[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Tisma, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "920614"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 Nc7 13. Rd1 a5 14. a4
Na6 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Bf5 20. Nd4 Be4
21. Bc4 Rc8 22. h4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxd5 24. Qe2 e6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rac1 Qe7
27. Qg4 Rd8 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Nd5 30. Rc4 f5 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qe4 Rf8
33. Re1 Re8 34. Rc5 Nf4 35. Rxa5 Re7 36. Rb5 Rd7 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Rxb7 Rd4
39. Qxe6+ Qxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxa4 41. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14159899"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nc5 14. Bf3 e6
15. b3 Rac8 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Nde2 Rcd8 18. Rab1 h5 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. h4 e5
21. Qe3 d5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. b4 exf3 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Nf4 Nxa4
27. d6 Nxb2 28. dxe7 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. Nd5 Ne8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Daskalov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "2902800"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd3 e5 10. f4 exf4 11. exf4 Re8 12. Nf2 Nf8 13. d3 Bd6 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 f6 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Bf4 Qe2 23. Bc7 Bg4 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Rf2 Rd7 26.
Bd5+ Rxd5 27. cxd5 d3 28. Ba5 Nd7 29. Re1 Re5 30. d6 Re6 31. Bd2 Rxd6 32.
Rc1 h6 33. Rf4 Rd5 34. Kg2 Kh7 35. Rcc4 Ne5 36. Rce4 Nc6 37. Re6 Nd4 38.
Re7 Bh5 39. g4 Bg6 40. h3 a6 41. Rf8 Nc6 42. Rc7 Re5 43. Bc3 Nd4 44. Rd7
Re2+ 45. Rf2 Be4+ 46. Kf1 Rc2 47. Rxc2 dxc2 48. Bd2 Nf3 49. Bc1 Ne5 50. Re7
Bd3+ 51. Kf2 Nc6 52. Rc7 Nb4 53. Bb2 h5 54. Rxg7+ Kh6 55. g5# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanov, Stojan Lubomirov"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "2908980"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qe2
Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Ne2 b5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Nc4 20. f3 Nb2
21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Kh8 24. Bd5 f5 25. Bf2 fxe4 26. Bxe4
Qc4 27. Bd3 Qxa2 28. Ng3 d5 29. Bc5 e4 30. Bxf8 Bxf8 31. Be2 Bc5+ 32. Kh2
Bd6 33. Bg4 h5 34. Be6 h4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Tsolov, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2938804"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8.
e4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Ba4 Qe7 13. h3 h6 14. Bf4
Ne5 15. Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Bc6 Rab8 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Bg3 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. e5 d5 24. Qd3 b5 25. Qxd5 Rfd8 26.
Qf3 Nd4 27. Qf6 Qe6 28. Re4 Rd5 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Qf4 Nf5 31. Rc3 Red8 32.
Qf3 Nd4 33. Qf6 Nf5 34. Bf4 Rd4 35. f3 Rd1 36. Re2 R8d4 37. Re4 Rd5 38.
Qxe6 fxe6 39. g4 Ne7 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Rc2 g5 42. f4 gxf4 43. Bxf4 Ng6 44.
Be3 Nxe5 45. Kg2 Nc4 46. Rxe6 Rd6 47. Bxh6+ Kh7 48. Rxd6 Rxd6 49. Bf4 Rxc6
50. Rc3 Kg6 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Bxc7 Re1 53. Bf4 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. h4 Rxa3
56. h5+ Kh7 57. Rc2 Rb3 58. Re2 Rb2 59. g5 Rxe2+ 60. Kxe2 a5 61. g6+ Kg7
62. bxa5 Nxa5 63. Be5+ Kh6 64. Bf4+ Kg7 65. Be5+ Kh6 66. Kf3 Nc4 67. Bc3 b4
68. Bd4 b3 69. Kg4 b2 70. Bxb2 Nxb2 71. Kf5 Nc4 72. Kf6 Nd6 73. Ke6 Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Papp, Petra"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "ROU"]
[WhiteFideId "739049"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ne2 O-O 7. a3 Ba5
8. Qd3 Nc6 9. f3 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. g3 f4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Bf5 14.
