. b4 Ke6 34.
Rd2 g5 35. Rd5 Rg8 36. Kc6 Rc8+ 37. Kb7 Rxc4 38. Rb5 gxh4 39. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Eden, James"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "666491"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 Nf6 7. f3 h5 8. O-O-O a5
9. Kb1 Nfd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. Bxb5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb7 15.
Bxe5 O-O 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. a4 Nc5 18. Qxa5 Bf5 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Ned4 Ra8 21. Qd2
Nxa4 22. Qb4 Rc5 23. Rd2 e5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2000733"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. f4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. d5 e6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 exd5 14. Ne2 Qb6
15. d4 h5 16. O-O h4 17. b4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Kb8 19. Na4 Qd6 20. Rac1 Bh6 21. Nc5
Rhe8 22. Rc2 Nc8 23. Qh7 Qf8 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Qd3 Qg7 26. a4 Qg6 27. f5 Qg4 28.
Rf3 h3 29. Rxh3 Bf4 30. Re2 Bd6 31. Rf3 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Nc4 33. Nc3 Qh4 34. g3 Qg4
35. Kg2 Rh8 36. Rf2 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Rg8 38. Qf1 Qh4 39. Nd7+ Kc8 40. Nxd5 Qxd4 41.
N7xf6 Rd8 42. Qe2 Be5 43. Kg2 Rxd5 44. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 45. Qf3 Qd4 46. f6 Ne3+ 47.
Kh3 Qd7+ 48. g4 Qd3 49. Rc2+ Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "England, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "E77"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Four pawns attack"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "2622602"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. g4 h6 14. a4 a6 15. Kg2
Qc7 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qc8 18. g5 e4 19. Be2 Nh7 20. f5 Qc6 21. gxh6 Bd4 22.
fxg6 fxg6 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Qd5 Rad8 26. Bxe5+ Rxe5 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28.
Bxa6 Rxd6 29. Bc4 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nf6 32. a5 Nh5 33. Rfd1 Rf6 34. Rg1
Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Rf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nf5+ 38. Kh2 Nd6 39. a6 Nxc4 40. a7 Nb6
41. Rb1 c4 42. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4611292"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Qd7 9. dxc5 Rd8 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Qxc5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Be8 19. Nc3 Rdc8 20. Bd3 a5 21.
Be2 Bc6 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bd6 Kf8 24. b3 g5 25. Rfe1 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Nc5 27. f3 Ke7
28. Red1 h5 29. Kf2 h4 30. R6d2 f5 31. Rb1 Nd7 32. a3 Ne5 33. Rd4 Ng6 34. Bf1
Nf4 35. Ne2 e5 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Rbd1 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 b6 39. Nc3 Ra7 40. Ke3 Ra8 41.
Ra2 g4 42. b4 gxh3 43. gxh3 Rg8 44. Rf2 Rg3 45. b5 Bb7 46. Na4 Ne6 47. Nxb6 f4+
48. Kd2 Bxf3 49. Na4 e4 50. Rh2 e3+ 51. Kd3 Bd1 52. Rh1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Schnabel, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "4613040"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Be6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nf3 N7b6 11. Bb3 c6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2
h6 16. Nc3 g5 17. Be5 Nbd7 18. Bh2 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Ndf6 21. Rad1 Nh5
22. Be5 Ra5 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bc8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Rd4 Bd7 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Qb6 30. Rb4 Qa7 31. Re3 Bf5 32. Nb5 Qb8 33. Nc7 Rc8 34. Rg3
Bg6 35. Rxg6 fxg6 36. d6+ Kh7 37. Qxa5 exd6 38. Rc4 b6 39. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Advaitt Srikant Koduri"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25185454"]
[BlackFideId "240990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qf5 Qe7 14. Bf1 g6 15.
Qb1 c5 16. Re1 Qf8 17. Qa1 d4 18. Ne2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bg2 Nd3 21. Ng3 Qe7
22. Red1 h5 23. Rc2 h4 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxd4 N5f4 28.
exf4 Nxf4 29. Qe4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Milat, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12510130"]
[BlackFideId "2602105"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. h3 Re8
9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Kh2 Rf8
16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Bf3 Nf4 18. Bg4 Be8 19. Nb3 h5 20. Bf3 a4 21. Nc1 Bd7 22. gxf4
exf4 23. Bd2 Qh4 24. Bg2 Be5 25. Nd3 f3+ 26. Nxe5 fxg2 27. Nxd7 gxf1=Q 28. Qxf1
Rfd8 29. Qg2 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qxd7 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rg1 Nc5 33. Qf3 Kh7 34. Rg5 Kh6
35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Veleshnja, Zino"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Smyslov system"]
[WhiteFideId "4701313"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5
9. dxc5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Bd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Be4 Kc8
15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 f5 17. Bd5 Kb7 18. Ne1 Rad8 19. Nd3 e6 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bd5 e4
22. Ne1 Kb8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nc2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Kc7 27. Na3 a6
28. Nb1 Ba4 29. Rh1 Rd8 30. Nd2 Rd3 31. Rxh6 Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 Rc2 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34.
Rh6+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Rh6+ Kf7 37. Rd6 g4 38. f3 f4 39. Nxe4 Rxg2 40. gxf4
Bc2+ 41. Kc1 gxf3 42. Nd2 f2 43. Rxb6 Bd3 44. Rb3 Rg1+ 45. Kb2 Bxc4 46. Rb7+ Ke8
47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Rb2 Be2 49. e4 Rd1 50. Rb1 Rxb1 51. Kxb1 Bd3+ 52. Kb2 Bxe4 53.
Kc3 Kd7 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. a3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Bodrov, Timofey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "14131781"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Nb3 a6 8. Be3
b5 9. g5 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. f4 h6 12. gxh6 Ng6 13. h4 Nxh4 14. Qg4 Rxh6 15.
O-O-O Nf5 16. exf5 Rxh1 17. fxe6 Qh4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd7+ Qe7 20. Qf5+ Qf6
21. Qd5+ Qe6 22. Qxh1 Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Ba8 24. Nd5 Qf2 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. Qh5+ g6 27.
Qh7+ Ke8 28. Bxg6+ Kd8 29. Nxe7 Bxe7 30. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Stanford, Sheila Barth"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1500953"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nf4 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Qa4 c5
15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Qe4 Rb4 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Re3 Qb6 19. Ne1 Rxh4 20. b3 Nc6 21. Ba3
Rd8 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qd5 Nd4 24. Na4 Qa6 25. Bxc5 Be6 26. Bxe7 Bxd5 27. Bxf8 Qc8
28. Bc5 Nf5 29. Bxa7 Qe8 30. Rc1 Qh5 31. f3 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Ng3 33. Re4 Qg5 34.
Rc8+ Bg8 35. Rg4 Qf4 36. Be3 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Amar, Elham"]
[Black "Balinski, Damian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "1533533"]
[BlackFideId "1120913"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ng6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Qf3 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Nd2 c5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Qf2 b6 18. exf5 Qf7 19. a3 Bxf5 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Ne5
Qd5 22. Rd1 Qb7 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 h6 26. Qe2 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4
28. g3 Bf5 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. Ng4+ Kg6 34. Ne5+
Kf6 35. Re2 Re7 36. g4 Bc8 37. Kg3 Bb7 38. h4 a5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5
41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. g5+ Kf7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Danila, Tudor-Gabriel"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1274244"]
[BlackFideId "2820242"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rab1 Ne4 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Nb6
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. a5 Nd7 18. Na4 Qg5 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. g4
Bxg4 22. Rg2 Qh5 23. f3 exf3 24. Rf2 Re8 25. e4 Nf6 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. exf5 Re2 28.
Rxe2 fxe2 29. Nf1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Rozycki, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "1106996"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Ne2 c5 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15.
g4 Rf7 16. f5 d5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. Nf4 Nxd5 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Rc6
22. Rae1 Nc7 23. Qe4 h6 24. Re2 Bf6 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Rc1 Re7 27. Bg3 Bg5 28. Rce1
Be3+ 29. Kh2 Rcxe6 30. fxe6 Rxe6 31. Qf3 Rf6 32. Qe4 Re6 33. Qf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Paasikangas, Johanna"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "500879"]
[BlackFideId "8603847"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 a5 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Na6 10. Bf3 b6 11. Nge2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15.
h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f4 17. O-O-O Rf7 18. Kb1 Bf8 19. Rhf1 Bc5 20. Nb5 Kg7 21. Bh4
Raf8 22. Qf3 h6 23. Bf2 g5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rfe1 Rf6 27. Rd2 h5 28.
g3 Kh6 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Rg2 Qh7 31. Qf3 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Qxg8 33. Nxc7 Qg3 34. Qd1
f3 35. Ne8 f2 36. Rf1 Rf4 37. Nd6 Kg6 38. Nf5 Qg2 39. Ne7+ Kf6 40. d6 Qxe4+ 41.
Ka1 Ke6 42. Nd5 Rf3 43. d7 Nxd7 44. Nc3 Qxc4 45. Qb1 Nf6 46. Qd1 Rxc3 47. bxc3
Qxc3+ 48. Kb1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "33486697"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nb3
Be7 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 b6 13. Nh4 Nge5 14. d4 Nxd4
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Qe2 f6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rxa7 b5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21.
Raa1 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rb6 23. Re1 Qb4 24. Rac1 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd8 26. Rc3 Rd6 27.
Ra1 Bb7 28. Ne1 Rd7 29. Nc2 Nb4 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Nxb4 Rxb4 33. Ra7
Kg6 34. Kg2 e5 35. h4 h5 36. Kf1 Kf5 37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Red4 39. Kg2 Rd2 40.
Raxc7 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Rxb2 42. Rb7 g6 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Rf1 46. Ke2
Rb1 47. Rb6 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb1 49. f3 Re1+ 50. Kf2 Rb1 51. Rb4 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Rg2
53. Rc4 Rb2 54. b4 g5 55. hxg5 fxg5 56. g4+ hxg4 57. fxg4+ Ke6 58. Ke4 Rg2 59.
Kf3 Rb2 60. Ke3 Rb1 61. Ke4 Rg1 62. Ke3 Rb1 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Rc5+ Kd6 65. Rc4 Kd5
66. Rc5+ Kd6 67. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Costantino, Claudio Emanuele"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "28505697"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. g4 a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bc1 Rc8 17. a4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Bc4 20. Qd2 b5 21. Ba3 bxa4
22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 axb3 24. cxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Rc1 Nb5
28. Kb2 a4 29. Rd7 Ke8 30. Rb7 Nd6 31. Rb4 Nc4+ 32. Ka1 Rd8 33. Rb1 Nd2 34. Rc1
Nf3 35. c4 Rd2 36. Rc3 Ra2+ 37. Kb1 Nd2+ 38. Kc1 Nxe4 39. Re3 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rxc4+
41. Rexb3 axb3 42. Rxc4 b2 43. Rb4 Nc3+ 44. Kc2 b1=Q+ 45. Rxb1 Nxb1 46. Kxb1 Ke7
47. Kc2 Ke6 48. Kd3 Kf5 49. h4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Stoinev, Metodi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "2901404"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. a3 Bb6
15. Nbd2 Qc5 16. Nc4 a5 17. b4 Qh5 18. Rad1 axb4 19. axb4 Re8 20. h3 Ng5 21.
Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. f4 Qb5 24. f5 Ra4 25. Bd6 c5 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. f6 g6
28. Qg5 Rg8 29. Bf8 Qe8 30. Rd8 Qxf8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Wecker, Martin"]
[Black "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "12931462"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. Ne5 Rb8 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. d3 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfc8
15. Qd2 Be7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. h3 b4 19. Nd1 Be6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. b3 c4
22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Qc2 a5 26. Nc4 e4 27. Bxe4 Bxh3 28.
Bg2 Bd7 29. Rb1 a4 30. e3 Qc7 31. Qd1 Qc5 32. Bf3 Bb5 33. Nb2 Qa7 34. Nc4 Bxc4
35. dxc4 b3 36. Qd2 a3 37. c5 Rd8 38. Qe2 Bb2 39. Rd1 Bf6 40. Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Qd3
Qb8 42. axb3 a2 43. Qa6 Qxb3 44. Qa8 h5 45. Qxd8+ Kh7 46. Be4+ g6 47. Qd4 f5 48.
Bxf5 gxf5 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Qd6+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf6 54.
Qd8+ Ke5 55. Qd4+ Ke6 56. Qd6+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qd4+ Kh7 60.
Qd7+ Kh8 61. Qd4+ Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qd4+ Kf7 64. Qd7+ Kf6 65. Qd8+ Kg6 66.
Qd6+ Kg5 67. Qf4+ Kf6 68. Qd4+ Ke7 69. Kh2 Qe6 70. c6 h4 71. c7 hxg3+ 72. fxg3
Qh6+ 73. Kg2 Qc6+ 74. e4 Qxc7 75. Qg7+ Kd6 76. Qd4+ Ke6 77. exf5+ Kxf5 78. Qd5+
Kg4 79. Qe6+ Kg5 80. Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Sunea, Sara Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "1288989"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. d3 O-O
9. Ne1 Rb8 10. Nc2 Nd4 11. Rb1 d6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bd7 14. bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Ba3 b5 18. cxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Rc1
Bd5 22. Qb5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Qb7 Rf7 25. Rc7 Bf8 26. Bc6 f4 27. Bb5 Kh8 28.
Rd7 Qa5 29. Bxe7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 fxg3 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Liloni, Francesco Mattia"]
[Black "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2872264"]
[BlackFideId "13312022"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nf4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bg7 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 Qc7
15. Rh3 Nxe5 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Qxh6 Nxf3+ 18. Kd1 Rf7 19. gxf3 Qf4 20. Qh5 c4 21.
Qg5 Bd7 22. Bh3 Raf8 23. Ke2 d4 24. Qxf4 d3+ 25. Ke3 Rxf4 26. Bg4 Bc6 27. b3 Bd5
28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. a4 e5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Kd2 b6 32. Rb4 Rd6 33. a5 b5 34. Rg1 Ra6
35. Ra1 e4 36. Ke3 Raf6 37. Rg1 exf3 38. Be6 Rf8 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Rb7 a6 41. h5
R4f6 42. Rgg7 Re8+ 43. Rge7 Re6+ 44. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 45. Kxf3 h6 46. Rb6 Re1 47.
Rxh6+ Kg7 48. Rd6 Rc1 49. Kg4 Rxc3 50. h6+ Kh7 51. Kg5 Rc1 52. Rd7+ Kh8 53. Rd8+
Kh7 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. h7+ Kh8 56. Kh6 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Gagliardi, Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "681091"]
[BlackFideId "810665"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qh4
Qa5 9. Bh6 Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. b3 Bd7
15. Ne1 h5 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Nd3 b6 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke1 Ke8 21. Rd2
Ng4 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. f3 Nf6 24. e4 Nd7 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Ke3 a6 28.
Nd3 Nd7 29. Rdc2 Rc7 30. Nd5 Rcc8 31. N5f4 Rc7 32. Ne2 Rbc8 33. Kd2 Nc5 34. Nd4
e6 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. b4 Nd7 37. Nb3 e5 38. a4 f5 39. a5 fxe4 40. fxe4 bxa5 41.
Nxa5 Nf6 42. Nf2 Ba8 43. c5 d5 44. c6 d4+ 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Rc5 Ng4 47. Nxg4 Rf8+
48. Ke2 hxg4 49. Nc4 Rxc6 50. Rxe5+ Kd7 51. Rg5 Kc7 52. Rxg4 Rb8 53. h5 d3+ 54.
Kxd3 Rd8+ 55. Ke3 gxh5 56. Rg5 Rh8 57. Kd4 Kb8 58. Rc3 h4 59. gxh4 Rxh4 60. Rg8+
Ka7 61. Rg7+ Kb8 62. Re7 Rc8 63. Nd6 Rd8 64. Kc5 Rh5+ 65. e5 Rh4 66. Rc4 Rxc4+
67. Kxc4 Rg8 68. Kc5 Rg4 69. Re8+ Ka7 70. Nc8+ Kb7 71. Nb6 Rg6 72. Nxa8 Rc6+ 73.
Kd5 Rc1 74. e6 Rd1+ 75. Kc5 Rc1+ 76. Kd6 Rd1+ 77. Kc5 Rc1+ 78. Kd4 Rd1+ 79. Kc3
Rc1+ 80. Kb2 Re1 81. e7 Re2+ 82. Kb3 Re3+ 83. Ka4 Re5 84. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Majek, Kacper"]
[Black "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21887756"]
[BlackFideId "54764998"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd4 Nf6 12. Bf3 e5 13. Be3 h6 14. Qd3 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Bc5 16. Rd2 Qb6 17. Nd1 a5 18. Rb1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. c4 Bc6 21. h4 Ra2
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ne3 h5 24. Re1 g6 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Nc2 Rb8 27. Qd3 b3 28. Ne3
Kg7 29. Rc1 Ra2 30. Rc3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Qb4 33. Rc4 Qb6 34. Qc3 d6 35.
g3 Qa7 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Rd3 Rb1 38. Rd1 Qa1 39. Rxb1 Qxb1 40. Qd2 Ra8 41. Rc1 Qa2
42. Rc6 Ne8 43. Be2 Qa4 44. Rc4 Qa1 45. Rb4 Nf6 46. Bd3 Rc8 47. Rxb3 Qa7 48. Rc3
Rb8 49. Rc6 Qd4 50. Qc3 Rxb2 51. Qxd4 exd4 52. Rc2 Rb3 53. Rd2 Nd7 54. Bf1 Rb4
55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Bd3 Nc5 57. Kf4 Rb2 58. Bc2 d3 59. Rxd3 Rxc2 60. Rf3 Re2 61. g4
hxg4 62. Kxg4+ Kg7 63. Kg5 Rxe4 64. h5 f6+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Koskinen, Henri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "13308300"]
[BlackFideId "500720"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f5 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. O-O Nb8
15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Qe7 20. Qa4 axb4 21.
axb4 Nf6 22. c6 Ne4 23. Nd4 Qe8 24. b5 b6 25. Qa7 Rf7 26. Qxb6 Rf6 27. Qb7 Nd6
28. Qd7 Qh5 29. Qxd6 Rh6 30. f3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Lemonnier, Remi"]
[Black "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "648280"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nd7 5. Nxd5 Ndb8 6. Ne3 Qxd4 7. Bd3 Qd8 8.
f4 e6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Ba4 Nd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Nd5
15. c4 Nxf4 16. O-O h6 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Rad1 Ke8 19. Bc3 Bc5 20. Rfe1 a4 21. Kh1
Bb6 22. Nf1 Ba5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Re3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Ra5 26. Re3 g5 27. h3 Ke7
28. Ng3 Rd8 29. Ne4 Nxe5 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. c5 Nf7 32. Nfd2 Rb5 33. Nc4 Rb3 34.
Nc3 e5 35. Re2 Be6 36. Na5 Ke7 37. Nxb3 Bxb3 38. Re4 Ke6 39. Nxa4 Nd8 40. Nc3
Bc2 41. Re2 Bb3 42. g4 Kf6 43. Ne4+ Ke7 44. Ng3 Ke6 45. Kg1 g6 46. Kf2 Kf6 47.
Ne4+ Ke6 48. Re3 Bd5 49. Nc3 Bc4 50. Re4 Bd3 51. Rb4 Kd7 52. Ne4 Kc7 53. Ke3 Bf1
54. Nf2 Bg2 55. Nd3 Nf7 56. Kf2 Bxh3 57. Re4 h5 58. gxh5 Bf5 59. hxg6 Bxg6 60.
Re3 e4 61. Nc1 Ne5 62. Kg3 Nc4 63. Re2 Bf5 64. Rf2 Be6 65. Ne2 e3 66. Rf6 Bd5
67. Rf5 Nxb2 68. Rxg5 Nd3 69. Rg7+ Kb8 70. Re7 Nxc5 71. Rxe3 Ka7 72. Nc3 Kb6 73.
Kf4 Bb3 74. Ke5 Na4 75. Ne4 Bd5 76. Nf6 Kc5 77. Rd3 Nb2 78. Nd7+ Kb5 79. Rc3 b6
80. Nf6 Nc4+ 81. Kd4 Ka4 82. Nxd5 cxd5 83. Kxd5 Nxa3 84. Rxa3+ Kxa3 85. Kc6 Kb4
86. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Lorscheid, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "4606000"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 g6 6. g4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Na4 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 14. Nf5 gxf5
15. gxf5 Kh8 16. Rxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd4 h6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Rg8 20. b3 c5 21.
Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Kantane, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "1135988"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe1 O-O 13. a5 b6 14. Nbd2 bxa5 15.
Bb3 Rb8 16. d4 e4 17. Nh2 f5 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Qf2 Rf6 20. Qe2 Rg6 21. Qf2 Rf6 22.
Qe2 Rg6 23. Rf2 Nde7 24. Raf1 a4 25. Bxa4 Rxb2 26. g4 Rf6 27. Qe1 Bb7 28. Qa1
Rxd2 29. Rxd2 f4 30. Qb1 fxe3 31. Re2 Ba8 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Bxc6 Bxc6 34. Qe1
Kh7 35. Nf1 f5 36. gxf5 Nxf5 37. Nxe3 Qg5 38. Nxf5 Qxf5 39. Kh2 h5 40. Qg3 Qf7
41. c4 Qxc4 42. Qxc7+ Kh8 43. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "46622373"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bc5 7. Qc2 d6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O g5 12. b4 g4 13. Nfd2 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Bb2 Ng6 16. Bb5 Qg5 17. c4 Rg8 18. Qc3 Nf4 19. Kh1 Kf8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. a4
c5 22. b5 h5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Ke7 25. Rfa1 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Rc8 27. Qc3 h4 28.
Ra7 Qh6 29. Qe3 g3 30. fxg3 hxg3 31. Qxg3 Ne2 32. Qd3 Qh5 33. Nf3 Nf4 34. Qd2
Qg4 35. e5 Rd8 36. exd6+ Rxd6 37. Rxc7+ Ke8 38. Qc2 Rd1+ 39. Ng1 Nh3 40. Bd4
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Al-Hajiri, Bader"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "10300163"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 f5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. b3 Bg5 17. Nf3 h5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qc1 Qf6 21. Qe3 Rae8 22.
f3 g5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qg6 25. a3 Rf4 26. Rae1 Rxe4 27. Bd3 Rxe3 28. Bxg6
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rf8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nd7 32. Bxh5 Nf6 33. Bf3 Ra8 34. c5 Ra4
35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Bd1 Ra2 37. Bb3 Rd2 38. Ra1 Rb2 39. cxd6 cxd6 40. Ra3 e4 41. Ba2
Kg6 42. b5 Rxb5 43. Rb3 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "46656391"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Nbd2 b5 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
Bxa8 Qxd4 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. O-O Bc5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf3 Neg4 14. e3 Nd5
15. Bd2 O-O 16. Ba5 Qd6 17. Qe2 Ngxe3 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Kh1 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Nxg2
21. Kxg2 e5 22. Bc3 e4 23. Nh4 f5 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Kh1 f4 26. gxf4 e3+ 27. Ng2
Qh3 28. Rf1 Rf5 29. Kg1 Rh5 30. Ne1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Wessel, Rudy"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1004395"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Rd8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 c5 15.
Qf3 Be6 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Nb3 Ne4 21. Qe3
Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Rac8 23. Nd3 Bf6 24. f3 Nd6 25. Re2 d4 26. Nxd4 Bc4 27. Rd1 Bxd4+
28. cxd4 Nb5 29. Rxe7 Nxd4 30. Bh6 Bxa2 31. Kg2 Nc6 32. Re3 f6 33. Rde1 Rb8 34.
Kg3 g5 35. h4 Bc4 36. Nc5 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 Rxb2 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Bf4 h5 40. Ne4
hxg4 41. Nd6+ Rxd6 42. Bxd6 gxf3 43. Rxf3 Nd4 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Be5+ Kf5 46.
Bxd4 Rb5 47. Kf3 a5 48. Rc1 Bd5+ 49. Ke3 a4 50. Rc5 Rb3+ 51. Bc3 Ke6 52. Kd4 Rb1
53. Ra5 Bb3 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Ra8 Rc1 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd7 58. Re1 Rc2 59.
Kd3 Rh2 60. Bb4 Kc6 61. Re5 Bd5 62. Kc3 Rh3+ 63. Kc2 a3 64. Re1 Kb5 65. Bd6 Kc4
66. Ra1 Be4+ 67. Kd2 Rd3+ 68. Ke2 Rxd6 69. Rxa3 Rh6 70. Ra4+ Kd5 71. Ra7 Rh3 72.
Rd7+ Ke5 73. Re7+ Kd4 74. Rd7+ Bd5 75. Kf2 Rf3+ 76. Ke1 Rg3 77. Kf2 Rg2+ 78. Kf1
Rh2 79. Rd8 Ke4 80. Kg1 Rd2 81. Re8+ Kf3 82. Rf8+ Ke3 83. Rf2 Rd4 84. Rc2 Rd1+
85. Kh2 Kf4 86. Rf2+ Bf3 87. Rf1 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Jirasek, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "319848"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc6+ Bxc6 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. f3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bb8 20. Qf4 Rc4 21. Rxc4
Bxc4 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Be5 Ke7
28. Bxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Ke2 Kd5 31. Kd2 f4 32. exf4 Kd4 33. a4 c3+ 34.
Kc2 Kc4 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Kxb5 37. Kxc3 Kc5 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Ke3 g6 40. g4 h5
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. h4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1003992"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nd5 b5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Ba2 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. c3
Nc6 22. b3 axb3 23. Qxb3 Rf6 24. a4 Na5 25. Qb4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 Nc4 27. Reb1 Rff8
28. h3 Kh7 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Qb7 31. Qa7 Qxe4 32. Qe7 Rf6 33. Qd8 Qf4 34.
Ra8 Nd2 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "25050389"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Kb1 Ng7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. h4 Bg4
15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rac8 17. Rh1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rcg1 Nh5 20. f4 Nc4 21.
Rg5 Rfc8 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Rd4 a6 27. a3 b5
28. Qd2 Kg7 29. e4 Qb7 30. e5 Qh1+ 31. Ka2 Nh5 32. f5 h6 33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Rd7+
Kg8 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2089912"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxf4 14. exf4
Re8+ 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bd3 c5 17. O-O-O c4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. Ng3 Qc7
21. Nh5 f6 22. Rhe1 Bb7 23. Qf5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nc5 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Rg3+ Kf7 28. Bb4 Be4 29. Bxc5 Qc6 30. Qh5+ Bg6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Qh7+ Ke6 33.
Qxg6 Qxc5 34. Qe4+ Kf7 35. Qxa8 Qe3+ 36. Kd1 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 38. Kb1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Adithya A Chullikkad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "45078734"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 a5 6. O-O a4 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d4 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 b6 11. bxa4 Bb7 12. Rab1 Qb8 13. Bc3 Qa7 14. a5 bxa5 15. c5
Bd8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ne5 e3 19. fxe3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Ba6
22. a3 Qe7 23. Nd6 Qg5 24. Bd4 Bc7 25. Qa4 Bb5 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Rxb5 Rfd8 28.
c6 Bxe5 29. Rxa5 Rac8 30. Rc5 Bd6 31. Ra5 Bc7 32. Rb5 Qg4 33. Qc2 h5 34. Qe4 Qg5
35. Rb7 Qe7 36. a4 Qd6 37. Rc1 Qa3 38. Ra1 Qd6 39. Rc1 Qa3 40. Rc4 h4 41. Bc5
Qa1+ 42. Rb1 Qa2 43. Qc2 Qxc2 44. Rxc2 hxg3 45. hxg3 Bxg3 46. Ba7 Bc7 47. Rb5
Nf6 48. a5 Ng4 49. Bf3 Ne5 50. Kf2 g5 51. Bb6 f6 52. Bxc7 Rxc7 53. Rb7 Rdc8 54.
a6 g4 55. Bg2 g3+ 56. Kxg3 Kh8 57. Rxc7 Rxc7 58. a7 Rg7+ 59. Kf2 Nd3+ 60. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13604058"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 d6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. a3 Nd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Bxe5 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bg7 18. Bxc6 d5 19. Qf3 dxc4 20. Bb5 Bb7 21. Ba6
c5 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Kb8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qf4+ Qc7 26. Qxc4 Rd7 27. Re8+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Rd8 29. Nd2 f5 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Nc4 Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kb7 33. Qb5+
Kc8 34. Na5 f4 35. gxf4 Bc3 36. Qe8+ Qd8 37. Qxd8+ Kxd8 38. Nb7+ Kc7 39. Nxc5
Kc6 40. Nd3 Kd5 41. Kf1 Kd4 42. Ke2 Ba5 43. b4 Bc7 44. Ne5 Kc3 45. h3 Kb3 46.
Kd3 Kxa3 47. Kc4 Kb2 48. Kd5 Kc2 49. b5 Kc3 50. f3 Bb6 51. Nd7 Bc7 52. Ne5 Bb6
53. h4 Kb4 54. Kc6 Bd8 55. f5 gxf5 56. h5 Bf6 57. Nf7 Kc4 58. Nd6+ Kd3 59. Kd5
f4 60. Ke6 Bd4 61. Kf5 Bc5 62. Nc8 Ke3 63. Kg4 h6 64. b6 Bxb6 65. Ne7 Kd3 66.
Nc6 Ke3 67. Ne7 Bc5 68. Nc6 a6 69. Ne5 Bd4 70. Nc4+ Kd3 71. Na5 Bc3 72. Nb7 Ke3
73. Nd6 Bb4 74. Nc4+ Kd4 75. Nb6 Kc5 76. Nd7+ Kd6 77. Nb6 Kc6 78. Nc4 Kb5 79.
Nb2 Bc3 80. Nd1 Bd2 81. Kf5 a5 82. Ke4 Kc4 83. Nb2+ Kb3 84. Nd3 a4 85. Nc5+ Kb4
86. Nxa4 Kxa4 87. Kf5 Kb4 88. Kg6 Kc4 89. Kxh6 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "240990"]
[BlackFideId "1291513"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b3 a6 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 b6 21. Qd3
Qc7 22. Rfe1 Qb7 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Re2 Bf6 25. b4 Rb8 26. Bh6 Qc8 27. Rec2 Qd7 28.
b5 Ra7 29. Qe3 Raa8 30. g4 Qb7 31. Re1 axb5 32. axb5 Ra7 33. Rce2 Qc8 34. Qf4
Qd8 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Re4 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. h4 Rcc7 39. h5 f6 40. hxg6 hxg6
41. Rh1 Qf8 42. Re3 Ra4 43. Reh3 Qg8 44. Qh2 f5 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "1404210"]
[BlackFideId "12510130"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4
9. Nbd2 Ne5 10. Bb3 Nxd3 11. Qc2 c4 12. Bxc4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Rfe1 Nf4 16. Qe4 Bh6 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 e6 21. Qh4
Bg7 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Qg3 b5 24. a5 b4 25. c4 b3 26. h4 f5 27. Bd3 Bc6 28. Ng5
Qe7 29. f4 Rfd8 30. Re3 Bh6 31. Bf1 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Rd4 33. Ra3 Rbd8 34. Raxb3 Be4
35. Be2 Qc7 36. Bf3 Qxa5 37. Bxe4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qa1 39. Qf3 fxe4 40. Qg4 Rh1+ 41.
Kg3 Qa6 42. Rb5 Qc6 43. Reb3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2850520"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4
Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Bd3 c5 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Nge2 Nc6 14. Qd3 Qe8 15.
