[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Toncheva, Nadya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3
8. Bb5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be5 Qc4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14.
Rb2 Nd7 15. Na5 Qa4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qxd4 18. exd4 Rfc8 19. Re1 Kf8
20. h3 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. c3 Nd7 23. Re2 f6 24. Rb2 Rb8 25. Rb3 Bc2 26.
Nxc6 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Nxa7 Ke8 29. Nc6 e6 30. Nb4 Kd8 31. Nd2 Ba4 32.
f4 Kc7 33. g4 Nb8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Bd7 36. fxe6 Bxe6 37. h4 Nc6 38.
Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Kf2 h6 40. Ke3 Kb5 41. Nf1 Kc4 42. Kd2 f5 43. Ne3+ Kb5 44.
Ng2 Kc4 45. Nf4 Bd7 46. Nd3 Kb5 47. Ne5 Be6 48. Ke3 Ka4 49. Nd3 Kb3 50. Kd2
Bd7 51. Nf4 Kc4 52. Ng6 Be6 53. Ne5+ Kb3 54. Kd3 f4 55. Kd2 Bf5 56. c6 Ka4
57. Nf7 Ka5 58. c7 Kb6 59. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nikolova, Adriana"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "2908689"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Qd2 a6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 b5 7. a3 e5 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 c5 12. dxc6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nxc6 14. Rd1
b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rd2 Ng4 17. Qg5 f6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Zaiarski, Stepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8.
h3 e6 9. Nf3 Ned7 10. O-O b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. dxe6 Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. f3
a6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Kg8 19. Rc1 a5 20. a3 axb4
21. axb4 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bxb6 Nh5 24. Be3 Ra2 25. Rc2 Ra3 26. Qc1 Ra8
27. b5 Ng3 28. Re1 h5 29. b6 Nxe2+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jun, Rudolf"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "376612"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. g3 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 Bd7 14.
Rb1 b6 15. c4 Na5 16. c5 Nc4 17. Qb3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. d5 Bxd5 20. cxb6
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 axb6 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rxb6 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb3 e6 26.
a4 Qc6+ 27. Qf3 Qxa4 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Nf4 Qc4 30. h4 e5 31. Nh3 h6 32. h5 g5
33. Ng1 g4 34. Qb3 Qc6+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qc2 Qg5 37. Kg2 Qxh5 38. Qe4 Qg6
39. Qxg6 fxg6 40. Re7 Rc8 41. Ne2 Rc2 42. Kf1 h5 43. Rd7 g5 44. Re7 h4 45.
gxh4 gxh4 46. Ra7 h3 47. Ng3 Rc1+ 48. Ke2 h2 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Ra4 h1=Q 51.
Nxh1 Rxh1 52. Rxg4 Bh6 53. Re4 Bf4 54. Ra4 Kg6 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Ra5 Rh3+ 57.
Ke2 Rb3 58. Ra2 Kg4 59. Ra8 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 e4 61. Ra3 Be5 62. Ra4 Kf4 63. Ra8
Kf3 64. Ra3+ Kf4 65. Ra8 Bd6 66. Rd8 Bc5 67. Rc8 Rxf2+ 68. Ke1 Rc2 69. Kd1
Rc4 70. Ke2 Rc3 71. Re8 Rc2+ 72. Kd1 Rh2 73. Rc8 Bd4 74. Ra8 Kf3 75. Rf8+
Ke3 76. Ra8 Kd3 77. Ra3+ Bc3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Daskalov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "CRO"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14531534"]
[BlackFideId "2902800"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a6 7. b3 dxc4 8.
bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1
Qd6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20.
cxb5 Nb8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. a4 Kf8 23. b6 Be6 24. Na5 Ke7 25. Nb7 Bb4 26.
Bc1 Bc8 27. Be3 f5 28. Bd5 Be6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Garcia Molina, Jose"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "32030592"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8.
Ne2 Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rbd1
c5 15. f4 Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. e5
dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Bg5 c4 24. Rdf3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Nxd5 26.
Rxf7 Nxc3 27. Qd7 Qxg5 28. Nf5 Kh8 29. Rxg7 Qh5 30. Qd4 Qxf5 31. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Yordanov, Nikolay Plamenov"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "2907445"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 e5 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Qe7 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Nc4 c5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Nd6+ Kd7 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Nf5+ *

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Zawadzka, Jolanta"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "1122320"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. a4 Be7 11. Nd2 Qc6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 O-O 14.
Rd1 Rac8 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. Nf5 e4 18. Qh3 Rxc2 19. Bxh6 g6 20.
Bg7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Stoimenidis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "25817248"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 a6 13. b4 Rc8 14. Nb3
Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Qa2
Ne5 21. Nf5 Nxc4 22. Bd4 Bd8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nd6 Re6 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26.
Qf2 b5 27. Re1 Bc7 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Bc3 Qd7 32.
Be5 Bd8 33. h3 Qf7 34. Kh2 Bg5 35. Qd4 h5 36. h4 Be7 37. Bg3 Qg6 38. Qe3
Bf6 39. Qc5 Qc2 40. Qe3 Qg6 41. Re2 Qf5 42. Rd2 Qg6 43. Rf2 Qf5 44. Rf1 Qg6
45. Rd1 Qc2 46. Rd2 Qf5 47. Re2 Qd3 48. Qxd3 cxd3 49. Rd2 Bc4 50. Be1 Bc3
51. Rd1 Bxe1 52. Rxe1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Ivanov, Bogidar"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8.
c3 h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Qh5
Ne5 15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Ng3 c6 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3
Rxe1+ 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Qd2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Ismail, Tamer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[BlackFideId "2909332"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
a4 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. g4 Nd7 12. h4 Nd4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. c3 Ne6 16. Qf3 h6 17. Nh3 Qxh4 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Qg3 b5 20. Ba2 bxa4
21. g5 Qg6 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 h5 25. Bxd6 a3 26. Bxa3 Re8
27. Rdf1 Ne5 28. d4 Nd3+ 29. Qxd3 Qxg5+ 30. Kb1 Be6 31. Rhg1 Bxa2+ 32. Kxa2
Qh6 33. Qf3 Ra7 34. Rh1 h4 35. Qg4 Qe6+ 36. Qxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nikolov, Rumen"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2911620"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. f3
Bc5 8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. b4 a6 12. Nb2 a5 13. Nd3 Nb6 14.
Bb3 a4 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. Ne2 Be6 20.
Rhd1 Rhc8 21. h3 Na3 22. Rd2 Nb5 23. Nb2 Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxa4 Ra3
26. Bc6 Rxa2 27. Rad1 R8a3 28. b5 Rb3 29. Nd3 Rxd3 30. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Krasteva, Beloslava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "2922029"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. c4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. Nbc3 O-O 8.
O-O f5 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 Kh8 11. Ba3 Qe8 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. dxe5
Ne4 15. Qc2 Bxe5 16. Rbd1 Bg7 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Qe8 19. c5 g5 20. cxd6
cxd6 21. Nfe2 d5 22. Nd4 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Rfe1 Rf7 25. Ncb5 Qf8 26. Nd6
1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hristov, Nikolay Valeriev"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2907976"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. O-O Qc8 7. Re1 Bh3 8.
Bh1 h5 9. Ng5 h4 10. Nxh3 Qxh3 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. e3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nd2
Kf8 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. e4 Ng4 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2
Qe6 21. b3 Bh6 22. Bxh6+ Rxh6 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. f4 Ng4 25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5
Qxf5 27. Rd5 Ne5 28. Rf1 Qg5 29. Qf2 Rf6 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32.
Rd2 b6 33. a4 a5 34. Rf2+ Ke7 35. Bd5 Rg8 36. Kg2 Rg7 37. Re2 Kd7 38. Rf2
Ke7 39. Re2 Rg4 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Nd7 42. Kf3 Nc5 43. Bc2 Kf6 44. Kf4
c6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Bd1 f6 47. Bc2 d5 48. cxd5 cxd5 49. Bd1 d4+ 50. Kd2 Ke4
51. Bc2+ Ke5 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Georgiev, Biser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2900947"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Be6
14. Bd4 Be7 15. Qh5 f5 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Bb5 Qb7
20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Rad1 Bf7 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 h6 25. h3 Rc2
26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Qe5 Re4 28. Rxe4 fxe4 29. Rc2 Qb4 30. Kh2 Qe1 31. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Todev, Simeon"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2925133"]
[BlackFideId "4201990"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Raev, Rostislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "2905701"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. O-O Nf8 9. Kh1 Ne6 10. e5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Bd2 Qd5 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. b3 h5 17. Ne4 c5 18. Rae1 b6 19. h3 Rae8 20. Qf3
Bc6 21. Qg3 Qe6 22. Kh2 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf5 24. Qh4 Qc8 25. Qg3 e6 26. Qf3
Qd8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 f5 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Be1 Rh8 32. Bg3
Rh7 33. Re2 Reh8 34. Rfe1 Bf8 35. Qc6 Be7 36. Rxe6 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Valev, Valentin"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2909855"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Be2 f6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxe2
8. Qxe2 Qd7 9. O-O e5 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. c4 Nge7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 O-O-O
14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qe6 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qe8 Qd5 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. g3 Bb6 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Bb4
Qf7 26. Qb5 a6 27. Qc5 Nc6 28. Ba3 g5 29. Nd6 Qe6 30. Ne4 Bd8 31. Qf8 Ka7
32. Bc5+ b6 33. Ba3 f5 34. Nc3 e4 35. Ne2 Kb7 36. Qh8 Qf7 37. Qc3 Bf6 38.
Qc2 Qd5 39. h3 h5 40. Bb2 Nb4 41. Qb1 Qd3 42. Qc1 Qxe2 43. Bxf6 Nd3 44. Qf1
Qxa2 45. Bxg5 Qxb3 46. Bf4 a5 47. Qe2 a4 48. Qxh5 Qd5 49. Qh7+ Ka6 50. Qh8
a3 51. Qc8+ Ka5 52. Qc3+ Ka4 53. h4 a2 54. h5 Qc5 55. Qg7 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 a1=Q
57. Qa7+ Kb5 58. Qd7+ Qc6 59. Qxf5+ Ka6 60. h6 Ne1+ 61. Kh3 Nf3 62. Kg4 Qh8
63. Qf7 Qhc8+ 64. Kh5 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Stoinev, Metodi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "2901404"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd7 7. O-O e6
8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Na5 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Nf1 Bc6 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. h4 Nd6 19. h5 Nde4 20. Nf1 h6
21. Ne3 Bd6 22. N3g4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Nf6 24. Qf3 Rc7 25. Re2 Rce7 26. Rbe1
Bb8 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qc7 30. Qg4 Bc8 31. Qh4 e5 32. Rxe5
Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. dxe5 Be6 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. Qf4 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qe7 38. Ke2
Kf8 39. f3 Qc5 40. Qd4 Qe7 41. g4 Qh4 42. Qf2 Qg5 43. Qe3 Qh4 44. Kd2 Qh2+
45. Be2 Kg8 46. b3 Qh1 47. Qb6 Qh2 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qc7 Qf2 50. Kd1 Qg1+
51. Kc2 Qf2 52. Kd2 Qh2 53. Qd6 a5 54. a4 bxa4 55. bxa4 Qf2 56. Qd8 Qh2 57.
Kd1 Qxe5 58. Bd3+ g6 59. hxg6+ fxg6 60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Bxg6 d4 62. Bf7+ Bxf7
63. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Ivelinov, Hristo"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2904039"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e3 Re8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3
Bg4 15. Re1 Bd7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nce2 Ng5 18. Nf4 h5 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Qa4 Nge4 22. Rad1 h4 23. Nf3 g5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nh5 Nc3 26.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxa5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 h3 29. Bh1 Bg4 30. Qd2 Bxf3 31. e4 Bxh1
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O
8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qe7 14.
Rab1 a5 15. Rfc1 g6 16. a3 Kg7 17. Na4 Bg4 18. Nc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc5 20.
Qxc5 Qd7 21. Kg2 h5 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Rh4 Qe6 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. b4 axb4 26.
axb4 Ra8 27. b5 Rhc8 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Qd2 b6 30. g4 hxg4 31. e4 gxf3+ 32.
Kxf3 dxe4+ 33. Bxe4 Ra3+ 34. Kg2 Nh5 35. d5 Qe7 36. Qd4+ Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6
38. f3 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Ng3 40. Re1 Rd2 41. Rg4 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. Rb1 Nxd5
44. Bxd5 Rxd5 45. Kf2 Rd3 46. f4 Rc6 47. f5 Rf6 48. Rb5 Ra3 49. Ke2 Ra5 50.
Rxa5 bxa5 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. Ra4 Ra6 53. Kd3 g5 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ke5 Rf6 56.
Ra3 Rf5+ 57. Ke6 g4 58. Ra4 Kg5 59. Ra3 Rb5 60. Kd6 Kh4 61. Kc6 Rg5 62. Ra4
Kh3 63. Ra3+ g3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Blanco Acevedo, Cristobal Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "VEN"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "3900525"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd6 e6 7. Nf3 Bxd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 h6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ng3
Nd5 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Rae8 21. Qd4 Bc6 22. Qg4 f6 23. Bf4 Kh8 24. Bxe6 Bc5 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2
f5 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 Qc6 8.
Nc3 Ngf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14.
cxd5 Qc7 15. a4 Bd6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20.
Bc4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. b3 Nh5 24. Re2 Ng3 25. fxg3 Rxe3 26.
Rde1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd8 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Qd3 h5 31. Kh1 Bd4 32.
d6 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxd6 35. Qf4 Qe7 36. h4 Be5 37. Qf3 f5 38.
Bxa6 f4 39. gxf4 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Bxf4 41. Bd3 Qe1+ 42. Bf1 Be3+ 43. Kh1 Qh4+
44. Qh3 Qf2 45. Qd7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "13602640"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Ne5
h5 8. Bc4 e6 9. f3 Bh6 10. a4 a5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 b6 13. Nc4 Bxc1 14.
Kxc1 Ba6 15. Rd1 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ke7 17. Kd2 h4 18. Ke3 e5 19. c3 Ne8 20. b4
Nd6 21. Bb3 f6 22. Rd2 Rhd8 23. Rad1 Nf8 24. g3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Ne6 26. Rh2
Rh8 27. Rdh1 Rxh2 28. Rxh2 Nf7 29. f4 exf4+ 30. gxf4 Nf8 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32.
Nb4 Rc5 33. Kd3 g5 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. f5 Ke7 36. Kd4 Nd7 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38.
Nd3 Ra5 39. Nb2 Ne5 40. Rh6 Ke7 41. Rh7+ Kd6 42. Rh8 c5+ 43. Ke3 b5 44.
axb5 Rxb5 45. Nd3 Nxd3 46. Kxd3 Rb1 47. Re8 Rb6 48. Re6+ Kc7 49. Rxb6 Kxb6
50. e5 Kc6 51. exf6 Kd6 52. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Milovic, Jovan"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "CRO"]
[BlackFideId "14531534"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e5 5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 exf4 7. exf4 Be7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qd2 c4 14.
Bxc4 Ne3 15. Bd3 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. b3 Rae8 20.
Kh2 a6 21. a4 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Nd1 Ree8 25. c4 Ne4 26. Nf2
Nc5 27. Bf5 Rcd8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. a5 Re3 30. b4 Nd3 31. Nf5 Re1 32. Rxe1
Nxe1 33. Ne4 Nd3 34. Nfxd6 Nxb4 35. Nf5 Kf8 36. g4 Nd3 37. Kg3 Rd8 38. d6
Nb2 39. c5 Nc4 40. Kf3 Nxa5 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 Nc6 43. h4 g6 44. Nh6 a5
45. h5 gxh5 46. Nf6 a4 47. Nh7+ Kg7 48. Nf6 a3 49. Nxh5+ Kf8 50. g6 fxg6
51. Nf4 a2 52. Ne6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "14159899"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 d5
8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Be5 O-O 12. O-O-O a5 13. h4 Ba6 14.
Bxa6 Nh5 15. Qh2 Rxa6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qb8 19. e5 Nd7 20.
Rde1 Qb4 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Nd1 h6 23. Rhg1 Qc4 24. b3 Qb4 25. Qc3 c5 26. Kb2
Qb5 27. f3 a4 28. Kc1 axb3 29. axb3 c4 30. f4 cxb3 31. Qxb3 Ra1+ 32. Kd2
Qc5 33. Qc3 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qf2+ 35. Kc1 Qxf4+ 36. Rd2 Nb6 37. Qd4 Qf3 38.
Re1 Qa3+ 39. Kd1 Nc4 40. Ke2 Nxd2 41. Qxd2 Qg3 42. Qe3 Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 Qxh4
44. Rf1 Rc8 45. Rf2 Qb4+ 46. Kd1 Qb1+ 47. Qc1 Qxc1+ 48. Kxc1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2932717"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Ng4 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qf2 Ne5 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 b6 19. Bd4 Qa6 20.
Qb2 Bf6 21. f4 Ng4 22. h3 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nh5 26.
e6 f6 27. Qd7 Qxa2 28. Nc7 Rf8 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Qxe7 Rce8 31. Qd7 Qxb3 32.
e7 Rg8 33. Re1 Qg3 34. Re3 Qg5 35. Rce1 Nf4 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 Nxd5 38.
cxd5 Kg7 39. d6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Stavrev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2902850"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. f3 d5
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O dxe4 11. fxe4 O-O-O 12. Qd3 Kb7 13. Be3 Be6
14. Qc3 c5 15. Nb3 c4 16. Na5+ Kc8 17. Nc6 Qh4 18. Nxd8 Bd6 19. e5 Rxd8 20.
exd6 Rxd6 21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Bg3 Qe4 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. Qf5 Qe3+ 26.
Bf2 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Bd4 a5 29. Be5 Kb7 30. c3 Kc6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 a4
33. a3 g5 34. h5 Rd8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rd2 Be4 37. Kg3 Rb5 38. Bg7 Bd3 39.