Qd2 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Rae8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Be5 c5 19. f4 cxd4 20.
Bxd4 Bg4 21. Be5 Qc5 22. Rf1 Rxe5 23. fxe5 Bxc3 24. Bxg4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Boev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "2917769"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Ba6 14.
O-O Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxc3
20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rfc1 Ba5 22. g4 Bb6 23. Rc4 Rd5 24. Rbc1 f6 25. R1c2 h5
26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Kf7 28. Kg2 Rad8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Ra5 31. Rc2 Ra4
32. Kg3 Ke6 33. Nh4 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ng6 Kf7 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nh5 Ra5 38.
Rc6 Bd8 39. Rd6 Be7 40. Rd2 f5 41. Ng3 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Ra4+ 43. Kf5 Ra5+ 44.
Ke4 Ke6 45. Ne2 Bf6 46. Rc2 Ra4+ 47. Nd4+ Bxd4 48. exd4 g4 49. Rd2 Ra3 50.
Kf4 Kd5 51. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Milchev, Miroslav"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2907020"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxg6 c5 14. Bd3
Qe8 15. a3 h6 16. Nh3 e5 17. Rxe5 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Ng4 19. Qxg4 Nf3+ 20. Kg2
Nxe5 21. Qe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxd5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxb2
26. Bxb2 Rxf4 27. Rc1 Rxd3 28. Rxc5 Rd2 29. Be5 Rdxf2+ 30. Kg3 R2f3+ 31.
Kg2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Valev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "2909855"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nf5
Nc5 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. Nxe7 Bxe7 11. Be3 Ne6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1
Nc7 14. Rd2 Qc6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5
a6 20. c3 Rac8 21. a3 Qc4 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. g3 a5 24. Ba7 Rb7 25. Bc5 Rbd7
26. Bb6 Ra8 27. h4 Rb7 28. Be3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bg5 Bf8 31. h5 bxc3 32.
bxc3 Ra3 33. R5d3 Rbb3 34. Bd2 f5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Re1 Ra4 37. exf5 e4 38.
Qg4 exd3 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Re8 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qg8
44. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "13725831"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8
8. h3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bf1 Bf8 11. f3 g6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bg7 14. Bc4
c6 15. a4 a5 16. Ba2 Qb6 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. g4 Bc8
21. Bg3 Qb6 22. Kg2 Qb4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxb2 25. Re3 Nh7 26. Qxg6 Qxa2
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxa2 f5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Bxe5+ Kf7 31. Nc3 Ng5 32. Bf4
Nge6 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Bh2 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Rd8 36. Nc3 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Rh8 38.
f4 Nc5 39. Kg2 Be6 40. Bg1 b6 41. Re1 Nd7 42. Rb1 c5 43. Rd1 Nf6 44. Rd6
Rb8 45. Bf2 Ke7 46. Rd1 Bd7 47. Bh4 Bc6+ 48. Kf2 Rf8 49. Nd5+ Bxd5 50. Rxd5
Ke6 51. Re5+ Kd7 52. Kf3 Ne4 53. Be1 Kd6 54. h4 Kd7 55. h5 Nd6 56. Kg3 Rg8+
57. Kh3 Rg1 58. Bh4 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Ne4+ 60. Rxe4 fxe4 61. h6 e3 62. h7 e2 63.
h8=Q 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Hristov, Nikolay Valeriev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 7...O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "2907976"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nge2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O
8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Bb3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Nd7
14. h4 Ne5 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Qg5 Bxd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Rxd4 Bxb3 19. axb3
Nc6 20. Rd2 h5 21. Nd5 Rfe8 22. c3 Kg7 23. f4 b5 24. Rf1 a5 25. f5 b4 26.