O-O-O c4 16. Qb1 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3+ 18. Rxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Kb1 Nh7 21. Rh3
Qf7 22. Bc7 Rde8 23. Be5 g5 24. h5 Bf6 25. f4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Qf1+
28. Ka2 Qxh3 29. Nxd5 Qxg4 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nf5 Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Nf5 Kg8 34.
Neg3 Qa4 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Shilon Rahav, Eliran"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2844958"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Be6 13. a4 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Na5 15. Qa2
c5 16. Ne3 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 b3 21. Bxa5 Qxd5
22. Qb1 Qxa5 23. Qd1 Rab8 24. d4 e4 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Qg4 Rb6 27. Rad1 Rbe6 28.
Qh5 g6 29. Qe2 Bg7 30. Ng4 Qd7 31. d5 Rd6 32. Ne3 Rb8 33. a5 Qb5 34. Qc4 Bxb2
35. Rb1 Bg7 36. Qxe4 b2 37. Red1 Rc8 38. Kh2 Rd7 39. g3 Qxa5 40. d6 Qe5 41. Qd3
Rc6 42. Nc4 Qc5 43. Qe2 Kh7 44. Nxb2 Rcxd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Nc4 Re6 47. Ne3 Qc6
48. Rb4 a5 49. Rf4 Rf6 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Qa2 a4 52. Qxa4 Qf5 53. f4 Qxf4 54. Ng2
Qf2 55. Qb3 Be5 56. h4 h5 57. Qd3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Petcu, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "28548485"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15.
Nh4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Qe8 17. Bc1 Nf8 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Bb2
Be6 22. e4 g6 23. Ne3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Rdc8 25. f4 Ba5 26. Bxe5 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Qe7
28. Bd6 Qd7 29. Qb2 Re8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. c6 Qe7 32. cxb7 Nd7 33. g4 Qc5 34. Kf2
Qd6 35. e5 Qa6 36. Kg3 Qa5 37. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Kreken, Eivind Grunt"]
[Black "Amar, Elham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bf4"]
[WhiteFideId "1532359"]
[BlackFideId "1533533"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 Na6 15.
O-O Nb4 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 Kg7 21. h4
e6 22. Bh3 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxc7 Qd6 25. Qb7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxb5
Bxd4 28. Qxa5 Qf6 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. Qg5 Qf3 31. Bg2 Qe2 32. h5 Qxh5 33. Qxh5 gxh5
34. Rd1 e5 35. Be4 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc2 37. Rf3 Re2 38. Bd5 Re1+ 39. Kg2 f6 40. b4
Kg6 41. b5 Re2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. Be4+ Kf7 44. Rf5 Ke6 45. Ke1 Bb6 46. Kf1 Bc5 47.
Ke1 Rb4 48. f3 Rb2 49. Rxh5 Bf2+ 50. Kd1 Bxg3 51. Bc6 Bf4 52. Rh7 Kd6 53. Rd7+
Kc5 54. Be4 Kc4 55. Rc7+ Kd4 56. Rd7+ Ke3 57. Rd3+ Kf2 58. Rd5 Bg5 59. Rd7 Rxb5
60. Kc2 Ra5 61. Rf7 Ra3 62. Bd5 Ke2 63. Be4 Ra1 64. Rh7 Rc1+ 65. Kb2 Rc5 66. Kb3
Ke3 67. Rf7 Kf4 68. Rf8 Rc1 69. Kb2 Rf1 70. Kc2 Rf2+ 71. Kd3 Kg3 72. Rf7 Ra2 73.
Rf8 Kf2 74. Rf7 Ra3+ 75. Kc2 Ke2 76. Rf8 Ra7 77. Kc3 Rc7+ 78. Kb2 Kd2 79. Rd8+
Ke3 80. Rf8 Rc4 81. Kb3 Rc1 82. Kb2 Rf1 83. Kc2 Rf2+ 84. Kc3 Rxf3 85. Bxf3 Kxf3
86. Kd3 e4+ 87. Kd4 Bh4 88. Re8 f5 89. Re6 Bf2+ 90. Kc3 e3 91. Kd3 f4 92. Re8
Bh4 93. Re6 Kf2 94. Re5 Bd8 95. Re6 Bg5 96. Re5 f3 97. Rxg5 e2 98. Re5 e1=Q 99.
Rxe1 Kxe1 100. Ke3 f2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Black "Szwed, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Jaenisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2820242"]
[BlackFideId "1126431"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ c6 13. c5 O-O 14. Nfd2 b5 15. Qd1
Bf6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Nbd2 Re7 19. Nf1 Rae8 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. Qc2 Nc4
22. b3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 a5 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Ne5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rad1 Re6 30. f3 Rh6 31. g4 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Ng3+ 33. Kg2 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "8603847"]
[BlackFideId "2839135"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. Qc2 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Rae1 Ne6 14. Bg3 b5 15. Rc1
Bd7 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rc8 18. h3 Qb6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bf5 Bxf5
22. Qxf5 d4 23. Na4 bxa4 24. exd4 Qxb2 25. dxc5 Ne4 26. Be3 Qxa3 27. c6 Qb3 28.
Re1 Qb4 29. Red1 Qb3 30. Rd7 Nf6 31. Rd3 Qb2 32. c7 Qb7 33. Qxa5 a3 34. Rd2 Ra8
35. Qb6 Qe4 36. Qb3 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Bf4 Nd5 39. Be5 Rec8 40. g4 g5 41. Kg2
a2 42. Ra1 Nxc7 43. Rdxa2 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Ra8 45. Rb2 Nd5 46. Rb7 Ra4 47. Rg7+ Kf8
48. Rh7 Nf4+ 49. Bxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxh6 Kf7 51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Rh8 Ra4 53. Rf8+ Kg6
54. Rf3 Rb4 55. Re3 Kf6 56. Kg3 Rb1 57. f4 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Ra1 59. fxg5+ Kxg5 60.
Rxe6 Ra3 61. Re3 Ra1 62. Re5+ Kg6 63. h4 Ra3 64. Re6+ Kf7 65. Re3 Ra1 66. Kg3
Rg1+ 67. Kf4 Ra1 68. h5 Ra5 69. Re5 Ra1 70. Kg5 Ra6 71. Rc5 Rb6 72. h6 Kg8 73.
Kh5 Ra6 74. g5 Ra8 75. g6 Kh8 76. h7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Raghav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "25922475"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Nd7 9. h5 gxh5 10. Nd4 Nf6 11. f3 e5 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. a4 Be6 14. Kc2 Nd7 15.
Rxh5 Nc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. a5 a6 18. Na3 c5 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. Be3 cxb4 21. cxb4 Rac8
22. Kb3 Rc6 23. Rc1 Bxc4+ 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Ke6 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Rh6 Rg8 28.
g4 Rg6 29. Rxh7 Be7 30. Rh5 Rf6 31. Rh3 Rg6 32. Rh5 Rf6 33. Rf5 Rg6 34. Bc3 Rg5
35. Ne3 Rg8 36. Rh5 Bg5 37. Nf5 b6 38. axb6 Nxb6 39. Rh1 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Black "Fargetta, Vittorio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46622373"]
[BlackFideId "2866221"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7
9. c3 O-O 10. h4 f6 11. Qc2 a5 12. h5 h6 13. Rh3 Nb6 14. Rg3 f5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16.
Rg6 Nxc5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 Ne4 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. Rxg3 Rf5 21. Bd3 Bh4 22. Nxh4
Qxh4 23. Qf2 Qxh5 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. O-O-O Nd8 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Rg1
Bd7 29. Bd4 g5 30. fxg5 f4 31. Rh3 Qf5 32. gxh6+ Kf7 33. h7 Nxd4 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Rychagov, Nikita"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "4508394"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nxf5 c4 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Nxg7+ Bxg7 13. Qxg7 Qg6 14. Qxg6+
hxg6 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. Na3 Nce7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Rd4
Nge7 21. e6 O-O 22. exd7 Rcd8 23. Nxc4 Rxd7 24. Ba5 Nf5 25. Rd2 Re7 26. f3 Rfe8
27. b3 g5 28. Rfd1 Nf4 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. Rxd6 Re2 31. R1d2 g4 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33.
Rd2 gxf3 34. gxf3 Bxf3 35. Rxe2 Bxe2 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ke3 Ne6 38. Kd2 Bf3 39. c4
Kf7 40. Kc3 Ke7 41. Bb6 Kd6 42. Be3 Kc6 43. b4 Bd1 44. h4 Ng7 45. Bf2 Nf5 46.
Kd2 Bh5 47. a4 Nd6 48. b5+ axb5 49. axb5+ Nxb5 50. cxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Black "Velten, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5028876"]
[BlackFideId "681091"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb2 b6 13. d4 Bb7 14. h3 Rfd8
15. Qe2 Rac8 16. c4 Nf8 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. d5 Bc5 19. dxe6 Re8 20. Ng5 f6 21. Ne4
Rxe6 22. Qg4 Ree8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Ba4 Bc6 25. Bc2 Bd7 26. Qh5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Be8 28. Be4 Bf7 29. Bd5 Kh8 30. Qf5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 h6 32. Qf5 Nf8 33. g3 Rb8 34.
Ba3 Qa5 35. Re3 Qd2 36. Bxc5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. g4 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 Rf1 40. Re2
Qh1+ 41. Ke3 Qxh3+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Nd7 44. Bxa7 Rc1 45. c5 Ne5+ 46. Kf4
Rc4+ 47. Kf5 Kg8 48. Ke6 Rxg4 49. Rxe5 fxe5 50. c6 Rc4 51. Kd7 h5 52. c7 h4 53.
f3 h3 54. Bg1 g5 55. a4 g4 56. fxg4 e4 57. a5 e3 58. a6 e2 59. a7 e1=Q 60. a8=Q+
Kg7 61. c8=Q Qd1+ 62. Ke7 Rxc8 63. Qxc8 Qe1+ 64. Qe6 Qxe6+ 65. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Black "Llari, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "54764998"]
[BlackFideId "651044269"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15.
h3 Qc6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Nb3 18. Nh2 Rd7 19. f4 Rbd8 20. Nf3 Ba6 21. Bf2 Nd5
22. f5 g6 23. f6 Bf8 24. Ne4 Qb5 25. Neg5 c5 26. Qe4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxf6 28. exf6
cxd4 29. Ne5 Qd5 30. Qh4 h6 31. Ngf3 d3 32. Be3 h5 33. Qg3 Bd6 34. Bf4 Bb7 35.
Nxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Re5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Qc5+ 39. Kh1 Bxf3 40. f7+ Qxe5 41.
Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "3446379"]
[BlackFideId "13308300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Ne3 Be4 12. a3 Ra6 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Nfe5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nf3 c5 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Qe2 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rad6 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenneth Terence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "14300192"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. O-O a6 14. Ba4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bd3 16. Qd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc6 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qf4
Ne7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qe6 Qg8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Re3 b5 26. Bc2 Ng6 27. h4 Rd8 28.
h5 Rd6 29. Qe8 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5+ Rff6 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Bxf6+ Qxf6 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Redzisz, Michal"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "21816107"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 d6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc5 15.
b4 Bxc3 16. bxc5 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Rab8 18. cxd6 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Rxd6 20. c5 Rdd8 21.
Rfc1 Rbc8 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rc7 24. Kf1 Rcd7 25. Ke2 g5 26. Rb2 Ne5 27. Rc3
Nd3 28. Rd2 Nf4+ 29. Kd1 f6 30. h4 gxh4 31. g3 Nd3 32. Ke2 h3 33. Kf1 h2 34. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Black "Urbani, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "5092442"]
[BlackFideId "2830138"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe3 h6 15.
Rfe1 Rae8 16. c5 bxc5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. dxc5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Kh7 20. Qxe6 Qxe6 21.
Bxe6 Nxc5 22. Bxf5+ g6 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Ne5 Rxf2 25. Bxg6+ Kg8 26. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Mond, Omri"]
[Black "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2851261"]
[BlackFideId "5028280"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 Bb4 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. h4 Nxc3
15. hxg5 Qxd4 16. gxh6 Kh7 17. Be5 Qd5 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Qh2 Qc4 20. Re3 Nd5 21.
Rf3 Be6 22. Re1 Qxc2 23. Bg7 Rae8 24. Qg3 Qg6 25. Qh4 Bg4 26. Rxe8 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Seppala, Joni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "16301188"]
[BlackFideId "511285"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. b4 Qb7 21.
Qe3 Nd7 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qb8 24. Rd6 Nf8 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Rcd1 Ng6 27. Qh5
h6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Adharsh K"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25718207"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Qc1 c6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15.
Rad1 Nhf4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. Qc1 Be6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 exd4 22. e5 Qe7 23. Qxf4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qa3 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Kg1
h6 28. Qb2 b6 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. cxb4 Rd8 31. a4 Bf8 32. b5 Bb4 33. Rc1 c5 34. g4
Kf8 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ng5 Bc8 38. Ne4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Rd4
41. f3 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kxe5 43. g5 Kf4 44. Rd1 Rxc4 45. Rd7 Rc2+ 46. Kd3 Rc1 47.
Rxf7+ Ke5 48. Rc7 Ra1 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd5 52. Rd7+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Kantane, Anna"]
[Black "La Ricca, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "1135988"]
[BlackFideId "893951"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Rd1 a6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rd3 Qd6 19. Rb3 Rb8 20. Rh3 Ke7 21. b3
Qb4 22. Be3 a5 23. Qd1 Rbd8 24. Qc2 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Bd2 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxd4
28. Bxa5 Rd5 29. Bc3 c5 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Ke2 h5 33. Rhc3 Rd5 34.
Rc4 Rg8 35. g3 Rg4 36. f3 Rg8 37. Ra4 Rd8 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rc6 h4
41. R6xc5 hxg3 42. hxg3 f5 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. a4 e5 46. b4 Rd4 47.
Rb2 Ke6 48. a5 Kd6 49. b5 Kc7 50. b6+ Kb8 51. Rb5 f6 52. f4 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Re1 54.
Rd5 exf4 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Khassenov, Mansur"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13768700"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 h6 5. d4 Bb4 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc5 13. Qe4 d6 14. Bd3
f5 15. Qd5+ Qxd5 16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Nd4 a6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. f4 Ng6 21.
Ref1 Nf8 22. h4 Nh7 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. c4 g6 25. h5 Nxh5 26. Rh3 Rf8 27. Kd2 Kg7
28. Rfh1 Nxf4 29. Rxh6 Nh5 30. R6xh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rh8 32. Nxf5+ Bxf5 33. Rxf5
Rf7 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Be4 Rg8 36. Rh5 Rg4 37. Kd3 Rff4 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg8
40. Re7 Kf8 41. Re6 Rf2 42. Bf3 Rg7 43. a4 Ra2 44. Rh6 Re7 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Rh2
Rxa4 47. Be6 Kf6 48. g4 Rg7 49. Rh6+ Kg5 50. Rh5+ Kg6 51. Rh8 b6 52. Rf8 a5 53.
Bf5+ Kg5 54. Be6 Rb4 55. Rf5+ Kh4 56. Rh5+ Kg3 57. Rh1 a4 58. Kc3 Rb3+ 59. Kc2
Rf3 60. Kd2 a3 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Rh6 a2 63. Rh1 Rh7 64. Rxh7 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.04"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ng4 Nb4 14. Bb1 c4 15. Ne5
b5 16. Qf3 Nc6 17. Be1 Ne7 18. g4 Nd7 19. g5 g6 20. h4 f6 21. Ng4 Qe8 22. Rc2 b4
23. Nd1 Nf5 24. Rh2 Ng7 25. Ndf2 Nh5 26. Nh1 f5 27. Ne5 Ng7 28. Ng3 Rb8 29. h5
Nxe5 30. fxe5 Be7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ne2 a5 33. Nf4 Bxg5 34. Rg2 Bxf4 35. Qxf4
Kf7 36. Bh4 Rg8 37. Kf2 Bc8 38. Rfg1 Rb6 39. e4 dxe4 40. Bxe4 Ne6 41. Bd5 Bb7
42. Rxg6 Rxg6 43. Qxf5+ Kg7 44. Bf6+ Kf8 45. Rxg6 Qxg6 46. Qxg6 Bxd5 47. Bd8 Rb7
48. Qh6+ Ke8 49. Bf6 c3 50. bxc3 bxc3 51. Qg6+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kc6 53. Qe8+ Kb6 54.
Ke3 c2 55. Kd2 Rc7 56. Kc1 Nf4 57. Qb8+ Bb7 58. Qxc7+ Kxc7 59. Kxc2 Kb6 60. Be7
Kb5 61. a3 Kc4 62. Bd8 a4 63. Bb6 Be4+ 64. Kd2 Bf5 65. Bc5 Ne6 66. Kc1 Kc3 67.
Bb4+ Kxd4 68. Bd6 Kd3 69. Kb2 Nd4 70. Bb4 Nc6 71. Bd6 Na5 72. Kc1 Nc4 73. Bc7
Nxa3 74. Bd6 Nc4 75. Kb1 Kc3+ 76. Ka1 Kb3 77. Bc7 a3 78. e6 a2 79. e7 Ne3 80.
e8=N Nc2# 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "2820242"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 a5 15.
Bd2 a4 16. Bd3 c6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 b4 21. Be3 c5
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Bc4 h6 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. b4 Qc7 27. Ra7 Nb6 28.
Bb5 Rc8 29. Ba6 cxb4 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "8603847"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Ne4 d6 9. c4 f5 10. Nxd6+ exd6 11. cxd5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. f4 O-O 14. Qf3
Qd4+ 15. Qe3 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. d3 Rb8 18. Rf2 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 Rxd3 20. Bxc5 a5
21. Rc1 Be6 22. Bd6 Rb7 23. Re2 Rb6 24. Rc5 Ra6 25. b3 Kf7 26. Kf2 Bd5 27. Bc7
a4 28. e6+ Bxe6 29. bxa4 Rd7 30. Bg3 Rd5 31. Rc1 c5 32. Rb1 g5 33. Be5 Rxa4 34.
Rb7+ Bd7 35. Rb6 Re4 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Rd6 e3+ 38. Ke1 Rxe5 39. Rxd7+ Ke6 40.
Rxh7 c4 41. Rc7 Kd5 42. Ke2 Kd4 43. g3 Kc3 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Rh5 46. a4 Kb3
47. Kxe3 Rxh4 48. a5 c3 49. a6 Rh8 50. Rb7+ Kc2 51. a7 Ra8 52. Rc7 Kb2 53. Kd3
Rd8+ 54. Kc4 c2 55. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 e5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Ne4 Rxb2 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bf1 c5 20. Qa7 Qf6
21. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 dxe5 23. Qxd7 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Qe7 g6 26. Qxc5 Qe6
27. Re1 Re8 28. Qb5 Re7 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Bc4 Qc8 31. Qd5 Qb7 32. Qd6 Qc7 33. Qd5
Qb7 34. Qd6 Qc7 35. Qd3 h5 36. Qd5 Qb7 37. Qd6 Qc7 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. Rf1 Rd7 40.
Qb3 Qb7 41. Qa2 Rc7 42. Qe2 Re7 43. Qf2 f5 44. Qc5 Qc7 45. Qd5 Kh6 46. Rd1 e4
47. g3 Qe5 48. Qd8 Re8 49. Qd2+ e3 50. Qe2 f4 51. gxf4 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Rf8 53. Rf1
Rxf4 54. Rxf4 Qxf4 55. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. Qe3 c6 16. Re1 Nd6 17. g4 Be6 18. h3 h6 19. b3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qf6
22. Qe5 Bd7 23. f5 Re8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. c4 h5 27. c5 hxg4 28.
hxg4 b5 29. b4 Kg7 30. Kf2 Nc7 31. Kg3 Ne8 32. Nb3 Nc7 33. Kh4 Kh6 34. Na5 a6
35. Nb7 Ne8 36. Nd8 Kg7 37. Kh5 Nc7 38. Bg2 Ne8 39. Bf3 Nc7 40. Nb7 Ne8 41. Kh4
Kh6 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Na5 Nc7 44. Nb3 Ne8 45. Nc1 Nc7 46. Bd1 Ne8 47. Nd3 Kh6 48.
Nf4 Nc7 49. Kh4 Bc8 50. Bf3 Bd7 51. Bd1 Bc8 52. a4 Bd7 53. a5 Bc8 54. Be2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "four knights (Tarrasch) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46622373"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qc4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Ng6
15. Bg3 Qb8 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. a4 Re7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Bh4 Ree8 23. Ne2 g6 24. f4 Bg7 25. Bf2 c5 26. f5 Bc6 27. Nf4 Re5 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Nd5 Rae8 30. Re3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 c4 33. bxc4 Qxa4 34.
Rf1 a5 35. h4 Qd7 36. Bd4 Qg4 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Qc3+ Re5 39. Re1 f6 40. Rxe5
fxe5 41. Qxa5 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qxc4+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qxc2+ 46. Kg3
Qc5 47. Qa8 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kh2 Qf6 51. Kh3 e4 52. Qe8 Qf5+
53. g4 Qxd5 54. Qe7+ Qf7 55. Qxe4 c5 56. Kg3 Qb3+ 57. Kg2 Qb2+ 58. Kh3 Qc3+ 59.
Kg2 Qe5 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qd7 Qe6 62. Qd8+ Kf7 63. g5 Qe7 64. Qh8 Qe4+ 65. Kf1
Qf3+ 66. Kg1 Qe3+ 67. Kg2 Qe2+ 68. Kg1 Qe5 69. Qd8 Ke6 70. Qe8+ Kf5 71. Qd7+ Kf4
72. Qh3 Qf5 73. Qh2+ Kg4 74. Qxd6 Kxh4 75. Kh2 Qf2+ 76. Kh1 Qf1+ 77. Kh2 Qh3+
78. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "54764998"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nd5 Nf6 15.
f4 Nxd5 16. exd5 d6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qh5 f5 19. Rae1 g6 20. Qh6 Qc7 21. h4 Rae8
22. h5 Qf7 23. Re3 f4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Bxd4 Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7
28. Rh3+ Kg8 29. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8614300"]
[BlackFideId "240990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Qc7 12. e6 Nf6 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. Bc4 Qd6
15. Qd2 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Qxd4 17. Bd3 Qe5+ 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 Rf8 21.
O-O e5 22. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12510130"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bf3 Re8 15. Re1
Bb7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 Re6 19. g4 Rg8 20. Bg3 Ne8 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Qe7 23. Qd7 Nc7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Ne4 Ba8 26. Nxc5 Rge8 27. Rd7 Nd5 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nd3 Bb7 30. a5 Ba6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. c3 Kg8 33. h3 h5 34. Kf2 hxg4
35. Bxg4 Bf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Kf3 Bh6 38. c4 Nb4 39. Rd1 Nc2 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41.
a6 Be3 42. Nd7 Bg5 43. h4 Nd4+ 44. Kg2 Ne6 45. Nf8+ Nxf8 46. Rxf8 Be3 47. Kf3
Bd4 48. Rb8 Kg6 49. Rb7 Re6 50. b4 f6 51. exf6 Re3+ 52. Kg2 Kxf6 53. Rc7 Rxg3+
54. Kh2 f4 55. c5 Kf5 56. Rxc6 Kg4 57. Rg6+ Kf3 58. Rd6 Bg1+ 59. Kh1 Bf2 60.
Rd3+ Be3 61. Kh2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "5028280"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. f3
Nc6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. g4 Be7 11. f4 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bh4+ 15.
Kf1 exd5 16. b3 Qc8 17. Qd2 Bxg4 18. Nxd5 Nc4 19. Qb4 Bh3+ 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. Kd3
Nxe5+ 22. Kc3 Rc8+ 23. Kb2 Nd3+ 24. cxd3 Qg2+ 25. Ka3 Qxd5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxh4
O-O 28. Rac1 Qa5+ 29. Qa4 Qxa4+ 30. Kxa4 Bxd3 31. Bh6 Rfe8 32. Rhe1 Bb5+ 33. Kb4
Bc6 34. Kc5 f6 35. h4 Kf7 36. Bf4 Red8 37. Be3 Rd5+ 38. Kb4 Re8 39. Bf2 Rd2 40.
Rxe8 Kxe8 41. Re1+ Kf7 42. Bc5 Rh2 43. Re7+ Kg8 44. Bd4 Rxh4 45. Kc5 Rh5+ 46.
Kc4 Rf5 47. Rc7 g5 48. Be3 h5 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "5092442"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. dxe5 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg4 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 O-O
15. f4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f5 17. e6 Qa4 18. Bd2 a6 19. gxf5 b5 20. Kh1 Qc4 21. Qxc4
dxc4 22. Re5 Rbd8 23. Bc3 c6 24. a4 g6 25. axb5 axb5 26. d5 cxd5 27. Rxb5 d4 28.
Ba5 d3 29. cxd3 Rxd3 30. Rb7 Bf6 31. Rc5 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Rb3 33. Rd7 c3 34. Bc7
gxf5 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Re8 37. Rcc7 c2 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rcg7+
Kf8 41. Rc7 Kg8 42. Rhg7+ Kh8 43. Rgd7 Rb6 44. e7 Re6 45. Kf3 R6xe7 46. Rxe7
Rxe7 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Rxc2 Ra7 50. Rc6 Ra1 51. Rh6 Rf1+ 52. Kg5 Ke7
53. Rb6 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "24250473"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4
b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Re1 h6 14. d5 Nc4 15. Bd3 Nb6
16. Ne2 Ra7 17. Nf4 Rc7 18. Rb1 c4 19. Bc2 Bb7 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Bd4 Nc8 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Re3 Ne5 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Nfe2 Nb6 27. Ng3 Qf6 28. Qa5 Na8
29. Qc3 Rce7 30. Rf1 Nb6 31. a3 Nd3 32. Rf3 Qe5 33. b4 Rc8 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35.
Qxd3 Rec7 36. Rd1 Na4 37. Qd2 Qg5 38. Nge2 Re8 39. Rf4 Qe5 40. Rh4 Qg7 41. Ng3
Bc8 42. Re1 Rc4 43. Nf3 Nc3 44. e5 Rxh4 45. Nxh4 Na4 46. exd6 Qb2 47. Qc1 Rxe1+
48. Qxe1 Nb6 49. Qe7 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4 51. Nf3 Nxd5 52. Qe8 Nb6 53. Qd8 h5 54.
Qxb6 h4 55. Qc5 hxg3+ 56. fxg3 Qc4 57. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Amar, Elham"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1533533"]
[BlackFideId "16301188"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Be5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. f4 Bd6 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Bf3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3
Rxe3 22. Nb6 Rae8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxf4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Re2 27. Nd5
Bg5 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Rcc2 31. Kh1 Rxg2 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33.
Kxg1 Rxa2 34. Rf2 Ra1+ 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Rb1 Kf8 37. b4 Ke7 38. b5 Kd8 39. b6 Kc8
40. Rf1 Rb2 41. Rf6 h5 42. Rh6 h4 43. h3 Rb3 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rb3 46. Rxh4
Rxb6 47. Rd4 Rb7 48. h4 Rd7 49. Re4 Kd8 50. h5 Re7 51. Rh4 Re8 52. h6 Rg8 53.
Kh3 Ke7 54. Ra4 Rg1 55. Ra6 Kf8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Kh4 Rh1+ 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kf4
Rf1+ 60. Kg3 Rh1 61. Ra6 Kf8 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Rh8 Kf6 64. Kg4 Rg1+ 65. Kf4 Rf1+
66. Kg3 Rh1 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kf4 Rf1+ 69. Ke4 Rh1 70. Kd5 Kg6 71. Rg8+ Kh7 72.
Rg7+ Kxh6 73. Rxf7 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "834580"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 g6 6. d4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
e5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd5 Qa6 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Nxa6
bxa6 15. b3 Rc8 16. c4 d5 17. Be3 dxc4 18. Rd1+ Ke8 19. Rc1 Nh6 20. Rxc4 Rxc4
21. bxc4 Nf7 22. Ke2 Kd7 23. Rb1 Kc7 24. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Vagman, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "2828995"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bf4 Ne4 8.
e3 g5 9. Be5 Rg8 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qe7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 f6 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Nc4 Be6 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bd5 18. Nd2 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. Nf1 f5 21. Ng3
Qf7 22. O-O-O Rae8 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh5 Kf8 25. Rdh1 Re6 26. Rh7 Rg7 27. Qc5+
Rd6 28. Rh8+ Rg8 29. R1h7 Rxh8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxc7+ Ke6 32. Kd2 Rhd8 33. Qh7
Rf8 34. Qg7 Rf6 35. Qxg5 Rb6 36. Nh5 Rf7 37. Nf4+ Kd6 38. Qd8+ Rd7 39. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "1003992"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 e4 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O d6 9. f3 c5 10. Nc2 exf3 11. Rxf3 Be6 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qd2 Ng4
15. h3 Nge5 16. Rf2 f6 17. g4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. a4 Nc8 21. Qb2 b6
22. Qb5 Ne7 23. a5 Qc7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Qa4 Kh8 27. d4 Bd7 28. Qa3
Nf7 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Ra7 Nc6 31. Rc7 cxd4 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Qa7 Ra8 34. Qb7 Rb8
35. Qa7 Ra8 36. Qxb6 Ne6 37. Bxd6 Nxc7 38. Bxc7 Qc8 39. Qc5 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "2089912"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
dxe3 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxe3 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Nxc4 12. Bxa7 Na5 13. Be4 Nb3 14. Ra2
Nc1 15. Ra1 Nb3 16. Ra2 Nc1 17. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Adharsh K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "25718207"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Re8 11. h4 b5 12. h5 Bb7 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 b4 15. Ng4 Rc8
16. Bf4 a5 17. c3 Ba6 18. Qd2 a4 19. Rad1 a3 20. c4 dxc4 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. bxa3
Bd5 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Bg5 Ncxe5 25. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxe7 27. Qd4 f5 28. Bxd5
exd5 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Qd4 fxg4 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Coicev, Matei-Andrei"]
[Black "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "1279688"]
[BlackFideId "13312022"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 e5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bd3 Nxe5 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Be3 a5 19. Qf2 a4 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. h3 Bh4 22.