Bxh6 Bxf1 40. Bg7 Bd3 41. h6 Bb1 42. Re2 Kd7 43. Rf2 Rd5 44. Bd4 c5 45. Bf6
Ke8 46. Bg7 Rd3+ 47. Rf3 Rd1 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rf2 Be4 50. Bf6+ Kd6 51. Bxg5
e5 52. Rd2+ Rxd2 53. Bxd2 Ke6 54. Be3 Kf6 55. Bxc5 Kg6 56. Be3 Bd5 57. g5
Be4 58. Bd2 Bf5 59. Kf3 Bd3 60. Ke3 Kxg5 61. Kf3+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Tadic, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open (Tarrasch) defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "958980"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Bg5 12. d5 Bxe3 13. dxe6 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Bf4 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Nc3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxf7 19. Rd1
h6 20. f3 Kg8 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. b3 Re8 23. Rde1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg6 25. Re6 Bf5
26. Re5 Bg6 27. Ne4 b6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Ke2 c5 30. h5 Bh7 31. g4 Rd4 32. Nc3
Bg8 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. f4 Bh7 35. f5 Bg8 36. Ne2 Rd1 37. Re4 Bf7 38. Nf4 Ra1
39. Ng6+ Bxg6 40. hxg6 Rxa2 41. Re6 Ra3 42. Rc6 Rxb3+ 43. Ke4 Rc3 44. Rxc7
Rxc4+ 45. Ke5 Rxg4 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Ra7 Kf8 50.
Rxa6 Rg1 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rb7 Re1+ 55. Kd5 Re8
56. Rxb6 Rc8 57. Kc4 Rf8 58. Kxc5 Rxf5+ 59. Kd4 Kf8 60. Ke4 Rg5 61. Kf4 Ke7
62. Rb7+ Kf6 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Rb7+ Kf6 65. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vasilev, Milen"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2903628"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. c4 a5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 a4 10. Nd4 Qa5 11. Ndb5 d6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Bd2
Nb4 15. Qb1 Rxc4 16. Rc1 Rcc8 17. Bf1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Oliinyk, Serafym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "14133237"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. b3 Bf5 7. c3 g5 8. Bg3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bd3 e6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a6 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Rac1 g4 19. c4 b5 20. cxd5
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 exd5 23. Nb4 O-O 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. e4 Kf8 26.
Rc1 f5 27. Rc2 fxe4 28. Nf4 e3 29. fxe3 Rd6 30. Ne4 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Ra1 32.
Nd6 Bf6 33. Nd5 Bg5 34. Ne4 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nc1+ 36. Kd2 Nxa2 37. Nxg5 hxg5
38. e4 a5 39. Rc5 a4 40. Rxb5 axb3 41. Rxb3 Rg1 42. Ne3 Nc1 43. Rb1 Nb3+
1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Sarenac, Ivan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "938165"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. g4 h6 7. h4 e6 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14.
Qg4 d5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 O-O-O 18. e4 Nb6 19. g6 dxe4 20.
Bxe4 f5 21. Bxb7+ Qxb7 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rh2 Rh4 24. Ng5 Rhxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4
26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rg4 28. Nxg7 Nc4 29. Rh1 f4 30. Ne6 f3 31. g7 Kd7
32. Nd4 f2 33. Nf3 Rxg7 34. Rf1 Rg2 35. Nh4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "4218655"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nge7
8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qf3 d6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qg3 Be6 14.
Kb1 a6 15. f4 f6 16. Be2 b5 17. Rd2 Rab8 18. Rhd1 Rfd8 19. Bg4 Bf7 20. Qh3
a5 21. Rd3 a4 22. Nc1 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Be6 Qb6 26. b3 Ng6
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Rd5 h6 30. Qc3 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7
8. c3 c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. Qe3 O-O 13. b3 Re8 14.
Bb2 Bb4 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd2 18. Re2 Qg5 19. Rd1 c6 20. Na4
Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g3 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Nb6 g6 25. Nc4 Ng7 26. Bf6
Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Ne6 28. f4 b5 29. Ne5 Bc3 30. Rc2 b4 31. Ng4 Nd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4
33. e5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Papp, Petra"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "739049"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

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. Bg5 a4 16. Bd3 c6 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. Qd2 Re6 19. Bh4 h6 20. dxe5 dxe5
21. Bg3 Qb6 22. Bc2 c5 23. Qe2 c4 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. exd5 Rd6 28. Qe4 Nf6 29. Qh4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxe5 a3 32. Kh2 Qb7
33. f3 axb2 34. Ng4 Rxe1 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Bxe1 Qe7 37. Bg3 Bd6 38. Qg4+
Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Kochiev, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Flohr variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900041"]
[BlackFideId "2917890"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6
8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. h5 Bh7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. c4 Re8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Ned7 19. Bf3 Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Nc5 21. Qe3 Nd3 22. Re2 Qf8 23. Be5 Re8 24. Qd4 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26.
Qxe5 Qd8 27. b4 Bd3 28. c5 Bc4 29. a3 Qd2 30. Nf5 Be6 31. Nd4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2
Bd5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. g3 Nf6 35. Kg2 Qxa3 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxb7 Qd3 38. Nf3
Qe4 39. Qxf7 Qxb4 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qf5 Qb5 42. Nd4 Qc4 43. Nxc6 Ne4 44.
Qf8+ Kh7 45. Ne7 Nf6 46. c6 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Ng4+ 50.
Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kh3 Nxf2+ 53. Qxf2 Qxe7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qd7 Qe5
56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qd3+ Kh8 58. Qf3 Qe6+ 59. Kg2 Qa2+ 60. Qf2 Qd5+ 61. Qf3
Qa2+ 62. Kh3 Qe6+ 63. g4 Qd6 64. Qe4 a5 65. Qc4 Qc7 66. Kg2 Kh7 67. Kf3 Kh8
68. Ke2 Qe7+ 69. Kd3 Qd6+ 70. Kc2 Qc7 71. Kb3 Qb6+ 72. Ka4 Qc7 73. Kb5 Kh7
74. Qd3+ Kh8 75. Qd7 Qe5+ 76. Ka6 Qe2+ 77. Ka7 Qe3+ 78. Ka8 Qf3 79. Qe8+
Kh7 80. Ka7 Qe3+ 81. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2905434"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nf6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
h3 h6 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. c5 Qa7 13. b4 Ne4 14. b5 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a4 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Be4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 f6
21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Be5 Rf8 23. Rb2 Bg6 24. f3 Rf7 25. b6 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5
27. Rb4 Nd7 28. Bd6 e5 29. Bd1 Bd3 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Bxa4 g5 32. Bb3 e4 33.
f4 gxf4 34. Bxf4 Kh7 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kh2 Nf8 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. a4 Rf8 39. a5
Ra8 40. h4 Rxa5 41. h5+ Kg7 42. Be5+ Kh7 43. Bd6 Ra3 44. Bd1 Ba6 45. Kf2
Ra2+ 46. Rc2 Ra1 47. Rd2 Rc1 48. Bc2 Kg7 49. Kg3 Ng5 50. Rf2 Nf3 51. Bf4
Rg1+ 52. Rg2 Rc1 53. Rf2 Rg1+ 54. Rg2 Rc1 55. Rf2 Bc4 56. Bd6 Ba6 57. Kf4
Kf6 58. Bc7 Ke6 59. Bb3 Ng5 60. Bd6 Nh3+ 61. Kg3 Nxf2 62. Kxf2 Rh1 63. Bf4
Rc1 64. Bxh6 Rxc5 65. Bf4 Rb5 66. Bd1 Rb1 67. Ba4 Rb4 68. Bd1 Rb1 69. Ba4
Ra1 70. Bb3 Rb1 71. Ba4 Rb4 72. Bd1 Rb2+ 73. Kg3 Rb1 74. Ba4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "2928531"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Qb6 15. f4 g6 16. b3 Bb4 17. Rf1 Ba3 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Rfd1 O-O-O 20.
Qe1 Kb8 21. Nc3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Bb4 23. Qd1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Rac1 Rxc3
26. Rxc3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Qg4 Qd8 29. Kg2 Nb8 30. Qd1 Nc6 31. Kg3 h5
32. Qc2 Qb6 33. Qc3 Kd7 34. a3 Ne7 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. a4 Ne7 37. Kf1 Nc6 38.
Ke2 Qa5 39. Bd2 Qc7 40. Ke3 Qb6 41. b4 Ne7 42. Ke2 Qc6 43. Qxc6+ Kxc6 44.
Kd3 Nc8 45. Kc3 Nb6 46. Kb3 Nc8 47. Kc3 Ne7 48. Kd3 Nf5 49. Bc3 Kd7 50. Ke2
Ke7 51. Kd3 f6 52. Ke2 Kf7 53. Kf3 Ne7 54. Ke2 Nc8 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 b6
57. Bb4 Na7 58. exf6 Nxb5 59. Be7 Nxd4+ 60. Kd3 Nc6 61. Bd6 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "13601458"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 b4 6. Na4 e6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5 10. c3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14.
exd5 Bxd5 15. Re5 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. Bf4 d6 18. Re1 O-O 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. Nb6 Rxc1 22. Nxd7 Rxd1 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxd1 Bxb2 25. Bxd6 a5
26. Bc7 a4 27. Bc6 Rc8 28. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "IND"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
[WhiteFideId "25033220"]
[BlackFideId "13601652"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. h4 f6 12. Bh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 Rd8 14.
Qc2 Nc5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 Be7 17. h5 O-O 18. Kf1 a5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20.
Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rhh1 h6 23. Rad1 Bb4 24. Qc4 Kf8 25. Qe6 Re7 26.
Qg6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd7 28. Qf5+ Rf7 29. Qh7 Rd7 30. Rh1 Kf7 31. Rh3 Ke6 32.
g4 Rf7 33. Qg6+ Kd5 34. Rd3+ Kc4 35. b3# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "944335"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5
8. Be3 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 f5 11. Nb3 f4 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nc1
Ne4 15. Nd3 fxg3 16. fxg3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Qh5 18. Bf4 Be7 19. Rae1 Be8 20. Nf2
Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Bd7 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. h3 g5 25. Ref1 Bg7 26. Nxg5
Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bh6 28. h4 Qg6 29. Bf1 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Be8 31. Bd3 Qh5 32. Rf8+
Kg7 33. Qf4 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "915483"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3
e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 h5 11. Nge2 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Be2 Re8
15. O-O Bd7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 Qa5 19. Rfc1 h4 20. Bh6 Qb4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qf4 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 b4 26. Nb5 Bxb5
27. Bxb5 Nxd5 28. Qg5 Re5 29. Qg4 Ne7 30. Rd1 Qc3 31. Bc4 d5 32. exd5 Nf5
33. d6 Rce8 34. h3 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Nxd6 36. Qf4 Nf5 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 38. Qc7 Qxa1
39. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "2815222"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 d5 8. f3
exf3 9. Nxf3 dxc4 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 b5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 c5
15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. d5 Bh3 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Qf2 Bxe3
21. Bxe3 Qxd5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Bxb4 Nc6 24. Bc3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Ng2
Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rae8 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 R8e2+ 31. Kf3 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 Rxb2 33. Rc1 Rxa2 34. Rxc4 g6 35. h4 h5 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Ra5
38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7 Ra1 40. Rb7 Kf6 41. Rc7 Ra4+ 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Rb7 f5
44. Rg7 Kf6 45. Rb7 a5 46. Rb6+ Kg7 47. Ra6 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 a4 49. Ra5 Re4 50.
h5 Kh6 51. hxg6 Kxg6 52. Ra8 Kg5 53. Kg3 Re3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Ra7 Kf4 56.
Ke2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "CRO"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "14531534"]
[BlackFideId "14145928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 a6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. g3 Ne5 14. Bd3
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Rc1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3
Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 O-O 24. f5 Bd7 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. Rhe1
Rad8 27. Nf3 Nc4 28. Re2 Rfe8 29. a4 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Ke3 Rde8 32. Kf4
f6 33. Rd1 g5+ 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. h4 Rh5 36. Kg3 Rhe5 37. Rde1 Kf7 38. b4
Rd8 39. Re3 Rd4 40. Rb1 Bxe4 41. Rbe1 Bc6 42. Rxe5 fxe5 43. Re3 Rxb4 44.
Rxe5 Bxa4 45. Nd5 Rb5 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Re4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "2916312"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 a5 2. c4 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. e3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nf5 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Qc1
Ne4 15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 c6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. h3 h5 19. d5 Bxc3 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. Qxc3 Be6 22. Rd4 Rfd8 23. Red1 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qe3 a4 26. b4
Rac8 27. Qg5 Re8 28. Bxh5 Qe7 29. Qg3 Rc4 30. a3 Qf6 31. R4d3 Rec8 32. Bf3
Rc3 33. Qd6 d4 34. b5 Rd8 35. Qb4 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Bf5 37. Rd2 d3 38. b6 Qa1+
39. Rd1 Qe5 40. b7 Rb8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. a4
b6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc7 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. a5 b5 20. b4 Qc6
21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Bd2 a6 23. Rfc1 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rab1 Bb7 26. Bb4 Qd5
27. Rf1 Rc8 28. Rbc1 Rc6 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. f5 Rxc2 31. Qg3 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2
Bxg2 33. Kxg2 gxf5 34. Rf3 Kf7 35. Rf2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 Qb3 37. Bc5 Qxd3+ 38.
Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3
Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Re1 Rb8 14.
Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 Bh3 16. Bh1 Qd7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Be3 Ne7 20.
Bd2 Ng6 21. Ra1 Bg4 22. Qb1 Qf5 23. Re3 Rbd8 24. Qe1 Qf6 25. Rb1 Bd7 26. a5
Bc6 27. f3 bxa5 28. c4 a4 29. Bc3 Qd6 30. Bg2 Rb8 31. Ra1 f6 32. Qc1 Ne7
33. Qa3 Nf5 34. Qxd6 cxd6 35. Ree1 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. f4
Bd7 39. Bd5+ Kf8 40. Rb1 Re2 41. Rb7 Ke8 42. Rxa7 Rxc2 43. f5 Bxf5 44. Bc6+
Kd8 45. Bxa4 Ra2 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kd8 48. Ra6 Kc7 49. Rc6+ Kb7 50. Bb5
Rd2 51. Rxd6 Rxd3 52. c5 Rc3 53. c6+ Kb6 54. Ba4 d3 55. Kf2 Rc4 56. Rd5 Be4
57. Rb5+ Kxc6 58. Rb4+ Kc5 59. Rxc4+ Kxc4 60. Ke3 Bg6 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Bb5
Be4 63. h4 f5 64. h5 Ke5 65. Ke3 Kf6 66. Be8 Kg5 67. Bg6 Kg4 68. Kf2 Bf3
69. Bxf5+ Kxf5 70. Kxf3 Kg5 71. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "4264312"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qd4 Qa5
8. Ne2 Nxc5 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe3 b6 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qa4 14.
Nd4 Ne6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Qf3 Kb7 18. Be3 Rd5 19. Rfd1 Rhd8
20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Rd1 Qxa2 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Qh3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Tadic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "916412"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3
Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 Kf8 12. Nd2 g6 13. f3 Kg7 14.
a5 Bb4 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nc3
e5 8. Qb6 Be7 9. O-O Qc6 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. Qb4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qb6
14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. c4 a5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 b6 18. Nd2 Ke7 19. Ne4 f5 20.
Nc3 Bd7 21. b3 Rhc8 22. a4 Rf8 23. h4 h6 24. Kf2 g6 25. Ke2 Rac8 26. Rh1
Rf6 27. Raf1 Rcf8 28. g3 R6f7 29. Rf2 Rf6 30. Rff1 R6f7 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Besedes, Danilo"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "946796"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 e6 7. e3 g6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. Be4 c6 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf5 20.
Qe3 Rac8 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rc7 e5 26. Qc1
Rxc7 27. Qxc7 e4 28. Ng5 Bf6 29. Qxb6 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxa5 e3 32.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh3 Qg4+ 35. Kh2 Qxh4+ 36. Nh3 Qd4 37. a4 Rb8
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "24174041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. O-O Ngxe5 10. Nc3 a5 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 h5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 a4 18. b4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20.
Rb1 a3 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Rxb4 23. c5 Qf6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Be5 26.
Rb6 Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BEL"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "4100484"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 g6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
a4 O-O 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. g5 Nh5 14.
Nxe5 Bc7 15. Nf3 f6 16. h4 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Bb6 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. Rg2 h6 20.
Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 Be7
14. a4 Rac8 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rh4 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nfe5
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 f5 21. Ng6 Rf6 22. Rxh6 Nf4 23. Rh8+ Kg7 24. Nxf4 Kxh8 25.
Qh5+ Kg8 26. Ng6 Qg7 27. Ne5 Rh6 28. Qe2 Bd6 29. Nf3 e5 30. Rd1 e4 31. Nd4
Bxh2+ 32. Kf1 Be5 33. g3 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rh1+ 35. Kg2 Qh7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "IND"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "25033220"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Qe3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Nf3 Ba6 9. b3 Nbc6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. dxc5 cxb3 14.
cxb6 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 bxa2 17. b7 Rab8 18. Nc3 Rxb7 19. Nxa2 a5
20. Nc4 Nxa2 21. Rxa2 Rb4 22. Nxa5 Rxe4 23. Rc1 h5 24. h3 Ra8 25. Rca1 h4
26. Nc6 Rxa2 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Rxa2 Kxe7 29. Ra5 e5 30. Ra6 g6 31. Rb6 Re1+
32. Kh2 Re2 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Rb4 g5 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. Ra6 f6 37. Rb6 Kg6 38.
Ra6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Rf1 40. f3 Re1 41. Ra5 Kf5 42. Ra4 Rd1 43. Rb4 Rd6 44. Kg1
Kg6 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Kf5 47. Ra4 Rd4 48. Ra2 Kf4 49. Kf2 f5 50. Rb2 e4
51. fxe4 fxe4 52. Ra2 Rd2+ 53. Rxd2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Mehmed, Elif"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2921103"]
[BlackFideId "4221990"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 g6 6. g4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7
8. Be2 Nc5 9. f3 O-O 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 c6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Qb6 14. Qd2
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qxg1+ 17. Bf1 Re8+ 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Qc3 Bh3 20.