Rdf2 Ne5 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. f6+ Kf8 29. fxe7+ Kxe7 30. Kc2 Ng4 31. Rxf7+ Ke6
32. R1f3 Rc5 33. Rf8 Ne5 34. R3f4 Ke7 35. Ra8 Kd7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rf8 Nc6
38. Rg7 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 Nxb3 40. Rxg6+ Kd7 41. Rf7+ Kc6 42. Rff6 bxc3 43. bxc3
a4 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Rdf6 Kb7 46. Rf7+ Rc7 47. Rxc7+ Kxc7 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Trendafilov, Simeon"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2944120"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
e4 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
exd4 15. Qxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bf4 Qf8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8
20. Rad1 a4 21. Re3 Kg7 22. b3 Bf6 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. h4 Be5 25. Rd5 Qb7 26.
Rd1 Qb8 27. Nd4 Qb7 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. Ng5 b5 30. Ne4 Be5 31. c5 Qc6 32. cxd6
cxd6 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Rdd3 d5 35. Ng5 Bf6 36. Re2 Qc4 37. Red2 Bc3 38. Rd1
d4 39. Nf3 Qxa2 40. Nxd4 Qb2 41. Nb5 Bb4 42. Rd7 a3 43. Nd6 a2 44. Ra7 Bxd6
45. Rxd6 a1=Q+ 46. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Rd3 h6 49. Re3 Qd4 50. Kf1
Qd5 51. Ke2 Kg7 52. Kf1 f6 53. Ke2 Qg2 54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Re3 g5 56. hxg5
fxg5 57. Re6 Kg7 58. Re7+ Kf6 59. Re3 h5 60. Rc3 h4 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Ra3
h3 63. Ra6+ Kg7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Ra3 h2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Stoinev, Metodi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "2901404"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. f5 Na5 7. Bg5 c6 8.
Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 a5 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Qd2 b5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Ne2
Bb6 15. Ng3 d5 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Nf1 Rd7 19. g4 Ne8 20. Bf2
f6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qe3 c5 23. Ng3 Nd6 24. Kf2 Kc7 25. Rhe1 Rhd8 26. Re2
c4 27. bxc4 Nxc4 28. Qxb6+ Kxb6 29. b3 Nd6 30. h4 b4 31. Rae1 Nb5 32. Ra1
Nc3 33. Ree1 Bc6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 a4 36. bxa4 Bxa4 37. Rac1 Kc5 38.
gxf6 gxf6 39. Nh5 Rd6 40. Ng3 Bb5 41. Ra1 Ba4 42. Rac1 Ra8 43. Rh1 Bb5 44.
Ra1 Rda6 45. Rxa6 Rxa6 46. Rh8 Ra2 47. Rc8+ Kb6 48. Ne1 Ba6 49. Rb8+ Kc5
50. Ke3 Ra1 51. Nd3+ Bxd3 52. Kxd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Rg1 54. Rc8+ Kd6 55. Kf3
Rc1 56. Rc4 Rxc2 57. Rxb4 Kc5 58. Rb8 Ra2 59. Rc8+ Kb4 60. Rb8+ Kc5 61.
Rc8+ Kb4 62. Rc6 Ra3 63. Kg4 Ra4 64. Rxf6 Kc5 65. Re6 Kd4 66. f6 Nxe4 67.
f7 Ra8 68. Nxe4 Kxe4 69. Re8 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Garcia Molina, Jose"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "32030592"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qc2 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 h6 14. Rad1
Nbd7 15. Bf4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. e5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe5 20.
Bc2 Nc6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 g6 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Bc4 Qe5 25. Kg2 Qf6 26.
Rfe1 Nf5 27. f4 Qxb2 28. a4 Qf6 29. a5 Nd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32.
fxe5 Rd4 33. Bf1 Ra4 34. a6 c4 35. Rb1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Todorov, Todor Spirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 5...Bg7"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "2900688"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Na3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Nb4 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. a3 Na6 17. Nb6 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Bg7 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Rc2
Rc8 21. Qd2 Nc5 22. Qb4 b5 23. Rfc1 h5 24. Kh1 h4 25. h3 Be5 26. f4 Bg7 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Qa5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. e5 Qa8 32. Qc7 Bf5 33.
Bf3 b4 34. d6 Be4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. dxe7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Georgiev, Biser"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900947"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Ne5
dxe5 15. Bxe4 cxd4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qb3 Bxh3 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bd5 Qxb3 20.
Bxb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Re8 22. Rac1 e4 23. Kg2 f5 24. Rc5 Kf7 25. b4 Bf8 26.
Rc4 a6 27. Rec1 h5 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Re6 30. Rc7+ Be7 31. Rd7 d3 32.