Qh2 Be6 23. Kh1 Rb8 24. Rab1 Qa5 25. Qf4 Bg5 26. Qg3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rb7 28. Qd4
Rfb8 29. Qxa4 Qc5 30. Ne2 Nc4 31. Nf4 Nd2 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. e5 Nxf1 34. Rxf1
Qxe5 35. b3 c5 36. Qh4 d5 37. Bg6 Qg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. Re1 Rb6 40. Re5 Rf8 41.
Bd3 Rf4 42. Rxg5 c4 43. bxc4 dxc4 44. Bg6 e5 45. Bh5 e4 46. Be2 c3 47. Rg3 Rb1+
48. Kh2 Re1 49. Bc4+ Kf8 50. Rxc3 e3 51. Bd5 Rd1 52. Rc8+ Ke7 53. Bc4 Kd7 54.
Be6+ Kxe6 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Rxe3 Rd2 57. c3 Ra2 58. c4 Rxc4 59. Rf3+ Kg8 60. Re3
Ra4 61. Rg3 R4xa3 62. Rg4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Rychagov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "681091"]
[BlackFideId "4508394"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qc1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. g4 Kf7 15.
g3 a6 16. Bg2 Ra7 17. e4 Kg7 18. Qb1 Rf8 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7
22. gxf5 exf5 23. e5 f4 24. Qe4 fxg3 25. fxg3 Qa5 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.
Kxf1 bxa4 29. Kg1 Be8 30. c4 Qb4 31. d5 cxd5 32. Bxd5 Qb3 33. Qf2 Rc7 34. Rf1
Qa3 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Be4+ Kg8 37. Kg2 Rg7 38. Qe6+ Bf7 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Qxf8+
Kxf8 41. e6 Ke7 42. exf7 Rxf7 43. Ra1 Kd6 44. Rxa4 Kc5 45. Rxa6 Kxc4 46. Rxh6
Kd4 47. Re6 g4 48. Bg6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13308300"]
[BlackFideId "5028876"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 h5 11. h4 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Kf8 15.
Nb5 Kg7 16. g3 Rh8 17. Kf1 Ra6 18. Kg2 Qb8 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Ne8 21. Be2 Ra2
22. Bf3 Qa8 23. Qe3 Ndf6 24. c5 Qa6 25. Nc3 Ra3 26. Rdc1 Qc4 27. Qe1 Rb3 28. Nd1
Qd3 29. Rxb3 Qxb3 30. Ne3 Ra8 31. Nc4 Ra2 32. Na5 Qd3 33. Nxb7 Ng4 34. Bxg4 hxg4
35. Rc3 Qb5 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Nd8 Qxb4 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Ng5 Rc2 40. Re3 Qb2 41.
Qf1 Nf6 42. Re1 Kg7 43. Kg1 Nh5 44. Rb1 Qc3 45. Qg2 Qc7 46. Kh2 Qa7 47. Kg1 Ra2
48. Re1 Qb6 49. Rc1 Qa7 50. Re1 Qb6 51. Rc1 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Stanford, Maxim Barth"]
[Black "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "408280"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 g6 8. d4 Qe7
9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 Bg7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 a5 13. Ne1 Na6 14. Nd3 Nh5 15. g4 Nf6
16. f3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Nf2 h6 20. Bh4 Na6 21. Nfd1 Qe8 22. Ne3
Nc7 23. Bd3 Ng8 24. Kh1 Bf6 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Ng2 a4 27. Rab1 Bg7 28. b4 axb3 29.
Rxb3 Bc8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. Rxb5 Ra3 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. axb3 Nf6 34. Bh4 Qc7 35. Ra1
Nd7 36. Qa2 Qb6 37. Bc2 Bf6 38. Be1 Qd8 39. Qb1 Bg7 40. Ra8 Qf6 41. Qd1 Qe7 42.
Qd2 Nb6 43. Ra7 Nd7 44. Bh4 Qe8 45. Qa5 Bf6 46. Bf2 Bd8 47. Qc3 Kh7 48. Ra8 Nb6
49. Ra1 Nd7 50. b4 Bb6 51. b5 Bd8 52. Be3 Bg5 53. Qa5 Qd8 54. Qxd8 Bxd8 55. Bd2
Nb6 56. Bd3 Kg7 57. Ra7 Bg5 58. Bc3 Kg8 59. h4 Bd8 60. Kh2 Bc7 61. Ne3 Bb8 62.
Ra1 Bc7 63. Kg3 Nd7 64. Bd2 Bd8 65. Nd1 Kg7 66. Nc3 Nb6 67. Ra7 g5 68. hxg5 Bxg5
69. Bxg5 hxg5 70. Nd1 Kf6 71. Ne3 Ke7 72. Nf5+ Kd7 73. Ra2 Rh8 74. Kg2 Kc7 75.
Ng3 Bd7 76. Nh5 Kd8 77. Ra7 Kc7 78. Ra1 Kd8 79. Ra7 Bc8 80. Kf2 Kc7 81. Ke2 Nd7
82. Ra1 Kb8 83. Rh1 Kc7 84. Kd2 Nf8 85. Ng3 Rh4 86. Bf1 Ng6 87. Rxh4 gxh4 88.
Ne2 Kb6 89. Kc3 Ka5 90. Kb3 Bd7 91. Ka3 Kb6 92. Kb3 f6 93. Kc3 Ka5 94. Kb3 Nh8
95. Ng1 Nf7 96. Nh3 Ng5 97. Nxg5 fxg5 98. Ka3 Be8 99. Kb3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "3446379"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 h5 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 a5 15.
Qd3 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nd5 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Ra3 Qb8 21.
Rda1 e6 22. Rb3 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Rba3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. c3
f4 28. Nd1 Rca8 29. Ra4 e5 30. b4 Kf7 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kf2 Ke6 34.
Ra6 Nf6 35. g3 fxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Nd5 37. Ra3 Rg8+ 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Kg3 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Guernier, Antoine"]
[Black "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "26062720"]
[BlackFideId "885940"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Qe7 12. b4 b5 13. Bg5 Ra3 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bc1 Raa8 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 c6 18. Qb3 Nh5 19. d4 Qf7 20. Be3 exd4 21.
Bxd4 e5 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Be3 Ra4 24. Red1 Ke6 25. Rd3 Nhf6 26. Nd2 Rxb4 27. f3
Ra8 28. a3 Rba4 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Nb3 d5 31. exd5+ Nxd5 32. Bc1 Ra2 33. Re1 g5
34. h4 Kf6 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36. Nd2 Nc5 37. Ne4+ Nxe4 38. fxe4 Nf4 39. Bxf4 gxf4
40. Rd6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Hanein, Avri"]
[Black "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2853744"]
[BlackFideId "21834008"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Be2 Ng6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3 f6
9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. c4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 e5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 h6 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. h4 Rae8 20. h5 Nf4 21. Bh4
Bxb2 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxb2 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Qxh5 25. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Savitha, Shri B"]
[Black "Gilad, Tomer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35061887"]
[BlackFideId "2835720"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na2 Qc7 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bf6 15.
Rd1 c5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Qa4 Rb6 18. Be3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. Rd7 Qc8 21. Rxa7
Nh4 22. Be4 f5 23. Ra8 Qc7 24. Rxa6 fxe4 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Qxc5 Qd7
28. Qe5 Qc6 29. c5 Rd8 30. Bd4 Rd7 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qf4+ Nf5 33. Re1 e3 34. fxe3
Kg8 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Rf1 g5 37. Qe5 Kg6 38. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Belkovsky, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "2849100"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 a4 11. f3 Be6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Na3 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Rc2
Kh8 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Rd2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Qb1 Na6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Bf1 Nac5
22. Qd1 Kg7 23. f4 Nf8 24. Qf3 Qa5 25. Red1 Kg8 26. Nb5 Nfd7 27. g4 Bg7 28. h4
Qd8 29. h5 Nf6 30. Rh2 a3 31. b4 Na4 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. g5 Nh5 34. f5 Qf8 35. Rh3
Nb2 36. Rc1 Be5 37. Qg4 Qf7 38. Rxh5 gxh5 39. Qe4 Kh8 40. Nd4 Ra4 41. Bd2 Kg8
42. Ne6 b6 43. Be2 Raa8 44. Rg1 Rf8 45. Rf1 b5 46. cxb5 Rac8 47. Qh4 Kh8 48.
Bxh5 Rc4 49. Qh3 Qg8 50. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Black "Eden, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13303970"]
[BlackFideId "666491"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1 cxd4 12. Rxd4 Qa5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. h4 g4
15. Rxg4 Qxe5 16. Re4 Qd6 17. Bxc4 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Rg4 Qf5 20. Re4 e5 21.
Bd3 Be6 22. Re3 Qf4 23. g3 Qh6 24. Qa4 Rfd8 25. Ree1 Rd4 26. Qb5 Rad8 27. Bc2
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Qd2 30. Qc5 Nb4 31. b3 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Qxd1+ 33. Kb2
Nc6 34. Be4 Qe2+ 35. Qc2 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Nd4+ 37. Kd3 b6 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 fxe5
40. Bd5+ Kf8 41. Ke4 Ne2 42. Kxe5 Nxg3 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Kf4 Nf1 45. Be2 Nd2 46.
Ke3 Nb1 47. Kd3 b5 48. b4 a5 49. bxa5 Kd6 50. Kc2 Na3+ 51. Kb2 b4 52. a6 Kc6 53.
Bd3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Tahay, Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "26090961"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Bb5 Rfc8
15. c3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Kb1 Ne8 18. Nd2 Qd8 19. h4 Nc7 20. Bd3 Na6 21. h5
Nc5 22. Bc2 Bg5 23. Qf5 Bxd2 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rxd2 Qg5 26. Rdd1 Ke7 27. h6 Rh8
28. Qxg7 Qxg7 29. hxg7 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rg8 31. Rh8 Rxg7 32. g3 Rg4 33. Ra8 b6 34.
Rb8 Nxa4 35. f3 Nxc3+ 36. bxc3 Rxg3 37. Bd1 f5 38. Kc2 Rg2+ 39. Kc1 e4 40. fxe4
fxe4 41. Rxb6 Rg3 42. Rc6 e3 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Re4 Kg5 45. c4 Kf5 46. Bc2 Kg5 47.
Kb2 Rh3 48. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Jirasek, Pavel"]
[Black "Kantane, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Sicilian reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "319848"]
[BlackFideId "1135988"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Ba7 7. O-O Nf6 8. b3 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. d4 Rb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bb4 Bb6 20. a4 a5 21. Ba3
f6 22. g4 Kf7 23. Bf1 Ke8 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rc1 c6 27. Bc4 cxd5 28.
Bxd5+ Be6 29. Be4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. b4 Bd7 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. b5 f5 34. Bb2
Bc7 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Bxb7 Bc2 37. b6 Bxb6 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39. Bc6 Ke6 40. Bg7 h5
41. Kf3 Bc7 42. Bd4 Bd1+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Be8 Ke7 45. Bb5 Ke6 46. Bc6 Bc2 47. Bc3
Bb6 48. Bd2 Bd1 49. Be1 Bd8 50. f3 Kd6 51. Be8 h4 52. Bc3 Ke7 53. Bb5 Ke6 54.
Kf2 Kf7 55. Be5 Ke6 56. Bb8 Bb6 57. Bc6 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4 59. Bxf4 Bb3 60. Kf3
Bd1+ 61. Kg2 Kf5 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. Bd6 Ke6 64. Bf8 Kf7 65. Ba3 Kf6 66. Bb2+ Ke6
67. Bc3 Kd6 68. Bb5 Ke6 69. Bg7 Kf7 70. Bh8 Ke6 71. Bc3 Kf7 72. Bc6 Ke6 73. Be1
Kf5 74. Kg2 Bd8 75. e4+ Ke6 76. Bc3 Kd6 77. Bb5 Ke6 78. Bd4 Bb3 79. Kf3 Bd1+ 80.
Kf4 Bc7+ 81. Kg5 Bd8+ 82. Kf4 Bc7+ 83. e5 Bc2 84. Bc4+ Kd7 85. Kg4 Bxa4 86. Kxh4
Bc2 87. Kg5 a4 88. Kf6 Ke8 89. Bb5+ Kf8 90. Bc5+ Kg8 91. e6 Bd8+ 92. e7 Bxe7+
93. Bxe7 Kh7 94. Kg5 Bb3 95. Bd3+ Kg8 96. h4 Kf7 97. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Shilon Rahav, Eliran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "2844958"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O
Bg5 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Bg4 Rb8 19. b3 Bh6 20. c5 Qc8 21. Nb6 Qc7 22.
Rxd6 Rxb6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. cxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxe6 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Bd5 g6 28.
Qh3 Bg7 29. Qd7 h5 30. h4 Qd2 31. Qa4 g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Qxa5 h4 34. Be6 Qd2
35. a4 Qc3 36. Qd5 Bh6 37. Bf5 Kg7 38. Qe6 Rf6 39. Qe7+ Rf7 40. Qxh4 Rf6 41. Rd1
Bd2 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qd7 Bh6 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Rf7 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Qd7+
Kf8 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Darshan G"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25157760"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 e5 8. a3 a5
9. d3 Nge7 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Nd5 Bf7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc2
a4 16. Rb1 f5 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Ra7 19. Bc3 h5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Qc1
Qh5 23. Bf3 Qh8 24. Kg2 hxg3 25. fxg3 Kh7 26. Qb2 Rb8 27. h4 Qe8 28. g4 Ne7 29.
Nxe7 Qxe7 30. g5 Be6 31. Rb1 e4 32. dxe4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxc4 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Bxg7
Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Kxg7 37. Rf3 Re8 38. Bd3 b6 39. Qb2+ Qe5 40. Qxb6 Rf7 41. Rxf7+
Kxf7 42. Qb7+ Re7 43. Qc8 Kg7 44. Qg4 d5 45. e4 c4 46. Bc2 d4 47. h5 d3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "24250473"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Bh2 Ng7 15. O-O
Bf5 16. Rab1 Nb6 17. Nd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Bd6 21. a5 Nc8 22.
Na4 Re8 23. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Ne2 Qb5 16. h4 Rf7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qb8 19. Qb3 Bh6 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
e5 22. g4 Qb5 23. h5 gxh5 24. g5 Nd7 25. Rxh5 Qc5 26. Qb3 Qc4 27. Qe3 Qc5 28.
Qb3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Na6 6. a3 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8.
Qf4 Nc5 9. Bc4 Qe4+ 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. O-O Nd6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. f4 h5
15. d3 e6 16. Be3 Be7 17. a4 a5 18. Bf2 Bd8 19. Bc5 Bc7 20. Rae1 Rd8 21. h3 h4
22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bd8 24. Bc5 Bc7 25. Bf2 Bd8 26. Bc5 Bc7 27. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13312022"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 Qa5 10. f4 f6 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Rb4 13. Qe3 fxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. fxe5 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rxb2 17. Bc4 Rb4 18. Bb3 h5 19. Rhe1 Nh6 20. Ne4 Nf7 21.
Qf4 Rxb3 22. axb3 O-O 23. Qh4 Qa5 24. Kb1 Re8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Ng5 Nxg5 27. Qxg5
Kg7 28. h4 d6 29. exd6 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Bf5 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. dxe7 Kf7 33. Re1 Ke8
34. Re3 g3 35. Rxg3 Kxe7 36. Re3+ Kd6 37. Kb2 a6 38. Re8 Kc7 39. c4 Kb6 40. Kc3
c5 41. Rf8 Be4 42. Rf6+ Kb7 43. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5092442"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2
Re8 9. d4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rad1 a6 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rfe1 Rbd8 20. Bc2 a5 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Be7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. f3 Bh4 27. Bc3 Qd7 28.
Qd3 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Bg3 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Ke3 Kg5 33. Be2 Bc6 34. Bd1
Bb7 35. Ke2 Ba8 36. Bc2 Bc6 37. Bd1 Be8 38. Bc2 Bg6 39. Bd2+ Kh4 40. Bc3 Bh5 41.
Bd1 Be8 42. Bc2 Bg6 43. Kf1 Bh5 44. Bd1 g5 45. Bc2 Be8 46. Bd1 Bg6 47. Bc2 Bh5
48. Bd3 g4 49. hxg4 fxg4 50. Be4 Kg5 51. Ke2 Bf4 52. Kf2 g3+ 53. Ke2 Bg6 54. Kd3
Bf5 55. Ke2 Bxe4 56. fxe4 Kg4 57. Kf1 Be3 58. Be1 h5 59. Ke2 Bd4 60. Kf1 h4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Na4 Nb4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxc4 Nd5
15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. a3 Ra4 19. Rac1 b5 20. Qe4 h6 21. Qg4
Kh7 22. Rc2 Qa7 23. Qh5 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Bc1 Ra1 26. Qg4 Qa4 27. Qe4+ Kg8
28. g3 Be7 29. Re2 Rb8 30. Qg4 Kf8 31. Ree1 Ra2 32. Qe4 Kg8 33. h4 c5 34. dxc5
Rb4 35. Qe2 Bxc5 36. Rd1 Bb6 37. Rd2 Rb3 38. Kh2 Qg4 39. Nd4 Qxe2 40. Nxe2 Ra4
41. Rc2 Bc7 42. f4 Bb6 43. Bd2 Be3 44. Rf3 Ra2 45. Bc1 Ra4 46. Kh3 Rab4 47. h5
Kh7 48. Nc3 Bxc1 49. Rxc1 Ne7 50. Rf2 Rxb2 51. Rxb2 Rxb2 52. Ne4 Nf5 53. Rc7 Re2
54. Nd6 Nxd6 55. exd6 Rd2 56. d7 Rd5 57. g4 g5 58. fxg5 hxg5 59. d8=Q Rxd8 60.
Rxf7+ Kg8 61. Rf6 Rd3+ 62. Kg2 Rd5 63. Rxe6 Kf7 64. Re4 Ra5 65. Kf3 Kf6 66. Rc4
Ke5 67. Rc3 Kf6 68. Rb3 Ra6 69. Rb4 Rc6 70. Rb5 Rc3+ 71. Kf2 Rc2+ 72. Ke3 Rc3+
73. Ke2 Rc2+ 74. Kd3 Rf2 75. Rb6+ Ke5 76. Rg6 Rf3+ 77. Ke2 Rh3 78. Rxg5+ Kf4 79.
Rg6 Rh2+ 80. Kd3 Ke5 81. h6 Rh3+ 82. Kc4 Rh4 83. Kb5 Rh1 84. g5 Kf5 85. Rg7 Rb1+
86. Kc6 Rb8 87. h7 Rh8 88. g6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Velten, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "240990"]
[BlackFideId "681091"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. a4 b4 14. e4 h6 15. e5
Qe6 16. b3 Bd5 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. f4 f5 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Bf3 Nb6 22. a5
Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nd5 24. Nc4 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 g4 28. Rf2 Rxd6
29. Re2 Qg6 30. Re5 Nf6 31. Rf1 Nd7 32. Re7 Rf7 33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Qc4
Kf8 36. Re2 Re7 37. Ref2 Rf7 38. Qf4 Rd5 39. Re2 Kg8 40. Rfe1 Nf8 41. Re8 Kh7
42. R1e7 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. Qe5 Kh6 45. Qh8+ Nh7 46. Re6 Rxb2+ 47. Qxb2 Nf6
48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Ree8 f4 50. Reg8# 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "16301188"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. Qc2 f5 6. exf5 Ne7 7. f6 gxf6 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bxg2 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4
Bxh1 15. Bxh1 Nbc6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rd3 Nf5 18. Qd1 Rf7 19. Be4 Ncd4 20. Ne2
Qc7 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qg1 Rcf8 23. Rh3+ Rh7 24. Qg4 Rxh3 25. Qxh3+ Kg7 26. Qg4+
Kf7 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. f4 Nd4 31. Kb1 d6 32. f5 Nxf5 33.
Nf4 Qf7 34. Qe2 Kh7 35. Ka2 e5 36. Qd3 Rg5 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. Bd2 Rh5 39. Qf3 Qg6
40. Nc7 Rxh2 41. Ne6+ Kh8 42. Qb7 Ng7 43. Nxg7 Qxg7 44. Qb8+ Qg8 45. Qb3 Rh4 46.
Qf3 Qxc4+ 47. Ka1 Kg7 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qg2+ Rg4 50. Qh1 Rh4 51. Qg2+ Qg4 52. Qd5
Qd7 53. Qg8+ Qg7 54. Qd5 Rd4 55. Qg2+ Kh7 56. Qh3+ Kg8 57. Qc8+ Qf8 58. Qe6+ Qf7
59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Bc1 Rh4 61. Qf5 Rh1 62. Qg4+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Black "Amar, Elham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "885940"]
[BlackFideId "1533533"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. b3 Rc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4 Qa8 15.
Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 h5 17. h4 Qb7 18. Ne3 Re5 19. b4 Rc8 20. a4 Kg8 21. Ncd5 Nxd5
22. cxd5 Nf6 23. f3 a5 24. Rab1 axb4 25. Rxb4 Rc5 26. Rb5 Qd7 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28.
Qf4 c4 29. Kf2 Qxa4 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Nxc4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. e4 Nc7 34. Ke3
f6 35. Nb2 Kf7 36. Nd3 Ne6 37. Nb4 f5 38. Nd5 Ng7 39. Kf4 e5+ 40. Ke3 Ne8 41.
Nc3 Nf6 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Nd1 fxe4+ 44. fxe4 d5 45. exd5+ Nxd5 46. Ke4 Ne7 47. Nf2
Nd5 48. Nd1 Nf6+ 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Ke2 e4 53. Kd2 Ne5 54.
Ke2 Ng4 55. Kd2 Nh6 56. Ke2 Nf5 57. Kf2 e3+ 58. Kf3 Kd3 59. Nxe3 Nxe3 60. Kf4
Ke2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603847"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15.
Qe2 Rd8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Bb1 e5 18. Rxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxe5 Bb7 20. Qg4 g6 21. Qf3
Rh7 22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Qg4+ Kc6 26. Bf4 Qa8 27. d5+ Rxd5
28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Be3+ Ka5 30. b4+ Ka4 31. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "21834008"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. h3
O-O 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Rc6 20. Rd7 b5
21. Rad1 g5 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Nd1 Qf4 25. Ne3 Qxe4 26. Qd1 Qf4 27.
Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rd4 Qf6 29. f4 Rc1 30. fxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Savitha, Shri B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "35061887"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e5 d5
9. b3 Ne7 10. Na4 O-O 11. Ba3 c4 12. dxc4 Re8 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. O-O-O Bf8 15. Qc3
Qc8 16. Qa5 dxc4 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Nd7 Nd5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Rd4 c3
22. Ng5 Rb8 23. Ne4 c5 24. Rdd1 Nxf4 25. Nxc3 Bc6 26. Rd6 Bxg2 27. Rhd1 Nd5 28.
Rd2 Bh1 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Qxc5 Be4 31. Qxa7 Ra8 32. Qc7 Rc8 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. Qd4
Qc7 35. c4 Qa5 36. Rd7 Qa3+ 37. Kd1 Bf3+ 38. Ke1 Re8 39. Kf2 Be4 40. e6 f6 41.
Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1291513"]
[BlackFideId "12510130"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5
Be7 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Bg4 Qd7 12. Bh3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 b5 15.
Kh1 Rad8 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 g5 18. Bxg5 d5 19. Qe1 b4 20. Ne2 Kh8 21. Qh4 Qd6
22. Ng3 Rf7 23. Nh5 Rdf8 24. Rad1 Nxh5 25. Qxh5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Nd4 27. c3 bxc3
28. bxc3 Ne2 29. Qe3 Nf4 30. Rde1 Nxh3 31. Qxh3 e4 32. g4 Qe5 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34.
hxg3 Rc8 35. Re3 h6 36. Rb1 Rfc7 37. Rb6 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. g5
Rxg3 41. Rxa6 e3 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Kh2 Rxg5 46. Rxe3
Rxf5 47. Kg2 Kc6 48. Rf3 Re5 49. Kf1 Kb5 50. Rf2 Kc4 51. Re2 Rh5 52. Ke1 Kd3 53.
Rd2+ Kc3 54. Rg2 d4 55. Rg8 Rh1+ 56. Kf2 Ra1 57. Rc8+ Kd2 58. Rc4 d3 59. a4 Rc1
60. Rh4 Kc3 61. Rh3 Kc2 62. Ke3 d2 63. Rh2 Re1+ 64. Kd4 Ra1 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Kd4
Rxa4+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2107139"]
[BlackFideId "2850520"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. Nc3
a6 9. Ne5 c6 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. b3 c5 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. Nf3 Qxc4 15.
Qxc4 bxc4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd5 20. Nc3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rc7 22. Rd2 Nd7 23. Rdb2 Rfc8 24. Rb7 g6 25. Kf2 Nf6 26. h3 Bc5 27. Ke1 h5
28. Kd2 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Kc2 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Nf3 Bxe3 33. Kc3 Rc5 34.
Rb4 Ra5 35. a4 Rc5 36. Rb6 a5 37. Rb5 f6 38. Rxc5 Bxc5 39. Kxc4 Bb4 40. g4 hxg4
41. hxg4 Kf7 42. e4 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Ng5+ Kf6 47.
Nf3 Be7 48. Ke3 Bd8 49. Nd2 Ke6 50. Nb3 Ke5 51. Kf3 Bc7 52. Nd2 Kd5 53. Nb3 Bb6
54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Kf4 Bc7+ 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Nd4 Bd6 59. Nb3 Bb4 60. Nd4
Kf6 61. Nb3 Ke5 62. Nc1 Bd6 63. Nb3 Bc7 64. Nd2 Kd4 65. Nb3+ Kd5 66. Ke3 Kc4 67.
Nxa5+ Bxa5 68. Kf4 Kb4 69. Kxf5 Kxa4 70. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Black "Petcu, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2820242"]
[BlackFideId "28548485"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. O-O-O Be7 15.
h3 h4 16. Rhg1 b5 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. a3 Qc4 19. Nd2 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bd8 21. Rc1 Bb6
22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. a4 b4 24. Na2 Kd7 25. a5 Na4 26. b3 Nc5 27. Nc4 Rc7 28. Nxb4
Rb8 29. Nb6+ Rxb6 30. axb6 Rb7 31. Rc3 Rxb6 32. Nc2 Nxb3 33. Ka2 Nc5 34. Rd1 Rb5
35. Na3 Ra5 36. Rc4 Nh5 37. d4 Nxe4 38. Rb1 Ke7 39. Rbb4 Nhg3 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41.
dxe5+ Rxe5 42. Nc4 Rxf5 43. Ne3 Rf2+ 44. Rb2 Rxb2+ 45. Kxb2 Ke6 46. Kc2 Nc5 47.
Rc8 Nf5 48. Nc4 Kd5 49. Kc3 Ne4+ 50. Kd3 Nc5+ 51. Kc3 Ne4+ 52. Kd3 Nc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Szwed, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "1126431"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. b3 Ngf6 8.
Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. O-O Kh8 14. f4 f5
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qc3 Re8 18. Qa5 Qh5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21.
Rae1 Bh3 22. Bf3 Qg6 23. Rf2 e4 24. Bh1 Nd5 25. Qc5 h5 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. Rf4 Rad8
28. Qxa7 Rd3 29. Bxf6 Rxg3+ 30. Kf2 e3+ 31. Rxe3 Rgxe3 32. dxe3 gxf6 33. Qd4 Re6
34. Be4 Qg5 35. Bf3 Bf5 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qxb7 Bg4 39. Qb4 c5 40.
Qc3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Re5 42. h4 Qg6 43. a4 Rf5 44. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Ke1
Qf3 47. Qxc5 Qg3+ 48. Kd2 Qxh4 49. a5 Qf2+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Qc8 Qf1+ 52. Kd2 h3
53. a6 h2 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qxh2 Qxa6 56. Qg3+ Kf7 57. Qc7+ Kg6 58. Qc4 Qa3 59.
b4 f5 60. b5 Kg5 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62. Kd3 Qb1+ 63. Ke2 Qb2+ 64. Kf3 Qb1 65. Qf4+ Kg6
66. Qd6+ Kg5 67. Qg3+ Kf6 68. Qd6+ Kg5 69. Qd8+ Kg6 70. Qe8+ Kf6 71. Kg3 Kg5 72.
Qc6 Qd3 73. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Kreken, Eivind Grunt"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "1532359"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. Nf4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c6 12. Qc2 g6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 e5 15. Nfe2
Nf6 16. f3 O-O-O 17. g4 exd4 18. exd4 Kb8 19. g5 Nh5 20. f4 f6 21. f5 fxg5 22.
hxg5 Bxg5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Be4 Bh6 27. Qd3 Bg7 28.
Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Rh1 Rxh1+ 30. Bxh1 Qf7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. c5 Bf8 33. cxd6 Bxd6 34.
Qd3 a6 35. Be4 Kc7 36. Qc4 Kd7 37. Qd3 Qg7 38. Qh3+ Kc7 39. Qh7 Qxh7 40. Bxh7
Bf8 41. Kc2 a5 42. a4 Bg7 43. Ne2 Kd6 44. Bd3 Bc8 45. Bc4 Bf5+ 46. Kd2 c5 47.
dxc5+ Kxc5 48. b3 Kb4 49. Kc1 Ka3 50. Ng3 Bg6 51. Nf1 Bh6+ 52. Nd2 Kb4 53. Kd1
Kc3 54. Nf3 Bc2+ 55. Ke2 Bxb3 56. Bxb3 Kxb3 57. Kd3 Kxa4 58. Kc2 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2839135"]
[BlackFideId "46622373"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
Bg4 9. c3 Qd7 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Ng6 15.
dxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Bb3 Qc6 19. c4 Nxe4 20. Bb2 Ng5 21. b5
Nef3+ 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rxe2 24. bxc6 Rxb2 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Re7 Nd2+ 27.