Nxg1 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Bxf1 22. cxd3 Bg2 23. Be5 Rad8 24. Bh8 f6 25. Bxf6 Rxd5
26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Ivanov, Svetlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[BlackFideId "2924269"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Rb8 9. Re1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2
Rc7 15. a4 bxa4 16. bxa4 Qa8 17. a5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. a6 Bxe4 20. Nd2
Bxg2 21. Nxc4 Bh1 22. Ne3 Nd5 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bg5 25. Rd3 Rb8 26. Ra2
Qd5 27. Rda3 Be3+ 28. Kxh1 g5 29. Kg2 g4 30. h3 h5 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Qe2
Bg5 33. Qe4 Qc4 34. fxg4 Rb3 35. Ba1 Rb1 36. Qxb1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Dimitrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2910276"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 d6 3. bxc5 dxc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nge2 Nf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 h5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Nf4 Nd4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg4 14.
f3 Be6 15. c3 Nc6 16. c4 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nd4 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rfb1 b5 20. Qxa6
b4 21. Qa7 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd6 23. Qa4 h4 24. Kf2 hxg3+ 25. hxg3 Ra8 26. Qd1
Ra3 27. Qe1 Nf5 28. g4 Nd4 29. Qe4 f5 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rh1 Qf6 32. Ke1
Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Re5 34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. axb3 Rxe4+ 36. Bxe4 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qe5
38. d3 Qb2+ 39. Kf3 Qxb3 40. Bxg6 Qc2 41. Rg1 Kf8 42. Bf5 Kf7 43. Be6+ Kf6
44. Rf1 Qxd3+ 45. Kg4+ Ke5 46. Re1+ Kd6 47. Ra1 Qxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit declined, 5.a4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a5 Ba7 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Nd8 13. d4 Ng4 14. Kh1 Be6
15. b5 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 axb5 17. Qxb5 exd4 18. cxd4 Qxe4 19. Rfe1 Qg6 20. Rac1
c6 21. Qb4 c5 22. Qb5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Bxe3 26.
Nxe3 Nxf2+ 27. Kg1 Nd3 28. Nd5 Kh8 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. a6 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Qd3
32. h3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qa7 34. Re7 Qf2 35. Qxd6 Rfd8 36. Qe5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qg1+
38. Kg3 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 Qxg2 40. Qf5 Qg3+ 41. Kh5 g6+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 g6 8.
O-O-O Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bf3 Rc8
14. g4 Be6 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. c3 Rc7 19. Rd2 Ne6 20.
Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd5 Bf5 22. f4 Bd6 23. h4 b5 24. Kd1 Rfc8 25. Re1 b4 26. Bd4
Bxf4 27. Rg2 bxc3 28. bxc3 e5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxc3 31. Rd2 R8c7 32.
Bb3 Kg7 33. Re8 Bg4+ 34. Ke1 Rc8 35. Re7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
Rb1 h6 9. a3 Qe8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. Nd2 c6 13. b5 d5 14. bxc6
bxc6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. dxe4 d4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nc4 Nbd7 20. Bd2
Rc8 21. Ba5 Qe8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bb4 Qd8 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Nf5 Re8 26. f4
Bxf5 27. exf5 Qb6 28. Qa4 e4 29. Qa2+ Kh7 30. Qf7 d3+ 31. Kh1 e3 32. g4 e2
33. Rg1 d2 34. g5 e1=Q 35. Rbxe1 dxe1=Q 36. Bxe1 Ng4 37. f6 Rxe1 38. Qxg7#
1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto defence deferred"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne7 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bf6 c5 13. Bb3 Bxf6 14.
Qxf6 Nc6 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Qe3 Bb5 18. Rfd1 c4 19. Bc2 Qh4 20. h3
Rfe8 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. b3 Bc6 24. Re1 Re7 25. Nf3 Qg3 26. Nd4
Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Ba8 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 c5 30. Nf3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Bxf3 32.
gxf3 d2 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke2 Rd5 35. Rxd2 Rdxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 37. Kf2 f5 38.
Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rd6+ Kh5 41. Rxa6 f4 42. Rc6 Rd5 43. a4 Rd2+ 44.
Ke1 Rb2 45. Rb6 Kh4 46. a5 Kg3 47. a6 Ra2 48. b4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Kxf3 50. b5
Kg2 51. Rb7 f3 52. Rf7 h5 53. Rf5 g4 54. hxg4 hxg4 55. Rf4 g3 56. Kd1 f2
57. Rf6 f1=Q+ 58. Rxf1 Kxf1 59. Kc1 g2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Ne4 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Rxb2
14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Rd1 e5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 Qd4 18. Qxd4 exd4 19. Bb1 d3 20.
O-O a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Rxd3 Be6 24. Ne4 Bxc4 25. Re1 Rxb1 26.
Rxb1 Bxd3 27. Rb7+ Ke6 28. Ng5+ Kf6 29. f4 Bg6 30. Rb6 Nb8 31. g4 h6 32.
Nf3 Be4 33. Ne5 Ke6 34. Nc4 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. Be2 Bf8 8.
d4 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 Qg5 14. fxe4
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Re1 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Qe2
Bd7 21. Rf1 Be7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 c5 24. dxc5 e5 25. Rce1 Bc6 26. b4 a6
27. Bxe5 h5 28. b5 axb5 29. cxb5 Bd5 30. Qd2 Be4 31. Bxg7 g3 32. d7 Red8
33. hxg3 h4 34. Qh6 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Qxh6 36. Bxh6 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 Rxd7 38. gxh4
Rxa2 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Rc7 41. Rf6 Ra6 42. Bg5 Rcxc6 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44.
Kg2 Kf7 45. Kg3 Rc4 46. Bf4 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "14145928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 e5 8.
O-O g6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rae1 Nb6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. f5 Rad8 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Bf6 18. Ref1 Kg7 19. Qe2 Rd6 20. Nh1
Rfd8 21. Nf2 h5 22. g4 h4 23. Nh3 g5 24. Nf2 R6d7 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rd1 Qc5
27. Bc2 Nc4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bb3 Nb6 30. a3 c6 31. a4 Qf8 32. Rd3 Qc5 33.
Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Nd3 Qd6 35. Qe3 Bd8 36. h3 Kf6 37. Qe2 Bb6 38. Kf3 Ba7 39.
Qd2 Nc5 40. Bc2 Nxe4 41. Qe1 Ng3 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kh2 Bb6 44. c4 Qf3 45.
Qxe5# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2917173"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 a6 8.
Be2 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 e5 12. f5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Qe1 c5
15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Bg5 Kf8 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qf2 Ke7
21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 c4 23. c3 Rd6 24. Rfe1 Qb6 25. Re3 Rb8 26. Rde1 Kf8
27. Kf1 a5 28. R3e2 Qc7 29. Qe3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Qe4 Qc5
33. g3 Kg8 34. Kg2 Rdb6 35. Ra4 Rb5 36. Rc2 R5b6 37. cxb4 Rxb4 38. Rxb4
Rxb4 39. Be2 Be7 40. Rxc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Bd6 42. b3 Qb4 43. Qe3 Qa3 44. f6
Qb2+ 45. Kh3 Qd4 46. Qxd4 exd4 47. fxg7 Kxg7 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. g4
f5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Mehmed, Elif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2921103"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 Bd6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. e5 Nge7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Bf4
Nc8 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Na5 Nxa5 19. Qxa5 Rac8 20.
c3 Nc4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Re2 a5 23. Be4 h6 24. h4 Rb8 25. Kg2 a4 26. a3 Kf8
27. h5 Ke8 28. g4 Bc5 29. Bb1 Be7 30. Bc1 Na5 31. f4 Rc4 32. Bd3 Rc7 33.
Be3 d6 34. exd6 Bxd6 35. g5 Bc5 36. Bd2 Nb3 37. Be1 Kf8 38. Bc2 Na5 39. Bd3
Rd8 40. Bc2 Rxd1 41. Bxd1 Rd7 42. Bc2 Nc4 43. Be4 Rd1 44. Bc6 Rb1 45. Bxb5
Nxb2 46. c4 Bxa3 47. Bc3 Nd3 48. Bd4 Bc5 49. Rd2 Bxd4 50. Rxd3 a3 51. Rxa3
Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Bc5 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Rc8 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57.
Ke2 Bb4 58. Rc7+ Kf8 59. g6 fxg6 60. hxg6 Bd6 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Bd7 Rb2+ 63.
Kd3 Rb3+ 64. Ke4 Bc5 65. Bxe6 Kh8 66. Rc7 Re3+ 67. Kd5 Bf8 68. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "24174041"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 f6 10. Qf4 Bc7 11. Bb2 d4 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qe4
Ne7 15. Nd2 Qd5 16. f4 Bc7 17. Bxd4 Kf7 18. Rae1 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Rd8 20. Bf2
b6 21. g3 Bb7 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Rfe1 Rd1 26. Kg2
Rxe1 27. Bxe1 Nf5 28. Bf2 h5 29. Kf3 Rd1 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Ke7 32. c4
Kd7 33. h3 Kc6 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Ne7 36. Nb3 Kd7 37. Nd4 a6 38. Ke4 Nc8
39. Be3 Nd6+ 40. Kd3 Nf7 41. a4 e5 42. Nf5 exf4 43. Bd4 g6 44. Nh4 g5 45.
Nf3 Ke6 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Bxa5 48. Ke4 Nd6+ 49. Kd3 Nf7 50. Ke4 Bc7 51.
Bc3 Nd6+ 52. Kd3 Bb6 53. Bb4 a5 54. Ba3 Nb7 55. Kc3 Bc5 56. Bxc5 Nxc5 57.
Kd4 Nb3+ 58. Kc3 Nc5 59. Kd4 Kd6 60. Nd2 Ne6+ 61. Kc3 Ke5 62. Nf3+ Ke4 63.
Nd2+ Ke3 64. Nb3 f3 65. Nxa5 f2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd5 Be7 5. Bd3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bc2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. d3 d5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rg1 Rad8 14. h4
h5 15. gxh5 Bxh5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxh5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Qxd3
20. Bg5 Qxe4+ 21. Kf1 Rd6 22. Re1 Qd3+ 23. Kg2 Rfd8 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3
Kf8 26. Re2 Rd3+ 27. Kg2 Bxg5 28. hxg5 g6 29. Rge1 R8d5 30. Re8+ Kg7 31.
R8e5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rd2 33. Re7 Rxb2 34. Rxc7 a5 35. a4 b5 36. Rc5 bxa4 37.
Rxa5 Rc2 38. Rxa4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Ra7 14.
Qh5 h6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Bg2 e4 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Nc2 Bd7
21. Ne3 Be8 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. a3 Qd8 24. Ned5 Qc8 25. Kh1 Qc4 26. Qd2 a5 27.
Ne3 Qc8 28. Bh3 Bb3 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Rfe1 Be5 32. Rbd1 Rf6 33.
Nd5 Rg6 34. Bg2 Qc5 35. f4 Bg7 36. Ne3 Rd7 37. Bf1 Be6 38. Nd5 h5 39. Be2
h4 40. Rg1 hxg3 41. Rxg3 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Kf7 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. Ne3 d5 45. Nc2
d4 46. Nxd4 Bd5 47. Qe3 Bc6 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Bxd4 50. Rxd4 Qe7 51. Kf2
Ra7 52. Rd2 Ra3 53. Bh5+ Kf8 54. Qd4 Qa7 55. Qxa7 Rxa7 56. Bg6 Ra3 57. Rc2
Bd7 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Kd4 Kd6 60. Rh2 Ra1 61. Rd2 Be6 62. Ke3+ Ke7 63. g4 Rc1
64. gxf5 Rxc3+ 65. Kxe4 Bc8 66. Ke5 Re3+ 67. Kd4 Rf3 68. Kc5 Rxf4 69. Kxb5
Bd7+ 70. Kc5 Rf1 71. Re2+ Kd8 72. Re4 Kc7 73. Re5 Rc1+ 74. Kd4 Rb1 75. Kc3
Rc1+ 76. Kb2 Rc4 77. f6 Rxb4+ 78. Kc3 Rf4 79. f7 Kd6 80. Re1 Be6 81. Re4
Rf3+ 82. Kd4 Bxf7 83. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Dumbelovic, Novak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "9204525"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O a6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Be3 h6 14. Rc1 Bg4
15. h3 Bd7 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Qb1 c6 20. Bb6 Re8 21.
dxc6 Bxc6 22. Red1 Nd7 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Ba4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Bd7 29. Nd2 Kh7 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Qc5 Qxc5
33. bxc5 Ne7 34. Bc4 Kg6 35. Bd2 Kf6 36. Ba5 Kg6 37. Bd8 Ng8 38. c6 bxc6
39. dxc6 Bxc6 40. Bxg8 Bb5 41. Bd5 Bd3 42. f3 Bc2 43. Kf2 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bf1
45. f4 e4 46. Kf2 Bb5 47. g4 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. Bxe4+ Ke6
51. h4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Tadic, Stefan"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "958980"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be2 d6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Qe1 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qg3 g6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. f5 Qe5 20.
Qh4 Nf6 21. Rae1 Kg7 22. Nd1 h6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 gxf5 25. exf5 e5 26.
Rff1 Rg8 27. Nc3 Rac8 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Ne4 Ke7 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. c4 Rg4 32.
b3 Rcg8 33. Bf1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Injac, Teodora"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Ngf6
8. Qb3 Nc5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Bc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rad1
Ne6 15. e4 Qa5 16. a3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qh5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Qe2 Ndc5
21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Bd7 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. b4 f6 25. Ng4 Na4 26. Ba1 Nf4 27.
Qc4+ Be6 28. Qxf4 Qc2 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf6 Qh7 31. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 a6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8.
Bxb5+ axb5 9. O-O b4 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Nbc6 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14.
Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Qg4 Qb5 17. Nc2 Qd3 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Qe2 Qe4 20.
Rfd1 Ra7 21. f3 Qg6 22. f4 Qe4 23. Qf2 f6 24. Nd2 Qxd4 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. exf6
Rxf6 27. Kh1 Ra8 28. Qf3 Raf8 29. Qh3 Bc5 30. Nf1 Na5 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32.
Rac1 Qf2 33. Ng3 Qxf4 34. Rg1 Qd6 35. Rcd1 Nc6 36. Ne4 Qe5 37. Nxf6+ Rxf6
38. Qb3 Qd6 39. Rge1 Ne5 40. Qg3 Nc4 41. Qxd6 Nxd6 42. Rd4 b3 43. axb3 Kf7
44. Kg1 Ke7 45. Rxd5 Rf4 46. Rde5 Rf6 47. h3 Kd7 48. R5e3 Nf5 49. Rd3+ Ke7
50. Rc1 e5 51. Rc7+ Ke6 52. Rxb7 e4 53. Rd8 Ke5 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rb4 Rc6
56. Rd1 Ne3 57. Re1 Rc2 58. Kh1 Rxb2 59. Rb7 Nxg2 60. Rg1 Nh4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2932717"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Nd4 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5 Rc7 17. Qd2 g6 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20.
b3 Kg7 21. a4 Nd7 22. a5 Qh4 23. Bf1 Nc5 24. Re3 Qf4 25. g3 Qg5 26. Qc3 Qf6
27. b4 Nd7 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Bh3 b6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. axb6 Rxb6 32. c5 Rxb4
33. c6 Rc7 34. Qxa6 Rd4 35. Qa5 Qe7 36. Rb1 Ra7 37. Qb5 Rd2 38. Rc3 Raa2
39. Rf1 Qc7 40. Rb3 Ra7 41. Qc4 Rd4 42. Qb5 Qa5 43. Qxa5 Rxa5 44. Rc3 Ra8
45. c7 Rc8 46. Ra1 Kf8 47. Ra6 Ke7 48. Re3 Rxd5 49. f4 Rxc7 50. fxe5 dxe5
51. Re2 Kf8 52. Kg2 Kg7 53. Ra3 f5 54. g4 fxg4 55. Kg3 h5 56. Rae3 Kf6 57.
Rf2+ Kg5 58. Rfe2 h4+ 59. Kg2 Rcc5 60. Re4 Kf5 61. R4e3 Rd4 62. Rf2+ Rf4
63. Rfe2 e4 64. Ra3 Rf3 65. Ra1 h3+ 66. Kg1 Kf4 67. Rb2 Rfc3 68. Rf1+ Kg5
69. Re2 R5c4 70. Rf8 Rc2 71. Re1 Rg2+ 72. Kh1 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Oliinyk, Serafym"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "14133237"]
[BlackFideId "14531534"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3
Bd6 8. h3 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bc7 12. g4 Ke7 13. Rd2 b6 14.
Rhd1 Nf8 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f3 h6 18. h4 Ne8 19. h5 Nd6 20. Be2
Nf7 21. Nb1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Na3 Nd7 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. c3 Rf8 26. Kc2
Ng5 27. Rf1 Nh3 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. a5 b5 32. Nb2
Rb8 33. Rd1 c5 34. bxc5 Nxc5 35. Ra1 Be5 36. a6 b4 37. a7 b3+ 38. Kb1 Ra8
39. Bb5 Kd6 40. Nc4+ Kc7 41. Nxe5 Kb6 42. Bc6 Rxa7 43. Nc4+ Kxc6 44. Rxa7
Kb5 45. Ne5 Kb4 46. Rxg7 Na4 47. Rb7+ Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. Nc4+ Ke2 50. g5
Kxf3 51. gxh6 Ke2 52. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nd2 e5 8.
e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nf8 14. Nc4
Ne6 15. h4 Nh5 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Bh3 Rfe8 18. Kg2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ne3
Nf6 21. Rd1 Bxe3 22. Bxe3 Nc5 23. h5 gxh5 24. Bf5 Rad8 25. Bg5 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rh1 Rd3 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Ne6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32.