Kf1 Ke8 33. Rd5 Rb6 34. Rd4 Rc6 35. Ke1 Rc2 36. f3 e3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Ismail, Tamer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2909332"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 c4 8.
b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. d4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nbd2 e5 14. Ba3
Ne8 15. d5 f5 16. c4 Rc8 17. Bd3 bxc4 18. bxc4 f4 19. Reb1 Rb8 20. c5 Nxc5
21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Nd6 24. Qd3 h6 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. h3 g5
27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Nd2 Qg6 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. d6 Rd8 31. Nc4 g4 32. hxg4 Qxg4
33. Ra7 h5 34. Qf3 Qe6 35. Qb3 Kh7 36. Qb7 Qf6 37. Qf7 Qg5 38. Qf5+ Qxf5
39. exf5 e4 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Voyska, Margarita"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "2900602"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. c5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne8 14. Bd2
f5 15. b5 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Rfb1 Nc4 20. Be1
Ra8 21. Nb5 Rcc8 22. Qb3 Ra6 23. Nc3 Rca8 24. Qb5 Qb7 25. Rc1 h6 26. Nb1
Qa7 27. Nd2 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Qxa4 29. Qb1 b5 30. Nf3 b4 31. h3 b3 32. Ne5 b2
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Alexandri, Dimitra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "42107989"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8.
O-O Nd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Ngf6 14. Bf4
e5 15. Ndb5 Qb8 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6
Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ncxe4 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bg2 Rxb2 25. Nb5 Ra2
26. h3 Rxa4 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Ba7 Rd8 30. Bc6 Rb4 31. Ra1 Nb8 32.
Bxb8 Rbxb8 33. Nc4 Rd6 34. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Nikolov, Rumen"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Keres variation (2.Ne2)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2911620"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O h5 6. h3 d5 7. e5 e6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne7 10. c3 Nbc6 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nd2 h4 13. g4 g5 14. N2f3 gxf4
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bh2 Bg7 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. a3 Rfc8 22. Qf2 a5 23. Rac1 Rab8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Bf1 Ra3
27. Qb2 Rca8 28. Rc2 Qe8 29. Bd3 Nf8 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Bxb5 Bxb5
33. Nxb5 Qb6+ 34. Nd4 Ng6 35. Qf2 Rc8 36. Re3 Rc4 37. Ne2 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Qb7
39. Nd4 Rd1 40. Qe2 Rb1 41. Rf3 Qb8 42. Re3 Ra1 43. Ra2 Rxa2 44. Qxa2 Bxe5
45. Bxe5 Nxe5 46. Qf2 Ng6 47. Rf3 Qc7 48. b5 e5 49. Nf5 Nf4+ 50. Kh2 Rxc3
51. Nxh4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "15003604"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
f3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Na5 O-O 13. c4 Rb8 14. Be2
Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. O-O e4 17. f4 Bh3 18. Rfb1 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nd3 20. Bxd3
exd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Nd4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxb5 25. Rd1 Re8 26.
Rd2 Qb7 27. Re1 Rb4 28. Qc3 Rbe4 29. Rd4 R4e7 30. Bf2 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qb5
32. Rd3 h5 33. Bf2 Rc8 34. Qd2 Qc4 35. Be3 Re8 36. Kf2 Qe4 37. Kg1 Rc8 38.
a3 Rc1+ 39. Qxc1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Bd6 11. O-O-O a5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nxc3 14.
Bxc3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Kb1 a4 17. Qc2 a3 18. b3 Qd8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. d5
cxd5 21. exd5 e5 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Qd2 O-O 24. h4 Rc5 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. h5
Rfc8 27. Rc1 Qc7 28. Ba5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qd7 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. hxg6 fxg6
32. Qc3 Qf8 33. Qd3 Qf6 34. Bc3 Kh7 35. Kc2 Qh4 36. b4 Qf2+ 37. Kb3 Qg1 38.
Kxa3 Qc1+ 39. Kb3 b5 40. a4 bxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Qf4 42. Kb3 Qf7 43. Qe4 Qc7 44.