Kg1 Nxb3 28. Rae1 Rxb7 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. R1e7 Nc5 31. Rxf7 c6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Black "Stanford, Maxim Barth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "54764998"]
[BlackFideId "408280"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e3 Nf8 12. Bd3 Ne6 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h4 b5 17. O-O-O b4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Qe2 Kf8
22. h5 gxh5 23. gxh5 Re8 24. Bb3 Na5 25. Bc2 b3 26. axb3 Rb8 27. Ka2 Rb5 28. f4
Qe7 29. Qd2 Qb7 30. f5 Nc7 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Bd3 Rxc5 33. dxc5 Nb7 34. Qc3 Ne8 35.
h6 Rxh6 36. Rxh6 gxh6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kd8 39. Ba6 Qc7 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41.
b4 Nf6 42. Rh1 h5 43. Kb3 Nd8 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Be2 Ne4 46. Rxh5 Ng3 47. Rh2 Ke7
48. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Llari, Marc"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "651044269"]
[BlackFideId "13308300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O e5 7. Nh4 d5 8. f4
Be7 9. Qe1 Qd8 10. Nf3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. b3 a5 14. h3 a4 15. e5
Ne8 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Bg5 Nc7 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rf2 Bg6 21. Qg4 axb3
22. axb3 Ra2 23. Nf1 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Rcf1 Qe7 27. Re1 Bh5 28.
Qg3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Ra1 30. Kf1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nxh3 32. Nf5 Qxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Re8+
34. Kd2 Ng5 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Kf8 37. Kf4 Nf7 38. c4 g6 39. Ne3 dxc4 40.
dxc4 Ke7 41. Ng4 Ke6 42. Nf2 g5+ 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. Nd3 Nb7 45. g4 h6 46. Ke4 Nd6+
47. Ke3 Nb7 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Ke4 Na5 53. Kf5
Nxb3 54. Kg6 Nd2 55. Kxh6 Nxc4 56. Kxg5 Ne5 57. Ne1 Kd5 58. Kf4 Nxg4 59. Kxg4
Ke4 60. Kg5 c4 61. Kf6 c3 62. Ke6 Ke3 63. Ke5 c5 64. Kd5 Kd2 65. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenneth Terence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "14300192"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. a3 a5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qf2 e5 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. c4
axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Bxb4 24. Bxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Black "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5028876"]
[BlackFideId "5028280"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. c3 Bc5 6. b4 Ba7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nf4 12. b5 Na5 13. Nxe5 axb5 14. Bxf7+
Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Qd5 16. Re4 Qxf7 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. c4 Qxf3
21. Nxf3 bxc4 22. dxc4 Nf6 23. Rf4 Rxa2 24. h3 Ra4 25. Rb1 b6 26. g4 Nd5 27.
cxd5 Rxf4 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Rc1 c5 31. Nc4 Rf6 32. g5 Re6 33. f4 b5
34. f5 Re2 35. Nd6 c4 36. Kf1 Re5 37. Ra1 Rd5 38. Nxe8 Rxf5+ 39. Kg2 Rxg5+ 40.
Kf3 Kf7 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Ra6 Kd7 43. Ne4 Rf5+ 44. Ke3 Rh5 45. Nf2 Rd5 46. Ke4
Rd2 47. Ng4 Kc7 48. Ne3 Kb7 49. Ra5 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kc5 51. Rc8+ Kb4 52. Nd5+ Ka3
53. Ra8+ Kb3 54. Rb8 c3 55. Rxb5+ Kc4 56. Nxc3 Kxc3 57. Rc5+ Kb4 58. Rc7 Rg2 59.
Kf3 Rg1 60. Kf2 Rg6 61. h4 Kb5 62. h5 Rg5 63. h6 gxh6 64. Rxh7 Rg6 65. Kf3 Kc5
66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Kf5 Rd6 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kh5 Kf5 70. Rf7+ Ke5 71. Rf1 Ra6 72. Rf8
Rf6 73. Rxf6 Kxf6 74. Kxh6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Fulgentini, Edoardo"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "28557050"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Be2 a5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qd3 a4 19. Nd2 a3 20. b3 Qc5 21. c3 Rd8 22.
b4 Qb6 23. Bf3 h4 24. Nb3 Bg5 25. Na5 Ba8 26. Be2 Ke7 27. Bf3 Bf4 28. h3 Rd7 29.
Rge1 Rc7 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Qc2 Rdc8 32. Rd3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qg1+ 35.
Kc2 Qc1+ 36. Kb3 Qb1+ 37. Kxa3 Bc1+ 38. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+ 40. Rc2 Qd3+ 41.
Kb2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Redzisz, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "old Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "834580"]
[BlackFideId "21816107"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. c4 e5 5. Qa4 Bd6 6. c5 Bxc5 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. e3 Ne7 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Bd2 Kb8 14. Be2 Ng6
15. O-O-O h4 16. Ng5 Nh7 17. Nxh7 Rxh7 18. f4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rdh8 20. Rxh7 Rxh7
21. Bf3 c6 22. Be1 Bc7 23. e4 Ne7 24. Qe2 Rh8 25. Kb1 f6 26. Bb4 Bd6 27. Bg4 Qc7
28. Bc3 Bc5 29. d4 Bb6 30. e5 f5 31. Bb4 c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Rc1 b6 34. Bf3 Rc8
35. Qb5 Ka8 36. Ba3 a5 37. Rc3 Qa7 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. Ra3 Rb8 40. Bxd5+ Nxd5 41.
Qc6+ Rb7 42. Qxd5 Qa6 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "3446379"]
[BlackFideId "13303970"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e5 Ne7 8. Na4
Ng6 9. b3 f6 10. Qe2 Ra7 11. Ba3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qe3 d4 15.
Qe4 Qe7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qxc5 Bxa4 19. Qc8+ Qd8 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8
21. bxa4 Ke7 22. Rab1 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rc4 24. Kf1 Rxa4 25. Rb2 Rc7 26. Ke2 Ra3 27.
d3 Rc5 28. Kd2 Ra4 29. Re1 Kf6 30. Re4 g5 31. Kc1 h5 32. Kb1 e5 33. f3 Rb5 34.
Rxb5 axb5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 Kg5 37. Re4 Kf5 38. g3 Rb4+ 39. Ka1 Ra4 40. f4
exf4 41. Rxf4+ Kg5 42. Kb2 Rb4+ 43. Ka3 Rb1 44. Rxd4 Rg1 45. Rd5+ Kg4 46. Rxb5
Rxg3 47. Rb8 h4 48. Kb4 Rg2 49. Rg8+ Kf3 50. Rf8+ Kg3 51. c4 h3 52. Rg8+ Kf4 53.
Rh8 h2 54. a4 Kg3 55. c5 Rg1 56. c6 h1=Q 57. Rxh1 Rxh1 58. a5 Kf4 59. a6 Ke5 60.
a7 Kd4 61. c7 Rh8 62. Kb5 Kd5 63. d4 Kd6 64. Kb6 Rc8 65. a8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik"]
[Black "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "1534874"]
[BlackFideId "46656391"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 a5
9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. d5 Qc8 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 Nc5 15. exf7+
Kh8 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Re1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Nd3 23. Re6 Ra7 24. Nxe7 Nc5 25. Rc6 Nd3 26. Re6 Nxb2 27. Nc6 Raxf7 28.
Nxa5 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. a3 Rd6 31. Nc6 Bc8 32. Nb4 Bd7 33. Bd5 Nd3 34. Be4
Nc5 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. f4 Na4 37. Rc1 Nb6 38. Be4 Rd2 39. Rc2 Rd4 40. Bc6 Bxc6 41.
Nxc6 Rd3 42. Na7 Rb3 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc6 Ke4 46. Na7 Kd5 47. Ra2 Kc5
48. Kd2 Rd3+ 49. Kc2 Rd7 50. Nxb5 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. Bd5 c6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Bf4 h6 14. O-O-O Qe6 15.
h4 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. c3 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nd8 20. h5 Ne6 21. g3 Ra7
22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. Rxh4 Rc7 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Be3 Rc6 26. Ke2 c4 27. Rh1 Rd8 28. f4
Nc7 29. Rd2 d6 30. Rhd1 Ne6 31. Rd5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Rd6+ 34. Ke2 Kf6
35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra5 a3 37. Rxa3 g6 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Ra5 h5 40. Ra4 Rc6 41. Rb4
Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Rd7 Nf8 44. Rd8 Ne6 45. Rd7 Nf8 46. Rd8 Ne6 47. Rd5 Nc7 48.
Re5 Ne6 49. Kd2 Nd8 50. Kc2 Re6 51. Rxe6+ Nxe6 52. b3 Kf7 53. bxc4 Nd8 54. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Kantane, Anna"]
[Black "Mond, Omri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Treybal (Bayreuth) variation (exchange var. deferred)"]
[WhiteFideId "1135988"]
[BlackFideId "2851261"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. b3 f6 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 b5 15.
Na5 Bb6 16. b4 exf4 17. Bxf4 c5 18. a3 Bxa5 19. bxa5 Be6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Be3 Qd6
22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Qf2 Qc6 24. Rae1 Rh8 25. Qg3 Rac8 26. Rf3 Rh5 27. Ref1 c4 28.
Be5 Rch8 29. Bxc7 Rxh2+ 30. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 31. Bxh2 cxd3 32. cxd3 Qc3 33. Bd6 Bg4
34. Bb4 Qc2 35. Re3 Be2 36. Re1 Bxd3 37. e5 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Qc4 39. Re8 Qh4+ 40.
Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. R1e3 g5 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Kf2
Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Qd4 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13604058"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Na3 c6 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bf3 a5 21.
Nc2 Rb8 22. Be2 f5 23. Rd3 Kf7 24. Ke1 Rbe8 25. Rd2 Kf6 26. Kd1 g5 27. h3 h5 28.
Bxh5 Rh8 29. g4 f4 30. Nd4 Re4 31. Nf3 a4 32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 axb3 34. axb3 Ra8
35. Nf3 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 Ra2+ 37. Kd3 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 c5 39. g5+ Kg7 40. Bg4 d6 41.
Bf5 Rb4 42. Bc2 d4 43. Nh4 d5 44. Ng2 c4 45. Nxf4 cxb3 46. Bb1 Rc4 47. Nd3 Rc8
48. f4 Rh8 49. Kc1 Rh2 50. f5 Rg2 51. g6 Rh2 52. Nb2 Kf6 53. Na4 Rg2 54. Bd3 Rh2
55. Nc5 Rg2 56. Nxb3 Rg3 57. Kd2 Rg2+ 58. Ke1 Rg3 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Nc5 Kf6 61.
Kf2 Rg4 62. Nd7+ Ke7 63. Nb6 Kd6 64. Kf3 Rg1 65. f6 Ke6 66. f7 Ke7 67. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.05"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. b3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qxe5
15. Ne3 Rd8 16. d3 h5 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. h4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 21. e4
Qd6 22. d4 O-O 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Rac1 Ba7 26. Kf1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Ke2 f6 30. f3 Ke7 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 a5 33. f4 Rc1 34.
Rd1 Rc2+ 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Rd1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "8603847"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. f4 Qe6 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rfe1 Qh3 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Qf3 Nxf4 21. Bxf4
Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Rxf4 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bd5 Rf6 27. Be4
h6 28. a4 Be7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra1 Ke8 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Ra6 Nb8 33. Ne5+ Kc8
34. Ra8 Ra6 35. Rxa6 Nxa6 36. Bd3 Bf6 37. Ng4 c6 38. Nxf6 gxf6 39. Kg2 Nc5 40.
Bc2 Kc7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Kg4 Na4 43. Kh5 Nxb2 44. Kxh6 Na4 45. h4 Ke7 46. Kg7 Nc5
47. Bf5 Nb7 48. h5 Nd8 49. h6 Nf7 50. h7 c5 51. Bg6 Nh8 52. Kxh8 Kf8 53. Be4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. h3
Re8 9. a4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nf8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. a5 Bf6 16. c3 Rd8 17. Be2 Qf5 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. g4 Qg6 21. Bd3
Nxc3 22. Bxg6 Nxa4 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bc2 Nxb2 25. Bd4 Be6 26. Bxb2 Bxa5 27. Re2
Bd5 28. Nh4 Bb4 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 b5 32. Bc3 g6 33. Ba5 Rb8 34.
Rxa7 b4 35. Bd3 b3 36. Bc7 Re8 37. Kf1 c5 38. Ra5 b2 39. Rb5 c4 40. Bc2 Bf3 41.
Rxb2 Kg7 42. Rb5 f6 43. Ba5 Re5 44. Rxe5 fxe5 45. g5 Kf7 46. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 d6 8.
Be2 g6 9. O-O h5 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qe3 Bh6 13. Qe1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2
h4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. d4 Bxc1 19. Qxc1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 O-O 22.
Qd2 Rad8 23. c3 d5 24. exd5 Be6 25. Qd4 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 28.
Rad1 Rfd8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Nd7 33. Re4 Nb6 34. Rxh4
Nc4 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. h4 c5 37. Nxb5 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Rxb2 39. Nc7 Rb7 40. Na6 Ra7
41. Nxc5 Nxa3 42. Rb8 Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kd5 44. Nd2 Nc2 45. Rb2 Ne3 46. Nb1 Nc4 47.
Ra2 a3 48. Kf4 Ra4 49. Kg5 Ke6 50. Kh6 Kf6 51. g4 Ra8 52. Kh7 Ra5 53. Kh6 Ra7
54. f4 Ra4 55. Kh7 Ra8 56. Nxa3 Nxa3 57. Rd2 Nc4 58. Rd3 Re8 59. h5 gxh5 60.
gxh5 Ne3 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Ra6 Rc8 63. h6 Kf8 64. Ra5 Ng4 65. Ra6 Nf2 66. f5 Ne4
67. f6 Nxc3 68. Kh8 Nd5 69. Rd6 Nf4 70. Ra6 Nh5 71. Rd6 Nf4 72. Ra6 Ng6+ 73. Kh7
Ne5 74. Kh8 Ng4 75. Kh7 Re8 76. Rd6 Ra8 77. Rb6 Ne5 78. Rd6 Ng6 79. Rb6 Ne5 80.
Kh8 Nd7 81. Rd6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Amar, Elham"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1533533"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. h3 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O
Bxf4 9. exf4 Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. b3 c5
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Ng4 Ne8 17. Nf1 Nd6 18. Ng3 a4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. b4 c4 21. Nf3 Ne4
22. Qc1 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Rae8 24. Qe3 Re7 25. Qd4 f6 26. Re3 Rfe8 27. Rae1 Bc8 28.
g4 Qa7 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. R3e2 h6 31. a3 Qd6 32. Qd4 Qc7 33. Kh1 Qa7 34. Qd2 Qc7
35. Qd4 Qa7 36. Qd2 Qc7 37. f5 e5 38. Qxd5+ Kh7 39. Nd2 Rd8 40. Qxc4 Qb6 41. Qc5
Qxc5 42. bxc5 Rc7 43. Ne4 Bb7 44. Rb2 Rd3 45. Kh2 Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Rxc5 47. Rxa4
Rcxc3 48. Ra2 Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. a4 Ra3 53. Re2 Ke7
54. a5 Rd8 55. Rxd8 Kxd8 56. Rb2 Kc7 57. Rb5 Kc8 58. h4 Kc7 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5
e4 61. gxf6 gxf6 62. Rb6 Rxa5 63. Rxf6 e3 64. Re6 Rxf5 65. Rxe3 Kd6 66. Kh3 Rf8
67. g4 Rh8+ 68. Kg3 Rg8 69. Re1 Kd5 70. Re3 Kd6 71. Re4 Kd5 72. Kf3 Rf8+ 73. Rf4
Rg8 74. Rf6 Ke5 75. Ra6 Rf8+ 76. Kg3 Rf6 77. Ra1 Ke6 78. g5 Rf8 79. Ra7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "13312022"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4
15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 h5 19. h3 Nd3 20. Qg3 Nge5 21.
N2f3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Ne5 24. Qf4 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27.
Ne2 Ne7 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rdc6 30. Rfd1 g5 31. Nd4 Rc1 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2
Kf6 34. Nf3 R8c7 35. Ne1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Ke6 37. Kd2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "240990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O Qa5 11. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin, Koch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24250473"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bf8 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. f4 g6 12. Qf3 d5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. c4 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 dxc4 16. dxc4 Bc5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Rad1 Ba4 19. Rd3 Rb8 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. Nb3
Be7 22. Rc1 Ba3 23. Rcc3 a5 24. Qf2 Rfc8 25. h3 Bc6 26. Nd4 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Bb4 28.
Rb3 Be4 29. Rxb1 Bxd3 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Nb3 Bb4 34. Bc5
Bc4 35. a3 Bxc5 36. Nxc5 Qc6 37. Qd4 Bd5 38. h4 h5 39. a4 Kg7 40. Qf2 Bxg2 41.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 42. Qxg2 Qc4 43. Qf2 Qxa4 44. Qe3 Qa2+ 45. Kg3 a4 46. Qd4 Qb3+ 47.
Kf2 Kh7 48. Qa7 a3 49. e6 Qa2+ 50. Kf3 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Marini variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "54764998"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bg7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Bb2 O-O-O 13. Rfd1 f5 14. c4 Qe7 15.
e3 Rhe8 16. Bc3 e4 17. dxe4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxe4 20. c5 Rd8 21. Rc1
Qe7 22. h4 h6 23. Qb3 g5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Qb5 Qf6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Ne5
28. a4 Nd3 29. Nh7 Qg6 30. Nf8 Qf7 31. Bxb7+ Kxb7 32. Rc3 Nxf2 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34.
Kxf2 Rxf8 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rc5 Qa2+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46622373"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a5 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Bb4 b5 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rb8 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. O-O Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Nb6 Bd8 21. Qd3
Qc5 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxa6 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rxa5 26. c4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Bb6 28. Bc6 f5 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Kf7 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 e4 33. Bc6 h5 34.
Be8 h4 35. h3 g5 36. Bd7 Ke5 37. f3 Kf4 38. Be6 Bc5 39. Bd7 Bb6 40. Be6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12510130"]
[BlackFideId "834580"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. f4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rf1 Rb8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. O-O-O Qa5
15. Qa6 Qxa6 16. Bxa6 Be6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Rf2 Nf4 19. Na4 Bg5 20. Rf3 Bc8 21.
Bxc8 Rbxc8 22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. Rdf1 Bf6 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rc7 26. Nc5 Rd2 27.
g4 h6 28. R4f3 Re2 29. Rb3 Bd4 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Rxe4 33. Rxf7
Re1+ 34. Ka2 Re2 35. Rd7 c5 36. Kb3 c4+ 37. Kb4 Rxc2 38. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 39. Kxc4
Rxb7 40. h4 h5 41. gxh5 Kh6 42. a4 Kxh5 43. a5 a6 44. Rd6 Kxh4 45. Rxa6 g5 46.
Rh6+ Kg3 47. a6 Ra7 48. Kb5 g4 49. Kb6 Rxa6+ 50. Kxa6 Kf2 51. Rf6+ Ke2 52. Rg6
Kf3 53. Kb5 g3 54. Kc4 g2 55. Kd3 Kf2 56. Rxg2+ Kxg2 57. Ke4 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 Rb8 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nd4 a4 16. Bd3 a3 17. b3 h6 18. Be3 e5 19. Ne2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bf2 Qc7
22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Bg3 O-O 24. Qd4 Qa5 25. Bxe5 Rbd8 26. Qf4 Be6 27. Nd4 Nd5 28.
Nc6 Nxf4 29. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nxg2 31. Nc6 Bc5 32. Bd4 Ne3 33. Bxe3 Bxe3 34.
Nxb4 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Rc8 36. Nd5 Rb8+ 37. Ka1 Bc5 38. Rb1 Re8 39. c3 h5 40. Rb5
Bf2 41. Kb1 Bxh4 42. c5 Rc8 43. Kc2 Bd8 44. Kd3 Kh7 45. Kd4 h4 46. Rb1 g5 47.
Rg1 f5 48. Nb6 Rb8 49. Nd7 Rb2 50. Ke5 Kg6 51. Nf8+ Kf7 52. Nh7 Rxa2 53. Rd1
Re2+ 54. Kxf5 a2 55. c6 Rb2 56. Nxg5+ Bxg5 57. c7 Rb5+ 58. Kg4 Rc5 59. Ra1 Be7
60. Rxa2 Rxc7 61. Rc2 Rc4+ 62. f4 Bf6 63. Kf5 Be7 64. Kg4 Rc8 65. Kh3 Ke6 66. c4
Kd6 67. c5+ Kc6 68. Re2 Rc7 69. f5 Kd5 70. c6 Ra7 71. Re3 Kd4 72. Re6 Ra3+ 73.
Kg4 Rg3+ 74. Kh5 h3 75. Re1 h2 76. Rh1 Rg8 77. Kh6 Bd6 78. f6 Kd5 79. f7 Rc8 80.
Kg7 Be5+ 81. Kh7 Ke6 82. Rf1 Ke7 83. c7 Kf8 84. Kg6 Rxc7 85. Rd1 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "13604058"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Qd2 c5 14. Rac1 Qb6 15.
Ba1 Rfd8 16. h3 Bc6 17. e4 e6 18. Kh2 Ba8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Qf2 Nd4 21. Rce1 Bc6
22. e5 Nd7 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne4 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rf8 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxd4 Rbd8
28. Qf4 h6 29. Nf3 a5 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Nd4 Qa8 32. Nb5 g5 33. Qg4 Rfd8 34. Bd4
Qc6 35. Re2 a4 36. b4 Na6 37. Ba1 Nxb4 38. Nd6 Rd7 39. Qh5 R3xd6 40. exd6 Bxa1
41. Rxa1 Qxc4 42. Rd2 Kg7 43. h4 Qc3 44. Rad1 Qf6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kg1 Nd5 47.
Rh2 Kf8 48. Rf1 Qe5 49. Qh6+ Qg7 50. Qxe6 Nf4 51. Qxd7 Qd4+ 52. Rhf2 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "46656391"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Rad1 Ba6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bc1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc4 17. Nd2 Bb5 18. c4 Ba4 19. Rde1 Rac8 20. Bh3 h5 21. Nb1
Bc2 22. f3 Bxb1 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Bxa2 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rf4 Rd8 27. Bb2
Rd2 28. Ba1 Rc2 29. Rh4 f6 30. g4 g5 31. Rh3 Bxc4 32. e4 e5 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Rd1
Nd4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Rb1 d3 37. Rf2 b5 38. Rxc2 dxc2 39. Rc1 Bd3 40. Kf2 b4 41.
Ke3 b3 42. Kxd3 b2 43. Kxc2 bxc1=R+ 44. Kxc1 Kf7 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Kc3 Kd6 47. Kb4
Kc6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2089912"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 a5
9. Ne1 Bd7 10. Nd3 Na6 11. a3 a4 12. f3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b6
16. f4 Qe8 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg3 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. e5 dxc3 21. exf6 Rfe8
22. fxg7 cxb2 23. Rab1 Rxe2 24. Rf2 Re4 25. Rf4 Re7 26. Rxb2 Kxg7 27. Rff2 Bf5
28. Rfe2 Rd7 29. d6 cxd6 30. Rxb6 Bd3 31. Re1 Bxc4 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Rd8
34. Bb4 g5 35. h4 Kg6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. Re3 Rb3 39. g3 Rb2+ 40. Ke1
f5 41. Bd6 Kh5 42. Re7 Rb3 43. Rg7 Rd3 44. Rd7 Kg4 45. Kf2 Ba6 46. Rd8 Bb5 47.
Ke1 Kf3 48. Rf8 Rd5 49. Bc7 Bd7 50. Rd8 Rd3 51. Rg8 Rxa3 52. Rxg5 Rc3 53. Bf4 a3
54. Rg8 Bc6 55. Rg7 Ba4 56. Ra7 Rc4 57. Rc7 a2 58. Rxc4 a1=Q+ 59. Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Vagman, Roy"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2828995"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. a4 Nf6 7. a5 O-O 8. Be3
c4 9. h3 cxd3 10. cxd3 e5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. O-O f5 13. a6 bxa6 14. Nbd2 f4 15. Bc5
Re8 16. Nc4 g5 17. Nd6 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qc4+ Be6 20. Qxa6 Rf8 21. Qxc6 Rf6
22. Nb7 Qxd3 23. Nxe5 Qe2 24. Nd6 Raf8 25. Qb5 f3 26. Qxe2 fxe2 27. Rfe1 Nf4 28.
Rxa7 Rh6 29. Bd4 Bf6 30. Nf5 Rh5 31. g4 Rh3 32. g5 Bxf5 33. gxf6 Bxe4 34. Rg7+
Kh8 35. f3 Bd5 36. Rg4 Ne6 37. Bc3 Rc8 38. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Coicev, Matei-Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1279688"]
[BlackFideId "2820242"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 a4 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. b3 Be6 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Nf3 Qe7
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Qe3 Raa8 27. Qc5 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Qxf5 29. Rde1 axb3 30. axb3 f6 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Qxb5 Rf7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7
34. Nf3 Nf4 35. g3 Nd3 36. Rd1 Nxf2 37. Rxd7 Nxe4 38. Rxc7 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40.
Kg1 Nxg3 41. c4 Rb2 42. Rb7 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 e4 44. Nh4 Ng3+ 45. Kg1 f5 46. Ng2 Ne2+
47. Kf1 f4 48. Re7 Ng3+ 49. Kg1 Rb1+ 50. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxa6 8.
Nf3 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nc7 10. Qd1 d5 11. e4 Qe7 12. e5 Bg4 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Llari, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "681091"]
[BlackFideId "651044269"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 f6 11. Ng3 fxe5 12. dxe5 g5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxe5
15. Qe2 d4 16. Bd2 d3 17. Qe4 c4 18. O-O-O Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Nb6 20. g3 e5 21. Bg2
Be6 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Be4 Nd7 24. Nxh7 Rh8 25. Nf6 Nxf6 26. gxf6+ Kxf6 27. h4 Bg4
28. Rde1 Ke6 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Be2 31. Bg5 Raf8 32. Rh2 Nd8 33. g4 Nf7 34.
Bf5+ Kd5 35. Bf6 Rhg8 36. Rhxe2 dxe2 37. Rxe2 Nh6 38. c4+ Kc6 39. Be4+ Kb6 40.
g5 Ng4 41. Be7 Rf1+ 42. Kc2 Re8 43. c5+ Ka5 44. Bd6 b6 45. Kc3 bxc5 46. Bc6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Paduano, Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13308300"]
[BlackFideId "2806393"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15.
cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. O-O Bc6 18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Kh8 20. Qc6 Bd2 21. b5
Ba5 22. Bb7 Qe8 23. Ra1 Bd8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Bc6 Rf8 26. Ra6 Rc8 27. Kf1 g6 28.
Ke2 Kg7 29. Ra7 Kh6 30. Rd7 f5 31. Rxd6 Rb8 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. f3 Rf7 34. Kd3 Ra7
35. Re6 Ra2 36. Kc2 Ra1 37. Rxe5 Rh1 38. h3 Rg1 39. Re2 Kg5 40. f4+ Kh4 41. Rd2
g5 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Rd4+ Kh5 44. Nc3 Rc1+ 45. Kb3 Bf6 46. Rd6 Bh8 47. Na4 Bg7
48. b6 Kh4 49. Bf3 Bf8 50. Rd7 h6 51. b7 Re1 52. Rc7 Bd6 53. Rd7 Be5 54. Nc5 Rb1
55. Rd2 Bf4 56. Rd4 Kg3 57. Nd7 Rd8 58. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Adithya A Chullikkad"]
[Black "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "45078734"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Ne2 cxd5 11. c4 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 c6 15.
Rad1 Bd6 16. Bf5 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Bb8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Bxb8
Rxb8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qb1 Qb6 24. Nc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rd1
g6 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxa2 30. Rd7 a5 31. Ra7 a4 32. g3 Kg7 33. Ra6 a3 34.
Kg2 Kf8 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Kf3 h5 37. Kg2 f6 38. Kf3 Kd8 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Kg2 g5 41.
Kf3 Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Ra5 Ra1 44. Ra4 Ke5 45. Ra6 Ra2 46. Ra4 Kd5 47. Ra6 Kc4
48. Rxf6 Rc2 49. Ra6 a2 50. h4 g4+ 51. Kf4 Kb4 52. Rb6+ Ka5 53. Rb8 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "5028876"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Ba6 7. Nc4 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Ne3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c3 Qc7 14. O-O d5
15. g3 g6 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17. Re2 Na5 18. h4 h5 19. Rae1 Nc4 20. Ng2 Nd6 21. Ng5
Nf5 22. Nf4 Bf6 23. Nf3 Qc4 24. Qb1 b5 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Nfe5 Be7 27. a3 a5 28.
Nf4 Bd6 29. Qd3 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. axb4 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qc4 33. Qd2 Qb5 34. b3
Rb8 35. Nd3 Rfc8 36. Qd1 Rc3 37. Nc5 Qxb4 38. Nd7 Rbc8 39. Qd2 Qd4 40. Kg2 Qxd2
41. Rxd2 Rxb3 42. Ra1 Rb7 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Nh6 45. Rda2 Ng8 46. R2a5 Nxf6
47. exf6+ Kxf6 48. Rxd5 Ra7 49. Rda5 Rxa6 50. Rxa6 Kf5 51. Ra3 e5 52. Rf3+ Ke6
53. Ra3 Rc6 54. Rb3 Ra6 55. Rb7 Ra3 56. Rc7 f6 57. Rb7 Kf5 58. Rb5 Rc3 59. Ra5
Rb3 60. Ra4 Rb2 61. Ra5 Rb4 62. Kf3 Rc4 63. Kg2 Rc2 64. Kf3 g5 65. hxg5 fxg5 66.
Kg2 Rd2 67. Rb5 Ra2 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Ra6 70. Rb4 Ra2 71. Rb5 Rd2 72. Ra5 Rd4
73. Ra8 Rd6 74. Rf8+ Rf6 75. Rh8 Kg4 76. Re8 Rf5 77. Rb8 Rf7 78. Re8 Kf5 79. Rh8
Kg6 80. Re8 Rf5 81. Re6+ Kg7 82. Re8 g4 83. Re6 Kf7 84. Rh6 e4 85. Ra6 Re5 86.
Ra3 Kf6 87. Kf1 Rb5 88. Ke2 Kg5 89. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Song, Yuxin"]
[Black "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8614300"]
[BlackFideId "3446379"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. a4 e6 8. b3
Qc7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Ne5 15.