Qxh5 Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Ra1 Qd8 35. Qh6 Rd2 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Ra6+ Rd6
38. Ra7 Rd7 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. Ra6+ Rb6 41. Ra7 Rd6 42. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Sarenac, Ivan"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "938165"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qf3 a6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8.
Bxd6 cxd6 9. Qg3 Nb6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. e4 O-O 12. Bg2 Kh8 13. exd5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf5 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Qf4 Bg6 18. Ba4 Rxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Rc8
20. Nf3 Qe2 21. Nd2 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxd2+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "13601458"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Bg2 Nxc5 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf4 Bd7 8.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bc6 10. f3 Nf6 11. e4 Nfd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14.
Qd4 f6 15. Bh6 Ne6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf7 20. f5
Neg5 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxf6 Nxh3 23. Nxe7 Rf8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 Bc6 26.
Rae1 Nfg5 27. Nxf8 Nxe4 28. Qh6 Qxc4 29. Ng6 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Nef2# 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Nbd7
8. Nc3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rfd8 13. Qf3 Ne8 14.
Rad1 c6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3 Nc7 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 h6 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Na4
Qe7 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. d5 c5 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 a5 8.
Na3 b6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ne6 12. e5 O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Ncd2 Qd5
15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Bd2 c5 19. Bc3 Bb7 20. Rad1 Bc6
21. Ra1 Rfd8 22. Ned2 Bd5 23. g3 Bh6 24. h4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Ne4 d3
27. cxd3 cxd3 28. Nfg5 Rab8 29. Rad1 Bb3 30. Rd2 Bxa4 31. Re3 Bc2 32. Nc5
f6 33. exf6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Keres variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ndc3 Ne7 12. O-O-O h5 13. h4
Ng6 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Kc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Be7 19.
Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 g6 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Ke3 c6 25.
f3 Ke6 26. c4 b5 27. a4 Bd8 28. Kd3 Be7 29. Be3 Bf8 30. g4 Bd6 31. Bf2 Bf8
32. Bg3 Be7 33. Ke3 Bf8 34. Kf2 Be7 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Kh3 Bh6 37. f4 f5 38.
exf5+ gxf5 39. g5 Bg7 40. Kg2 b4 41. Bf2 Bf8 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Be3 Kg6 44.
Bc1 Kf7 45. Bb2 Kg6 46. Be5 Kf7 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Kd3 Kf7 49. Ke3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Qc1 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 Nbd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 c5
15. axb5 cxd4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qxd4 Qxb5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20.
Nd6 Bxf3 21. Nxc8 Bxg2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Kxg2 Nc2 24. Red1 Nxa1 25. Rxd7 Nb3
26. Nc6 h6 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nxa5 Nxa5 29. Rxa5 Rb8 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. g4 g5 32.
f3 Rb5 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. b4 Rxb4 35. Ra5 Rd4 36. h4 Rd1 37. h5 Rd2 38. Rc5
Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc5 Kf8 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rh8 Re2 43. Rxh6 Rxe5 44. Rh8
Kf6 45. Rg8 Re1 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kg3 Re1 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kg3 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Bg5 Bc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rfe1
Re8 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. a3 Bb5 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. c4 b5 18. Nd4 e6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nb4 Rc4 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Nc6 Qxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxd6 25. Nb4
f5 26. exf5 Bxb2 27. g3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8
15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qe3 e6 17. Ba2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rd6 f6 20. b4 fxg5 21.
bxc5 Kh8 22. Bxe6 Rc7 23. Bd5 Bc8 24. Rb6 Bf6 25. Rb8 Be7 26. c6 Qd8 27.
Qg3 Qd6 28. Rd1 Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Qxb8 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. a4 b4 32. a5 Qd6 33. Ba4
h6 34. Bb3 Bxa5 35. Rd3 Qe6 36. Nxb4 Qf6 37. Nd5 Qg7 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3
Be6 40. Qd3 Qb7 41. Qf3 Qg7 42. Qe3 Qb7 43. Qc5 Bd2 44. Qf8+ Bg8 45. Nf6
Qg7 46. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc4 h6 11. a4 Re8 12. a5 Be6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. a6 b6
15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 b5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Qa4 Nxb4 19. Bf1 d5 20. Ncxe5
dxe4 21. dxe4 Nc2 22. Bf4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 g5 24. Be3 g4 25. Nc6 Bd7 26. Nfd4
Rb6 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Qc2 Rxe4 29. Bg2 Re8 30. Nxa7 Rxa6 31. Nab5 Bxb5 32.
Nxb5 Qd7 33. Nc7 Rc8 34. Bc6 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 Qe7
8. e4 a6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rad1 g6 14. Nf3
Rd8 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nb6 Nhg7 19. Nc4 O-O 20. Nd6
Rb8 21. Qh6 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Rfd1 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qf8 25. Qh4 f6 26. e5
Kg7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Wade) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "4264312"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. b3 Bf8 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. g4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. f4 Nc5 20. Bd4
Ne6 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Qf2 Qa5 26. f5
gxf5 27. Qxf5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Kf8 29. g5 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. gxf6 gxf6 32.
Nxf6 Re7 33. Qh7 Re6 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Nd5+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kd6 37. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8.
Nf3 Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 c4 11. a4 Qa5 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Nge7 14. Rfb1
a6 15. Ra2 Kb8 16. Bc1 Ka8 17. Qf4 Rh7 18. Qd2 Rdh8 19. Ba3 g5 20. h5 Bc8
21. Bc5 Qc7 22. Bd6 Qd8 23. Rab2 f5 24. Rb6 Na5 25. Qc1 Nb3 26. Rxa6+ bxa6
27. cxb3 cxb3 28. c4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Nd5 30. Rxb3 Ra7 31. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. Ra3 b6 13. Rc3 Qd8 14. h3 Bb7
15. Rce3 Rc8 16. b3 Nh5 17. Nc4 d5 18. Nce5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6
21. R4e2 Nfd5 22. Bd2 Rc7 23. h4 Qc8 24. Nc4 Qf5 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Qd2 e6
27. Nfe5 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Re4 Nd5 30. g3 Rb8 31. R4e2 h5 32. Kg2 Bf6
33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Red1 Rb8 36. R1d2 Rd8 37. Rd1 Rb8 38. R1d2 Rd8
39. Rd1 Rb8 40. R1d2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "24174041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Nc4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ne3 Qb6 14. g4 e6 15.
g5 Nh5 16. f5 Rfe8 17. f6 Bf8 18. Bf3 c4 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Kg2 cxd3 21.
cxd3 d5 22. Nf4 dxe4 23. Qxh5 Ne5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 exd3 26. Bd2 e5 27.
g6 Bc6+ 28. Kh3 hxg6 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8.
Rd1 b5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Bc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qb6
20. h3 h6 21. Nd4 Nb8 22. Qf3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd6 24. g3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5
26. Ba5 Nd7 27. Rc6 Bf6 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. Kg2 Na4 30. Rxa6 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Rc5
32. Kf3 Rxc3 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Nd6 Be7 35. Ra8+ Bf8 36. a4 g6 37. a5 Kg7 38.
Ne8+ Kg8 39. a6 Ra3 40. a7 Bc5 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Rg8+ Kxf6 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44.
Rxa8 h5 45. Ra5 Bb4 46. Rb5 Bc3 47. Rb7 Be1 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. f4 Ba5 50. Kf3
Bd2 51. e4 Be1 52. e5+ Kg7 53. g4 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd2 55. Ke4 Bc3 56. Rc7
Bb2 57. Ra7 Bc3 58. f5 gxf5+ 59. gxf5 exf5+ 60. Kxf5 Kg8 61. Kf6 Bb2 62.
Ra8+ Kh7 63. Re8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "980625"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. h3 Be7 6. g4 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8.
a4 b6 9. g5 Ne8 10. d5 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nc7 12. h4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rc8 16. c3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rd1 dxe4 20. Qxe4
Qc7 21. O-O f5 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Ng5 Rg6 24. b4 Bxg5 25. bxc5 Bf4+ 26. Kh1
Qc8 27. Qd5+ Kf8 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 bxc5 31. Rxa7+ Ke8 32.
Rb1 e4 33. Rbb7 Rd6 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 Nh7 11. b4 f5 12. c5 f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. e5 Bg4
15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 Nf5 19. Kh1 Nh4 20. Bg4 h5
21. Be6+ Nxe6 22. Rxe6 dxc5 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Ba3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Oliinyk, Serafym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "14133237"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8.
h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 c6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nf5 exd4 18. Bxh6 dxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxf5 21. Bxf5 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Nf8 23. Ng5 f6 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 d5 26.
Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6 7. Nf3 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qd5 9. Qe2 N8d7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O e6 12. b3 Qc7 13. bxc4 Qxc4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc4 15. d3 Nb6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bd4 f6 19. f4 Bd6 20. g3
Rc8 21. Bb3 a6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. f5 Rhe8 24. Nd2 Bc5 25. fxe6+ Bxe6 26. Bxc5
Rxc5 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. d4 Rxc3 31. Bxd5 b5 32.
axb5 axb5 33. Kf2 b4 34. h4 Ke7 35. Nb3 Kd6 36. Bg8 h5 37. Bf7 g5 38. hxg5
fxg5 39. Nd2 Rc2 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2 42. Ke3 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Ne4+
Ke7 45. Bb3 Rb2 46. Nd2 h3 47. Bd5 h2 48. Be4 Ra2 49. Kd3 Kf6 50. Bc6 Rb2
51. Ne4+ Ke7 52. Nd2 Kd6 53. Bb7 Kc7 54. Be4 Ra2 55. Bd5 Rb2 56. Be4 Kc8
57. Bd5 Kb8 58. Be4 Ka7 59. Nf1 Kb6 60. Ne3 Kb5 61. Nc2 b3 62. Ne3 Kb4 63.
Nd5+ Ka3 64. Ne3 Rb1 65. Kd2 h1=Q 66. Bxh1 Rxh1 67. d5 Kb4 68. d6 Rh6 69.
Nf5 Rh2+ 70. Ke3 b2 71. d7 Rh8 72. Nd4 b1=Q 73. Nc6+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Djokic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "976440"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8
14. Qh4 Qc6 15. Be3 e6 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Bd4 f6
20. Rd1 Bc7 21. Nc2 Nd5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Bxf6 Rd7 25. g3 h5 26.
Qd1 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 gxf6 31. f4 e5
32. f5 Bb6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke4 Ke7 35. Kd5 Bg1 36. c4 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Mehmed, Elif"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2921103"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

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 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Black "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "938190"]
[BlackFideId "2928531"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h4
b5 9. Bh3 Nb6 10. h5 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O e5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxg5+ 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rcd8 19. Qg2 Qxh5 20.
Bc7 Re6 21. Ne4 Rc8 22. Ng3 Qg6 23. Bxb6 Bxb6 24. Rxd5 Rxc2 25. Rfd1 h6 26.
Nf5 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. R1d2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 g6 11. h4 Bf5 12. Qd1 h6 13. Nge2 e6 14. Ng3
Bb4 15. h5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 g5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. O-O O-O 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Qb3
Rfc8 21. Re1 Rc7 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. Qb3 Rac8 24. Qb5 Qe6 25. Qb3 b6 26. Qa4 f4
27. Qd1 Qf5 28. Rb5 Qd7 29. a4 a6 30. Rb4 Qe6 31. Qf3 Rc6 32. g3 fxg3 33.
fxg3 Nd6 34. Rb3 Ne4 35. Re3 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kg2 b4 38. Rxb4 Rxc3 39.
Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Be3 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Qh3 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb3 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Nxg3+
45. Ke1 Ne4 46. e6 Qc7 47. Qf5 Qa5+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Be4 d5 11. Bd3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. b3 Bd7 14. Ba3
Rc8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rfc1 a6 18. a4 Rc7 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Rxc7
Rxc7 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Bc6 23. h3 h6 24. Qc3 Qa3 25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Nd2
Qe7 27. f4 Qd8 28. Qb4 Nf8 29. Nf3 Ng6 30. Kf2 a5 31. Qc5 Be8 32. g4 b6 33.
Qc3 b5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. f5 exf5 36. gxf5 Ne7 37. Ng3 Bd7 38. Qc2 Qb6 39.
Ke3 Qb4 40. Qc7 Nxf5+ 41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qxd5 Qc3+ 44. Kf4 Be6
45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. d5 Bxh3 47. Qc4 Qxc4+ 48. bxc4 a4 49. Nd4 a3 50. c5 a2 51.
Nc2 Kf8 52. c6 Ke8 53. d6 Bg2 54. c7 Kd7 55. Ke3 h5 56. Kf4 h4 57. Kg4 g5
58. Na1 Bd5 59. Nc2 Be6+ 60. Kf3 g4+ 61. Kf2 Bd5 62. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
h4 h5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. dxc5 Nf5 11. Bd4 a5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. g3 Nxd4 14. cxd4
b6 15. O-O bxc5 16. dxc5 Bb5 17. Rc1 Bxf1 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. c6 Qc7 20. Kxf1
O-O 21. Nd4 Qxe5 22. c7 Bf6 23. N2f3 Qe4 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. Re1 Qg4 26. Rc1
e5 27. Qxa5 exd4 28. Qxd5 Qe6 29. Qb7 Qd7 30. b4 d3 31. Nd2 Be5 32. Nc4
Rxc7 33. Nxe5 Rxb7 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. d3
Ne6 15. Rc2 Ba6 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Ne2 Qd6 23. d4 Nf6 24. Nf4 h6 25. Qc2 Nd5 26.
Nxd5 cxd5 27. Qd1 Qa3 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qb4 30. Qd1 Qa5 31. a4 Bc8 32.
h4 Be6 33. Qc1 Qb4 34. Qe3 a5 35. Bf1 Qd6 36. h5 Qc7 37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Bb5
Kg8 39. Kg2 Bf5 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bc6 Qd6 42. f3 Be6 43. Bb5 Bf5 44. g4 Bc2
45. Qe2 Bb1 46. Qd1 Qb4 47. Qxb1+ Kg8 48. Qd3 Qe1 49. Qe2 Qc3 50. Bd3 Kf8
51. Bf5 Qxd4 52. Bd7 g6 53. hxg6 fxg6 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kh8 56. Qf8+
Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qxg6 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qf4 60. Qf5 Qc1 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62.
Be6+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Ned5 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Bh6 14. Bxh6
Rxh6 15. Qd2 Rh8 16. O-O-O Nd4 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Bc2 b5 20. Ne3
Nc5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rhd1 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Kxd6 26.
Nxe6+ Kxe6 27. b4 Na4 28. Bb3+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Kf8 30. Bxa4 bxa4 31. Nb6 Rc7
32. Nxa4 Kf7 33. Kb2 Rc4 34. Kb3 Rxe4 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Nc5 Rxh4 37. Ne6+
Ke8 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rf8 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Kxe6 41. Rh8 Rf4 42. a4 e4 43. f3 Rg4
44. fxe4 Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "14145928"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3
Na6 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Bg5 Ne6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 O-O 14. O-O
g5 15. b5 g4 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Qd1 f4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. e3 fxe3 20. fxe3 Rxf1+
21. Qxf1 Nf5 22. Be4 Nh6 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Qf2 Be6 25. Ra7 c6 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc6 Qb6 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Nxb8 Qxb8 31. Bd5 Bf5 32. Be4
Be6 33. Kg2 Qb2 34. Bd5 Bxd5+ 35. cxd5 Nf5 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 Qb6 38. Nc4
Qb3 39. Qg2 Qc2+ 40. Nd2 Qc1 41. Qe4 h5 42. h3 gxh3 43. g4 hxg4 44. Qxg4+
Kf6 45. Qxh3 Qc2 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh3 Kf6 50. Qf3
Kg6 51. Qg4+ Kf6 52. Qg8 Qa2 53. Qe6+ Kg5 54. Qg8+ Kh4 55. Kf3 Nh6 56. Qd8+
Kh5 57. Qe8+ Kh4 58. Qe7+ Kh5 59. Ne4 Qh2 60. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "2900440"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8.
O-O g6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rae1 b6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. f5 Kh7
15. Ng3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6+ fxg6 19. Bxg6+ Kh8 20. dxe5
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe5 22. Be4 Rad8 23. Kh1 Qg5 24. Re2 Qh4 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26.
Bxf5 Nc6 27. Rfe1 Nd4 28. Re8+ Bf8 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. R1xe4 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Kg7
32. Be4 Bd6 33. Rd8 Be5 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rxa7 b5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Ne2
38. Ra6+ Kg5 39. b3 Nd4 40. Bd5 h5 41. Kg2 Kf4 42. Ra8 Nc2 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44.
Be4 Nd4 45. Bd5 Nc2 46. Bc4 Ne3+ 47. Kh3 Nf5 48. Rc8 Bd4 49. Rf8 Ne3 50.
f4+ Kg6 51. Bd3+ Kg7 52. Rd8 Nd1 53. Kg3 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rh6 h4+ 56.
Kxh4 Nf2 57. Bc4 Bf6+ 58. Kh5 Ne4 59. Kg4 Nf2+ 60. Kf5 Bd4 61. h4 Nd1 62.
Re6+ Kd7 63. Bb5+ Kc7 64. h5 Nc3 65. Bc4 Nd1 66. h6 Ne3+ 67. Kg6 Ng4 68. h7
Kd7 69. Re4 Nf2 70. Rxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nh6 5. d3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe1 Nf5 8.
c3 d4 9. e4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Nd6 11. Be3 b6 12. e5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Ba6 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Na3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. g4 Nh6 18. h3 f6 19. d4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 cxd4
21. e6 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qxf4 23. cxd4 Nb4 24. Kg2 Qc7 25. Ne3 Qb7 26. Kg1 Kh8
27. Ng2 Qd5 28. a3 Nc6 29. Nf4 Qd6 30. Be3 g5 31. Nh5 Qxe6 32. Qf2 Qd5 33.
Kh2 Nf7 34. h4 Nh6 35. Kh3 Qe4 36. Rg1 f5 37. Nxg5 fxg4+ 38. Kg3 Rxf2 39.