Qc4 Qb8 45. Qc6 Kg8 46. b5 Kf7 47. b6 Ke7 48. Bd2 Kf7 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kalogridis, Antonios"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "25833901"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 Be7
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Re8 14.
Qf3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qc3 Bf6 17. Bf4 c6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
Qe3 e4 21. Qxc5 Re5 22. Qb6 Rae8 23. Rad1 h5 24. c5 Rxf5 25. Rd6 e3 26. f4
Qh4 27. g3 Qg4 28. Qxc6 Rb8 29. b3 h4 30. Rxe3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rxf4 32. Qd7
Qg5 33. Rd5 Rf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxe3 35. c6 Re8 36. Qxe8+ Qxe8 37. c7 Kh7 38. Rc5
Qc8 39. Kf2 g5 40. b4 Kg6 41. a4 f6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 g4 44. b6 Qb7 45.
c8=Q Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Qd3+ 48. Kc1 Qa3+ 49. Kc2 Qa2+ 50. Kc3 Qa3+
51. Kc4 Qa4+ 52. Kd5 Qb3+ 53. Kc6 Qf3+ 54. Kd7 Qd3+ 55. Ke8 Qe3+ 56. Kd7
Qd4+ 57. Kc6 Qe4+ 58. Kc7 Qe7+ 59. Kb8 Qd6+ 60. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "14145928"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 f6 13. Qxc5 Qc8 14.
Qd4 Qb7 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Qd6 Nd8 19. Nf3 Bh5 20.
Qxd7 Rc7 21. Qd6 Rxc4 22. Rd4 Rc6 23. Qg3 e5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Rh6 26.
Rh4 Nc6 27. Qg5 Qf7 28. Rf4 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Rd4 Bf7 32.
Bd2 Rb6 33. e4 Nf6 34. e5 Nd5 35. b4 h5 36. Rc5 Ne7 37. Rd7 Nf5 38. Rcc7
Be6 39. Rd3 a5 40. h3 Rb5 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Nh6 43. Rd6 Re8 44. Bxh6
gxh6 45. f4 axb4 46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Rcc6 Bf7 48. e6 Bg6 49. e7 Bf7 50. Rxh6
Rxe7 51. Rc2 Rxf4 52. Rf2 Rd4 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. Rhf6 Bg6 55. R6f4 Rd5 56. Kg3
Kh6 57. Kh4 Re1 58. Rh2 Rg1 59. Rf3 Rd4 60. Rg3 Re1 61. Ra3 Ree4 62. Kg3+
Kg7 63. Ra7+ Bf7 64. Rf2 Rxg4+ 65. Kh2 Rh4+ 66. Kg1 Rdg4+ 67. Kf1 Rf4 68.
Rxf4 Rxf4+ 69. Ke2 Kf6 70. Ke3 Rf5 71. Ra6+ Ke5 72. Ra5+ Bd5 73. Rb5 Rf3+
74. Ke2 Rh3 75. Rb4 Be4 76. Kd2 Rd3+ 77. Kc1 Kf4 78. Kb2 Rd8 79. Rb6 Ke3
80. Re6 Kd4 81. Rb6 Bd5 82. Kc1 Bc4 83. Rb2 Rh8 84. Rc2 Rh1+ 85. Kb2 Bd3
86. Rc8 Rb1+ 87. Ka3 Bc4 88. Ka4 Kc3 89. Ka5 Rb5+ 90. Ka4 Rb6 91. Rc5 Ra6+
92. Ra5 Rh6 93. Rg5 Rc6 94. Rg3+ Bd3 95. Rg5 Rb6 96. Rc5+ Kd4 97. Rc8 Bc4
98. Ka5 Rb5+ 99. Ka4 Kc3 100. Rh8 Rg5 101. Rc8 Rg6 102. Rc5 Rb6 103. Rg5
Kd4 104. Ka5 Rb2 105. Rg4+ Kc5 106. Rg5+ Bd5 107. Rh5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "4264312"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Na4 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Bd4 15. Rac1 Bxe5 16. g3 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Qd6 18. h4 h6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20.
h5 Ne7 21. b3 Qe6 22. Nc5 Qf5 23. Kg2 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nf5 25. Nd3 Nxe3 26.
fxe3 Re6 27. Nb4 Rae8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 a6 30. Rxd5 Bf6 31. b4 Re6 32.