Bf1 Nc6 16. g3 Be5 17. Bg2 Bd4 18. Qf3 Rd7 19. g4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qf4 21. d3 h5 22.
gxh5 Qh4 23. Nd1 Rd5 24. c3 Be5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qf3 Bf4 27. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2850520"]
[BlackFideId "5092442"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Na4 c5 14. Nb6 Qc7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Rb5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ra4 Rfb8 20. Rfa1 Bf6 21. Rd1
h6 22. Bf1 Nb4 23. Qc4 Nc6 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. Qc4 Nc6 26. Qd3 Nxa5 27. Bf4 Nb7 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 R5b6 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxa6 Rb4 33. Ra5 Bd4 34.
Bc4 Rb7 35. Kf1 g5 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. f4 Rd7 38. Kf3 Bg1 39. Bd3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rc7
41. h3 Bd4 42. Ra6 Rd7 43. Ra4 Bc3 44. Ra8 Bd2 45. Ra1 Bc3 46. Ra2 Bd2 47. Ra1
Bc3 48. Rg1+ Kf8 49. Rg2 Ra7 50. f5 exf5 51. exf5 Ke7 52. Rg4 Ra1 53. Rh4 Bd2
54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Re8 Re1 56. Rc8 Be3 57. Rc6+ Kg5 58. Rc7 Bd4 59. Rxf7 Re3+ 60.
Kg2 Kh4 61. Rf8 Rg3+ 62. Kf1 Rxh3 63. Ke2 Re3+ 64. Kd2 Rf3 65. c3 Be5 66. Re8
Bf6 67. b4 cxb4 68. cxb4 Rf4 69. b5 Rb4 70. Rg8 Rb2+ 71. Ke3 h5 72. Rg6 Bg5+ 73.
Kf3 Rb4 74. Rg8 Rf4+ 75. Ke2 Rb4 76. Rf8 Rb2+ 77. Ke1 Rb3 78. Ke2 Rb2+ 79. Kf3
Rb4 80. Rf7 Rf4+ 81. Ke2 Rb4 82. Kf2 Kg4 83. Be2+ Kf4 84. Rc7 Bh4+ 85. Kg2 Rb2
86. Rc4+ Kxf5 87. Rxh4 Rxe2+ 88. Kf3 Rb2 89. Rxh5+ Ke6 90. Ke3 Kd6 91. Kd3 Kc7
92. Kc4 Rc2+ 93. Kb4 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Black "Lokesh, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Classical defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "5028280"]
[BlackFideId "5025044"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Ba7 8.
dxe5 Ng6 9. Kh1 Nxe5 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. f4 b5 13. Qd1 bxa4 14. fxe5 Qe6
15. Nxa4 O-O 16. Bf4 f6 17. exf6 Qxe4 18. fxg7 Rf6 19. Nc3 Qd4 20. Qh5 Rxf4 21.
Ne2 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Petcu, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "28548485"]
[BlackFideId "16301188"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4
Bg4 9. Bb3 Bxf3 10. Bxd5 Bxd1 11. Rxd1 O-O-O 12. Bxf7 exd4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Ngxe7 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nc3 b5 17. a3 Rhf8 18. Ba2 c5 19. Rac1 Kb7 20. Re1 Nec6
21. Bd5 Rfe8 22. Be4 h6 23. f3 c4 24. Nd5 Nb3 25. Rcd1 Nc5 26. Nc3 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Kb6 28. Kf1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Ke2 Ne6 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Nxc5
Kxc5 34. f4 a5 35. g4 b4 36. h4 c3 37. axb4+ Kxb4 38. bxc3+ Kxc3 39. f5 a4 40.
g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 a3 42. f6 gxf6 43. g6 a2 44. g7 a1=Q 45. g8=Q Qe1+ 46. Kf3 Qf1+
47. Ke3 Qd3+ 48. Kf4 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Qc5 50. Qe6 Qh5+ 51. Qg4 Qh1+ 52. Kf4 Qe1 53.
Qg3+ Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Kd4 55. Kf4 Kd5 56. Kf5 Kd4 57. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Solomon, Kenneth Terence"]
[Black "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14300192"]
[BlackFideId "885940"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
h4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. b4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 a5 20. Nh4 d2 21. Bxf5
dxe1=Q+ 22. Qxe1 Qd5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxc6 Ra1+ 27.
Kh2 b3 28. Bxb5 Rb1 29. Bc4 Rxb2 30. Nf3 c5 31. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Urbani, Gabriel"]
[Black "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2830138"]
[BlackFideId "21834008"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Ne2 c5 8. Nd2 Nd7
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. c3 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. h5 h6 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Na5
16. b3 Nc6 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rd8 20. Qe3 Nb8 21. Bg3 Nc6 22.
Red1 Rc8 23. Bh4 Ba3 24. Rc2 O-O 25. Re2 Qb5 26. g4 Nb4 27. g5 Bc1 28. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxe2 30. gxh6 Qxf3 31. Qg5 g6 32. hxg6 Nc6 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Qg7+ Ke8 35. h7 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. g3 b5 8. h3 Nh6 9.
Na3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qb6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qe2 Ncd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nc2 Nxg3 15. fxg3
d3+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 dxc2 18. d4 Rc8 19. c5 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ne1 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 e5 23. Rxc2 exd4 24. b4 Bh6 25. Rd1 Be3 26. Nf3 d6 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28.
Rxd4 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rhd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ke3 Rd1 33. Rc6 Rb1 34.
Rxa6 Rxb4 35. Rb6 Kg6 36. a3 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 h5 38. h4 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Aadhya V"]
[Black "Kantane, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Pirc variation"]
[WhiteFideId "33432066"]
[BlackFideId "1135988"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3
d5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. b5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Qa5 16. Rad1 e5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Nd6 Nd4 20. exd4 Bxd6 21. Qb3
Ba4 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Qe6 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qe5 25. Rh4 Qxb2 26. Rxh7+ Nxh7 27.
Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Kreken, Eivind Grunt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "1532359"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. h4 Ngf6 8. f3 Nb6
9. O-O-O h5 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nfd7 12. f4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 O-O 15.
Qf2 Rc8 16. Bd4 Nba4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21.
Bg2 Nd7 22. e6 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Nc5 24. exf7+ Kh7 25. f8=N+ Bxf8 26. Ka2 Qxg2 27.
Bxc5 Bg7 28. Rb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nh4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc8 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 e6 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 Be5 17. Qd2 g5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Rad1 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qb6 21. Rb1
Qc7 22. Rfd1 Bd7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bc6 25. e5 fxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Rxf5 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Re1 Raf8 30. Re7+ R8f7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rd5 Ne6 33. Re5
h5 34. Nf2 Kf6 35. Ra5 Rc7 36. Ne4+ Kg6 37. Re5 Rc6 38. Kf2 g4 39. Ke3 Ng7 40.
Kd3 Ra6 41. Nc3 Nf5 42. c5 h4 43. gxh4 Nxh4 44. Re4 Kg5 45. Re7 Nf3 46. Rxb7
Nxh2 47. Kc4 Nf3 48. Kd5 Ra3 49. Rb3 Ra5 50. Rb8 Ra3 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Kc4 Ne5+
53. Kb4 Ra6 54. Kb5 Ra3 55. Kb4 Ra6 56. Kb5 Ra3 57. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Jirasek, Pavel"]
[Black "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "319848"]
[BlackFideId "33486697"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nge2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. g3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. h3 Rae8 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Qb3 c5 16. O-O-O Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxf2 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Ree2 20. Bd5+ Kh8
21. b4 Ra2 22. Kb1 cxb4 23. axb4 Rfb2+ 24. Kc1 Rxb4 25. Rhf1 Rb8 26. Rf5 Rab2
27. Be4 Ne5 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Kxb2 Rf2+ 30. Ka3 g6 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Rb3 Kg7 33.
Kb4 Kf6 34. Kb5 Ke6 35. Bd5+ Kf6 36. Be4 Ke6 37. Bd5+ Kd7 38. Ka6 Ra2+ 39. Kb5
Kc7 40. Be4 Nd7 41. Rb1 Nc5 42. Rf1 a6+ 43. Kb4 Kb6 44. Rf6 a5# 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.06"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Black "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25629239"]
[BlackFideId "2839135"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. a4 a6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a5 O-O 13. h4 f5 14. h5 Nh8 15. h6
g6 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. f3 Bh4+ 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Be3 Bh4+ 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 Bd7 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Be2 Rae8 25. O-O-O Qd8 26. Na2 Qc7 27. Qb4 Rb8 28. Qb6
Rfc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. b3 Rc5 31. b4 Rc7 32. Kd2 b6 33. axb6 Rxb6 34. c4 f4 35.
Rb1 Bf5 36. Rb3 e4 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. Rf1 g5 39. g3 fxg3 40. Rxg3 Bg6 41. Rf6
Nxh6 42. c5 Rb8 43. Rxd6 Nf5 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. cxb6 Rb7 46. Rxg5 Rxb6 47. Bd3 Ne7
48. Kc3 Kf7 49. Bxg6+ hxg6 50. Kc4 Kf6 51. Rg1 Rb8 52. Nc3 Rc8+ 53. Kd3 Rd8 54.
Kc4 Nf5 55. Kd3 Rb8 56. Ra1 Rb6 57. Kc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Qe7
9. b4 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. c4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Rb1
c6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Ba5 19. Rd1 b5 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Be3 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Rfb8 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rbc1 Rb5 26. Rf1 Rab8 27. Rf3 Qd7 28.
Rcf1 f6 29. Kh2 Nf8 30. Rg3 Kh8 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Qxd4 33. Rd1 Qc5 34. e5 f5
35. Rc3 Qe7 36. Qxf5 Rc5 37. Rdd3 Ne6 38. Qg4 Rf8 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. Rxf3 Rd5 41.
Rb3 Rd4 42. Rb8+ Rd8 43. Rxd8+ Nxd8 44. Qc8 Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Nd6 Nf7 47.
Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Na5 Qc8 14. O-O Bd8 15.
c4 Bb6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Qg5
Qe7 22. Rce1 Rd7 23. f4 e4 24. Bc2 Rc7 25. Re3 g6 26. h3 Kg7 27. Rfe1 Qd8 28.
Qg3 h4 29. Qxh4 Nxd5 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. cxd5 Rxc2 32. Rxe4 Rxa2 33. Nxb7 Rd7 34.
Na5 Nb6 35. Nc4 Nxd5 36. Rd4 Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nc2 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Nxd6 Ra1 40.
Rxa1 Nxa1 41. Nc4 Nb3 42. g4 a5 43. Kg2 a4 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nb5 46. Kd2 Nd4
47. Ke3 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Amar, Elham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "anti-Queen's Indian system"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "1533533"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne1 Nf6
15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxc5 Rxe2 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Nd3 g6
21. Bf3 Re7 22. b3 Rd6 23. Nb4 Kg7 24. Rd3 Red7 25. Rcd1 d4 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27.
Rc1 Re7 28. Kf1 h5 29. h4 Rde6 30. Rdd1 Rd7 31. Nd3 Ra7 32. Rc2 b5 33. Re1 Rea6
34. Ree2 Be7 35. Ke1 Bd6 36. Kd1 Ba3 37. Re5 Bf8 38. Rxb5 Rxa2 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40.
b4 Ra3 41. Kc2 Rc3+ 42. Kd2 Rb3 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Rd5 Bxb4 45. Rb5 Rxd3 46. Kxd3
Be1 47. Rb1 Bc3 48. Rb8 Be1 49. Ke2 Bc3 50. Re8 Kf5 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Re4 Bb2 53.
Rf4+ Ke6 54. Kc4 Bc3 55. Rf3 Bb2 56. Kd3 Ba1 57. Rf4 Bc3 58. Re4+ Kf5 59. f3 Kf6
60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. g4 hxg4 62. fxg4 f5 63. g5 Ke5 64. Rf2 f4 65. h5 gxh5 66. Rxf4
h4 67. Rf1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bf6
15. Rd2 g5 16. Be3 h5 17. Qd3 Kg7 18. Qf5 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qe7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. h3 Bc8 25. Rc3 f6 26. b4 Be6 27. a4 Rd8 28.
Rd4 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Kf2 Bf7 31. b5 Bg6 32. Qe3 c5 33. Rc1 Bf5 34. Kg1 Qd7
35. Kh2 c4 36. Rf1 Bg6 37. Qc3 Qd6 38. Kh1 Qc5 39. Kh2 Qc7 40. Kh1 Qd6 41. Kg1
Bf7 42. Kh1 Be6 43. Ra1 Qc5 44. Rf1 Qd6 45. Ra1 Qc5 46. Rf1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 d6
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Nxe5 Ke7
15. Nf3 Rhe8 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Rae1 Kf8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Nd4 Nxb3 21.
Nxb3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bd5 23. Rd1 c6 24. Nc5 a5 25. b3 Re8 26. Kf2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "240990"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
b4 Nd4 9. Qd3 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. g3 Ne5
15. Qe2 Bc6 16. O-O-O Bxh1 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Qe1 Nd3+ 19. Nxd3 Qxe1 20. Rxe1+ Kd8
21. Nh6 Kc7 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Nexf7 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Nxh8 gxh6 26. Bd3 Bg8
27. f4 Kd6 28. Be4 b6 29. d4 Ke7 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Ba3 Bg7 32. Bxc5+ Nd6 33. Nf7
Bxf7 34. Bxh7 a5 35. a3 Kd7 36. g4 Kc6 37. Bf2 Nc4 38. a4 Bc3 39. Be4+ Kd7 40.
Bf5+ Kd6 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 Bd2+ 43. Kb1 Bxg5 44. Bd3 Nd2+ 45. Kb2 Bf6+ 46. c3
Bd8 47. Bg3+ Kd5 48. Bb5 Ne4 49. Be1 Nd6 50. Bd3 Nc4+ 51. Kb3 Ne5 52. Be2 Ke4+
53. Kc2 Be8 54. Bb5 Bf7 55. Bg3 Nc4 56. Bc6+ Ke3 57. Bd7 Bd5 58. Be8 Bf6 59. Bc7
Be5 60. Bxe5 Nxe5 61. h4 Be4+ 62. Kb3 Kd2 63. Bb5 Bc2+ 64. Kb2 Bd1 65. Ba6 Ng6
66. c4 Nxh4 67. c5 Nf5 68. c6 Nd6 69. c7 Bg4 70. Bb5 Be6 71. Ba6 Ke3 72. Kc3 Ke4
73. Bb5 Kd5 74. Ba6 Kc5 75. Bf1 Ne8 76. Bc4 Nxc7 77. Bb5 Nd5+ 78. Kb3 Nb6+ 79.
Ka3 Kd4 80. Kb2 Bd7 81. Bf1 Ke3 82. Kc3 Nxa4+ 83. Kb3 Kd2 84. Ka3 Kc3 85. Be2
Nc5 86. Bf3 Nb3 87. Bd5 Nd4 88. Be4 Nb5+ 89. Ka2 a4 90. Ka1 Kb3 91. Bf5 Bc6 92.
Be6+ Ka3 93. Kb1 Be4+ 94. Ka1 Nd4 95. Bf7 Bf5 96. Bd5 Be6 97. Ba2 Nc2+ 98. Kb1
Bb3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13312022"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 a5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. f3 d6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Rfe1 a4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Bh5 g6 21. Nd5
Rf8 22. Bf3 c6 23. Nb4 Qe7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Be6 26. e5 Rad8 27. g4 Rd7 28.
Rxd7 Nxd7 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. g5 Rxf4 32. Rxe6 Rxc4 33. Kf2 c5 34.
Nc6 Nb6 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Nd8 Nd5 40. Re5
Nf4 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Re5 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rd4 46. Re8+ Kg7
47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxd4 Kxe8 49. Nb5 Kd7 50. Kf3 Nb6 51. Nc3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53.
Nb5+ Kc6 54. Nc3 Kd6 55. h3 Ke6 56. h4 Kd6 57. Nb5+ Kc6 58. Nc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "12510130"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Rc8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be7 14. Nd5 Ne5 15.
Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd4 g5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Ng3 21.
Bxg5 Qe6 22. Rf3 Rc5 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24. Re3 Re5 25. Rae1 Nf5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Qb4+ Kg7 28. Bf4 f6 29. d4 Kg6 30. dxe5 Re8 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qg4+
Kf7 34. Rf1 Rg8 35. Qh5+ Rg6 36. exf6 Qe4 37. Bg5 Nh6 38. Qxh4 Qd5 39. Rf2 Qxg5
40. Qc4+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. f7+ Nxf7 45. Qxf7+ Kh8
46. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "5028280"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 h6 13. Nd2 f4 14. c5 g5 15. h3 h5 16. Nf3
Bh6 17. Nh2 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nxg4 Bg7 20. Ra3 Ng6 21. c6 Nh4 22. cxb7 Bxb7
23. g3 Ng6 24. Kg2 Nh7 25. Rh1 Ng5 26. Nh6+ Bxh6 27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh5 Qf6 29.
Bg4 Rh8 30. a6 Rxh5 31. Bxh5 Bc8 32. Nb5 Nxe4 33. Qc2 fxg3 34. fxg3 Qf5 35. Bxg6
Kxg6 36. Nxc7 Rb8 37. Ne6 Bxe6 38. dxe6 Rc8 39. Qxc8 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qf1+ 41. Kh2
Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "24250473"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g4 g6 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
Qg2 Ne5 16. Bc1 b5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qc5 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Rh3 Bf8 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Rc3 Qb4 26. Qf2 Qg4 27. Rd4 Qd7 28.
Rdd3 Re5 29. Bh3 Qe7 30. Re3 Qa7 31. Qf3 Rae8 32. Bg4 Ng7 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Re3
Qd4 35. Rd3 Qe4 36. Bf4 Qxf3 37. Bxf3 Re1+ 38. Rd1 Re8 39. c3 Nf5 40. h5 Bg7 41.
h6 Be5 42. Re1 Kf8 43. Bd2 f6 44. Kc2 Kf7 45. Kd3 Rc8 46. a4 fxg5 47. Bxg5 Bf6
48. Bd2 Rc7 49. axb5 axb5 50. Ra1 Be7 51. Be4 Ng3 52. Bf3 Nf5 53. Ra8 Bf8 54.
Be4 Ng3 55. Bxg6+ Kxg6 56. Rxf8 Nf5 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Rh8 Kg6 59. b4 Nxh6 60.
Bxh6 Kxh6 61. Rd8 Kg5 62. Rxd6 h5 63. Rb6 h4 64. Rxb5 Rh7 65. d6+ Kf6 66. Rd5
Rh8 67. d7 Rd8 68. Rh5 Rxd7+ 69. Kc2 Ke6 70. Rxh4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 b3 7. Qxb3 Nc6 8. O-O e5
9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 14. d3 Rb8 15. a4
Qd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg2 f4 19. Rab1 Rf6 20. Be4 Bh3 21. Bd5+ Kh8
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rfe1 Rbf8 24. Rb2 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. Bxb7 fxg3 27. hxg3 Rxf2
28. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 29. Rg2 Bxg2 30. Bxg2 Qf2+ 31. Kh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2820242"]
[BlackFideId "13303970"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. c4 Nb6 17. Nc5 a5 18. a4 e5 19. Qd6 Ra7 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. g4 Nc8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nxh7 Bxg4 25. Nxf8 Bxf3 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Nxd7
Bxh1 28. Nxe5 Nd6 29. Nd7 f5 30. c5 Nc8 31. Kd2 g5 32. Nb6 Na7 33. Nc4 f4 34. h3
Kf6 35. Nxa5 Ke5 36. b4 f3 37. Ke3 Bg2 38. Nc4+ Kd5 39. Nb6+ Ke5 40. Bxg2 fxg2
41. Kf2 Kd4 42. Kxg2 Kc3 43. Kg3 Kxb4 44. Nd7 Kxa4 45. Kg4 Nb5 46. Kxg5 Nd4 47.
h4 Ne6+ 48. Kf5 Ng7+ 49. Kg6 Ne6 50. h5 Nf4+ 51. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Savitha, Shri B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8603847"]
[BlackFideId "35061887"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Qd3 Qb6 15.
b3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Qf3 c5 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Bxh6 d5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb7 24. Qc3 Bxd5 25. Be3 Qc6 26. f3 c4 27. b4 Qa4
28. a3 g6 29. Qe5 Qc6 30. Bd4 f5 31. Nc2 a6 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Qf6 Bd7 34. Nd5 Qe6
35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1003992"]
[BlackFideId "46622373"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Rfe1 Nf6
15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bh4 18. Bg5 Bxg3 19. Bxd8 Bg4 20. Be7 Rfe8
21. hxg3 Bxd1 22. Nd6 Bxc2 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bb4 Rb8 25. a3 d4 26. Re6 d3 27.
Rd6 Kf7 28. f4 c5 29. Bxc5 Rxb2 30. Bb4 h5 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Rd5+ Ke6 33. Re5+ Kd7
34. Ke1 Bb3 35. Rxh5 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Bc4 37. Rc5 Bb5 38. Rd5+ Kc6 39. Rd6+ Kc7 40.
a4 Bc4 41. Rd4 Rc2 42. Ke1 Kb6 43. Rd6+ Kb7 44. Rd4 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Bb3+ 46. Kc1
Rc2+ 47. Kb1 Rxg2 48. g4 Bxa4 49. g5 Kc6 50. Kc1 Rc2+ 51. Kb1 Kb5 52. f5 Rf2 53.
Bc3 Bc2+ 54. Kb2 Rxf5 55. Rd7 g6 56. Bd2 Rc5 57. Be3 Re5 58. Bd2 Re6 59. Kc3 a5
60. Rd5+ Kb6 61. Kd4 a4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Vagman, Roy"]
[Black "Velten, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2828995"]
[BlackFideId "681091"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "33486697"]
[BlackFideId "13308300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Qe2 d6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Rac1
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Red1 b6 20. f3 Qb7 21. Nb3 Be8 22.
Nd4 Nd7 23. f4 Ne5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Qe2 exd4 26. Bxd4 a5 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 29. bxc5 Qb3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Nxa2 Bc6 33. Nc3 h5 34. a4 Rb8
35. Nb5 Rb7 36. Rc4 Bxb5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. c6 Rb8 39. Rc5 Rc8 40. Rxh5 Rxc6 41.
Rxa5 Rc4 42. Re5 Rc2 43. Kh2 Kf8 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. Ra5 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. h4 Kg6
48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Ra5 Rc4 50. Kf3 f6 51. g3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 e5 53. Ra7 Kg6 54. Rb7
Ra3 55. Rc7 Kh6 56. Rb7 Ra6 57. Kf3 Rc6 58. Ra7 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 g5 60. hxg5+ Kxg5
61. Rg7+ Kh5 62. Rg8 Kh6 63. Ra8 Kg7 64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. Ra8 Rd3 66. Ra7 Rd4 67.
Kf3 Rb4 68. Rc7 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 f5 70. Rc6+ Kg5 71. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Black "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "25050389"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qe7 12. Rad1 Bc7 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Ne5
15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rad8 20. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Kreken, Eivind Grunt"]
[Black "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "1532359"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. Rac1 Rb8 15.
Rfd1 Bf5 16. f3 Rc8 17. Kh1 Rc7 18. Re1 Re8 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bc8 21. e5 Ng4
22. Rcd1 Bf5 23. h3 Nh6 24. Qf2 Qc8 25. Kh2 Bf8 26. Qf3 c5 27. Nb5 Rd7 28. g4
Bc2 29. Rd2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Bc5 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. b4 Be7
35. Bc6 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Bg5 37. Rxd2 Bxf4+ 38. Kg2 Bxd2 39. Nxa7 Bc1 40. a4 Bd2 41.
a5 bxa5 42. b5 a4 43. b6 Ba5 44. b7 Bc7 45. Bd5 Bb3 46. Be4 Kf8 47. Kf1 a3 48.
Bb1 a2 49. Bxa2 Bxa2 50. Nc6 Bc4+ 51. Kf2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "5028876"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e5 5. c3 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rad1 Nf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. e4 Nf4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. g3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Rd2 f6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. b3 Rd8 21. Rfd1
Red7 22. Ne3 a5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nd2 Nc5 26. f3 Qd8 27. Ndc4 b5
28. Nb2 g6 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Ke2 Bf7 32. Qd2 Qe6 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34. Kxd3
a4 35. c4 Qd6+ 36. Ke2 Qc5 37. Qc3 Qa3 38. Qc2 axb3 39. axb3 Qa1 40. Qd1 Qa6 41.
Qd3 Qa2+ 42. Qc2 Qa1 43. Qd1 Qc3 44. Qc2 Qd4 45. Qd3 bxc4 46. bxc4 Qb2+ 47. Qd2
Qb3 48. Qd7 Qa2+ 49. Kd3 Qxh2 50. g4 Qf2 51. Qxc6 Qxf3 52. Qd7 Qh1 53. c5 Qb1+
54. Ke2 Qxe4 55. c6 Qa4 56. Qd6 Qa2+ 57. Kf3 Qe6 58. Qd7 Kh6 59. Kg3 Qb3 60. Qd2
Be6 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. c7 Qa3 63. Qd8 Qf8 64. Kg3 Qc5 65. Kf2 Bxg4 66. Qd5 Qxd5 67.
Nxd5 h5 68. Kg3 g5 69. Ne7 Kf7 70. c8=Q Bxc8 71. Nxc8 Ke6 72. Nb6 e4 73. Nc4 f5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Black "Petcu, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "54764998"]
[BlackFideId "28548485"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. O-O Bxc5 10. h3 a6 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. b3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rb1 Bd6 15.
Ng3 Qg5 16. Qf3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Ne4 18. g4 Qe7 19. Qf4 Bd7 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. Rbd1
Rac8 22. Bb1 Rfe8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. g5 Bb5 25. Rf2 Bd3 26. h4 Qe6 27. h5 Rc5 28.
h6 g6 29. g4 b5 30. Kh2 b4 31. Kh3 a5 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Rc8 34. Bb2 Kf8 35.
Qg3 Qd5 36. Kh4 Rc5 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qa7+ Ke8 39. Bf6 Qd6 40. Qa8+ Kd7 41. Qd8+
Kc6 42. Qc8+ Kd5 43. Qb7+ Qc6 44. Qxf7+ Qe6 45. Qb7+ Qc6 46. Qxh7 Rc1 47. Qg8+
Kc5 48. Bd4+ Kb5 49. Qb8+ Ka6 50. Qa7+ Kb5 51. Qb8+ Ka6 52. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Adharsh K"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "25718207"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Nd4
Qb6 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Qd2 d6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. f3 Be6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O
a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 f6 20. e5 Rc8 21. exd6 Qxd6
22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Bf7 25. g3 Rc6 26. Rcd1 Kf8 27. Nb5 Ke7 28.
Bf3 Ne6 29. Re1 Rc5 30. Bxb7 Kf8 31. Rdd1 Rxc4 32. Rxd6 Rb4 33. Rexe6 Rxd6 34.
Rxd6 Rxb5 35. Bf3 Rxb2 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Ra6 Rxa2 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40.
Ra7 Kg8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenneth Terence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5092442"]
[BlackFideId "14300192"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1
a6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Ne5 c5 11. f4 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ng4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Bb1 g6 17. b3 a5 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. e4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. a4 Qd7 25. Nb5 Nc6 26. Qf3 Re6 27. f5 gxf5 28.
Bf4 Rd8 29. h3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Ne5 31. Qh5 Ng6 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Bg3 f4 34. Bf2 Re5
35. Qf3 Red5 36. Rc8 Qd7 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qd3 Nf8 39. Qc4 Ne6 40. b4 axb4 41.
Qxb4 d3 42. a5 Qxa5 43. Qxa5 Rxa5 44. Rxd3 Ra2 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Ra2 47. Kg1
Kg7 48. Be1 Kg6 49. Rd5 f3 50. gxf3 Nf4 51. Rd6+ f6 52. h4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Redzisz, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "16301188"]
[BlackFideId "21816107"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5
15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Qf3 c6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Rd6 Ng6 20. Qd4 Nxe5 21. b4
Qc7 22. Qxe5 Qxd6 23. Qxf5 Qxb4 24. Be4 g6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rb1 Qe7 27. h4 h5 28.
Qe3 b6 29. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Danila, Tudor-Gabriel"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "1274244"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Be2 Qc7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. g4 Rfe8 17. g5 Nh7 18. h4 Nhf8 19. Rhd1 Ra8 20. Na5 Nc5 21. c4
b6 22. Nc6 a5 23. Rc2 Nfd7 24. Bf1 Nb8 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Bd3 a4 27. a3 Ra6 28.
Be4 Rb6 29. Qa5 Nxc6 30. Qxa4 Nd4 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Bd3 Rb3 34.
Qe4 Qd7 35. Re2 Rb8 36. Kc1 Qh3 37. Kb1 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qd1 39. Rc2 Kg8 40. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Black "Urbani, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "885940"]
[BlackFideId "2830138"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 b6
9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc3 Qc8 14. Qe2 Ba8 15. Bf4
c6 16. Qxc4 Rd7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. e5 Ne8 19. Be3 b5 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. h4 Bb7 22.
h5 h6 23. Be4 b4 24. Nb1 c5 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qc8 28. c6 Rc7
29. Qf3 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Nd2 g4 32. Qe4 f5 33. Qc4 Rf7 34. Qxb4 f4 35. Ne4
fxg3 36. fxg3 Qd8 37. Qc4 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Qxb2+ 39. Rc2 Qxe5 40. Rf2 Nd6 41. Nxd6
Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qxd6 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kd1 Qxg3 45. c7 Qf3+ 46. Kc2 Qg2+ 47. Kc3
Qf3+ 48. Kb4 a5+ 49. Kxa5 Qa8+ 50. Kb6 Qc8 51. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Veleshnja, Zino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21834008"]
[BlackFideId "4701313"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6
9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. f5 Nf8 12. fxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 O-O 15. Nf2 Bd7
16. Kh1 Qa5 17. b3 c3 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Nh3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bd3 g6 22. a3
bxa3 23. Rxa3 Qe7 24. Ra1 Nexd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Nf4 Bg4 27. Nxd5 Qd6 28. Bc4
Kg7 29. Nxf6 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf6 31. Rxc3 Qe5 32. Qe1 Re8 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Bd3
h5 35. Rc4 Nf5 36. Rf4 a5 37. Raf1 Rfe6 38. Kg1 Ne3 39. Rf7+ Kh6 40. Ra1 Rg5 41.
Rf2 Ng4 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Re2 h4 44. Rae1 Nf6 45. Rf1 Nh5 46. Re4 h3 47. g3 Nf6
48. Ref4 Nd5 49. Rd4 Re6 50. Rh4+ Rh5 51. Rd4 Rg5 52. Ra1 Nb4 53. Rh4+ Kg7 54.
Rxh3 Nxd3 55. cxd3 Rb6 56. Ra3 Rb4 57. Kf2 Rgb5 58. Rh4 Rxb3 59. Rxb3 Rxb3 60.