Nxe4 Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Rxe3 41. Ng5 Rxd4 42. Rc1 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Rd6 44. Rg2 Nf5
45. Rf2 e6 46. Rfc2 Nfd4 47. Rf2 Rd7 48. Kg2 Re2 49. Rxe2 Nxe2 50. Rxc6 h6
51. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. b4
a6 9. a4 Qe8 10. c5 dxc5 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nc6 14. Nd2
Be6 15. Qb1 Rb8 16. Rc1 f4 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd4 19. Re1 c6 20. Nf3
fxg3 21. hxg3 Qf7 22. Qb2 Bg4 23. Rc3 Rbd8 24. Rc5 Bxf3 25. exf3 Qe7 26.
Rcc1 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxd3 30. Rxe5 Qf7 31. Qe2
Rd7 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Qe2 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Kg2 h5 37. Re5
Kg7 38. Qb2 Qf6 39. Qe2 Rf7 40. Re6 Qf5 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Re8 Qf3+ 43. Kg1
Qf6 44. Qxf6 Rxf6 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Rxb7 Rf5 47. Rc7 Rc5 48. a5 Kg5 49. Kg2
Kf5 50. Kf3 g5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. f4+ gxf4+ 53. gxf4+ Kd6 54. Rh7 Rxa5 55. Ke4
Ra4+ 56. Kf5 c5 57. Rxh5 c4 58. Ke4 c3+ 59. Kd3 Rxf4 60. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "4264312"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nd4 7. a4 c6 8.
Bc4 Bc7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 d5 11. Ba2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bd2
Kh7 15. Ne2 Qd7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. a5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qe6 20.
Raa1 g6 21. Qe3 h5 22. Qxa7 h4 23. Nf1 Nxe4 24. Qxb7 Rd7 25. Qa6 Red8 26.
Qe2 f5 27. Be1 Rd5 28. a6 Bb6 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. b4 Ra8 31. c4 Qe6 32. c5
Ba7 33. f3 Nf6 34. Bxh4 Nd5 35. Be1 Rb8 36. Kh1 Nxb4 37. Bc3 e4 38. fxe4
fxe4 39. Qe1 Nd5 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qg7+ Ke8 43. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bxf6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 15. Na4 c4 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. b3 Qb4 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Qc2 g6 20. bxc4
dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Ne5 23. Rc7 Rab8 24. h3 Rec8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.
Nb5 Bc6 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Nac3 Rd2 29. Nxa7 Bh4 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Ne4 Re2 32.
Kf1 Rb2 33. g3 Be7 34. Rxc6 Rxb1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Ra6 Bb4 37. g4 Kg7 38. h4
Be7 39. h5 Rb1 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Nc3 Rc1 43. Nd5 Bd6 44. Ra6
Bc5 45. Rxg6 Rd1 46. Nf4 Kf7 47. Rxh6 Rd2 48. Kf3 Rxa2 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2928531"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O Be6 9. f4 b5 10. f5 Bc8 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bf3
O-O 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. g4 f6 20. h4 Rac8
21. g5 Rfe8 22. Rd2 Nb8 23. g6 Nd7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Kh1 d5 26. exd5 e4 27.
Bh5 Ne5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Qg2 Nf3 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxf3 exf3
33. Qxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qe5 35. Nxa5 Ba6 36. Nc6 Qd6 37. c4 bxc3 38. bxc3 Bc4
39. a5 Qc5 40. Qf2 Bxd5+ 41. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 42. Qf3 Rg1+ 43. Kxg1 Qxf3 44. Nd4
Qxc3 45. Ne6 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "980625"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. Nb3 c5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Na5 Nb8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O cxd4 14.
cxd4 c5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Nxd4 Ra7 19. Qc3 Bd7 20.
Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 f6 22. f4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7
26. Rc3 h6 27. Rg3 Kf7 28. Rc3 Ke7 29. h4 Kf7 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Kd2 Kf7 32.
a4 Ke7 33. Rc5 Kd8 34. Nac6+ Nxc6 35. Nxc6+ Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Kd7 37. Rd6+ Ke7
38. a5 g5 39. h5 Ra8 40. g4 Ra7 41. b4 Ra8 42. Kd3 Ra7 43. Kd4 Ra8 44. Rb6
Kd7 45. Rb7+ Kc6 46. Re7 Kb5 47. Rxe6 Kxb4 48. Rxh6 Kxa5 49. e6 Kb5 50. e7
a5 51. Re6 Re8 52. h6 a4 53. h7 a3 54. h8=Q Rxh8 55. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Vutov, Mario"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2903431"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb4 7. Bc4 e6
8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Qe2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 O-O-O 13. O-O
Rhe8 14. Rfe1 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Qf2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Kg1 f6 21. Kf2 Ne6 22. e5 f5 23. Rad1 g5 24. g3 h6 25. c3 Nc5
26. Nd4 Ne4+ 27. Kg2 Rxe5 28. Rf1 Nd6 29. Rde1 Rde8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Vasilev, Milen"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2903628"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 f6 6. Nd2 e5 7. dxe5 fxe5
8. Bg3 Nf6 9. Bb5 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Be2 Kh8 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qg6 18. Ne6 Rfe8 19. Nec5 Re7
20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Bh2 h6 22. Qd3 e4 23. Qd1 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Ne5 25. Nd4 b6 26.
Na6 Rf8 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nbc6 Nfg4+ 29. Kg1 Ref7 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Re3 Nc4
32. Re2 Rf3 33. g3 R3f6 34. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Injac, Teodora"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "932400"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 e6 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nd3
Be7 15. b4 Ba6 16. Nc7 Nxc7 17. Rxc7 Rfd8 18. b5 Bb7 19. Rc1 Rdc8 20. Qd2
a6 21. a5 Qxb5 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Rfc1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26.
Rxb7 h6 27. h4 Qc4 28. Bf3 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Be3 Rac8 31. Bb6 Rc1+ 32.
Kg2 Ra1 33. Ra7 Rcc1 34. Rxa6 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Kh2 f5 38.
a6 g4 39. Bg2 Ra2 40. a7 Rca1 41. Rb8 Kg6 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Bd4
R1a2 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb8 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 Rxa7 48. Rb2 Ra1 49. Rb6 Kf7 50.
Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6 Ke5 52. e3 Rc1 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. Rd2 Ke5 55. Rd4 Kf6 56. Rd2
Ke5 57. Rb2 Kf6 58. Rb8 Ke5 59. Rf8 Kd6 60. Rf6 Ke5 61. Rg6 Kd6 62. Rg8 Ke5
63. Ra8 Kf6 64. Ra4 Ke5 65. Ra6 Rb1 66. Rc6 Ra1 67. Rb6 Rc1 68. Rb3 Ra1 69.
Rc3 Kf6 70. f3 gxf3 71. Bxf3 Ke5 72. Rc2 Re1 73. Re2 Rc1 74. Kg2 Rc3 75.
Kf2 Kf6 76. Rd2 Ke5 77. Ra2 Rb3 78. Rc2 Ra3 79. Rb2 Rc3 80. Be2 Ra3 81. Rd2
Rc3 82. Rd3 Rc2 83. Kf3 Rb2 84. Rc3 Ra2 85. Rc6 Rb2 86. Ra6 Rb3 87. Kf2 Rb2
88. Ra4 Rc2 89. g4 fxg4 90. Rxg4 Kd6 91. Rg6 Ke5 92. Rg5+ Kf6 93. Rh5 e5
94. Rh6+ Kf5 95. Rh5+ Kf6 96. Kf3 Rc3 97. Kf2 Rc2 98. Rh1 Rb2 99. Rd1 Ke6
100. Kf3 e4+ 101. Kf2 Ke5 102. Rc1 Rd2 103. Rc5 Kd6 104. Ra5 d4 105. exd4
Rxd4 106. Ke3 Rd5 107. Ra6+ Ke5 108. Rh6 Rc5 109. Rh5+ Kd6 110. Rh4 Kd5
111. Rxe4 Rc3+ 112. Bd3 Ra3 113. Rh4 Ke5 114. Rh5+ Ke6 115. Kd4 Kf6 116.
Be4 Ra4+ 117. Ke3 Ke6 118. Kf4 Kd6 119. Rh6+ Kc5 120. Rc6+ Kd4 121. Rd6+
Kc5 122. Rd1 Ra2 123. Ke5 Ra4 124. Rd5+ Kb6 125. Rd8 Rc4 126. Bd5 Rc7 127.
Rb8+ Kc5 128. Rb1 Re7+ 129. Be6 Rg7 130. Rc1+ Kb4 131. Kd4 Kb5 132. Bd5
Rg4+ 133. Be4 Kb6 134. Kd5 Rg5+ 135. Kd6 Kb5 136. Bd5 Kb4 137. Rc4+ Kb5
138. Rc3 Rg4 139. Rb3+ Rb4 140. Rc3 Rh4 141. Rc8 Kb4 142. Rb8+ Kc3 143.
Rb3+ Kd2 144. Ke5 Kc2 145. Rg3 Kd2 146. Be4 Rh8 147. Kd4 Rd8+ 148. Bd5 Re8
149. Rh3 Re7 150. Ra3 Rc7 151. Ra2+ Rc2 152. Ra3 Rc7 153. Rh3 Re7 154. Rg3
Re8 155. Rd3+ Ke2 156. Rb3 Kf2 157. Rb2+ Re2 158. Rb7 Rd2+ 159. Ke4 Re2+
160. Kf4 Rd2 161. Be4 Ke2 162. Rh7 Kf2 163. Rh2+ Ke1 164. Rh1+ Kf2 165. Rb1
Ke2 166. Rb7 Kf2 167. Rb3 Ke2 168. Rg3 Kf2 169. Rg6 Ke2 170. Rh6 Kf2 171.
Rh5 Ke2 172. Bf3+ Kd3 173. Rd5+ Kc3 174. Rc5+ Kd4 175. Rc8 Rd3 176. Be4 Rd2
177. Rd8+ Kc3 178. Bd5 Kd4 179. Be4+ Kc3 180. Rc8+ Kd4 181. Rc1 Rf2+ 182.
Bf3 Rd2 183. Ra1 Kc5 184. Ke5 Rb2 185. Be4 Rb4 186. Ra8 Rb5 187. Rc8+ Kb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SLO"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
[WhiteFideId "14609215"]
[BlackFideId "13601652"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 a5 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bb2 c6 15. e4 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Nc2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qb6 19. Qc1 Bd7 20. Ne3
Rfd8 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. e5 Qc5 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. Rd2 Be8 26. Red1
Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. Kh2 Bd7 29. f4 Bc8 30. f5 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 gxf5 32.
Nxh5+ Kg6 33. Nf6 Qc5 34. Qe2 Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Nd6 Bd7 37. Qh5 Nd8 38.
Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ Kf8 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Mitev, Valentin"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran, Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2921707"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. Re1 O-O 14. a4 b4
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bb3 e4 20. Nd4 Nxd5
21. Nf5 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bf4 23. Qh5 Qf6 24. Rh3 Re5 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Rh4 Bg5 30. Rg4 Rxb7 31. Re1 Bf6 32. f4
Re6 33. f5 Re5 34. Rgxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4+ Kd6 36. Re6+ Kd5 37. Rxa6 Bxb2 38.
a5 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 b3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Dimitrov, Martin"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2924099"]
[BlackFideId "915483"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. h3 Nf5 8.
d5 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Bg4 h6 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 c5 19. Re1 Re8 20. Re2 a6
21. Rce1 Qd8 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxh6 Qd6 25. Qc2 b5 26. b3 a5
27. Qd2 a4 28. Bf4 Qd7 29. Be5 axb3 30. axb3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Bxe5 32. Rxe5
Ra4 33. Qf4 Ba6 34. R5e4 Qd8 35. Qh4 Rf8 36. Bg4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38.
Qxe7 Qxd5 39. Bf3 Qd4 40. Qe5 Rd8 41. Qc7 Be6 42. Rd1 Qxd1+ 43. Bxd1 Rxd1+
44. Kh2 c4 45. Kg3 Rd7 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qc5 Rd8 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Kf4 Rd5
50. Qc3 Rd3 51. Qe5 Rd5 52. Qc3 Rd3 53. Qe5 Rd2 54. Ke3 Rd5 55. Qb8+ Kg7
56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. g4 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rxh3 59. Qd4 Rd3 60. Qf4 Rd5 61. g5 c3 62.
Qh4+ Kg8 63. Qe4 Rc5 64. Qc2 Bf5 65. Qa2 c2 66. Qa8+ Rc8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Blanco Acevedo, Cristobal Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Smyslov system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "VEN"]
[WhiteFideId "24114928"]
[BlackFideId "3900525"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8.
e4 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. h3
Rfb8 15. O-O Nc7 16. Nf3 Nb5 17. Re1 Nd4 18. e5 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 dxe5 20.
Rxe5 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ng4 23. Rxe7 c4 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Bf4 Re8 26.
d6 Nh5 27. Be5 Rxe7 28. dxe7 Qe6 29. Bxg7 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Nxg7 31. Nc3 f5 32.
Rd1 Re8 33. Rd4 Rxe7 34. Rxc4 Rb7 35. b4 Ne6 36. a4 Kf7 37. a5 Rd7 38. a6
Nd4 39. b5 f4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. a7 Rd8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Nbd7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qc6 16. b4 b6 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20.
Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Qc4 22. h3 h6 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Qa5 Rd3 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 26.
a4 Rb8 27. e5 Qc4 28. Rb1 Qc2 29. Rf1 Qc4 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4
Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13.
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 c5
8. c3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. d4 exd4 14.
cxd4 Nd7 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Rc1 Re8 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Ba3 19. cxd6 Bxd6
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. g4 Ne5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Nxe5 Qxe5
26. Qf3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Bb4 28. Rec1 Bd6 29. Qg2 Qe5 30. Qf3 Rb8 31. Re2 Qh2
32. Rce1 h5 33. Bf4 Rxe2 34. Bxh2 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Bxh2 36. g5 Bd6 37. g6
Re8+ 38. Kf1 a5 39. Qxh5 fxg6 40. fxg6 Be5 41. Qf5 Bf6 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. h4
a4 44. h5 a3 45. h6 Rd8 46. hxg7+ Kxg7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qxf6 Rg8 49. g7+
Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kxg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Qxc7 Rf8 53. Qd6+ Kg7 54. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2
f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 Bf6 17. b4 Bh4 18. Rfc1 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 g5 20. c5 Nf6
21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Rc6 g4 25. Rac1 Kh8 26. Nc8 g3 27.
Qa7 gxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 f3 31. Qf2 Qh5 32. g3 Rg8 33.
Nxd6 Rbf8 34. Nf5 Qg4 35. R1c3 Qxe4 36. Rxf3 Qxd5 37. Rc1 Qe6 38. Rf1 e4
39. Qb2+ Qf6 40. Qxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rf4 e3 42. Kg2 Rgf8 43. g4 e2 44. Re1 h5
45. Rxe2 hxg4 46. Ref2 Rg6 47. Kg3 Rf7 48. Rh2+ Rh7 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Ne3
Rd6 51. Nxg4 Rd2 52. Rf2 Rd4 53. a3 Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rxa6 Rd3+ 56. Kf2
Kxg4 57. Ke2 Rh3 58. Kd2 Kf4 59. Rb6 Rxa3 60. Rxb5 Ke4 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Rc5
Ra8 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Rh5 Ra8 65. b5 Rb8 66. Kb4 Ke4 67. Ka5 Ra8+ 68. Kb6 Ra1
69. Kb7 Kd4 70. b6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "14145928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Nbd2 e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
O-O-O Bd6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. h4 b5 18. h5 gxh5 19. g5 Nd7 20. g6
fxg6 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. Bd3 Ne7 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5+ Kf7 26. c4
dxc4 27. Qxc4 Qb7 28. d5 exd5 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Rd1 Qxb5 32.
Qa2 Qxb2+ 33. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Be5+ 36. Kc2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb5 Qd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 g6 7. Ba3 Qd7 8.
d3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rae1 Rfe8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qd1 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Nf3 f6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Qd6 20.
Kh1 c5 21. a4 b5 22. Qe2 e6 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. h3 Nd4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg1
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Kf7 28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Ra2 30. R1e2 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Ra2 32.
Qe3 Qd5 33. Qf2 Qd6 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Qf2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
a4 dxe4 9. dxe4 b6 10. Na3 Nb4 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Nb5 Qc8 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. c3
Nc6 15. Qe1 Bxb5 16. axb5 Na5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20.
Rxa5 e5 21. Bh3 exf4 22. Bxd7 Qc7 23. Bxe8 Qxa5 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. gxf4 Qc7
26. e5 a6 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. e6 axb5 29. exf7+ Qxf7 30. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Qe3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g5 16. Bg3 Kg7 17. a4 Qd7 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. d4
Ng6 21. Rbd1 Qe7 22. Bc4 Rh8 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. a5 Nhf4 25. Bf1 h5 26. f3 Qe6
27. Rb1 g4 28. c4 h4 29. Bf2 Rh5 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. h3 Qe6 32. c5 Rg5 33.
Kh2 exd4 34. Qxd4+ Kh7 35. cxd6 cxd6 36. Rb6 Ne5 37. Qxd6 Qxh3+ 38. gxh3
1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "915483"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4
8. Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
g4 h4 15. Nh3 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Rhf1 f6 18. Ka1 c5 19. Be4 d5 20. Bg6
cxd4 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. Qe2 exd5 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qxe3 25. Bc2 Rhe8 26.
Kb1 Ba6 27. Rh1 Bc4 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Rd1 Bb3 30. Rb4 Bxc2+ 31. Qxc2 Na6 32.
Qa4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 Qe2 34. Qd6+ Rc7 35. Qxd5 Qxg2 36. Ng1 Qc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc6
38. Qd3 Ree7 39. Qf5 Rcd7 40. Rb1 Kb7 41. f4 Rd5 42. Qg6 gxf4 43. Nf3 Re3
44. Nxh4 Qc5 45. Ka2 Qc4+ 46. Ka1 Rdd3 47. Qg7+ Ka6 48. Qxf6 Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. h3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. O-O Ne7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 Nc6 13. Nce2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
d5 15. e5 g6 16. b3 Na3 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. c3 Be7 20. Rad1 a5 21.
g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh4 23. f5 Rxg4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qe2 Rh4 26. Qf2 Rh7 27.