Rc5 Rd6 33. a4 Rd1 34. Ra5 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Rxa6 Rxh5 37. b5 Rc5 38.
Ra8+ Kh7 39. Re8 h5 40. b6 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. a5 g5 43. a6 g4+ 44. Ke4 h4
45. b7 h3 46. b8=Q h2 47. Qxb2 Bxb2 48. a7 h1=Q+ 49. Kd3 Qd5+ 50. Nd4 Bxd4
51. a8=Q Qb3+ 52. Kxd4 Qb4+ 53. Ke5 Qc3+ 54. Kf5 Qc5+ 55. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Drenchev, Petar"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2903261"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. g3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rfd1 Bh3 14.
Bh1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. c5 Nf5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxh3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxh3 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qe4 Qe6 22. Rd3 a5 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. R1d2 Rb5 25. b4 axb4 26.
axb4 f5 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. Qh4 Re7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rc8 Rd7 32.
Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd8 Qf7 34. Rc8 g5 35. Qh3 Rxb4 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Rd8 Rc4 38.
Qf1 f4 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Qa1+ Kg6 41. Qb1+ Kh5 42. e4 Qe6 43. Qd3 Rxe4 44.
Rd7 Re3 45. Qd2 Qh3 46. Kg1 Qg4+ 47. Kf2 Qf5 48. Rxc7 Qxc5 49. Kf1 Qd5 50.
Qxd5 cxd5 51. Rd7 Re5 52. Rd6 g4 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Stavrev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "2902850"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. h3 h6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nc4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14.
Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bh2 b5 16. f4 b4 17. Nd1 Ne4 18. Rc1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 c5 20. Rf4
Bd5 21. Rxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ng5 23. Rf1 Qb7 24. d5 Rad8 25. h4 Nh7 26. e4
Qe7 27. Bg3 g5 28. h5 g4 29. Rf5 Ng5 30. Ne3 f6 31. exf6 Qf7 32. e5 Qxh5
33. e6 Rde8 34. e7 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Rxe7 36. d6+ Rf7 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SLO"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "14609215"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 b6 8.
Bb2 Bb7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rac8 12. Qb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. d5
exd5 15. Nh4 g6 16. cxd5 b5 17. e4 b4 18. Nd1 c4 19. Ne3 c3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3
21. Rxc3 bxc3 22. Qxb7 Bc5 23. Qxa6 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qc5 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Nf3
c2 27. Rc1 Rb1 28. Qe1 Qb6 29. Nd4 Qb2 30. Ne2 Ne5 31. Qd2 Nd3 32. Qxd3
Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Arnaudov, G. Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "2907127"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bb3 Nf8 13. Ng5 Ne6 14. Ndf3 h6
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Be3
Bf8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Red1 Bc5 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Ree8 26.
Rd2 Nc5 27. Rad1 f6 28. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Mitev, Valentin"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "2921707"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O exd4
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ba2 Ne5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14.
Rad1 a6 15. Bh2 b5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. f5 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. e5
dxe5 21. Bxe5 c5 22. a5 Qxa5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Nc6 Rxd2 26.
Nxa5 Rxc2 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28. Ne3 Rxb2 29. Ned5 Kg7 30. Ne4 Bc6 31. Ndxf6 Be7
32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. f6 Bxe4 34. fxe7+ Kxe7 35. Re1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Ristic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "987760"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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.
h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Ba2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Ne6 14. Rad1
Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qa5 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Qf3 a6 18. Bb3 Qc5 19. Qe2 b5 20. Nf3 b4
21. Na2 Be6 22. Nc1 d5 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nfe5 Rad8 26. Re1 a5
27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxe8 Nf6 30. Qe3 Qc7 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1
Ne4 33. f3 Nc5 34. Kh1 Nxa4 35. Qd4 Nb6 36. Re1 Qd8 37. b3 Nc8 38. Nf4 Ne7
39. Rd1 Nf5 40. Qe5 Qg5 41. Rxd5 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 Qh4 43. Nh5 Nxh5 44. g3 Qf6
45. Qxh5 g6 46. Qg4 Qe7 47. Qe4 Qc7 48. Kg2 h5 49. Qd3 h4 50. gxh4 Qf4 51.
Qe4 Qh6 52. h5 gxh5 53. Qf5 Bg7 54. Rd8+ Bf8 55. Rd5 Bg7 56. Qxh5 Qb6 57.