Ke3 Rb2 61. Ra4 Rxh2 62. Rxa5 Rg2 63. Kf3 Rd2 64. Ra7+ Kf6 65. Rd7 Kf5 66. Rd6
Rd1 67. Rd5+ Ke6 68. Rd8 Kf5 69. Rd4 Ke5 70. Re4+ Kf5 71. Ke2 Rg1 72. Rf4+ Ke6
73. Kf3 Rd1 74. Ke4 Re1+ 75. Kd4 Rg1 76. Rf3 Ra1 77. Ke4 Re1+ 78. Kf4 Kf6 79.
Kg4+ Kg7 80. Rf4 Rd1 81. Rd4 Kf6 82. Rd6+ Ke7 83. Rd4 Kf6 84. Rf4+ Kg7 85. Rf3
Ra1 86. d4 Rd1 87. Rf4 Rd3 88. Kh4 Rd1 89. Kg5 Rd3 90. g4 Ra3 91. Re4 Ra5+ 92.
Re5 Ra4 93. Re7+ Kf8 94. Rd7 Ke8 95. Rd5 Kf7 96. Kh6 Rb4 97. g5 Ke6 98. Re5+ Kf7
99. Re4 Ra4 100. Rf4+ Kg8 101. Kxg6 Rb4 102. Kf6 Rb6+ 103. Ke7 Rb5 104. Rg4 Kg7
105. g6 Rb7+ 106. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Black "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "3446379"]
[BlackFideId "46656391"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qc1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxe4 Rae8 14. f3
Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qd2 Qc5+ 17. Qf2 Qb5 18. Qd4 Re2 19. Rf2 Re6 20. b3 Rfe8
21. h3 c5 22. Qf4 Qa5 23. Kh2 Rd6 24. c4 Rd4 25. Qc1 Qb6 26. Qf1 Qe6 27. Kh1 Qe3
28. Rc1 Rd6 29. Rcc2 Rde6 30. Rcd2 h6 31. Qd1 g6 32. Qf1 Qe5 33. f4 Qc3 34. Rde2
Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf4+ 38. Kh1 Qd4 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qa4
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 a6 43. Qa3 h5 44. Qb2+ Kh7 45. Qe2 Kg7 46. Kg1 Qe6 47.
Qf2 Qe5 48. Kh1 g5 49. Qf3 Kg6 50. Qc6+ Qd6 51. Qe4+ Kh6 52. Qe8 Kg7 53. Qe3
Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qd6+ 55. Kh1 f6 56. Qe4 Qe5 57. Qc6 a5 58. Qd7+ Kg6 59. Qd3+ Kh6
60. Qd8 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Qf8+ Kg5 63. Qg7+ Kf4 64. Qh6+ Qg5 65. Qh7 g3 66.
Kg1 Qe5 67. Qh6+ Ke4 68. Qc1 Qd4+ 69. Kh1 Kf5 70. Qf1+ Kg6 71. Qb1+ f5 72. Qe1
Qh4+ 73. Kg1 Qh2+ 74. Kf1 Qh1+ 75. Ke2 Qxg2+ 76. Kd1 Qe4 77. Qxg3+ Qg4+ 78.
Qxg4+ fxg4 79. Ke2 Kg5 80. Ke3 Kh4 81. Kf2 Kh3 82. Kg1 Kg3 83. Kf1 Kh2 84. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "834580"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 d4 8. Nb5 e5
9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1 a6 15. Qa4
Be6 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qa5 Nc5 20. Rad1 c6 21. Re3 Nfd7
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rad8 24. d4 f5 25. c5 Qe6 26. Re2 e4 27. Qb4 Rb8 28. f3
Nf6 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Qb3 Rfe8 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Qxb3 33. axb3 Nxg4 34. Bxe4 Nf6
35. Bd3 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Re8 37. Kf2 Re4 38. h5 Rf4+ 39. Bf3 Rf5 40. Ke3 Kf7 41.
Rh1 Ke6 42. Rg1 Rg5 43. Rh1 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Rg3 46. Rh4 Ng5 47. Rf4+
Ke6 48. Kf2 Rxf3+ 49. Rxf3 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 Kf5 51. b4 Kg5 52. Ke4 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Kantane, Anna"]
[Black "Akshat Sureka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1135988"]
[BlackFideId "25774492"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bc4 Be6
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. h4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Ne6 21. Qe3
Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Rd7 23. Ne4 Rfd8 24. g5 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Kb1 Qb6
28. Qe2 Qd8 29. c3 h5 30. Kc2 Kh7 31. Ra1 Ra5 32. Rd1 Rd5 33. Rg1 Rb5 34. Qc4
Qd5 35. Rd1 Qxc4 36. bxc4 Rb7 37. Rd8 Rc7 38. Ra8 Bh8 39. b4 Bg7 40. c5 Bh8 41.
c4 Rd7 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Rb7 44. c6 Rc7 45. Kb3 Bg7 46. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1273876"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Qxb2 8.
Rb1 Qxa2 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxf7
Kxf7 15. Ne5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Qf8 17. Bg6 Nf4 18. Bf7+ Kh7 19. Qf3 Nc6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qe4+ g6 22. Bxg6+ Kg7 23. Qxf4 Nxe5 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Qd6 Qxg6 26. Rb3 Kf7
27. Qe5 Rf8 28. Rg3 Qh7 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Rg7 Qf5 31. Qd4 Qf6 32. Rxd7 Qxd4 33.
R7xd4 a5 34. Rd8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Be7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 f5 11. e3 b6 12. Ne1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Qe8 15. Rc2
Nd8 16. Nf3 a4 17. b4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Nf7 19. Rc1 Qb5 20. Re1 Bd5 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22.
exf4 Rfc8 23. h4 Ned6 24. Ba1 h6 25. Bf1 Qd7 26. Re3 b5 27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Be2 Nxe5
29. Rxe5 Qd7 30. Qf1 c6 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. h5 Rad8 33. Bc3 Qa7 34. f3 Rf6 35. Qf2
Qf7 36. Bd2 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 Qf7 38. Re3 Nc4 39. Bxc4 Bxc4 40. Ree1 Bd5 41. Be3 Qe7
42. Rh1 Kf7 43. Qd2 Rg8 44. Kf2 Ke8 45. Rh5 Kd7 46. Qc3 Bc4 47. d5 exd5 48. Re1
Re8 49. Qd4 Kc8 50. Rhh1 Re6 51. Qb6 c5 52. Qa5 d4 53. Qa8+ Kc7 54. Qa7+ Kc6 55.
Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.07"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Lokesh, N."]
[Black "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "5025044"]
[BlackFideId "25629239"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 7. Nxd4 Qc5 8.
Nxe6 fxe6 9. a4 Qe5 10. d3 a6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. f4 Bc5+
15. Kh1 O-O 16. e5 Ne8 17. c3 Kh8 18. d4 Be7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qg4 Ng7 21. Qh3 Kg8
22. Bd2 d6 23. g4 dxe5 24. fxe5 b6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bg5 Bb7+ 27. Kg1 Be7 28.
Bf6 Rf8 29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Be2 Bxf6 31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Bxb7 Bxe5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Qf3+ Bf4 35. Bxa6 Ke7 36. Qh3 Qc6 37. Kf2 h6 38. Bb5 Qh1 39. Qg2 Qxh2 40. Qxh2
Bxh2 41. b4 Bc7 42. Bd3 g5 43. c4 h5 44. Kf3 h4 45. c5 Ne8 46. b5 Nf6 47. a5
bxa5 48. b6 Bf4 49. Bb5 Nd5 50. Bc6 Kd8 51. Ke4 Kc8 52. Kf3 h3 53. Be8 Kb7 54.
Bf7 Ne3 55. Bg6 h2 56. Be4+ Nd5 57. Ke2 a4 58. Kd3 a3 59. Kc2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 cxd3
15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. c4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxd3 Bc5 19. Be3 O-O 20. Nc3 Ndf6 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd2 Rb8 23. Re2 Nce4 24. Qd4 h6 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxe4 Rxb2 28. Kf1 Rb1+ 29. Re1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Re1+ Be7 9. h3 Nf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Ba3 Qd8 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Nf5 15. Nf3 Nd6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nbd2 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Re8 21. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bc5 7. Be2 d6 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Nc4 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Kh1 b5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Ne3 b4
15. Qc2 bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Bd3 h6 21.
Qd1 Ne5 22. Bc2 Ra8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Ng4 c6 25. Rb7 Nf5 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8
28. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "13312022"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Bd4 Qa5 10. b4 Qc7 11. c4 e5 12. cxd5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxb4+ 14. Kd1 Bg4+
15. Kc1 Rd8 16. dxc6 Rxd4 17. exd4 Qf4+ 18. Nd2 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 bxc6 20. f3 Be6 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. g4 Rb8+ 25. Kc2 Nf4 26. Qxa3 Qd5 27. Nd2
Ne2 28. Rhe1 Nxd4+ 29. Kc1 h5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Rb2 hxg4 32. fxg4 c5 33. Qd3 Qg5
34. h3 Kh8 35. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "8603847"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. c5 Rd8 14. Qa4 Nb8 15.
Rfd1 Nc6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Bc4 Be8 21. Bd5
b5 22. h4 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bd2 c6 27. Qg3 Qe5 28.
f4 Qe7 29. Bb3 Qxc5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. fxg5 Rb6 32. g6 c5 33. Bd5 Kf8 34. gxf7 Bxf7
35. Rf1 Rf6 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Qb8+ Be8 38. Bf4 Ke7 39. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "12510130"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 Bxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8.
N5c3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nd2 h4 14. Nf3 Qa5 15.
Rad1 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 dxe5 20. Nc1 f6 21. Nd3
Kf7 22. Kf1 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rhc8 24. Ke2 g5 25. f3 a5 26. Bc3 b6 27. Bd2 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O a6 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 h5 14. Bb3
Kb8 15. Rd3 f5 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Qd2 d5 19. Ne4 h4 20. a4 Rc8 21.
Ng5 Qf6 22. c3 Bh6 23. Rh3 Rcd8 24. Rxh4 d4 25. g3 Bg7 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Rd1 Qe7
28. Qc2 Rc8 29. cxd4 Bxa4 30. Qd3 Bb5 31. Qd2 Bc6 32. h4 Rd8 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. Qc3
Qb6 35. Nxf7 Be4+ 36. Ka2 Bxd4 37. Qd2 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Qe2 Ra5+ 40. Kb1
Bxb2 41. Rd6 Ra1+ 42. Kc2 Qc5+ 43. Kxb2 Qa3+ 44. Kc2 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Kholmov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46622373"]
[BlackFideId "2820242"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d3 Qe8 12. a4 Nd7 13. Be3 b4 14. Nbd2 d5 15. a5
Rb8 16. Qa4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. exd5 exd5 19. d4 Bd6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Qd1 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rf5 24. Nf3 c6 25. g4 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Qe7 27. Qe3 Re8
28. f4 Bd6 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Rab1 Kf8 31. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "14508150"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Rb1 a5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. d5
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Be3 a4 14. O-O c6
15. f4 Qa5 16. Kh2 Nc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rab8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. e5 c5 21. Bf2
Qc7 22. Bh4 f6 23. e6 Nb6 24. f5 g5 25. Bg3 Kh8 26. h4 Rg8 27. hxg5 Rxg5 28. Bf4
Rxf5 29. Qg4 Re5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. g3 Rg8 32. Qh4 Nc8 33. Rf5 Nd6 34. Rh5 Rg7
35. Kg2 Qd8 36. Rh1 Qg8 37. Rh3 a3 38. Kf1 f5 39. Ke1 f4 40. g4 Nxc4 41. g5 Ne3
42. Rxh7+ Rxh7 43. Qxh7+ Qxh7 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. d6 exd6 46. e7 Kg6 47. e8=Q+
Kxg5 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. c4 Nf5 50. Kf3 Nd4+ 51. Ke4 f3 52. Qb8 Kg5 53. Qxd6 Kh4 54.
Qxe5 Kh3 55. Ke3 b6 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Qg7+ Kf4 58. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "885940"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 Qe7 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rc1
N7c6 15. Nxc6 Rxd1 16. Nxb4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 c6 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Ke3 Ke7
21. a4 a5 22. Nd3 f6 23. b3 Nf8 24. f5 Bd7 25. g4 Be8 26. e5 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Nd7
28. Kd4 Nxe5 29. Kxe5 Bf7 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. g5 Rd2 32. f6+ gxf6+ 33. gxf6+ Kf8 34.
h4 Rh2 35. Rd1 Bxc4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. bxc4 Rxh4 40. c5
Rxa4 41. Rxb7 h5 42. Rc7 Ra1 43. Rxc6 a4 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Ra7 a3
47. c6 a2 48. c7 Rc1 49. Ke6 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Rf1+ 51. Kg6 Rg1+ 52. Kh6 Rc1 53.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 54. Kg6 h4 55. Rxa2 h3 56. Ra7 h2 57. Rh7 Kg8 58. f7+ Kf8 59. Rh8+
Ke7 60. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5028280"]
[BlackFideId "240990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 a5 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
Ne2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nf4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd4 Re8
15. Rad1 Re4 16. Qd2 Qe8 17. Bd4 Qb8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Be6 20. f3 Rh4 21. g3
Bh6 22. f4 Rh5 23. b3 a4 24. b4 Bd5 25. Bxf6 Qc8 26. Nd4 c5 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Rb1 Qd6 29. Bg5 Bf8 30. f5 Rc8 31. Bf4 Qd7 32. h4 Ba8 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. Rb4 Bf8
35. Rbb1 Be7 36. Qe2 Qd8 37. Ne6 Qe8 38. Rfe1 Bf6 39. Nc7 Qxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Rxf5
41. Ne8 Bxh4 42. Nd6 Rxf4 43. Nxc8 Bxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rf3+ 45. Kh2 Rxc3 46. Rb8 Bf3
47. Rd2 Kg7 48. Nd6 h5 49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Nxc8 g5 51. Rd3 Bg4 52. Nb6 Be6 53. a3
h4 54. Nxa4 g4 55. Nc5 Bc4 56. Rd4 Be2 57. Nd3 Kf6 58. a4 Kg5 59. a5 f5 60. Nf4
Bb5 61. Rb4 Bf1 62. Kg1 Ba6 63. Ne6+ Kf6 64. Nc5 Be2 65. a6 Bf3 66. a7 h3 67.
Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Amar, Elham"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, not Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "1533533"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 e6 8. Be3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Qd3 Qb8 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Rfe1
Bc6 16. f3 Rd8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd5 exd5 21. exd5 Qc8
22. Rxe7 Ne5 23. Qe2 Qf5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Kf8 26. Rb7 Rdc8 27. Rc1 Nd3 28.
Rf1 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 f6 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Re2 Rc8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke1
Rc4 35. Kd2 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Rd2 Rb1 38. b3 Kd7 39. Rf2 Rg1 40. Kd3 Kc7 41.
c3 bxc3 42. Rc2 Kb7 43. Kxc3 Rd1 44. Rd2 Rc1+ 45. Kd4 Rb1 46. Rd3 Rb2 47. Rg3 g6
48. h3 Rd2+ 49. Kc4 Kb6 50. Rf3 Rc2+ 51. Kd4 Rd2+ 52. Kc4 Rc2+ 53. Kd4 Rd2+ 54.
Rd3 Rxg2 55. Rc3 f5 56. Rc6+ Kb7 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Rxd6 Rg3 59. Rd7+ Kb6 60.
Rxh7 Rxb3 61. Ke5 Ra3 62. Rh6+ Kc7 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64. Rh6+ Kc7 65. Rh4 f4 66. Rxf4
Rxh3 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Rf4 Kd6 70. Kc4 Ra3 71. Rf6+ Ke7 72. Re6+ Kd7
73. Kb5 Rd3 74. Kc5 Rc3+ 75. Kd4 Ra3 76. Ra6 Rxa4+ 77. Ke5 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Vagman, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "2828995"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxh4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Nxh4 Qxh4
15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. h3 Bd7 19. b4 Rac8 20. a4 g6 21. Qb2
Kg7 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Rc7 24. Ra1 b6 25. Ra3 Re7 26. Rca1 Be6 27. Na2 Bd7 28.
Qb4 Qe6 29. Nc3 Be8 30. Re1 Qc8 31. f3 Qd8 32. e4 dxe4 33. fxe4 Rcd7 34. d5 Qb8
35. Qd4 Re5 36. Rea1 Rg5 37. Rf1 Re5 38. Nd1 Qd6 39. Ne3 Rg5 40. Rc3 Qe5 41.
Qxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Black "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5024595"]
[BlackFideId "21834008"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rc1 h6 10. a3 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Nb5
Nc5 16. a4 Na6 17. Qb3 Nxc7 18. Nxc7 Qd8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Na7 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Qa8
22. Qxb6 Bd8 23. Qc5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "13604058"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. f4 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qd7
15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Bb3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Na4
21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. Qg4 Qe8 23. Bf2 g6 24. f5 Kg7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bxd4 Qe1+ 27.
Kh2 Be5+ 28. Qf4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4+ Kh7 30. c4 a5 31. Qf6 Qe8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4
b6 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. h4 Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kg3 Qc3 39. b5 Kg7 40.
Kf3 Qd2 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. Qe3 Qc3 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kg3 Qf6 45. Qe4 Qa1 46. Qe3 Qf6
47. Qf3 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Qd4 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Qf2 Qc3 51. Qe2 Qf6 52. Kg3 Qd4 53.
Kg2 Qf6 54. Qe1 Qd4 55. Qg3 Qf6 56. Kg1 Qd4+ 57. Kf1 Qa1+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59. Ke3
Qc1+ 60. Ke4 Qh1+ 61. Kf4 Qf1+ 62. Ke3 Qc1+ 63. Kf2 Qd2+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kg2
Qe2+ 66. Kg1 Qd1+ 67. Kh2 Qe2+ 68. Kh1 Qf1+ 69. Kh2 Qe2+ 70. Kh1 Qf1+ 71. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "681091"]
[BlackFideId "33486697"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 g5 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. Be2 b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bb5 Qd8 12. Bc6 Qc8 13. O-O a6 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Rfe1 b5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nf1 c5 18. Ng3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Nf8 21. h4
gxh4 22. Nxh4 Qe7 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. Nh5 Nh4 25. Nxh4 Qxh4 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Re3
Kh7 28. Rh3 Qf6 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qf4 Rg8 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. Rd7
Rgd8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rc1 d5 36. e5 Kf5 37. f3 h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. b4
Kg5 41. Ke3 Kf5 42. a3 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44. Re7 Rc8 45. Rxe6 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 Rxa3
47. Rd6 Ra2 48. Rxd5 Kg6 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Rd2 51. Ke4 Rxg2 52. Rxh4 Rb2 53.
Rh7+ Kg8 54. Ra7 Rxb4 55. Rxa6 Rb1 56. Kd5 b4 57. Ke6 b3 58. Ra8+ Kg7 59. Rb8 b2
60. d5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Black "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 7.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "46656391"]
[BlackFideId "54764998"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 a5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Be3 Ncd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Qb1 dxc4 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Bxa5 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 Ra8
21. Bc3 Rxa2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rfd1 Ra6 24. Rbc1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Fulgentini, Edoardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13308300"]
[BlackFideId "28557050"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Be7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 Ba6 8. Qe2
h5 9. h4 c4 10. d4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Ne7 14. a5 Bc7 15. Bf4 d4
16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qe4 Bd8 19. Rh3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rd8 21. Rh4 Ne7 22.
Nd2 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Qxd2+ 24. Kf1 Rd5 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Rf4 Rf8 27. Re1 Qxc3 28. b5
Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. Qc6 Qd3+ 31. Kg1 Qd7 32. Qxc4 Rc8 33. Qa4 Rd5 34. Qb4+
Rcc5 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Qd4 Qc6 38. g6 fxg6 39. Rf3 Qd5 40. Qf4 Qxe5
41. Qf7+ Kd8 42. g3 Rc7 43. Rd3+ Kc8 44. Qe8+ Kb7 45. a6+ Kb6 46. Qb8+ Kc6 47.
Qb4 g5 48. Qa4+ Kb6 49. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "2850520"]
[BlackFideId "5015197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. Bd5 c6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Qe6 13. O-O c5 14. Rd1 h6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rd1 g5 20. a4 Rg6 21. Bd2 Be7
22. Ba5 Nc8 23. Rd5 Ra7 24. b4 Rc6 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Rb1 Rb7 28.
Ne1 Bb6 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. axb5 Nc4 31. Nd3 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. f3 Ke7 34. g3
Ne3 35. Nb4 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Nd3 Ke6 38. Nxf4+ Kxe5 39. Nd3+ Kd4 40. Ne1 Kc3
41. f4 Kd4 42. Kf2 Ke4 43. Ke2 d6 44. c3 Nd5 45. Kd2 Nxf4 46. Nc2 Nd5 47. Na3
Nc7 48. Ke2 h5 49. Nb1 Kf4 50. Na3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kg1 d5 53. Kh1 d4 54.
cxd4 b4 55. Nc4 b3 56. Kg1 Nd5 57. Nb2 Nf4 58. Kf2 Kxh2 59. Kf3 Nd5 60. Kf2 Kh3
61. Kf3 Nb6 62. Nd1 Na4 63. d5 b2 64. Nxb2 Nxb2 65. Ke4 Nc4 66. Kd4 Nb6 67. d6
Kg4 68. Ke3 Kg3 69. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Black "Song, Yuxin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Bg2 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "25050389"]
[BlackFideId "8614300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qb3
a5 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd2 b5 14. cxb5 Nc7 15. Nc4
Ne6 16. Rad1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qc7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxf4 20. Qd2 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Rae8 22. e3 Qh4 23. f4 Bf6 24. a4 Re6 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Bd8 27. Kh1 g5 28.
Rxd7 Rh6 29. Qf2 Qg4 30. Rfd1 Bf6 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 gxf4 33. b6 fxe3 34. b7
Bd4 35. Rc7 e2 36. Re1 Rg6+ 37. Kh3 Rh6+ 38. Kg4 Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Rh6+ 40. Kg4 Rg6+
41. Kh5 Kg7 42. Rc8 Re4 43. b8=Q h6 44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Rxe2 Rxe2 46. Rxg6 fxg6+
47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. b3 Bc3 50. Qc7+ Kh6 51. Qf4+ Kg7 52. Qc7+ Kh6 53.
Nd6 Bd4 54. Nf7+ Kg7 55. Ng5+ Kh6 56. h4 Bg7 57. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1291513"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. g4 d5 15. e5
Ne8 16. Bf2 Nc7 17. Kh1 b5 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Na4 d4 20. Nbc5 Be8 21. c4 dxc3 22.
bxc3 Nc7 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nxa6 Rb3 26. N6c5 Rb8 27. f5 f6 28. exf6
Bxf6 29. Bg3 d4 30. Bxb8 Qxb8 31. Ne6 dxc3 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Nc5 Ne5 34. Kg1 Bc6
35. Ne6+ Kg8 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Ra5 Qb7 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Be4 40. g5 c2 41.
Nxc2 Bxc2 42. Rc1 Bxf5 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Raghav V"]
[Black "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25922475"]
[BlackFideId "5092442"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. f4 Ngf6 10. Bh3 Qe6+ 11. Kf1 g5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Kg2 gxf4 14. Re1 Ne4 15.
Bxf4 Rg8 16. Bg3 Qg6 17. g5 e6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nh4 Qxg5 20. Rxe4 Bd6 21. Nf3
Qg7 22. Bxe6 Bxg3 23. Rg4 Bxe6 24. Rxg7 Rxg7 25. hxg3 Bd5 26. Qd3 O-O-O 27. c4
Bf7 28. Nh4 Rdg8 29. Nf5 Bg6 30. Rf1 Kb8 31. Qe3 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 a6 33. Qf4+ Kc8
34. Rf7 Rg6 35. Kh2 Re6 36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Stanford, Maxim Barth"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "408280"]
[BlackFideId "16301188"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
h3 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bg5 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nd7 14. Na2 Nxa2
15. Rxa2 f6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Raa1 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Rhd8 20. Kf1 b6 21. Rc4
Bd6 22. Be3 Nf8 23. Ke2 Ne6 24. Rac1 Rd7 25. Ne1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5
28. Nf3 Rb8 29. Nd2 Rbd8 30. Nc4 Rd3 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Ra8 33. Kd3 Ke6 34.
f3 g6 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Ne3 Rg8 38. Nf5 Rg2 39. Kc4 Rf2 40. b4 cxb4
41. cxb4 axb4 42. Kxb4 Rxf3 43. a5 Rxf5 44. exf5+ Kd7 45. Kc5 Kc8 46. Kd5 Kb7
47. h4 Ka6 48. Ke6 e4 49. Kxf6 e3 50. Kg7 e2 51. f6 e1=Q 52. f7 Qe7 53. Kg8 c5
54. f8=Q Qxf8+ 55. Kxf8 c4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Shilon Rahav, Eliran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "2844958"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Bb7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Bxc7 Qd7 12. Bxb8 Qxb5 13. Bf4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2
15. Rxb6 Bc8 16. Qa1 Qxa1 17. Rd1 Qc1 18. Rxc1 a5 19. Ra1 Re8 20. Ne5 a4 21. Rb2
a3 22. Rba2 Ra6 23. Bc1 Ra4 24. Nc6 Bf8 25. Bxa3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Rc4 27. Na7 Rxd4
28. Nb5 Rd2 29. e3 Bd7 30. Nd4 g6 31. R3a2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rb8 33. h3 Kg7 34. Kh2
Rb1 35. Bf3 h5 36. Rd2 g5 37. Bg2 Ra1 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Nc3 Ra5 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Nxd1 Kf8 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Nb5 Ne8 45. Kh2 g4 46. h4 Kf6 47. Nd4 Ke5
48. Kg1 Ng7 49. Kf1 Nf5 50. Ne2 f6 51. Nf4 Bf7 52. Ke2 d4 53. Nd3+ Kd6 54. Be4
Ne7 55. exd4 f5 56. Bb7 Bc4 57. Ke3 Bxd3 58. Kxd3 Ng6 59. Ba6 Ke6 60. Bc8+ Kf6
61. Bd7 f4 62. Ke4 fxg3 63. fxg3 Ke7 64. Bf5 Nh8 65. Kd5 Kf6 66. Bd7 Ng6 67. Ke4
Ke7 68. Bb5 Nf8 69. Ke5 Ng6+ 70. Kf5 Nf8 71. Bc4 Nd7 72. Kg5 Nf6 73. Bd3 Kf7 74.
Bg6+ Ke6 75. Bf5+ Kf7 76. Bd3 Ke7 77. Kf5 Nd5 78. Kg6 Ne3 79. Kxh5 Kf6 80. Be4
Nd1 81. Kxg4 Nc3 82. Bd3 Nd5 83. Kf3 Ne7 84. Be4 Nc8 85. g4 Nd6 86. g5+ Kf7 87.
Kf4 Ne8 88. h5 Ng7 89. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Llari, Marc"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "651044269"]
[BlackFideId "834580"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. f3 a6 7. O-O-O b5 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nb7 13. h4 b4 14. Nce2 Nc5 15. g4
Bb5 16. Nc1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Nge2 a5 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. h5 c6 21. dxc6 Rxc6
22. hxg6 fxg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Nge2 Qf6 25. Nxf4 Nb6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Rc7
28. Qe3+ Qe7 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Qb6 Rb7 31. Qxa5 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Nb3 Rf4 34.
g5 Rg4 35. Rde1+ Kf8 36. Rh3 Ba6 37. a4 bxa3 38. bxa3 Rxg5 39. Nd4 Rb7+ 40. Ka1
Rxd5 41. Ne6+ Kg8 42. Rf1 Rf7 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Nc7 Rxd3 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46. Rd7
Bc4 47. Ne8 Bf7 48. Nxd6 Be6 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Kb2 g5 51. Kc1 g4 52. Nf7 Rc3+ 53.
Kd2 Rc5 54. Nd6 g3 55. Re8 Rd5+ 56. Ke3 Rxd6 57. Kf3 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Bc4 59. Rc8 g2
60. Rxc4 Rg3 61. Rc7+ Kg8 62. Rc8+ Kf7 63. Rc7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Adharsh K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24250473"]
[BlackFideId "25718207"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qd2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
O-O-O Qb6 16. Bg4 Nb4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kb1 O-O 20. a3 Nd5 21. Bd4
Rac8 22. Rhf1 e3 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qd3 Nf4 25. Qe4 Qc4 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Qg6 Nf4
28. Qe4 Nd5 29. Qg6 Nf4 30. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Black "Rychagov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13303970"]
[BlackFideId "4508394"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O d5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. cxd5 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qc2 Qxd5 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Be5 Rad8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qc1 c6 20. Bc4 Qa5 21. Qh6
Rxe5 22. dxe5 Nd2 23. Qg5 Rd4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6+
Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Kh5 30. Rfe1 Qd5 31. h3 Qg5 32. Kh1 Rd5 33. Re7 h6 34.
Rh7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Oro, Faustino"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "20000197"]
[BlackFideId "35028561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 d5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. h3
Ne5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. exd5 exd5 21. Na7 Qb6
22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Na7 Qd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nf3 Nf4 26. Nb5 c4 27. b3 Qc6 28. Kf1
Nd3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Ne1 Nc5 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qa2 Nb3 33. Nf3 Re6 34. Qc2 Qe4
35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Nd2 Rh4 37. g3 Rxh3 38. Kg2 Rh5 39. Nxc4 Nc5 40. Nxa5 Nxa4 41.
c4 Nb6 42. Rb1 Rc5 43. Nd6 Rxa5 44. Rxb6 Ra6 45. c5 Rxb6 46. cxb6 Bd4 47. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Guernier, Antoine"]
[Black "Kantane, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[Variation "Breyer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "26062720"]
[BlackFideId "1135988"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be2 d4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 f6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Qg3 Qd5 14. Bh6 Rf7
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd2 Be5 17. Qg5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qe6 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Bd5 Qxd5
21. Qxe7 Bd7 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Re1 Be7 26. Qxa7 Bb4 27.
Re2 Qh5 28. Kf1 Rf8 29. g3 Qf3+ 30. Rf2 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 g5 32. Qxd4 Qe1+ 33. Kf3
gxf4 34. gxf4 Bxe4+ 35. dxe4 Qc3+ 36. Qd3 Qf6 37. Ke2 Kh8 38. e5 Qe6 39. Qe4 Bc5
40. Rg2 Qa6+ 41. Kf3 Qf1+ 42. Kg3 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 Rxg2 44. Qxg2 Qxf4 45. Qxb7 Qxe5
46. Qb3 Bd6 47. a4 Qxh2+ 48. Kg4 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 h5 50. Qb2+ Be5 51. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "5028876"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bc3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15.