Qg3 Rg7 28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Bh3 Rc6 30. Qf4 Bc5 31. Kh2 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Qh7 33.
Rf3 Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc6 35. Rdf2 g5 36. Qf8+ Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kd7 38. R2f7+ Qxf7
39. Rxf7+ Kc8 40. Bf8 Nc2 41. Bc5 Kb8 42. Rf2 Nb4 43. Bd6+ Ka7 44. Bxe6 Rc1
45. Bc5+ Ka6 46. Bd7 Bc6 47. e6 Re1 48. Bxb4 axb4 49. Bxc6 Rxe6 50. Bxd5
Re3 51. Rf6+ Ka7 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Rf6+ Ka7 54. Bc6 Re2+ 55. Kg3 Rxa2 56.
Bxb5 Rd2 57. Rd6 Kb7 58. Bc4 Kc7 59. Rd5 Kc6 60. Kf3 Kc7 61. Ke3 Rd1 62.
Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Unuk, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "SLO"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "14609215"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8.
Nge2 Be7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nxh5 Nf5 12. Nf4 Rxh4 13. Rxh4 Bxh4 14.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 Qg5 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. Bd3 Qh6 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Ke2 f6 20.
exf6 gxf6 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qh3 Qg7 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qh2 Nf6 25. Bc4 Kd7 26.
Rg1 Bd6 27. Qh3 Rh8 28. Qf3 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. e4 Rh2 31. exf5 exf5 32.
Bd3 Rh5 33. Rf1 Ke6 34. Bc2 Nf6 35. Kf3 Rg5 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Bb3 Rg4 38. Rh1
Kd7 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Rh5 Rg8 42. Rxf5 b5 43. g4 Rh8 44. Rh5
Rf8+ 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd3 Rf8 47. Rf5 Rh8 48. Nf4 Bxf4 49. Rxf4 Rh3+ 50.
Ke2 b4 51. Rf3 Rh2+ 52. Rf2 Rh4 53. Rg2 Kd6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Rc2
Rh1 57. Rc6+ Kf7 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rxa7 Re1 60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. Kf5 Re4 62. Ra4
Rxd4 63. a3 Rc4 64. Rxb4 Rc2 65. Ke5 Rd2 66. a4 Kg6 67. a5 d4 68. Rxd4 Rxb2
69. Ra4 Rb5+ 70. Kd6 Rb1 71. a6 Rd1+ 72. Kc6 Rc1+ 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74. Ka5 Rb8
75. a7 Ra8 76. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. h4 h5 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 Ng4 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. c4 Nd7 13. Rb1 c5 14. Nf1
Qc8 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd6 Qe6 20. b3
Rad8 21. Ng5 Qc8 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nh3 Bb7 24. Qe2 f5 25. f3 Bd4+ 26. Rxd4
cxd4 27. c5 bxc5 28. Qc4+ Qe6 29. Bxc5 Ne3 30. Qb4 Nxg2 31. Qxb7 Ne3 32.
Ng5 Qd7 33. Qb4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Qg4 35. Bd6 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. e4 Be6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nh4 Nc7 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf2 Bg7 19. Qxc4 Qe7 20. Rdf1 Rf8
21. e5 Nd7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Bd2 a5 24. Nd6 N7b6 25. Qd3 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27.
Qxg6 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rf8 29. Nf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Saemisch attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "980625"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. exd6 Qxd6 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bf6 11. O-O g6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 Bd7 14.
Rfe1 Be6 15. Re2 Qd7 16. Qf4 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qg3 Bf7 20.
h4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Re8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. Nf1 Bf7 25. Ne3 Be6 26.
Qf4 h6 27. Qg3 h5 28. Qf4 a6 29. f3 Nc8 30. Qg3 Qf7 31. f4 f5 32. Qg5 Qf6
33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Nf1 a5 36. Ne3 b6 37. a3 c5 38. b4 cxd4 39.
cxd4 axb4 40. axb4 Ke7 41. Ke2 Kd7 42. Kd2 Kc6 43. Kc3 Ne8 44. b5+ Kd6 45.
g3 Bd7 46. Kb4 Nf6 47. Ka4 Ne8 48. Kb4 Nc7 49. Be2 Ne6 50. Kc3 Be8 51. Nc2
Nc7 52. Kb4 Bd7 53. Ne3 Ne8 54. Bd3 Nf6 55. Ka4 Be8 56. Kb4 Bf7 57. Kc3 Ne8
58. Kb4 Nc7 59. Be2 Be8 60. Bd3 Ne6 61. Kc3 Nf8 62. Kb4 Nd7 63. Kc3 Nf6 64.
Kb4 Bd7 65. Ka4 Ne4 66. Bxe4 fxe4 67. Kb4 Bh3 68. Ka4 Ke6 69. Kb4 Bg4 70.
Ka4 Be2 71. Kb4 Bd3 72. Ka4 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Oliinyk, Serafym"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "14133237"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f4 g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5 14. O-O
Nxf4 15. Rxf4 Bg7 16. Kh1 O-O 17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 a5 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nxc5
Rxc5 21. Bb5 Be5 22. Rf1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qh4 24. Rf3 f5 25. Bd7 Kg7 26. Be6
Rc4 27. Qd3 h5 28. Rbf1 Bxb2 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rcc8 31. Qf3 Rf6 32.
Qe3 Be5 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qh6+ Kf5 37. Qe6+ Ke4
38. Qxc8 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Kxd5 40. Qa8+ Kd4 41. Qxa5 e4 42. Qb6+ Kc3 43. Qc5+
Kb2 44. a5 Qd2 45. a6 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 e3 47. a7 e2 48. Qxb4+ Qxb4 49. a8=Q 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h5 7. h3 h4 8. g4
f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. g5 e5 11. f4 Nge7 12. Nbc3 Be6 13. Be3 b6 14. Bf2 Qd7
15. a3 Rd8 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. Qd2 d5 18. fxe5 d4 19. Nd1 Bxe5 20. Kh1 Bd5 21.
Rg1 f4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goering gambit"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3
a6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Ra4 Bd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. g3 Ng6
20. Bc1 Be5 21. Bg4 Nd6 22. Kg2 Bf6 23. h4 Ne5 24. Bh3 Nd7 25. Rf4 h5 26.
b4 Nb6 27. Rf3 Ne4 28. Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "14101181"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8.
Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 c5 13. Nde2 a6 14. b3
Na5 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. g4 Bd7 18. a4 Rad8 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. Rbd1 h5
21. g5 Nh7 22. Nd5 Qb8 23. f5 Ne5 24. f6 Bf8 25. a5 Be6 26. Nec3 Qc8 27.
Kh2 Qc6 28. Rf2 Qc8 29. Nb6 Qc6 30. Ncd5 c4 31. b4 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33.
Rxd5 Nc6 34. c3 Ne5 35. Rfd2 Rb8 36. Bf4 Kh8 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "13903063"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bc2 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd2 Nh5
15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Bxa4 f5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bc2 Qb6
21. Rb1 Kh8 22. Be3 Qd8 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Re1 Neg8 25. Bd3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Nxh6
27. Qe2 Nhg8 28. Rbc1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Ne7 30. Qd3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Rxc8+
Qxc8 33. Kh2 Qc5 34. Nc4 Qxf2 35. Nxd6 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38.
Nc4 Qf4+ 39. g3 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Nxe4 41. d6 Nc6 42. d7 Kf6 43. Na5 Nd8 44. g4
Ke7 45. Kg2 Kxd7 46. Kf3 Nd6 47. Nb3 b6 48. Nd2 Ke6 49. h4 Nc6 50. Ke3 b5
51. Nf3 Kd5 52. Ng5 h6 53. Nh7 Ke6 54. Nf8+ Kf7 55. Nd7 Ke7 56. Nc5 a5 57.
b3 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Ke4 Nxh4 61. Kd5 Nd4 62. Kxe5 Nhf3+ 63.
Kf4 Ne6+ 64. Nxe6 Kxe6 65. Kxf3 Kd5 66. Kf4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. b3 b5 8.
Bb2 Bb7 9. O-O-O g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. g3 b4 14. Nb1
O-O 15. Bg2 a5 16. Qc4 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 a4 18. Re2 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. Be5
Qa7 21. d4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qb7 23. Bc5 Ng4 24. Rxe7 Bb2+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Raf8 19. Qe4 R5f6
20. Nh4 Kg8 21. Ng6 R8f7 22. h4 Qc8 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6
Nf5 26. Rd2 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Qc4 28. g3 Qxa2 29. Qxe5 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qa4 31. b3
Qc6+ 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. c4 b5 34. c5 Qf3 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. c6 Qc3 37. Re2 Qc5
38. Kg2 Rf6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kh8 41. Rc2 Qf8 42. c7 Qc8 43. Qd5 Rf8
44. b4 Re8 45. Kh2 Rf8 46. Qd6 Re8 47. Rd2 Qf5 48. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "14145928"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 Be7 7. Ng2 Nf6 8. d5
Nbd7 9. b3 Ne5 10. h4 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Nf4 Qa5 13. Bd2 e3 14. fxe3 b4
15. Na4 Ne4 16. a3 Nxg3 17. Bxb4 Qd8 18. Rh3 Ne4 19. Qc2 Bxh4+ 20. Kd1 Bd7
21. Kc1 Rc8 22. Nc3 a5 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. b4 Qd8 25. Kb2 Rxc3 26. Qd1 Nc4+
27. Ka2 Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "15002314"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g5 8.
dxc5 g4 9. Nd4 Ndxe5 10. N2b3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 e5 12. Qe2 Qf6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14.
O-O a6 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Be6 18. Rad1 Bh6 19. Nb6 Ne7 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Kc8 22. cxd5 Qh5 23. c6 Nf5 24. cxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nc5+ Kb6
26. Qxa6+ Kxc5 27. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Nd5
8. Bg3 a6 9. Na3 e5 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Nxc3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc2 Nxa2+
14. Nxb4 Naxb4 15. O-O-O+ Ke8 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Ng5 Bb3 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. Be2
Nd4 20. Be5 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 f6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Bd6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Bb5
Na7 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Bb5 Na7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4
Qe7 21. Rec1 Nd5 22. e4 Nb4 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. R7c3 Nac6 25. g4 Bg6 26. Bb5 h5
27. d5 exd5 28. exd5 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qf6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1 d5 32. Qd1 d4
33. Rc5 d3 34. Nc4 Qf4 35. Ne3 Nc2 36. Nxc2 dxc2 37. R1xc2 Qxg4+ 38. Bg2
Bxc2 39. Qxc2 Re6 40. Rg5 Qf4 41. Rg3 Rd8 42. Bh3 Rf6 43. Kg2 g6 44. Qc3
Rfd6 45. Rg4 Qf6 46. Qxf6 Rxf6 47. Rd4 Rb8 48. Rd2 Rb4 49. Ne5 Rxa4 50. Bd7
Re4 51. Nxc6 a4 52. Na5 Kg7 53. Nb7 Re5 54. Nd6 Rg5+ 55. Kf1 Rf4 56. Ne8+
Kf8 57. Nd6 Rh5 58. Bc6 Rc5 59. Bd7 Rc1+ 60. Kg2 f5 61. Nb5 Ke7 62. Nc3 a3
63. Nd5+ Kf8 64. bxa3 Rg4+ 65. Kf3 Rh4 66. Ne3 Rc3 67. Ke2 Rxa3 68. Bc6 f4
69. Nd5 f3+ 70. Kd1 Rc4 71. Rc2 Ra1+ 72. Kd2 Rxc2+ 73. Kxc2 Ra2+ 74. Kd3
Rxf2 75. Nf4 Kg7 76. Ke3 Rc2 77. Bxf3 g5 78. Ne6+ Kf6 79. Nd4 Ra2 80. Ne2
Kf5 81. Nd4+ Ke5 82. Nc6+ Kf6 83. Nb4 Ra3+ 84. Nd3 Kf5 85. Be4+ Kg4 86.
Bf3+ Kg3 87. Be2 g4 88. Ke4 Rb3 89. Ne5 Rb4+ 90. Ke3 Rb3+ 91. Ke4 Kf2 92.
Bxg4 Re3+ 93. Kf5 Rxe5+ 94. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Ba4 Nb8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. g4 Rxb3 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. Nh4 Qa3 18. O-O Rb2 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Nf5+
Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd8 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 h6 24. Rce1 g5 25. Qc1 Qb8 26. Re2
Rxe2 27. Nxe2 Re8 28. Ng3 d5 29. Kg2 d4 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qb2+ 32. Kf3
Qc2 33. Qe2 Qc1 34. Qe5 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Qe2
Qf4+ 39. Kg2 h5 40. gxh5 a5 41. a4 Kf8 42. Qf2 Kg7 43. Qe2 Kf8 44. Qf3 Qd2+
45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Ne2 Kg7 48. Qxc6 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qxh3+ 50. Ke1
Qxf5 51. Kd2 Nxh5 52. Qc7 Qe6 53. Qxc5 Qe3+ 54. Kd1 Qxd3+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56.
Kf2 d3 57. Qxg5+ Kf8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qg5+ Kf8 60. Qxh5 dxe2 61. Qc5+ Kg8
62. Qg5+ Kf8 63. Qd8+ Kg7 64. Qd4+ Kg8 65. Qg4+ Kf8 66. Qc8+ Kg7 67. Qg4+
Kf8 68. Qxe2 Qf5+ 69. Ke1 Qb1+ 70. Kf2 Qf5+ 71. Ke1 Qc5 72. Qc2 Qe3+ 73.
Kf1 Qf3+ 74. Kg1 Qg3+ 75. Kf1 Qf3+ 76. Kg1 Qg4+ 77. Kf2 Qf4+ 78. Ke1 Qe5+
79. Kd1 Qd4+ 80. Kc1 Qa1+ 81. Kd2 Qd4+ 82. Kc1 Qc5 83. Qd3 Ke7 84. Qe4+ Kd6
85. Qf4+ Ke6 86. Qe4+ Kf6 87. Qf4+ Kg6 88. Qe4+ f5 89. Qe6+ Kg5 90. Kc2 f4
91. Qg8+ Kf5 92. Qh7+ Ke5 93. Qg7+ Ke4 94. Qg6+ Ke3 95. Qg1+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 c6 6. g4 g6 7. g5 Nh5 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh3 Qc7 13. Bg4 Nb6 14.
Bxh5 gxh5 15. Nh4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Qxh5 Qb4 18. Rd3 Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Nxe3+
20. Rxe3 Qa1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg1 22. Rg3 Qxh2 23. Qh6 Be6 24. g6 Qxh4 25. gxh7+
Kh8 26. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "15003604"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Ne3 g6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Ned5 Nd7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. b3
Nd4 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bb1 Kh7 20. Nb4 Bf8
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qa3 Qb6 24. Qb2 Red8 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. h4 a4 27.
Bc2 axb3 28. axb3 Qc7 29. Qc3 Nd7 30. Bf2 Nf6 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33.
Ra1 Rxa1+ 34. Qxa1 d5 35. Bg3 Bd6 36. c5 Bxc5+ 37. Kh1 Bd6 38. Qa8 dxe4 39.
Bxe4 Nxe4 40. fxe4 Bxb3 41. Bf2 Be6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Ng3 h4 44. Nh5 Be7 45.
Qa1 Bg4 46. Bd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "2900440"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 O-O
8. h3 Qc7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Bd2 f6 14.
Rad1 Kh8 15. Qe4 Bc8 16. Qh4 Bf5 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20.
Rxe3 h6 21. Qg3 Qd7 22. Rde1 Rde8 23. Nh4 g5 24. exf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxf5+ Rxf5
26. Re6 Rf6 27. Qe5 Qxe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 c4 30. dxc4 bxc4 31. Rxc6
Rb8 32. b3 cxb3 33. cxb3 Rb7 34. g4 Rd7 35. Ra6 e5 36. Kf1 e4 37. Ke2 Rd3
38. Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Ra6+ Kg7 40. Ra4 Rxh3 41. Rxe4 Rh1 42. a4 Ra1 43. Re6 Ra3
44. Rb6 Ra1 45. f3 Kh7 46. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "4264312"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Ne3 a6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Ned5 Nexd5 14. cxd5
Bd7 15. b3 f5 16. Bd2 b5 17. h4 h6 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Ra1 Rb7 20. axb5 axb5
21. Na2 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 f4 23. Ra6 Bg4 24. Qc2 Rbf7 25. d4 fxg3 26. fxg3
Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf6 28. Bg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Rf3 30. Rxd6 Bf5 31. Qd1 Qxg3+ 32.
Kg1 Rf2 33. Qf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 exd4 35. Rd8 Bh3 36. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxh4
38. Re8 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 d3 40. Re7 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qf5+ 43. Ke1 b4
44. d6 Qf6 45. Rd7 Qe6 46. Rd8 Bf6 47. Ra8 Qxd6 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kf7
50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Bxh6 Bc3+ 52. Kd1 d2 53. e4 Qd3 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc6
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6
8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Rac8 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. f4 Na5 18. b3 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nc6 20.
Ng4 Qg6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Rf3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Re5 Qb1+ 26.
Kh2 b5 27. f5 b4 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. cxb4 Rc1 30. Rxe6 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 Qg1 32.
Qf2 Qh2+ 33. Kh4 Rg1 34. Rg3 Rf8 35. Qe3 Rxg2 36. Re8 Rxg3 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8
38. Qxg3 g5+ 39. Kg4 Qxa2 40. Qd6+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Kh5
Qxb3 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Kxh6 Qxh3+ 46. Kxg5 Qg3+ 47. Kf6 Qf4+ 48. Ke6 Qe4+
49. Kd6 Qxd4 50. Qg5+ Kf7 51. Qf5+ Ke8 52. Qh5+ Kf8 53. Qf5+ Ke8 54. Qe6+
Kf8 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 58. Kxe5 Kf7 59. Kxd5 Ke7 60.