Rc1 g6 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Qe2 a6 18. h3 Rce8 19. g4 Nd6 20. Ne5 Nb5 21. Bd2 Nbxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxe5 23. Nxc6 Qxe2 24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25. Rxe2 Rf3 26. Bb1 Bc6 27. Kg2 Ref7
28. Bf5 exf5 29. Kxf3 d4+ 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bb4+ Kf7
34. Kf4 Ke6 35. b3 Bh6+ 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Be7 c5 38. g5 Bg7 39. a4 c4 40. b4 c3
41. Ke2 Kc4 42. Bf6 Bf8 43. b5 d3+ 44. Ke3 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Costantino, Claudio Emanuele"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "28505697"]
[BlackFideId "2026384"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Qg3
Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 b5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nf6 15.
a3 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. f4 Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Qd3+
Kg8 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. Qd2 Bxb3 24. cxb3 exf4 25. Qxf4 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. h3
Qe6 28. Rf3 Qe1+ 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Rf3 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. b4 Re8 33. b3 Qd5 34.
Qf5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Re3 36. Rf3 Re2 37. a4 Re4 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kg3 Rxb4 40. Rd3
f6 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Rc3 Kd5 44. Rd3+ Ke5 45. Rc3 g5 46. g3 f5 47. Rd3
Re4+ 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. hxg4 fxg4+ 50. Kf2 Rd4 51. Ke3 Re4+ 52. Kf2 Rd4 53. Ke3
Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.08"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25629239"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 d5 9.
e5 Nh6 10. a5 c5 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qb7 14. Nxe6 Kf7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7
16. Nxc5 Qg4 17. O-O Nf5 18. c3 Rb8 19. h3 Qh4 20. Qd3 e6 21. Bd2 bxc3 22. bxc3
Qd8 23. g4 Nd6 24. Ng3 Re8 25. a6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Qc7 28. Kg2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 d6 14. g4 Na6 15. h3
Bc6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Ne8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rdb8 20. Ra1 Nac7 21. Ra3
Rb6 22. e4 e5 23. Be3 a6 24. Rd3 Rab8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Nc7 27. Nf3 Nb5 28.
Ra4 Nd4 29. Nd2 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Nxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxa6 Rxb2 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34.
h4 f6 35. h5 Rb7 36. Rc8 Kf7 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Bd2 Rd7 39. Ba5 Ra7 40. Bd2 Ra2 41.
Be3 Rb2 42. Bc1 Rb7 43. Bd2 Ra7 44. Rb8 Rd7 45. Ba5 Ra7 46. Bd2 Rd7 47. Ba5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5061245"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Qf3 a6 13. Rfd1 Nfd5 14. Bb3 Rb8
15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qg4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 20. Rf1 b5 21.
Bc2 g6 22. Nc6 Bb7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxd8 Bxe4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe4 Bg5 27.
Rfe1 Rfc8 28. Ra3 b4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kh6 32. Ra5 Re8 33. Re5
Bh4+ 34. g3 Bf6 35. Re4 Rb5 36. Rd1 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 e5 38. d5 Rf8 39. Bg4 Bd8 40.
Rxe5 Rff2 41. Bh3 Rxh2 42. Bf1 Rhf2 43. d6 Rf3 44. Re8 Rxg3+ 45. Kh1 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2801990"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d5 9. e5 Bg4 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Nge7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 15.
Nc3 Rf8 16. Qe2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 O-O-O 19. a4 b4 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. Nc5
Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rf6 23. Nxa6 Kb7 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Nc5+ Kb6 26. Rdc1 Ra8 27. Bb5
N7c6 28. Rc2 Na5 29. Rac1 c6 30. Be2 Nac4 31. Bxc4 Kxc5 32. Be2+ Kb6 33. b3 Rd6
34. Rd2 c5 35. Rdc2 Ra5 36. Rd2 Ra7 37. Rdc2 c4 38. bxc4 dxc4 39. Bxc4 Rxa4 40.
Be2 Rc6 41. Rxc6+ Nxc6 42. Bc4 Ra3 43. Bg8 h6 44. Kf2 Ne5 45. Ke2 Rc3 46. Rxc3
bxc3 47. Kd1 Kc5 48. Kc2 Kb4 49. h4 Ng4 50. Kd3 Nxe3 51. g3 Nf5 52. Bf7 g5 53.
hxg5 hxg5 54. g4 Ne7 55. Kc2 Nc6 56. Bd5 Ne5 57. Be6 Nc4 58. Kc1 Ne3 59. Bc8 Kb5
60. Bd7+ Kc5 61. Bc8 Kd5 62. Bd7 Kd4 63. Bc8 Nd5 64. Kc2 Nb4+ 65. Kc1 Kd5 66.
Bd7 Ke5 67. Bc8 Ke4 68. Bd7 Kd3 69. Bf5+ Kd4 70. Bc8 Nd3+ 71. Kd1 Ne5 72. Kc2
Nc6 73. Kc1 Kc4 74. Be6+ Kc5 75. Bd7 Nd4 76. Bc8 Kc4 77. Ba6+ Kb3 78. Bd3 c2 79.
Kd2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Black "Svane, Frederik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14210495"]
[BlackFideId "12923044"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. a4 Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qd2 d3 16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Nbd2 Qa7 19. Rf1 c6 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Kg1 Bc8
22. h3 Ne5 23. Kh2 Ng6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Ng1 f5 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. f4 f6 28. Ne2 fxe4
29. f5 d5 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Ne7 32. g4 Qd6+ 33. Kh1 Qb4 34. g5 Nxf5 35. Rg1
Qxd2 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxh7 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "35042025"]
[BlackFideId "46622373"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. c5 c6 10. Nc3 a3 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ba6 14. h3 Bc4 15. Nd2
Ba6 16. Nf3 Bc4 17. e3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. f4 Nh5 20. g4 Ng3 21. Kh2 Ne2 22. Nf3
Nxc1 23. Qxc1 g5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 f5 26. Ne2 Kh8 27. Kh1 fxg4 28. hxg4 Nf6
29. Ne5 Ne4 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Ng3 gxf4 32. exf4 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Qg7 34. Nxe4 dxe4
35. Rf4 Rf5 36. Qe3 Rg8 37. Qxe4 Qg5 38. Kg3 Qh6 39. Rxf5 exf5 40. Qxf5 Rf8 41.
g5 Qg7 42. Qg4 Qf7 43. Rb3 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Qg2 Qd1 46. Qg4 Qh1+ 47. Kg3
Qe1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 h5 50. Qh4 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. g6 Kh6
54. g7 Qg1+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kg3 Qf2+ 57. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "35028561"]
[BlackFideId "13308300"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. O-O Ba7 10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Nf1 Kg7 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Rfe8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Rae1 Bg6 19. d4 Nh5 20. Bh2 Nf4 21. Bb5
Qf6 22. Qc4 Re7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. b4 Qe6 26. Qc5 axb4 27. cxb4 Qd6
28. a5 Rxb4 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. a6 Ra8 31. Qa1 Ra7 32. Ra3 c5 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rd1
Qe6 35. Ra4 c4 36. Nd4 Qb6 37. Nf3 Qe6 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Ra5 Re6 40. Qc3 Raxa6 41.
Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Qxc4 Rc6 43. Qd5 Re6 44. Nh2 Rd6 45. Qa5 Qe7 46. Ng4 f6 47. f3 h5
48. Nf2 Bf7 49. Rc1 c6 50. Kh2 Qd7 51. Rc2 Rd4 52. h4 Qd6 53. Nh3 Rd1 54. Qb6
Be8 55. Ra2 Rc1 56. Ra7+ Bf7 57. Qb7 Qe6 58. Qb8 Rd1 59. Ra8 Qe7 60. Qc8 c5 61.
Ra6 Rd8 62. Qc6 c4 63. Rb6 Rd7 64. Ng1 Rc7 65. Qd6 Qxd6 66. Rxd6 c3 67. Ne2 c2
68. Nc1 Be8 69. Rd2 Ba4 70. Rd5 Rc4 71. Ra5 Kf7 72. Kg1 Rd4 73. Kh2 Ke6 74. Ne2
Rc4 75. g3 fxg3+ 76. Kxg3 Bc6 77. Ra1 f5 78. exf5+ Kxf5 79. Rc1 Ba4 80. Kf2 Rxh4
81. Ke3 Rh3 82. Nc3 Bb3 83. Ne4 h4 84. Nd6+ Ke6 85. Ne4 Kd5 86. Nf6+ Kc4 87. Ng4
e4 88. Kxe4 Kc3 89. Nf2 Rh2 90. Ke3 Rxf2 91. Kxf2 Kd2 92. Rh1 c1=Q 93. Rxc1 Kxc1
94. f4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Black "Idani, Pouya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "54764998"]
[BlackFideId "12510130"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6
15. Ne5 Be4 16. Ng4 Nbd5 17. Bc4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Qe2 Bd5 21.
Bd3 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Bc5 Ne4 25. Rdb1 Qc3 26. Rc1 Qd2 27. Qxd2
Nxd2 28. Bxa7 Nb3 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 f5 31. f3 Bc4 32. Bc2 b5 33. Rb1 Nd2 34.
Rd1 Nb3 35. Rb1 Na5 36. d5 Ra8 37. Bb6 Bxd5 38. Rxb5 Nc4 39. Bd4 Na3 40. Rc5
Nxc2 41. Rxc2 Rb8 42. h4 h6 43. Kh2 Rb7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Be5 Kg6 46. Rc7 Rxc7 47.
Bxc7 h5 48. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2623897"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. h3
Nd4 9. Kh2 c6 10. f4 d5 11. f5 b5 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 b4 14. Nce2 a4 15. Nxd4 exd4
16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Qd2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Rfe1 Bb7
22. f6 c5 23. Ne4 g5 24. Qf2 Re6 25. h4 Qe5+ 26. Kh3 gxh4 27. Qxh4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4
Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Kg3 a3 31. b3 Kh7 32. Re5 Rg8 33. Rae1 Rfg6 34. R1e4 Rg5
35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. Re8 f6 38. Rd8 Re5 39. Rc8 h5 40. gxh5+ Rxh5 41.
Rc7 Re5 42. Kg4 Rf5 43. Kg3 Re5 44. Kg4 Rh5 45. Kf4 Rd5 46. Kg4 Kh6 47. Kf4 Rh5
48. Kg4 Kg6 49. Kf4 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 Rg5+ 51. Kf4 Kh6 52. Kf3 Rf5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54.
Kg3 Re5 55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "895733"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Bg3 e5 19. d5 g6 20. b4 Qb8 21. Nb3 Rc7 22.
a4 Qc8 23. Nb1 h5 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Bh4 Bh6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Kg7 28. Bf1 Qb8
29. N1d2 Ba8 30. Nf3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nxa5 Qa7 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6
35. Nh4 Kh7 36. Nf3 e4 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Ng5 Rc5 39. Qe3 Qxa4 40. Ra1 Qc6 41. h4
Rce5 42. Ra7 R8e7 43. Qd4 Qc5 44. Rd1 e3 45. fxe3 Rxe3 46. Ra6 Qxd4 47. Rxd4 Ne8
48. Ra7 Nc5 49. Rxe7 Rxe7 50. Nf3 Rd7 51. g3 Ra7 52. Bg2 Ra2 53. Nd2 Rc2 54. Bc6
Ne6 55. Rd3 N6c7 56. Bxe8 Nxe8 57. Ne4 Rxc4 58. Nxd6 Rc1+ 59. Kg2 Nf6 60. Rd2
Rc3 61. Re2 Ng4 62. Ne4 Ra3 63. Kh3 Ne3 64. Kh2 Nf5 65. Kg2 Ra4 66. Kh2 Rb4 67.
Kh3 Rc4 68. Kh2 Rc8 69. Kh3 Re8 70. Nc3 Rd8 71. Ne4 Rd7 72. Kg2 Rd3 73. Kf2 Rb3
74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kf2 Ng4+ 76. Kg2 f6 77. Nc5 Rc3 78. Ne4 Ra3 79. Kh3 Ne3 80. Kh2
Nf5 81. Rd2 Ra6 82. Kg2 Rb6 83. Kf3 Rc6 84. Rd3 Rc7 85. Nd6 Nxd6 86. Rxd6 Kf7
87. Ra6 Ke7 88. Rb6 Rd7 89. Ke4 Rd6 90. Rb7+ Kf8 91. Ra7 Re6+ 92. Kf4 Re7 93.
Ra6 Kg7 94. Rb6 Re1 95. Rb7+ Kh6 96. Kf3 Re6 97. Ra7 g5 98. hxg5+ fxg5 99. Ra8
Rf6+ 100. Kg2 Kg6 101. Ra5 Re6 102. Kf3 Kf6 103. Rb5 Re5 104. Rb8 g4+ 105. Kf2
Kf5 106. Rb4 Rd5 107. Rf4+ Ke5 108. Ra4 Rc5 109. Ke3 Rc3+ 110. Kf2 Rf3+ 111. Kg2
Rd3 112. Kf2 Rd4 113. Ra8 Rd2+ 114. Ke3 Rh2 115. Ra5+ Ke6 116. Kf4 Kd6 117. Rb5
Ke6 118. Ra5 Kd6 119. Rb5 Ke6 120. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5028280"]
[BlackFideId "6302718"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Ne8 15.
Bd3 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rd8 18. Ne2 Be7 19. Rf4 g6 20. Qf2 Ng7 21. Ng3 Rd7
22. Rf1 Nf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Rxd4 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qxd4 Qg5 27. Rf2 Rd8
28. Qc3 Qc1+ 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Rf2 Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Black "Velten, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "25050389"]
[BlackFideId "681091"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ke2 Be7
15. Qb1 Rc5 16. f4 Rh5 17. Rg5 Rxh2 18. Rcg1 g6 19. R5g2 Rxg2 20. Rxg2 b5 21.
Na5 Qa8 22. Rg1 Nc5 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Bc2 Nce4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nb3 Qd5 27. Nd4
Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Rc7 29. Bd1 Qc5 30. a3 b4 31. f3 Nd6 32. Qd3 bxa3 33. Qxa3 Qb6 34.
Be2 Nd5 35. Kd2 Nc4+ 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Ne2 Rb4 38. Rb1 Rb3 39. Qa4 Rxb2+ 40.
Rxb2 Qxb2+ 41. Ke1 Qxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) opening"]
[WhiteFideId "834580"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. h3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e4 Ndb4 7. d3 a5 8. a3
Na6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Be2 Rd8 15.
O-O Nxd3 16. Rc3 e4 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Bxc7 Rd7 21. Bf4
Rhd8 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qb5 24. Qd2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Rc7+ R8d7 27. Rc8
Rc4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxa5 g6 30. Qa8 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Black "Amar, Elham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13604058"]
[BlackFideId "1533533"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Be3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. c3
Ba6 16. Na3 Bb7 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Bc4 h5 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Bb5 Rb8 21. Rfd1 f5 22.
f3 f4 23. Bf2 e4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Qc2 Ng4 26. Nc4 Bh4 27. Bxb6 Qg5 28. Rf1 Nxh2
29. Kxh2 Bg3+ 30. Kg1 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qh4 32. Rf3 Rxb6 33. Nxb6 Rf7 34. Qe4 Re7
35. Qd4 Re3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. Qe4 Qg5 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2820242"]
[BlackFideId "1036432"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. dxc5
a5 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Qe2 a4 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Rxd5 Qb6 14. c4 Be6 15.
Nc3 O-O 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Rdd1 Qb4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxc4 20. Rd4 Qc6 21. Rd6
Qc4 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qc4 24. Nd4 Ra6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rd7 Ng6 27. Rad1 f4
28. Qf3 Nxe5 29. Qxb7 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 Kh8 31. Rxg7 Qd3 32. h4 Rg8 33. Rf7 Qg6 34.
h5 Qd3 35. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Black "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "8603847"]
[BlackFideId "13303970"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qd3 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3+ Be6 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. g3 Nge7 13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Bg2 Rfd8 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qf4 d4 18. e3 d3 19. Be4 d2 20. f3 Na5 21. Bd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd2 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Rxd5 Rdc8 25. Rd7 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Re1
Nc4 28. Ree7 Nxb2 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Rxb7 Nc4 31. Rec7 Ne5 32. f4 Ng4 33. Nd6 Nh6
34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 g6 36. Rc7 Nf5 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. a4 Ra8 39. Rc4 Kg7 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41. Ke3 Kh5 42. h3 Rg8 43. Kf3 Ra8 44. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Tahay, Alexis"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "26090961"]
[BlackFideId "30941849"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bc2 Qe8 12. a4 Kh8 13. a5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Nc4 e4 17. Nd4 Rg8 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Rg1 f4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Qg5 22.
Ba4 Bd5 23. Ne3 fxe3 24. Bxe3 Qe5 25. g4 Nf6 26. g5 Ne8 27. Qh5 Nd6 28. Rad1 Bf7
29. Qh3 Qe6 30. Qg3 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13312022"]
[BlackFideId "1291513"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h4
Be6 9. f4 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. f5 Qa7 14. Rf1 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Ng3 16. Qxd6 Qe7 17. Qd5 Ra7 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1
Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bc4+ Ke7 24. Bxa7 h5 25. Rxa6 hxg4 26. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Coicev, Matei-Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "1279688"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 c4 15.
dxc4 bxc4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Qb5 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. c4
dxc4 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rec1 Be6 26. Rxa7 Re8 27. Bd6
h6 28. Rca1 Kh7 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Rxa8 Nf6 31. f3 Bd5 32. Ra3 Be6 33. Be5 Nd5 34.
Kf2 Ne7 35. g4 Nd5 36. Kg3 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Ra8 Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh6
41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Re8 Bd7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Bd6 Be6 45. Bf8+ Kh7 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47.
Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Bai, Adelard"]
[Black "Raghav V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16301188"]
[BlackFideId "25922475"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Be3 Na4 15.
Rbc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd4 18. Rc5 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Bh6 20. Qe4 Qa5 21.
e6 Qxa2 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Re5 Ra7 24. g3 Rd7 25. Bb1 Bg7 26. Re6 Rd2 27. Rxe7
Qf6 28. Qe3 Qd4 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Qf6 32. Qe8+ Qf8 33. Qe3 Rd8
34. Kg2 Qe8 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. h4 Rf8 37. Qb7 Qc8 38. Qb6 Qa8+ 39. f3 Rf6 40. Qe3
Qd5 41. Be4 Qd6 42. Rh1 Qb6 43. Qe2 Rd6 44. h5 Qd8 45. Qe3 Rd2+ 46. Kh3 Qd7+ 47.
g4 gxh5 48. Kg3 Be5+ 49. Kh4 hxg4 50. Qg5 Qd6 51. Kh5 Bf4 52. Qh4 Qe5+ 53. Kxg4
Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Paduano, Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "2806393"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. a4 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. h4 Bg4 11. c3 Bxh4 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Qh3 h5 16. Ke2 Ne7 17. g4 Ng8 18. Rag1 Qf6 19. Ne3 h4 20. Ng2 Kg7 21. f4 exf4
22. Nxh4 Nh6 23. Nf3 a6 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rab8 26. Kd1 Rxb6 27. Kc2 Rfb8 28. b3
Qe7 29. Qg2 Rh8 30. Rh3 Rbb8 31. Re1 f6 32. Reh1 Nf7 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Ra1 Ne5
35. Rxa6 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Rh2+ 37. Kb1 Qe5 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra2 Rxa2 43. Kxa2 Qxc3 44. Qh1 Qd2+ 45. Kb1 f3 46. Qh7+ Kd8 47.
Qa7 Qe1+ 48. Ka2 Qd2+ 49. Kb1 Qc1+ 50. Ka2 Qc2+ 51. Ka1 Qc3+ 52. Ka2 Qc2+ 53.
Ka1 Qd1+ 54. Ka2 Qe2+ 55. Kb1 Qe1+ 56. Ka2 Qe2+ 57. Kb1 Qf1+ 58. Ka2 Qf2+ 59.
Kb1 Qg1+ 60. Ka2 Qg2+ 61. Kb1 Qh1+ 62. Ka2 Qh2+ 63. Kb1 Qh1+ 64. Ka2 Qg2+ 65.
Kb1 f5 66. Qb8+ Ke7 67. Qc7+ Kf6 68. Qd8+ Ke5 69. Qxg5 f2 70. d4+ cxd4 71. Qe7+
Kf4 72. Qxd6+ Ke3 73. exf5 Qe4+ 74. Kb2 d3 75. Qg3+ Ke2 76. Kc3 Ke1 77. Qxd3
Qe5+ 78. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "240990"]
[BlackFideId "2839135"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Qb3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. b5 Na5 15. Qa2 Bb7
16. d4 a6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nc4 20. Qf6 Nxa3 21. Rbc1 c4 22.
Nc5 axb5 23. Nxb7 Qc7 24. e4 Qxb7 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qh4 f6 27. Rfd1 Rad8 28. Nd4
Rfe8 29. Qg4 Qb6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bxd5 Re5 34. Bxc4
Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Nxc4 36. Ng4 Re7 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Rb4 f5 39. Ne3 Nxe3 40. fxe3 Kf6
41. Kf2 Ke5 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd2 Kc5 44. Rd4 b4 45. Kc2 Re7 46. Rd3 Ra7 47. Kb2
h5 48. Rd8 Ra3 49. Rg8 Rxe3 50. Rxg6 Kc4 51. Rc6+ Kd4 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rb6 Re2+
54. Kc1 Rxh2 55. Rxb4 Rg2 56. Rh4 Rxg3 57. Kd2 Rg4 58. Rxh5 Re4 59. Rh1 f4 60.
Rh5+ Kf6 61. Rb5 Kg6 62. Ra5 Re6 63. Rb5 f3 64. Rb3 f2 65. Rf3 Rf6 66. Rxf6+
Kxf6 67. Ke2 Ke6 68. Kxf2 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Adharsh K"]
[Black "Lalit Babu M R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "25718207"]
[BlackFideId "5024595"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Nb5 Be4 13. Rd1 Bf6 14. e3 g5 15.
Nc3 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bg6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. b3 Be4 19. Bb2 Nd8 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. Ne5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rg8 23. f3 h5 24. h3 Be7 25. e4 Rd8 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Nc4 g4 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. f4 Rh8 30. Ne5 Rg8 31. Nc4 Kd8 32. Ne3 Rh5 33. d5 Nc5 34. Be5 Bd6
35. Bxd6 cxd6 36. b4 Rgh8 37. Nxg4 f5 38. Nf2 Nd7 39. Rdc2 Nb6 40. Kf3 R5h6 41.
Rc7 R6h7 42. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V."]
[Black "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5028876"]
[BlackFideId "24250473"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 a5
15. a3 a4 16. h4 h6 17. Rd3 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nh2 Raf8 20. Qg4 Bd6 21. Nf3
Qf7 22. h5 Kh7 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Nxf3 Nf5 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. axb4 Qf6
28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Rc7 Ne4 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. Qg6+ Qxg6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Ne5+ Kh7
34. f3 Ng3 35. Ra7 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nxd4 37. Rxa4 Rc2 38. b5 Nxb5 39. Rb4 Nc7 40.
Rb7 h5 41. b4 d4 42. b5 Nd5 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Rb8 g5 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Nf7+ Kg6 47.
Nh8+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Nf6 49. Rf8 d3 50. Nf7 d2 51. Nd6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Black "Redzisz, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "885940"]
[BlackFideId "21816107"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. e4 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15.
Nd5 Bd8 16. Re1 Ra7 17. Bd6 Rb7 18. Nd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Rc5 Nxb3 21. Rxa5
Nxa5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Bxb4 Rb5 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kd8 26. Bxa5+ Rxa5 27. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Savitha, Shri B"]
[Black "Urbani, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "35061887"]
[BlackFideId "2830138"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Qe1 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 d5 13. Ncxe5 dxe4 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qe2 Kh7 20. Qf3 Rab8 21.
Qe2 Rfe8 22. Rf4 Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Rf3 Kg8 25. Rd2 Rb6 26. h3 Qe4 27. Qf2
Re7 28. Rg3 Re6 29. Rf3 Rb7 30. Qg3 Rb6 31. Rdf2 Rb7 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. Qf4 Qxf4
34. exf4 Re4 35. b3 Kf8 36. c4 Ke7 37. Kf2 f5 38. g3 Ke6 39. Rfd3 Ke7 40. Rd5 g6
41. R2d3 h5 42. Kf3 Re1 43. Kf2 Re4 44. Rd2 Rd8 45. R2d3 Rd7 46. Rd1 Re6 47. Kf3
Kd8 48. R1d3 Kc7 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 fxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Rh7 52. Rg5 Rh1 53. Rg3
Rf1 54. Rf3 Rg1+ 55. Kh4 Rh1+ 56. Kg4 Rg1+ 57. Kh4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Fulgentini, Edoardo"]
[Black "Jaidambareesh N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "28557050"]
[BlackFideId "46656391"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qb1 d5 14. e5 Bg6 15.
exf6 Bxb1 16. fxe7 Qxe7 17. Raxb1 Qd6 18. Ne5 c5 19. a3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Rbc1 Qh6 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Nf3 Rfe8 25. Bxd5 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Kf8 27.
Ba2 Ke8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Bxf7+ Kd7 31. Rc5 Ke7 32. Ba2 Rd6 33. Rg5
Rg6 34. Re5+ Kd8 35. Bf7 Rc6 36. Re8+ Kc7 37. Bd5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Qg6
40. Re7+ Kd8 41. Rd7+ Kxd7 42. Ne5+ Kd6 43. Nxg6 Kxd5 44. Nf4+ Ke4 45. Ne6 a5
46. Nxg7 Rc6 47. Kf2 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. g4 b3 50. h4 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc1 52. Ne6
Rg1+ 53. Kh3 h6 54. g5 Kf3 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. gxh6 Rxh4+ 57. Kg1 Rxh6 58. Nc5 Rb6
59. Kf1 Rh6 60. Ke1 Rh2 61. Kd1 Rg2 62. Nxb3 Ke4 63. Nc5+ Kd5 64. Kc1 Kc4 65.
Kb1 Rh2 66. Ka2 Rh7 67. b3+ Kd5 68. Kb2 Kc6 69. Kc3 Kb5 70. e4 Rh3+ 71. Nd3 Rh6
72. e5 Rc6+ 73. Bc5 Rh6 74. Kd4 Kc6 75. Nf4 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Black "Van Wessel, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "3446379"]
[BlackFideId "1004395"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. Rd1
Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Bf1
Rad8 16. Bb2 Nb8 17. Nh2 Nbd7 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qf4 Be7 21. Be2 h4
22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Na4 Nc5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Nc3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Qc5 27. Nd5 exd5 28.
cxd5 Bc8 29. Qf4 Qb5 30. Qf3 Bb7 31. Qf4 Qc5 32. Qg4 Qb5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "21834008"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 Be4
9. Nc2 c5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Rc8 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Nfe1 Qa5 15. Qe2
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Nd3 Qb5 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 O-O 21. Nf4
Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Bd8 23. Nc3 Nb8 24. Kf1 Nc6 25. Ke2 Bb6 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. a3 a6 28.
Ne2 Kf8 29. Rc2 Ke7 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Rc2 Bd8 32. Rc1 Be7 33. Rc2 b5 34. Kd2 Rb8
35. Rc1 Na5 36. Rc2 Nc4+ 37. Kd1 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bc1 Bd8 40. Ke1 Bb6 41.
Kd1 Rb3 42. Rc3 Nxb2+ 43. Bxb2 Rxb2 44. Rg3 g6 45. Rh3 h5 46. Rf3 Ke7 47. Rd3 a5
48. Ra3 Rb4 49. Rd3 Rc4 50. Kd2 a4 51. Ke3 Kd7 52. Ra3 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kb5 54. Ra1
Ba5 55. Ra2 Bb4 56. Ra1 a3 57. Rb1 Ka4 58. Ra1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Kantane, Anna"]
[Black "Adithya A Chullikkad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1135988"]
[BlackFideId "45078734"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 e5 17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qa5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. g3 Bxg3 21. fxg3
Qxa5 22. Bxa5 Rxd4 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Re7 Bf5 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Rae1 Be6 27. R7xe6
fxe6 28. Bf3 Kf7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Bb7 Rc4 33. Bxa6
Rxa4 34. Bb5 Ra7 35. Bd4 Rb7 36. c4 e5 37. Bc6 Rc7 38. Bd5+ Kf6 39. Be3 Kf5 40.
b3 g5 41. Kf2 Nf6 42. Bb6 Nxd5 43. Bxc7 Nxc7 44. b4 Na6 45. b5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Popko, Anton"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Van't Kruijs opening"]
[WhiteFideId "34127542"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e3 d5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Nh5 11. Bc1 Qd7 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qd1 Nf6 15.
f4 c5 16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Kh2 cxd4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qxd4
Ne4 22. Nd2 Rh6 23. Qxd5 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxh3 25. Kg1 Bf5 26. Rac1 Qb7 27. Rfd1
Qb6+ 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Nf3 Qg6 31. Qc5 Qf6 32. Rxa7 Bg4 33. Qd4 Qf5
34. Rf1 Qh5 35. Qe5 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Rg6 38. Rf2 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Re6 40.
Qxe6 fxe6 41. Ra6 Qh5+ 42. Ke1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Kostya"]
[Black "Hanein, Avri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2026384"]
[BlackFideId "2853744"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Re8 14. O-O
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Qxc6 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Qa4 h6 20. Re3
Qc7 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Qc2 Re5 23. Qd2 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc8 25. Rd3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6
27. Kf1 Ra8 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Kg8 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Rxb6 Rxc3 33.
g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "1003992"]
[BlackFideId "25629239"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Qc3 d6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. e3 Be6 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Rc1 O-O-O 14. Nd2
d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rg1 h6 17. a3 Ne5 18. g3 Bc6 19. Be2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21.
Rc3 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Rg5 23. Ke2 Ra5 24. Ra1 Bb5+ 25. c4 Ba6 26. Kd3 b6 27. Kc3 Re5
28. Rd1 Bb7 29. Nb3 c5 30. Nc1 Be4 31. Rd2 Kc7 32. Ne2 a6 33. Kb3 Bc6 34. Nc3 b5
35. Re2 Re8 36. e4 Rb8 37. Re3 Re8 38. Rf3 Re6 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40. exd5 Rb6 41.
Rf5 Kd7 42. h4 b4 43. a4 a5 44. Rh5 f5 45. Rxf5 Ke7 46. h5 Rd6 47. g4 f6 48. Rf3
Kf7 49. Re3 Rb6 50. f4 Rd6 51. Kc2 Rb6 52. Kd3 b3 53. Kc3 b2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.09"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Black "Perossa, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, Krause variation"]
[WhiteFideId "33486697"]
[BlackFideId "2850520"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. Nxc6 Qxe4+
8. Qe2 dxc6 9. Qxe4+ Nxe4 10. c4 Bf5 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. f3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Rhe8 14.
g4 Bg6 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Bb5 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. Ba6+ Kc7 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. f4 Nf3 24. Bxg7 Re4 25. Bf6+ Kc7 26. Rf1 Re1+ 27.
Rxe1 Nxe1 28. Be2 Kd7 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Bxh5 Ng2 31. Bxf7 Nxh4 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. c3
Be4 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. g6 Nxg6 36. Bxg6 Bxa2 37. Bg7 Bd5 38. Bf8+ Ke5 39. Bc5 a5
40. Bc2 Bg2 41. Bb6 Kd5 42. Bb3+ Kd6 43. Bxa5 Kc5 44. Bb4+ Kb5 45. Kd4 Bf1 46.
Bc2 Bc4 47. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12923044"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf1
Nf5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. d4 O-O 13. Ne2 c6 14. c3 Re8 15. Nf4
Nd6 16. Nd3 a5 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 Qd7 20. g3 g6 21. h4 Bf8 22.
Kg2 h5 23. Be5 Bg7 24. Re2 Re7 25. Rae1 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rae8 27. Qb6 Rxe5 28. dxe5
Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Qxa5 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Qb6 Qd5+ 33. f3 b4 34. Qe3 bxc3
35. bxc3 Kg7 36. Re2 Qe6 37. Qd4 Re7 38. Rd2 Qxe5 39. Qxc4 Rc7 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41.
cxd4 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Rd3 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Ra3
Kxd4 48. Ra7 Kd5 49. Ra6 Rg1 50. Rf6 Rh1 51. Kg5 Rg1 52. g4 Rf1 53. gxh5 Rg1+
54. Kh6 gxh5 55. f4 Rg8 56. Kxh5 Rh8+ 57. Kg5 Ke4 58. Rxf7 Rg8+ 59. Kf6 Rh8 60.
f5 Rxh4 61. Kg5 Rh1 62. Re7+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Oro, Faustino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "20000197"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. O-O Nbd7 15.
Nd2 Bg6 16. Nde4 Be5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rb1 g5 21. Bg3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nxd4 Ne3 26. Qd3 cxd4 27. Be5
Nf5 28. b4 g4 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. Bxd4 b5 31. Bc5 Rf6 32. d6 Qd7 33. cxb5 axb5 34.
a4 bxa4 35. b5 Nxd6 36. Rd1 Qxb5 37. Bxd6 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 h5 39. Rd4 Kh7 40. Ba3
Ra6 41. Kf2 Ra5 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Ke4 Ra7 44. Kf4 Rf7+ 45. Kg3 Ra7 46. Rd6+ Kf7
47. Kh4 Ra5 48. Rd4 Kf6 49. Rc4 g6 50. Rc5 Ra6 51. g3 Re6 52. Bb2+ Kf7 53. Rc7+
Ke8 54. Kg5 Re2 55. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Prraneeth, Vuppala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "46622373"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg2 f5 7. f4 Nf6 8. Nh3
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nf2 Kh8 11. Rb1 e4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. h3 b6 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. f5 Na5 17. c5 d5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxc5 21. Qxc5
bxc5 22. c4 Ba6 23. cxd5 Bxe2 24. Rfe1 Bd3 25. Rb7 Rad8 26. Rxa7 Rxd5 27. g4 c4
28. Kf2 h6 29. Rxc7 Ra5 30. Kg3 Rxa2 31. h4 Ra3 32. g5 c3 33. Re3 c2 34. Bxe4
Bc4 35. Rxc4 Rxe3+ 36. Bf3 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rf8 38. g6 Re5 39. Bg4 Kg8 40. Kf4 Re1
41. Rxc2 Rf1+ 42. Kg5 Rg1 43. Rc4 Rd8 44. Kf4 Rf1+ 45. Bf3 Kf8 46. Kg4 Rg1+ 47.
Kf4 Rf1 48. Rc3 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Velten, Paul"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "681091"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qe2 e5 9. f4 Nf6 10. f5 b5 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Bc5 14. O-O-O Bb7 15.
Qg2 Bd4 16. Bd2 Rh7 17. Be2 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. Bg5 Kf8 20. c3 Bc5 21. Rd3 bxc3
22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rg3 Ke7 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. Kc2 Bd7 27. Bc4 Be8 28.
h4 Qb6 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Rg8 Be3 32. Nf3 a4 33. Qe2 Bc5 34. Qd1 Ba3
35. Kd3 Qd6+ 36. Ke2 Qxd1+ 37. Kxd1 Bc5 38. Ke2 a3 39. Bb3 Bd7 40. Kf1 Bb6 41.
Kg2 Ba5 42. Ra8 Bxc3 43. Rxa3 Bb4 44. Ra8 Rg7+ 45. Kh3 c5 46. Ba4 Bxa4 47. Rxa4
Bc3 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kd6 51. Nh2 c4 52. Ng4 Bd4 53. Ra8 Rxg4
54. Kxg4 c3 55. Rc8 Bc5 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. Rd3 Bd4 58. Rd1 Be3 59. Rd3 Bd2 60. Rd8
Kb7 61. Rd7+ Kb6 62. Rxf7 c2 63. Rxf6+ Kc5 64. Rf8 Bc3 65. f6 c1=Q 66. f7 Qf4+
67. Kh5 Bb4 68. a3 Bxa3 69. Rc8+ Kd4 70. Rc7 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Puranik, Abhimanyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[WhiteFideId "13308300"]
[BlackFideId "5061245"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 e6 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. h4 Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Ba6 15.
Re1 Qf7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nd4 c6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. b4 Bf8 20. dxc6 dxc6 21. Nxc6 Bb7
22. b5 Bxa3+ 23. Kc2 a6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Bxb6 Ng3 27. Nd8 Qf6 28.
c5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Qxd8 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Bxd8 Bxc5 33. h5 Ne5 34.
Bd5 Bxd5 35. Nxd5 h6 36. Nxf4 Kh7 37. Bc7 Nd7 38. Ne6 Nf5 39. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "30941849"]
[BlackFideId "35042025"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 Nf8 13. f4 Bc2 14. Qd2 Be4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. f5 Nxd4 20. Kg2 f6 21. Qf4
Rhe8 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Kf8 24. Qf2 c5 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Rxb7 Qxa2
28. Rc1 Re5 29. g4 Nxe2 30. Rcb1 Nc3 31. Qxa2 Nxa2 32. Ra1 Nb4 33. Raxa7 Nc6 34.
Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rab7 Re7 36. Rfxe7+ Nxe7 37. Bxc5 Rd7 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Kf2 g6 40.
Rh8 Kg7 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Rh8 Kg7 43. Re8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Idani, Pouya"]
[Black "Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12510130"]
[BlackFideId "14210495"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. dxe5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bc5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Ba6 bxa6
15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxb8+ Kxb8 18. Rb1+ Kc8 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 20. Qa4+ Kc8
21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Nc6 Rdf8 23. Nb8 Qb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ohanyan, Emin"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "13312022"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. a4 Ne5 14. Rc1 Rfd8
15. h3 Nh5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Red1 Bc5 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Rc8 21.
Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bd4 24. Nb2 Nf6 25. Nd1 Nd7 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27.
Nxd2 Nc5 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 a5 31. Ke2 Nc5 32. Kd1 Kf8 33. Kc2
Ke7 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. b4 axb4+ 36. Kxb4 Kc6 37. a5 Nd3+ 38. Kc3 Nf2 39. Kb4 f6 40.
h4 h5 41. g3 Nd1 42. Nf1 Nf2 43. Nd2 Ng4 44. Nf1 g5 45. Kb3 Kc5 46. Kc3 Nf2 47.
Nd2 g4 48. Kb3 Nd1 49. Nf1 Nf2 50. Nd2 Nd1 51. Nf1 f5 52. Kc2 Nf2 53. exf5 exf5
54. Kc3 Ne4+ 55. Kb3 Kd6 56. Ka4 Kc5 57. Kb3 Nd6 58. Nd2 f4 59. exf4 exf4 60.
gxf4 Kd4 61. Kb4 Ke3 62. c5 Ne8 63. Kc3 Kxf4 64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Nc4 Na6 66. Ke2 Kg3
67. Kf1 Kh2 68. c6 bxc6 69. Ne3 g3 70. Ng2 Nb4 71. Ne1 Kh1 72. Ng2 c5 73. Ne1 c4
74. Ke2 c3 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Ilinca, Felix-Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "54764998"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 d5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 f6 14. Rhe1 Nc5
15. Be2 Nb7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qf2 Bd6 18. g3 Be6 19. Bh5 Bf5 20. Kb1 Qd7 21. Qg2
Rab8 22. g4 Be6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. b3 Bb4 26. Qg3 Nd6 27. Re6 Re8 28.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qd3 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 Ne4 31. Re1 Qb8 32. h3 Re7 33. Ba5 Qa7 34. a3
Re5 35. Ka2 Qc5 36. Bb4 Qb6 37. Re2 a5 38. Be1 a4 39. Bb4 Qa7 40. c4 axb3+ 41.
Kxb3 Qa6 42. Kc2 h6 43. cxd5 Qa4+ 44. Qb3 Qxb3+ 45. Kxb3 cxd5 46. Kc2 Re8 47.
Kd3 h5 48. Kd4 hxg4 49. hxg4 g6 50. a4 gxf5 51. gxf5 Kf7 52. Re3 Ra8 53. Kxd5
Rxa4 54. Rxe4 Ra7 55. Rh4 Ra4 56. Rh7+ Kg8 57. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Dronavalli, Harika"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5015197"]
[BlackFideId "2820242"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. c4 bxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. b3
e4 22. Rc1 Rae8 23. Ne3 Bd4 24. Qd2 Be6 25. Red1 Bc5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 e3
28. fxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Qf2 Rfe8 31. Rf1 Qb7 32. Rc2 d5 33. Qf4 Re1 34.
h3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Re4 36. Qf5 Re6 37. Kg1 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Kg1 g6 40. Qf1
d4 41. Rd2 Re3 42. Rd3 Re4 43. Rd1 Re3 44. Qc4 d3 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qc3+ Kh7 47.
Qc4 Kg7 48. Qc3+ f6 49. Rf1 Re2 50. Qc4 Re7 51. Rd1 d2 52. Qc3 Rd7 53. Qe3 Qc6
54. Kf2 Qc2 55. Qe6 Rf7 56. Qe2 Rd7 57. Qe6 Qc5+ 58. Qe3 Qf5+ 59. Qf3 Qc2 60.
Qe2 h5 61. h4 a5 62. Qe6 Qc5+ 63. Qe3 Qf5+ 64. Qf3 Qc2 65. Qe2 Kf8 66. g3 Rd3
67. Qe6 Qc5+ 68. Kg2 Kg7 69. Qe4 Qd6 70. Qf4 Qc6+ 71. Kh2 Qd7 72. Kg2 Qe6 73.
Qf2 Qd5+ 74. Kh2 Rd4 75. Kg1 Qd7 76. Kh2 Rd3 77. Qf4 Rd4 78. Qf2 Qd6 79. Kg1 Qb4
80. Kh2 Qc3 81. Qe2 Kf7 82. Kg2 Qc2 83. Kg1 Qxa2 84. Qb5 Qa3 85. Kf2 Qb4 86. Qc6
Qe7 87. Qc3 Qd8 88. Ke2 Re4+ 89. Kf3 Qd5 90. Kf2 Qd4+ 91. Qxd4 Rxd4 92. Ke3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Atanasov, Anthony"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2623897"]
[BlackFideId "2801990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Rb1 a5 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 Na6
9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Be2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. a3 Na6 13. f3 Nh5 14. O-O f5 15. Ndb5
Ng3 16. Rf2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bf5 19. Bd4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Raghav V"]
[Black "Zeng, Chongsheng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25922475"]
[BlackFideId "8603847"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. f4 Ngf6 10. Bh3 g6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Ne5 h5 13. Nxg6 hxg4 14. Nxh8 gxh3 15.
Ng6 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qxb2 19. O-O Bh6 20. Rfc1 Rg8+ 21. Kf1
Rg2 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Qe3 Qa6+ 24. Nb5 cxb5 25. Bb4 Ne4 26. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation, 7.Qd2"]
[WhiteFideId "895733"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f3
a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 g6 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. Nd5 Qa4 15.
Qxa4 Bxa4 16. b3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bc1 h5 20. Bg5 Bc3 21. Rhf1
Kd7 22. Rf2 Rhe8 23. Re2 b5 24. Be4 e6 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bg5 Bxe4 27. fxe4 f5 28.
Rf1 Rf8 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Ref2 Bd4 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Bd2 fxe4 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34.
Rxf7+ Ke8 35. Rh7 e3 36. Be1 Bc3 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 38. Kc1 Rc5 39. Kd1 Rxd5+ 40. Ke2
Rd2+ 41. Kxe3 Rxc2 42. g3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Lortkipanidze, Nodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "6302718"]
[BlackFideId "13604058"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Be3 a6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. f3 e6 11. Kf2 Rc8 12. Rhc1 Bd6 13. Be2 b5 14. N4b3 Ke7 15.
Nc5 Nb8 16. g3 Rc7 17. Nxd7 Nbxd7 18. Rxc7 Bxc7 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nb3
Bb6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bc3 b4 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Ra5 Nfd7 27. Rb5 Rxb5
28. Bxb5 b3 29. Bb4 Ke6 30. Ke3 f5 31. exf5+ Kxf5 32. Bc6 h5 33. Kd2 e4 34. Bxc5
Nxc5 35. Bxe4+ Nxe4+ 36. fxe4+ Kxe4 37. Kc3 Kf3 38. Kxb3 g5 39. Kc4 h4 40. b4
Kg2 41. b5 Kxh2 42. b6 Kg2 43. b7 h3 44. b8=Q h2 45. Qb7+ Kg1 46. Qb1+ Kg2 47.
Qe4+ Kg1 48. Qe3+ Kg2 49. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Averin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Sai, Krishna G V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "24250473"]
[BlackFideId "5028280"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Na5 9. axb5 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Bb7 11. bxa6 d5 12. d3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Nxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxa6 16. Be3 Be2 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. f4 Ra1 20. Nc3
Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Kf8 24. Kf2 Bd1 25. b4 Ke7 26. Ke3 c6
27. Kd4 Kd7 28. Kc5 Be2 29. Be3 h5 30. Bd4 g6 31. g3 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Kreken, Eivind Grunt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14508150"]
[BlackFideId "1532359"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qe1 b6 14. Qf2 Ba6 15.
a4 Rf8 16. a5 Qd8 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. g4 Bc8 19. Qh4 a6 20. Rf2 Ne8 21. Raf1 Ne5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 f6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qb3
28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. g5+ Kxg5 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ Kh5 33. Be2+ Kh4
34. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Castellanos Villela, Alejandro"]
[Black "Favaloro, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "3446379"]
[BlackFideId "885940"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf5 18. Rfc1 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 Ng5 20. Be2 Nxf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Kf1 Qg6 24. Qf3 b6 25. Qg3 Rae8 26. c4 c5 27. Qxg6
fxg6 28. Bb2 d4 29. Re1 Rf5 30. Re4 Rfxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1
g5 34. Bc1 h6 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke4 a6 38. a4 Kd6 39. Bd2 Kc6 40. f3
b5 41. axb5+ axb5 42. cxb5+ Kxb5 43. Kd3 g6 44. Bc1 Kb4 45. Bd2+ Kb3 46. Bc1 Kb4
47. Bd2+ Kb5 48. Bc1 Kc6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Bd2 Ke5 51. Kxc5 g4 52. fxg4 g5 53. Kc4
Ke4 54. Bc1 Kf3 55. Kxd4 Kxg4 56. Ke3 Kg3 57. Ke2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Aamuktha Guntaka"]
[Black "Niedbala, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "33486697"]
[BlackFideId "21834008"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f3 h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 g6 14. O-O-O Bg7 15.
Kb1 Qc7 16. Be2 O-O 17. g4 Rfc8 18. Rc1 hxg4 19. fxg4 a5 20. g5 a4 21. gxf6 Nxf6
22. Qd3 axb3 23. Qxb3 Ne4 24. Rhg1 Qa5 25. c3 Kh7 26. Bd3 Nf6 27. Bb5 Bh6 28.
Bxh6 Kxh6 29. a4 Kg7 30. Rcf1 Rh8 31. Qc2 Raf8 32. Rg2 Rh6 33. Qd2 Nh5 34. Rgf2
f5 35. Qg5 Qd8 36. Rxf5 Qxg5 37. Rxg5 Nf4 38. c4 Rxh2 39. c5 Kf6 40. Rg4 dxc5
41. d6 g5 42. d7 Rd2 43. Rfg1 Rg8 44. Rc1 Ne6 45. Rf1+ Nf4 46. Rc1 b6 47. a5
bxa5 48. Rxc5 Rh8 49. Rc8 Rh1+ 50. Ka2 Ne6 51. Bc4 Rxd7 52. Bxe6 Kxe6 53. Rxg5
Re1 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Ra6 Kd4 56. Rxa5 e4 57. Ra4+ Kd3 58. Re5 e3 59. Rae4 Kd2
60. b4 Rd3 61. b5 Rc1 62. b6 Rc2+ 63. Kb1 Rb3+ 64. Ka1 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Swara Lakshmi S Nair"]
[Black "Vantika, Agrawal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25629239"]
[BlackFideId "25050389"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nh2 Nc6 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. Bxg4 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qc6 15.
Bf3 Rad8 16. Qd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rfd1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 b6 22. c3 a5 23. Rd3 Bc5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rad1 Rde8 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. Bc6 Re6
28. Bb5 Rf6 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Qe7 31. Rd7 Qe6 32. Qe4 Qf6 33. Rd2 h5 34. Re2
Rd8 35. g3 Bd6 36. Rd2 Qg5 37. Rd1 Qe7 38. b4 Rc8 39. Qd3 Bb8 40. Ba6 Rf8 41.
Qb5 h4 42. Kg2 hxg3 43. fxg3 Qc7 44. Rd3 e4 45. Re3 Rd8 46. Qc4 Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Qd7
48. Bc8 Qxa4 49. Qxe4 Qa1+ 50. Re1 Qxc3 51. Bg4 Qxg3 52. Re2 Rd1+ 53. Re1 Rxe1+
54. Qxe1 Qf4+ 55. Kg2 axb4 56. Qd1 Qg3+ 57. Kf1 b3 58. Qd4+ Be5 59. Qxb6 b2 60.
Qb5 Qf4+ 61. Kg1 Bd4+ 62. Kg2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Shilon Rahav, Eliran"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2844958"]
[BlackFideId "240990"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 Nd4 8. Re1
Nxb5 9. Nxb5 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd5 12. c4 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Bf4 Qd8
15. b4 cxb4 16. d4 e6 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd2 Ra6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rd6 21. Nf3
f6 22. Re4 b6 23. c5 Rc6 24. h4 Rf7 25. h5 g5 26. Rce1 Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. d5
exd5 29. Re7 bxc5 30. h6 Bf5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Ra7 d4 33. Rxa5 d3 34. Kh2 Bg6 35.
Rb5 c4 36. Rxb4 c3 37. Rd4 d2 38. Nxd2 cxd2 39. Rxd2 Rc2 40. Rxc2 Bxc2 41. Re7
Bg6 42. a4 Ra8 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Rb4 Bc2 45. Rc4 Bb3 46. Rc7 Rxa4 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48.
g3 Ra2 49. Kg1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Bd5+ 51. f3 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Hercegovac, Neven"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2839135"]
[BlackFideId "2107139"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 h5 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 h4 10. Qh3 Ng6 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8
15. Qf2 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Be3 Bxh2 18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qg3 20. Rxh2 Qxh2
21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Nxb7 d5 23. Bc5+ Kg8 24. Bd6 e5 25. exd5 h3 26. Rd2 hxg2 27.
Qxg2 Qxg2 28. Bxg2 Nf4 29. b3 Nd7 30. Kc1 Rh2 31. Bf1 Rh1 32. Rd1 Nxd5 33. Bd3
Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Rc6 35. c4 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 Nxa2 37. c5 Nf6 38. Bb5 Rc8 39. Bxe5 Nd5
40. Bd7 Ra8 41. Kd3 Ra7 42. c6 Nb6 43. Kd4 Nc1 44. Nc5 Nxb3+ 45. Nxb3 Nxd7 46.
cxd7 Rxd7+ 47. Ke4 f6 48. Bd4 Kf7 49. Nc5 Re7+ 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. Kg4 Ra7 52. f4
Ra5 53. f5+ Kf7 54. Be3 Rb5 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Nd3 Rb3 57. Nf4 Rb1 58. Ke4 Rf1 59.
Bd4 Kg8 60. Be3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Negrean, Andrei"]
[Black "Amar, Elham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1291513"]
[BlackFideId "1533533"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4
Rb8 9. g3 g6 10. Ne3 Nf6 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. h4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxc1 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rxc1 b5 18. c3 Rc7 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. b3 Rd8 21. Rfd1
Kg7 22. Rc2 Qc8 23. Rdc1 Qe6 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. Kg1 h6 26. Qe3 Rdc8 27. Bh3 Rb8 28.
Qd3 a5 29. a3 Ne7 30. Rd2 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. c4 Nc6 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Nd4
35. Rb1 Ra7 36. c5 Rc7 37. Bf1 Rxc5 38. Bc4 Rc7 39. Kg2 Ra7 40. Rd5 Re8 41. Rb2
g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rb1 Ree7 44. Rd8 Red7 45. Re8 Re7 46. Rd8 Rad7 47. Rb8 Rb7
48. Ra8 Rb6 49. Rh1 Rh6 50. Rxh6 Kxh6 51. Rb8 Nc2 52. Kh3 Rd7 53. Bd5 Kg6 54.
Kg4 f6 55. Rg8+ Rg7 56. Rc8 Nd4 57. Rb8 Nc2 58. Be6 Rc7 59. Rg8+ Kh7 60. Rf8 Kg6
61. Rg8+ Rg7 62. Bf5+ Kf7 63. Rb8 Ke7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Rb8+ Ke7 66. Kh5 Kd6 67.
Rd8+ Kc6 68. Kh6 Ra7 69. Rc8+ Rc7 70. Rb8 Kc5 71. Be6 Kd4 72. Kg6 Kxe4 73. Kxf6
Kf3 74. Kxe5 Kxf2 75. g4 Ke3 76. Bf5 Nd4 77. Kf6 Rc6+ 78. Kxg5 Nxb3 79. Rxb4 Nd4
80. Kh5 Nf3 81. Re4+ Kf2 82. g5 Rc5 83. Kg6 Rc6+ 84. Be6 Nd2 85. Re5 Nf3 86. Re4
Nd2 87. Rf4+ Ke3 88. Rf6 Ne4 89. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Stanford, Maxim Barth"]
[Black "Muthaiah, AL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Slav gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "408280"]
[BlackFideId "5092442"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. a3 a6 10. b3 cxb3 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rxb3 h6 14. Bd2 Nc6 15.
Qb1 Be7 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Rbc3 Rc8 18. R1c2 Qb6 19. Qc1 Kd7 20. Be1 b4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. Rb2 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 a5 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Bd1 Ba6 26. g4 Qc6 27. Bd2 Bb5 28.
Bb3 Bc4 29. Bd1 Bb5 30. Bb3 Ba4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Rc2 Qb5 33. Ra2 Bxb3 34. Qxb3
Rc3 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. Ra8+ Bd8 37. Qb1 Rxf3 38. Qh7 Kd7 39. Qg8 Qb6 40. Kg2 Rf4
41. Qxg7 Qxd4 42. f3 Qd2+ 43. Kg3 Bh4+ 44. Kh3 Rxf3+ 45. Kxh4 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Solomon, Kenneth Terence"]
[Black "Bai, Adelard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Yates variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14300192"]
[BlackFideId "16301188"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Bc1 Re8 16. h4 a4 17. Bh3 Ra5 18. d5 e5 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Bg2 Nf6 22.
Nf1 Ng4 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rf8 25. Rf1 Ra8 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Bc1 Bd7 28. Kh2 f5
29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Be4 Qd7 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Re4 Rbf8 33. f3 Bd8 34. Kg2 R5f7 35.
Be3 Qf5 36. Rf2 Kh8 37. Qd1 Qd7 38. Qe2 Bf6 39. Rf1 Ra8 40. Rb1 Be7 41. Rf1 Qf5
42. Rf2 Qg6 43. Rg4 Qh7 44. Re4 Raf8 45. Bc1 Qg6 46. Rf1 Bd8 47. Bd2 Rf5 48. Bc1
Qf7 49. Be3 h5 50. Rf2 Qg6 51. Bd2 R5f7 52. Rf1 Qf5 53. Bc1 Qg6 54. Bd2 Bf6 55.
Bc1 Qh7 56. Rh1 g6 57. Rf1 Bg7 58. c5 bxc5 59. Rxa4 Rb8 60. Ra3 Qg8 61. Qe4 Kh7
62. Rb3 Ra8 63. Rf2 Qe8 64. c4 Bh6 65. Bxh6 Kxh6 66. Re3 Qd7 67. Rb3 Kg7 68. Kh2
Qc8 69. Rg2 Ra4 70. Rc2 Qa6 71. Qe2 Rf8 72. Rbb2 Ra3 73. Rb3 Qa4 74. Rxa3 Qxa3
75. Kg2 Rb8 76. f4 Re8 77. Qe4 Qa4 78. Rf2 Qd1 79. fxe5 Rxe5 80. Qf3 Qxf3+ 81.
Kxf3 Re1 82. Re2 Rc1 83. Re7+ Kf6 84. Rxc7 Rc3+ 85. Kf2 Rxc4 86. Ra7 Ke5 87. a4
Kxd5 88. a5 Ra4 89. a6 Kd4 90. Rg7 Rxa6 91. Rxg6 Ra2+ 92. Kf3 d5 93. g4 hxg4+
94. Rxg4+ Kd3 95. Rg5 Kc4 96. h5 d4 97. Rg2 Ra3+ 98. Kg4 d3 99. h6 Kc3 100. h7
Ra8 101. Rh2 d2 0-1

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Adharsh K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1036432"]
[BlackFideId "25718207"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Nd4 Nde5 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15.
Be3 a5 16. Rfd1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. a4 b4 19. Bb5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 21. Bg5 Rb7
22. Re1 h6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Bg6 25. Rad1 Bh5 26. Rc1 e6 27. Ne3 d5 28. Nc2 Nc4
29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Rxe6 Ne4 31. Bc6 Rbf7 32. Bxd5 Nc5 33. Qc4 Nxe6 34. Bxe6 Qd2 35.
Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Paduano, Claudio"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2806393"]
[BlackFideId "834580"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. e4 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Qxb7 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exf5
Qe5+ 15. Be2 Rc7 16. Qb8+ Kd7 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. Kf1 Qxf5 19. Qa4 h5 20. Rd1 Ke7
21. Bd3 Qf6 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. h4 Kg7 24. Rh3 Be5 25. Rf3 Qd6 26. Qc2 a6 27. Bxa6
Rb8 28. Bd3 Rcb7 29. b3 Rb4 30. g3 c5 31. Rd1 c4 32. Bxc4 Qc6 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Manukyan, Sargis A."]
[Black "Fulgentini, Edoardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13303970"]
[BlackFideId "28557050"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nb5 Rf8 13. Bf5 Bc8 14. Bb1 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Bf5 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qd7 19. g4 c4 20. b3 Rfc8 21. bxc4 Na5
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qf3 Nxf4 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nxc7 Ne2+ 27. Qxe2
Qxc7 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Nf5 Nc4 30. Rc1 b5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qe2 Rc8 33. e4 a3 34.
Ne3 Qb6 35. Rxc4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Qc2 a2 38. Rc8 Qxc2 39. Rxd8+ Ke7 40. Nxc2
Kxd8 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Lemonnier, Remi"]
[Black "Kantane, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "648280"]
[BlackFideId "1135988"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8.
Nge2 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Qd2 Qg5 14. f4 Qc5
15. a3 Nc6 16. Nc3 a5 17. h3 Rb8 18. a4 Nb4 19. g4 Bd7 20. g5 hxg5 21. f5 f6 22.
h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Kf7 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qg3 Bxa4 27. e5 Bxc2 28. Rd2
Bxf5 29. Bc4 dxe5 30. Qh2 g5 31. Rh6 Kg7 32. Rh7+ Bxh7 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke8
35. Qxh7 Rf8 36. Be6 Rc8 37. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Fargetta, Vittorio"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2866221"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Be7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. O-O a6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b4 Qe4 13. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Sardinia World Open A"]
[Site "Orosei ITA"]
[Date "2026.05.10"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Beliman, Alexandro"]
[Black "Savitha, Shri B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "28512413"]
[BlackFideId "35061887"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. e3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Ne5 a5 15.
Ne4 f6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Bc8 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Nf4 Nxf4
22. Qxf4 Rc8 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Nc3 Bd6 25. Qf3 Qh4 26. Qh3 Qf6 27. f4 Kh8 28. Kh1
Be7 29. Rg1 c5 30. d5 Bd7 31. e4 Qd4 32. Rad1 Qf2 33. Rgf1 Qxb2 34. e5 Rb8 35.
Qe3 c4 36. d6 Bh4 37. Nd5 Qxa2 38. Nxb6 Be6 39. Bd5 Bxd5+ 40. Nxd5 Rb3 41. Rd2
Qa4 42. Qd4 Qc6 43. Kg1 Rc8 44. Rg2 Rd3 45. Qa7 Rg8 46. Ne7 Bxe7 47. Qxe7 c3 48.
Rc1 Qe4 49. Qa7 Qxf4 50. Re1 Rd2 51. Qc5 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Rb8 53. Qxc3 h6 54. d7
Kh7 55. e6 Qd6 56. Qe5 Rb2+ 57. Qxb2 1-0