Kc6 Kd8 61. Kb7 Kd7 62. Kxa7 Kc6 63. Ka6 Kc7 64. b5 Kb8 65. Kb6 Ka8 66. Kc7
Ka7 67. b6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4218655"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Nc6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2
O-O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe6+ 10. Be3 Qc4 11. O-O-O e6 12. Kb1 Bb4 13. Bf1
Qxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Bc4 Na5 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Rd7 18. Rc1 Bb4 19.
Rc4 Nd5 20. Rhc1 Bd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Keres variation (2.Ne2)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2900041"]
[BlackFideId "25033220"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. Nbc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nde2 O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bb6
Qb8 15. h3 Bc6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Na4
Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Ned7 22. Rc4 Qb8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. c4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. b4
Ncd7 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. f4 Ng6 30. Bg2 h5 31. Qd2 h4 32. g4 e5 33.
Ne2 exf4 34. Nxf4 Ne5 35. Qe2 Qa4 36. g5 Nfd7 37. Nd5 Qa3 38. Rc3 Qa1+ 39.
Kh2 g6 40. Rc1 Qa3 41. Rc3 Qa1 42. Bd4 Bg7 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nxc8 Ng4+ 45.
hxg4 Bxd4 46. Rf3 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Be5 48. Bf1 Kg7 49. Qf2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Black "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2928531"]
[BlackFideId "980625"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Qd6
8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne4 Qd7 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f6 13. c3 Kb8 14.
a4 Nb6 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 g6 19. a5 Nd5 20. d4
exd4 21. Rxd4 Kb7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng5 Bc5 24. Rc4 Bd6 25. Nf7 Rde8 26. Bh6
Rhg8 27. Rd1 Re2 28. b4 Rge8 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Nxd6+ cxd6 31. Bd2 Nf6 32. Rd4
Ne4 33. f3 c5 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Rd5 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 Kc6 37. Rd3 f4 38. Rb1
Re2+ 39. Kg1 Rexd2 40. Rb6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Raeva, Elitsa"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "2906660"]
[BlackFideId "14531534"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rfe1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 a5 14. h3
Nh5 15. Bf1 Nf4 16. g3 Ne6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nf3
c5 21. Bd3 Rde8 22. h5 Qf6 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Bc1 Ne5 25. f3 Bf6 26. Qh2 Bxh4
27. Kf2 Bf6 28. Rh1 g5 29. h6 Kh8 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. Bb1 Rg6 32. Rh2 g4 33. f4
Nf3 34. Rhh1 Rxe4 35. f5 Rg8 36. Qxf7 Re7 37. Qh5 Ng5 38. Rd3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Bb3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. d3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Nf3
Rfd8 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bc2 h6 17. Bb1 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4
Nb4 21. a3 Na6 22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Be3 Qa8 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Rbc1
Rdc8 27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5 Nd7 29. a4 Nd5 30. Qe4 Nf8 31. Qg4 Kh8 32. Qh5
Kg8 33. Nh2 Bb4 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qxh6 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rc8 37. Rd1 Rc3 38.
Ng4 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Nh7 40. Nf6+ Ndxf6 41. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5
8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 Rd8 13. O-O-O Bd7
14. Ne5 Be8 15. g4 Rd5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Ne5 Rxd3 20.
Nxd3 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qc4 22. Rd1 a5 23. Qc2 Qe4 24. Nf2 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Qf3
26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. g5 Be7 28. Qd2 g6 29. Nf2 Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Ne4 a4 32.
a3 Qf1+ 33. Ka2 Qe2 34. Nd2 Bf8 35. c4 b4 36. axb4 Bxb4 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
Nf6+ Bxf6 39. gxf6 h5 40. Ka3 Qc2 41. Qc3 Qe4 42. c5 Qc6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44.
Kb4 Kh6 45. Qd6 Qe4+ 46. Ka5 Qc2 47. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. d4 Bf8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qa4 a6 17. c5 Bd7 18. Qa5 b6 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. b3 Qc8
21. Kh2 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Qa4 Rc5 25. Be3 Rh5 26. Rfd1 Re6
27. Rd4 c5 28. Rd3 d5 29. g4 Bd6+ 30. f4 Nxg4+ 31. Kg3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Vutov, Mario"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2903431"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8.
a3 Nc6 9. b4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 b4 5. a3 a5 6. g3 g6 7. Be3 d6 8. axb4
cxb4 9. Bd4 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne5 dxe5 14. Bxc5
Ra6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Be3 e6 17. Bg5 exd5 18. cxd5 h6 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Be3 Re8
21. Nc4 e4 22. d6 Be6 23. Qa4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxd6 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Rfc1 Qe7
27. Qxa5 Red8 28. Qxb4 Qe6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Rc6 Qe8 31. Qc4 Rd4 32. Qc2 Nd5
33. e3 Nb4 34. Qb3 Nxc6 35. exd4 Nxd4 36. Qb7 Ne2 37. Rc7 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Kg8
39. Bxe4 Rd2 40. Rc8 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Qxd8 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Bxd5 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 c6 8.
O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 Re8 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qd4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. e4 dxe4 20.
Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 f6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb7 fxe5 25. Bc6 Re6
26. Bxb5 exf4 27. gxf4 Re4 28. f5 Kf7 29. a4 Nxa4 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 Nc3
32. Ra6+ Kg5 33. Bd7 Re7 34. Be6 Ne4 35. Rc6 Kf4 36. Rc4 Ke5 37. Bg8 h6 38.
Bh7 Ra7 39. Rc2 Kf4 40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Bg6 Ng4 42. Rc4+ Kg5 43. Rc3 Ra2+ 44.
Kg3 Nxh2 45. Rc7 Nf1+ 46. Kf3 Nh2+ 47. Kg3 Nf1+ 48. Kf3 Nh2+ 49. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 c6 5. O-O-O Nbd7 6. f3 b5 7. Re1 b4 8.
Nd1 Qa5 9. Kb1 Ba6 10. Nh3 Bg7 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 O-O 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14.
Bh6 Qb5 15. Ndf2 e5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 a5 18. g5 Nh5 19. Ng4 a4 20. Rhf1
b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Rad8 23. Qc3 Rfe8 24. Rf3 exd4 25. Qxd4+ Ne5 26.
Qc3 Rd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Ngf2 Nhf4 31. Nxd3
Nxd3 32. a4 c5 33. a5 c4 34. Rf3 Ne1 35. Rc3 Nf3 36. Nf2 Ne5 37. Kc1 Ra8
38. Kd2 Rxa5 39. Ke3 h6 40. h4 hxg5 41. hxg5 f6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Kd4 Ra2
44. Nd1 Ra8 45. Ne3 Ke6 46. Rc1 Rh8 47. Ra1 Rd8+ 48. Nd5 Nf3+ 49. Kxc4 Ke5
50. Kxb3 Kxe4 51. Nc3+ Kd3 52. Ra6 g5 53. Rg6 Rb8+ 54. Ka2 Kc2 55. Na4 Rb4
56. b3 g4 57. Ka3 Rd4 58. Nb6 Nd2 59. b4 Nc4+ 60. Nxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nbd2 a5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. a4 h6 10. Bd2 Bb6 11. Rc1 Ra6 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. c5 Ba7 14. Nfxd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxc5 16. Nb5 Bb6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qc3 Nxa4 19. Qxg7 Qf8 20.
Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Qxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rxc7 Bd7 23. Rxb7 Bc6 24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Ra1
Nc5 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8.
O-O Qe8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Nb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Bc4 Nf5 15. Re1 Qe7 16. b4 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bg4 18. Qe1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 b6 20.
d6 cxd6 21. c6 Kh8 22. Rd1 e4 23. Rfd3 Be5 24. Rd5 f5 25. g3 a6 26. a4 Qf6
27. Kh1 Ra7 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 h5 30. Qe3 Rb8 31. R5d2 Kh7 32. Ra2 Rxa2
33. Bxa2 Qe7 34. Bd5 Kg7 35. Rc1 Qc7 36. Qa3 h4 37. Rc2 hxg3 38. hxg3 Rc8
39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Ra2 Rc7 41. Qa8 Qf6 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Re2 f4 44. Rxe4 fxg3
45. fxg3 Ra7 46. Rh4+ Kg5 47. Re4 Ra3 48. g4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[BlackFideId "14145928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Bg5 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qxd4 Bxb5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxb5 Nc6 11. Qa4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Qb6 13. Qc4 Rd8
14. Ne2 Rg8 15. g3 Bc5 16. Nbc3 Kf8 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. Qe4 Qc6 19. Kg2 Qxe4
20. Nxe4 Bb6 21. Rhd1 Ke7 22. b3 f5 23. N4c3 a6 24. Na4 Ba7 25. c4 b5 26.
cxb5 axb5 27. Nac3 Rb8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Be3 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. f4 Nd7 32.
b4 Rgb8 33. Kf3 Bb6 34. Ra2 Bc7 35. Nd4 Rb6 36. Ra7 Kd8 37. b5 R8b7 38.
Ra8+ Ke7 39. Re1 Kf6 40. h3 Bd6 41. g4 Rb8 42. Ra7 R8b7 43. Ra8 Rb8 44. Ra7
R8b7 45. Ra6 Bc5 46. Nc6 Nb8 47. Nxb8 Rxb8 48. gxf5 Bb4 49. Ne4+ Kg7 50.
Rg1+ Kf8 51. fxe6 fxe6 52. Nf6 Kf7 53. Nd7 Rxa6 54. bxa6 Ra8 55. Ra1 Ra7
56. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "IND"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "25033220"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Kh1
cxd5 15. cxd5 Nb6 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 Ng4 19. h3 Nxe3 20.
Qxe3 Rac8 21. Qf3 Qb4 22. Rf2 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Re1 Bd6
26. a3 Qc5 27. Ne4 Rc1 28. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Bxc5 31. Qc4
Rc7 32. Qf4 Rc8 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "4264312"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Ne7 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxf4 7. exf4 Qc7
8. g3 Qxc5 9. c3 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Qd6 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Re1
Nbc6 15. Nbd4 Rac8 16. a4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qd3 g6 20. h4
h5 21. Rad1 Ne7 22. Qe2 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rc5 24. Bd3 Rfc8 25. Qe5 Qc7 26. Qf6
Qd8 27. Qe5 Qc7 28. Qf6 Qd8 29. Qe5 Qf8 30. Qd4 R5c7 31. Re5 Nf5 32. Bxf5
gxf5 33. Qd3 Qg7 34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Ra4 Rc5 36. Rd4 Qg4 37. Re1 Rdc7 38. Kg2
Rc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Kh2 Ra4 41. b3 Ra2 42. Kg2 Qg7 43. c4 Qb2 44. Rf1 Qd2
45. Qf3 Qe2 46. Qc3 Qe4+ 47. Kh2 d4 48. Qb4 Qe2 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 Qf3
51. Kg1 d3 52. Qd6 d2 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qd7 Kg6 55. Qd8 Rc2 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57.
Qh8+ Kg6 58. Qg8+ Kh6 59. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. a4 h5 14. a5 a6
15. Ne5 Nb8 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Be6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Nc5 Bd7 20. Kg2 Bb5 21.
Rh1 Nc6 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. b4 e6 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Bh6 Bf6 27. f4
Nc4 28. Qh3 N6xe5 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Be3 d4 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33.
Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "4218655"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Bxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Nc3 d6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. Rac1
Qa8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. Qe3 Bxd5 20.
Qxe7 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Na6 22. Qxd6 Nc5 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Qh6 Ne6 25. h4 Rc8 26.
Rd1 Qb7 27. Kh2 Be4 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rd2 Bb7 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Rd7 Bxf3 32.
Bxf3 Nc5 33. Rxa7 h5 34. Bd5 Rf8 35. b4 Ne6 36. Bxe6 Qxe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38.
Kg2 Rc8 39. a3 Rc2 40. e3 Ra2 41. Re7 b5 42. Rxe6 Kf7 43. Rb6 Rxa3 44. Rxb5
Rb3 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. Rb8 Kf6 47. b5 Ke7 48. b6 Kf7 49. b7 Kg7 50. e4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. a4 O-O 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. c3 a5 11. Nf1 Kh8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4
Nb6 15. Bb3 d5 16. Bc2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Bf4
Nc4 21. b3 Nb2 22. Qd2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd3 24. Re3 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxb3 26. Rc5
Qb4 27. Qf4 Rfd8 28. Rxc6 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxc7 h5 31. Ne2 Rb4 32.
Nc3 Rd8 33. Rc5 Rb3 34. Nd5 Be4 35. Ne3 g6 36. Rxa5 f5 37. Re5 Kg7 38. Rc1
Rd7 39. a5 Ra3 40. Rec5 Kh6 41. Nc4 Ra2 42. f3 Bb7 43. Rb5 Ba6 44. Rc5 Bxc4
45. R5xc4 Rdd2 46. g4 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rh2+ 48. Kg1 Rxh3 49. gxf5 Rg3+ 50. Kh1
Rh3+ 51. Kg1 gxf5 52. Rc8 Kg5 53. R1c4 Rg3+ 54. Kh1 Rxf3 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56.
Rg2 Rxa5 57. Rc6+ Ke5 58. Rh6 Rh3+ 59. Kg1 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rxg2+
62. Kxg2 Rh4 63. Kf3 Rh1 64. Kg2 Rh4 65. Kf3 Rf4+ 66. Ke3 h4 67. Rh8 Ra4
68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kf2 h3 70. Rh4 Kf6 71. Rh8 Kg5 72. Rb8 Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kf4
74. Rh8 Ra2+ 75. Kg1 Kg3 76. Rg8+ Kf3 77. Rh8 Ra1+ 78. Kh2 f4 79. Rxh3+ Kf2
80. Rb3 Ra2 81. Kh1 f3 82. Rb1 Kg3 83. Rg1+ Rg2 84. Rxg2+ fxg2+ 85. Kg1 Kf3
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "CRO"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14531534"]
[BlackFideId "915483"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. c4 Kb8 13. Qe2 h6 14.
Rac1 Be8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxd5 Qe7 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Ndc4 Bc7 19. e4 Rg8 20.
Rc2 Nd7 21. d4 f6 22. d5 Qe7 23. Nxd7+ Bxd7 24. e5 Bb5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qd4
Qf7 27. d6 Ka8 28. Nb6+ Bxb6 29. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Kh8 8.
a6 b6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nxc2 14.
Qc4 Nxa1 15. Nd4 d5 16. Qa2 Qd7 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qxa1 Bc5 19. Be3 Ng4 20.
Qd1 Rae8 21. h3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bb4 23. Qb3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re4 25. Qb1 Qf7 26.
Nf3 Qe7 27. Qd3 Re8 28. Kf2 c6 29. Re2 h6 30. Nd2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Ra4 32. e4
dxe4 33. Qd7 Qe7 34. Qxc6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 e3 37. Nf3 Qe4 38. Qxe4
Rxe4 39. Nd4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hanham"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 a5 6. O-O Bc5 7. exd5 Qxd5
8. Nc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. c3 Be6 11. a4 Rad8 12. Nfd2 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Re1 Be7 15. Bf1 f6 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. Qg3 Bf5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20.
Re4 Rd7 21. Rae1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Bc5 23. Nh4 Qh5 24. Be2 Qf7 25. Nf5 Kh8 26.
Bf1 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. d4 Bd6 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Qe3 Rde8 31. Bd3 Qd5 32.
g3 Bd6 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Qxe7 Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Qd8 36. Re3 Kg8 37. Bc4+ Kf8
38. Kg2 c6 39. Bd3 Qb6 40. Re2 g6 41. Bc4 Qc5 42. Ba2 h5 43. Re6 Kg7 44.
Re2 Qd6 45. Bc4 h4 46. Re4 hxg3 47. hxg3 f5 48. Re2 Qc5 49. Ba2 b5 50. axb5
cxb5 51. Be6 a4 52. Rd2 a3 53. bxa3 Qxc3 54. Rd5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nd5 Nxd5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qe2+
Qe7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 d6 10. O-O-O Qxe2 11. Bxe2 Be7 12. c3 dxc3 13. dxc3
Bg5+ 14. Kc2 Bf5+ 15. Bd3 Bxd3+ 16. Kxd3 Bf6 17. Bc1 Kd7 18. Rhe1 b5 19.
Re4 Rhe8 20. Rde1 Re5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bf6 23. g4 g6 24. Re4 h5 25. g5
Bg7 26. Bd2 a5 27. a4 b4 28. c4 Re8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Ke4 Bd4 31. f5 Be5
32. h3 Kd7 33. Be3 Bc3 34. Bf4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 e6 8.
Qe1 Nge7 9. Nd1 Nd4 10. Ne3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Qh4 f5 13. c3 d5 14. e5
Qd7 15. Nc2 d4 16. c4 b5 17. b3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Ba3
Rfc8 21. Rf2 Rb7 22. Qg3 Qa4 23. h4 Kf7 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Qg3 Ng8 26. h5 Nh6
27. Ne1 Ng4 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Rb2 Rxb2 30. Bxb2 Rb8 31. Bc1 Bf8 32. Qh4
Kg7 33. Nf3 Qd7 34. Ng5 Nh6 35. Kh2 Be7 36. Kg3 Bxg5 37. Qxg5 Ng8 38. Ba3
Qa4 39. Bxc5 Qc2 40. Be7 Qxd3+ 41. Kh2 Rb2 42. Bf6+ Kf7 43. Qh4 Kf8 44. Qh7
Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 Qf3+ 50.
Kg1 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Oliinyk, Serafym"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "14133237"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nc3 a5 11. a4 Bd7 12. Rd1 Kc8 13. Ng5 Be8
14. f4 b6 15. g4 Kb7 16. f5 h5 17. Kg2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. f6 gxf6 20.
exf6 Bd6 21. Nf3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bc6 23. Bd2 d4 24. Rh1 Rae8 25. Kf2 Bc5 26.
Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Kg3 Be4 28. Rc1 Bc6 29. b3 Be4 30. Ne5 Bd6 31. Bf4 Bxe5 32.
Bxe5 c5 33. Kf4 Bg6 34. Bd6 Kc6 35. Be7 Rh2 36. Bd8 Bxc2 37. Ke5 Re2+ 38.
Kf4 d3 39. Kf3 d2 40. Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Ristic, Luka"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "987760"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 b4 8. c4
bxc3 9. Nxc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. e4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5
Rxb5 15. Rxa7 Qb8 16. Ra2 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nd2 c4 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. f4 Nd3
21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 23. Qa3 Nb3 24. Nxb3 Rxb3 25. Qa4 Rxg3+ 26. Kh2
Rb3 27. Ra3 Rb4 28. Qa7 Bxb2 29. Qxb8 Rbxb8 30. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Rcc2 32.
e5 Rg2+ 33. Kf3 Rh2 34. Ke4 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d5 Nb8 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nde5 14. Nh2
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qc2 c6 17. Ne3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Nhg4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Nhf5 Bf8 24. Rac1 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26.
Nd4 Qa4 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bxe5 Rxe4 30. Bg3 h4 31. Bh2 d5 32.
Rxc6 Rd7 33. Ng4 Bg7 34. b4 Rb7 35. f3 Re2 36. Rb1 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 Ra7 38.
Rc7+ Kg8 39. Rxa7 Bb6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a3 Ne7 14. Kh2
Ng6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qe2 d5 18. Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc6
21. c4 Qxe4 22. Rae1 Ng4+ 23. hxg4 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Rb3 26. Bxe5
Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf7 28. Rfe1 Rd6 29. R5e3 Rb2 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. Re4 Rb1 32.
Ref4 Rdd1 33. Rf7+ Kd6 34. Re3 Rg1+ 35. Kf3 Rge1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Rxg7 Ra1
38. c5+ bxc5 39. bxc5+ Kc6 40. Rg6 Rxa3+ 41. Ke4 Kxc5 42. Rxh6 b5 43. g5
Kd6 44. g6 Ra8 45. Rh5 c6 46. g7 Rg8 47. Rg5 Ke7 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Rg4 Rxg7
50. Rd4 Rg5+ 51. Ke4 Rd5 52. f4 Rxd4+ 53. Kxd4 b4 54. Kc4 c5 55. g4 Kf6 56.
Kd3 Ke7 57. Kc4 Kf7 58. Kd3 b3 59. Kc3 c4 60. g5 Kg6 61. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
a4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a5 O-O 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Ra2 Nc5 14. Qd2
Be6 15. b3 Qc8 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 c5 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. f4 Qb7 20. Kh1 Bd7
21. Ra2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Bd2 b4 24. a6 Qb6 25. e5 Ra7 26. Rfa1 Qc7 27.
Re1 Rfa8 28. Ra4 Qc6 29. Rea1 Qd5 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Rea1 e6 32. Bc1 d5 33.
Be3 Bf8 34. Ra5 Be7 35. Bf2 Qc8 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. Qe2 Rb6 38. Kh2 d4 39. Qd3
Rc6 40. Bg3 Bd8 41. R5a4 h5 42. Bf2 Be7 43. Ra5 Bd8 44. R5a4 Be7 45. Kg1
Bd8 46. R1a2 Be7 47. Qb5 Bd8 48. Ra1 Rb6 49. Qc4 Rc6 50. Kh1 Be7 51. Be1
Kg7 52. Bd2 h4 53. Be1 Kg8 54. Bf2 Kg7 55. Ra5 Kg8 56. Qb5 Kg7 57. R5a4 Kg8
58. Qc4 Kg7 59. Kg1 Qa8 60. Qb5 Rc8 61. Qc4 Qe4 62. Qb5 Qxf4 63. Qb6 Rcc7
64. Re1 Qd2 65. Ra2 d3 66. Qb5 dxc2 67. Qc4 Rc6 68. Rxc2 Qd5 69. Qf4 Raxa6
70. Bxh4 Bxh4 71. Qxh4 Qd4+ 72. Qxd4 cxd4 73. Rxc6 Rxc6 74. Rd1 Rc3 75.
Rxd4 Rxb3 76. h4 Rb1+ 77. Kh2 b3 78. Rb4 b2 79. g4 f5 80. Rb7+ Kf8 81. gxf5
gxf5 82. h5 Kg8 83. Kg2 f4 84. h6 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 Ne7 7. d3 Nf5 8.
Bb2 Bb4+ 9. c3 Bd6 10. Nd2 exd3 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nf3 Nh4 16. Be2 Be6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Qd4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. a3 Rad8
21. b4 Qb6 22. g4 Ne7 23. Bd4 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. h3 a5 26. bxa5 Bxa3 27.
Rc7 Bd6 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29. Ra6 Bd7 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6
33. a6 h5 34. a7 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re4 36. Rc1 Rxg4+ 37. Kh1 Bb7 38. Rb1 Bc6
39. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8.
Ba2 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Ne6 14. Rad1
Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Re3
Rad8 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Rde1 Bc8 23. a5 a6 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Qf2 Qf6 26. Rf3 d5
27. e5 Qg6 28. f5 Qh5 29. g4 Qg5 30. e6 Nc5 31. b4 fxe6 32. bxc5 e5 33. Ne6
Bxe6 34. fxe6 e4 35. Nxe4 Qe7 36. Nd6 Rxd6 37. cxd6 Qxd6 38. c4 Be7 39.
cxd5 cxd5 40. Rd1 Rc8 41. Bxd5 Qb4 42. Rf7 Rc3 43. Bg2 Qb3 44. Rxe7 Qxd1+
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. h3 a6
8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. a3 b5 14.
Ne5 Qe8 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bg5+
20. Kb1 Kh8 21. h4 Bh6 22. g4 f6 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qf3 f5 25. g5 Bg7 26. h5
Rd6 27. hxg6 Rxg6 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 e5 7. h4 Qe7 8.
Be3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Kd8 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Kc7 12. Qa4 Ndf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. f3
Bd7 15. Qa3 b6 16. Rb1 Qf8 17. Kd2 Ne7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qa3 Rb7 20. Bc2 g5
21. Nc1 Ng6 22. Rh2 g4 23. Nd3 h5 24. Bd1 h4 25. Be2 h3 26. gxh3 gxf3 27.
Bxf3 Nxd5 28. cxd5 Qxf3 29. Nf2 Qg3 30. Rhh1 Nh4 31. Qa6 Rf8 32. Qe2 Ng2
33. Rbg1 Bb5 34. Rxg2 Qxg2 35. Qxb5 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kc1 a5 38. Rf1
Qe3+ 39. Kb2 Kb8 40. Qa6 Qd2+ 41. Kb3 a4+ 42. Qxa4 c4+ 43. Qxc4 b5 44. Qb4
Qd3 45. Qxd6+ Ka7 46. Qc5+ Ka6 47. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "25033220"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nc5 14.
Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6
20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Qe4 h6 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. h4 b5 25. Qe2 a6 26.
Rc1 Qc8 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Qd3 Bc5 29. g3 Qb6 30. Qe2 a5 31. Kg2 b4 32. axb4
axb4 33. b3 Bd4 34. h5 Qc5 35. Be1 Bc3 36. Bd2 Ne7 37. Bf4 Qd5 38. Qa2 Nf5
39. Qb1 Nd4 40. Qd3 Qxb3 41. Be3 Nxf3 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kg8 44. Qd8+
Kh7 45. Qd3+ g6 46. hxg6+ Kg7 47. Kxf3 Qd5+ 48. Qxd5 exd5 49. gxf7 Kxf7 50.
Ke2 h5 51. f4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kf5 53. Bd2 d4 54. Bxc3 dxc3 55. Kc2 Ke6 56. Kb3
Kd5 57. Kc2 Kc4 58. e6 b3+ 59. Kd1 Kd3 60. Kc1 c2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "14531534"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 g6 6. g4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7
8. Be3 O-O 9. g5 Ne8 10. Qd2 c5 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Bb5
Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxa4 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Ba3 b5 20.
Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Qd3 Qe5 23. Qd4 Qf5 24. Kb1 Rac8 25. Rd3 Rc4
26. Qe3 Rfc8 27. Nd4 Qc5 28. Rc1 Rb4 29. Nb3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Rc7
32. Re5 Nb6 33. Nxa5 Nc4 34. Nxc4 Rbxc4 35. Rd2 b4 36. b3 Rh4 37. Rb5 Re7
38. Kb2 Ree4 39. f3 Ref4 40. Rf2 h6 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Kc1 f5 43. Kd2 Kg5
44. Rb6 Kh5 45. Ke3 Rd4 46. Rg2 Rd8 47. Rbxg6 Rhd4 48. R2g5+ Kh4 49. Rxf5
Rd1 50. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "24114928"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. g3 Bxf3 8.
exf3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O d5 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfe1 Ned7 14. b4
a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Re8 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Ne2 Ng4 20. Rd1
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Ne6 24. Qd7 Kf8 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Bh3 Ra8 27. Rb1 Ra2 28. Bf1 Ng5 29. b5 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. bxc6 bxc6 32.
Bg2 Ne6 33. e5 Kd7 34. Nf4 Nxc5 35. Bh3+ Kc7 36. e6 f5 37. Bg2 Bf6 38. Kf1
Kd6 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Nd3 Nxe6 41. h4 Bf6 42. Bh3 Nd4+ 43. Kf2 c5 44. Nb2 Ne6
45. Nc4+ Kd5 46. Ne3+ Kd4 47. h5 Ng5 48. Bg2 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Bg5 50. Nc2+ Kd3
51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Na3 Bc1 53. Bf1+ Kd4 54. Nb5+ Ke5 55. g4 Nd2+ 56. Ke2
Nxf1 57. gxf5 Ng3+ 58. Kd1 Nxf5 59. Kxc1 g5 60. Kd2 g4 61. Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. a3 Qb6 13. Ne2 Qa6 14. Qd1
Nge7 15. g4 Nc8 16. Nbc3 Nb6 17. Kf1 Nd7 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Be3 Qb6 20. b4 Qd8
21. Na4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qd3 Qd8 24. f4 a6 25. f5 Bg5 26. fxe6 O-O 27.
exf7+ Rxf7 28. Raf1 Qd7 29. Kg3 Raf8 30. Nf4 Bxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Bxf4
Nd8 33. Rf1 Qf7 34. Rf2 Ne6 35. Be3 Qd7 36. Rf5 Rc8 37. Rf1 Rc6 38. Rf3 Qe8
39. Qf5 Rc3 40. Bf2 Rxf3+ 41. Qxf3 Nc7 42. Qf5 Ne6 43. Qf3 Qc6 44. Be3 Qc4
45. Qf5 Qc6 46. Qg6 Kf8 47. Bxh6 gxh6 48. Qxh6+ Ke8 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qf6+
Ke8 51. h6 Qc3+ 52. Kh4 Qe1+ 53. Kh5 Qh1+ 54. Kg6 Qe4+ 55. Qf5 Nf8+ 56. Kg7
Nd7 57. h7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "4264312"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

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 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14.
Rae1 Rb4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Be6 18. Rf4 Nd7 19. Na4 g6 20.
Kf2 Kg7 21. c3 Rbb8 22. c4 g5 23. Rf3 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb4 26.
Nc3 Rxc4 27. Re7 Nf6 28. Rfe3 Rb8 29. Ra7 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Ne4+ 31. Ke3 Nxc3
32. Rxa5 Nd5+ 33. Kf3 Rb2 34. g4 Kf6 35. Ra6 Nb4 36. Rb6 Ke5 37. a4 c5 38.
a5 Ra2 39. Rb7 Ke6 40. Rb6+ Kd5 41. Rb7 Nc6 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rb7 Rxa5 44.
Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. Rh6 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 c4 49. Rxh7 Kd4 50.
Rh8 Ra2+ 51. Kd1 c3 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Rc8 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Nd3+ 55. Kb1 Rb2+ 56.
Ka1 c2 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "DEN"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2900440"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qc2
Qxc5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bh6 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Rb5 Qa3 13. Be2 Nd7 14.
Nd4 Nde5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. f4 a6 18. Rb4 Nxc4 19. f5 Ne5 20.
Bg7 Qxb4 21. Bxh8 Rxc3 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rd1 Bxe2
26. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BEL"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "4100484"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Be3 a6 14. a4
Qd6 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. Bb3 c6 17. g4 Bc8 18. Be5 Qd7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe2 b6
21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Bxb2 25. c3 Ba3 26. Ng5
Qc5+ 27. Kg2 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.13"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "15002314"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Besedes, Danilo"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "946796"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 h6 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Be6 14.
Bh2 Qd7 15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Ne2 Ne5
20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. c3 Qe8 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Kf1 Bxd4 25. cxd4
Qb5+ 26. Kg1 Re2 27. Qc3 Rxb2 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Kh7 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2915138"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8.
O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Nxe4 Bd7 17. b3 Bb5 18. Qb2 f6 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Bc5
Bc6 21. Bxe7 Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Bxg2 23. Qxe5 Bh3 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26.
Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.16"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4221990"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qd7 6. d3 Bh3 7. Bxh3 Qxh3
8. Nbd2 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O-O 11. Qe2 e6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 Be7 15. a3 Qf5 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. Rhd1 Rhd8 18. b4 Nb6 19. Rxd7 Nxd7
20. Qe3 Ndxe5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd2 Ng4 24. Qxa7 Qxf2 25.
Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Bxg7 h5 27. Bd4 Ng4 28. h3 Nh6 29. Nf3 Nf5 30. Bf2 Be7 31. c4
Bd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bf4+ 34. Kc2 Nh6 35. g5 Ng4 36. Bg1 Ne5 37. Nxe5
Bxe5 38. Be3 c6 39. b5 cxb5 40. cxb5 Bg7 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. a4 Be5 43. Kc4 Bc7
44. Bd2 b6 45. Be3 Bd8 46. Kd3 Bc7 47. Ke4 Bd8 48. Ke5 Kc7 49. Bd2 Kd7 50.
Ke4 Kd6 51. Be3 Kd7 52. Ke5 Kc7 53. Bd4 Kd7 54. Be3 Kc7 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Bf4
Be7 57. Kc4 Bd8 58. Bd2 Bc7 59. Be3 Bd8 60. Kb4 Be7+ 61. Kb3 Bd8 62. a5
bxa5 63. Ka4 Kd6 64. b6 Kc6 65. Kxa5 Kb7 66. Kb5 Be7 67. Bf4 Bd8 68. Be3
Be7 69. Bf4 Bd8 70. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Romanishin variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4218655"]
[BlackFideId "2907712"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a5 10. O-O a4 11. Nd2 a3 12. b3 Bc5 13. Nf3 d6 14. h3 h6
15. Re1 Ne5 16. Bf1 c6 17. Nd4 Bxh3 18. Be3 Bd7 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21.
Rad1 Ng3 22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Nce2 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Rad8 26. b4 Ba7
27. Bf1 Bb8 28. Bf2 Qh5 29. Be2 d5 30. f4 Bg4 31. e5 dxc4 32. Qc3 Nxf4 33.
Bxg4 Qxg4 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. Bxg3 Nd3 36. Re4 Ba7 37. Bf2 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 Rd5
39. Ke3 Red8 40. g4 g6 41. Rd2 Rxd4 42. Rexd4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "15003604"]
[BlackFideId "938190"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. f3 h5 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. Rxh3 Qd7 11. Bc4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. a5 c6 14. Na4 Rad8
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa6 d5 17. Bb6 Ra8 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Bb7 Rab8 20. a6 Nc8
21. a7 Nxb6 22. axb8=Q Rxb8 23. b4 Nc4 24. Qc3 Bh6 25. Ke2 Ne3 26. Rh2 dxe4
27. fxe4 Nfg4 28. Qd3 Qxd3+ 29. cxd3 Nxh2 30. Ra7 Nxg2 31. Nd7 Nf4+ 32. Kd2
Rd8 33. Bxc6 Ne6+ 34. Kc3 Nd4 35. b5 Nhf3 36. Nc5 Bd2+ 37. Kc4 Be3 38. Bd5
Nd2+ 39. Kb4 Nc2+ 40. Kc3 Bxc5 41. Rc7 Bb6 42. Rb7 Ba5+ 43. Kxc2 Nf3 44.
Rxf7 Rxd5 45. Rxf3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.19"]
[White "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14145928"]
[BlackFideId "2932717"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 a5 8.
O-O h6 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh2 Nh7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nd4 13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3 c6
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rae1 a4 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Ne2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2
Rxa2 21. Nxd4 Rxd2 22. Rd1 Rb2 23. Nxc6 Ng5 24. g4 Rxb3 25. Nd4 Rb2 26.
Nxb5 h5 27. h4 Nh7 28. g5 Rd8 29. Kg3 Nf8 30. Rf2 Rb3 31. Nd4 Ra3 32. Bf3
g6 33. Rb2 Nd7 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Kf2 Nc5 36. Be2 Bg4 37. Nb4 Rb8 38. Rdb1 Na4
39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. Rxb3 Bd7 41. Bd1 Nc5 42. Rb2 Rxb4 43. Ra2 Nxd3+ 44. Ke3
Ne5 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra6 Be6 47. Bc2 Rxc4 48. Bd1 Rc6 49. Ra7 Rc3+ 50. Kf2
Rh3 51. Ra6 Rxh4 52. Rxd6 Rxe4 53. Ra6 Rf4+ 54. Kg3 Rf5 55. Bc2 Rxg5+ 56.
Kf4 Nf3 57. Kxf3 Rc5 58. Bd1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Blitz 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.30"]
[Round "10.20"]
[White "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Black "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.30"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "KAZ"]
[WhiteFideId "2916312"]
[BlackFideId "13725831"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 a6 5. Bb2 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Red1 Ba8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Na5
cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rcd1 Nd3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. h4 Qc7 26.
b4 Nxb4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nb3 Qd5 29. Qb2 0-1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