Qg5 Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kg8 59. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Tonkov, Boyan"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2900491"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 h6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. a3 Bh7 12. b4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Nd7 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Bh3 Rad8 20.
Qb2 Nxc5 21. Bxg7 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Bxh6 Ne6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc3 Ra8
26. Bc1 Ra4 27. Ng5 Bg6 28. Rb3 Bd6 29. f4 Kf8 30. Re1 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32.
Kg2 Kg7 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. h3 Bf7 35. Rb4 Rxb4 36. axb4 Ra8 37. Bg5 Bc3 38.
Bd2 Bxd2 39. Nxd2 Ra4 40. Nf3 Rxb4 41. g4 Ra4 42. Rb1 Ra2 43. Kf2 Bg6 44.
Ke3 Be8 45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Nf3 c5 47. Ne5 d4+ 48. Kf3 Be8 49. Rc1 b6 50. Re1
Kf6 51. Kf4 b4 52. g5+ Ke6 53. h4 b3 54. e3 b2 55. exd4 Ra1 56. Re2 b1=Q
57. Ng4+ Kd6 58. dxc5+ bxc5 59. Rxe8 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kh3 Qh1+ 62. Nh2
Ra2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Keres variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bg3 Qd8 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qe8 14.
Rhe1 Bb4 15. Qe3 c5 16. Nde2 Be6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qxc5 Bb6 19. Qe5 Ng4 20.
Qf4 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Vutov, Mario"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2903431"]
[BlackFideId "2911086"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nb3 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Be3 e5 14. Bf3
Rac8 15. Rf2 Qb8 16. Rd2 Bc6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bb6 Be8 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Be3
Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bg4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nc6 26.
Qc5 g6 27. Nd5 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Be2 Qd8 30. Bc4 Bf7 31. c3 Qxa5 32.
Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "GEO"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "13601458"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nd2 d6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. f5
Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Kh8 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rg8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rf3 g5 20. Kh1
f6 21. Bd2 Raf8 22. Rh3 Bd8 23. Rg1 Ne7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh3+ Kg7 26.
Bxg5 Nxd5 27. Bh6+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Bxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qh6+ Qg7 31. Rxg7
Rxg7 32. exd5 Be7 33. h4 Kg8 34. Qf4 Kh7 35. a4 Bf8 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Qh5 b6
38. Qe8 Rf7 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Qd8 Kf7 41. Kf3 Re8 42. Qd7+ Re7 43. Qb5 Re5
44. Kg4 Re3 45. Qa6 Re7 46. Qc4 Bh6 47. b4 Be3 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. Qa6 Rd7
50. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Milovic, Jovan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "930903"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Nh3 d6 8. a3
Bf5 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. b4 a6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. f3 f6 13. Nge4 Be6 14. Nf2 f5 15.
Nh3 Nd8 16. Ng5 Nf7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. Qb3 c6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Kf2 e4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Be2 Qf6 24. f4 Rcd8 25. Qc3 d5 26. cxd5 Rxd5
27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rhd1 Rfd8 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. Rc3 Nb5 31. Rb3 R5d7 32. a4
Nc7 33. Rb2 Nd5 34. Rc1 Rd6 35. Rc5 b5 36. a5 Ke7 37. Rcc2 Nc7 38. Kd1 Kd7
39. Kc1 Ne6 40. Kb1 Rc8 41. Rc3 c5 42. bxc5 Rxc5 43. Rcb3 Rdc6 44. Ka2 Rc1
45. Rb1 R6c2+ 46. R3b2 Nc5 47. Rxc1 Rxc1 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Kxb1 Nb3 50. Kc2
Nxa5 51. d3 exd3+ 52. Bxd3 Nc6 53. e4 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "2928531"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bh4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Ne3
Rd8 15. Qc2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Be6 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nd2 Qf7 19. Nb3 b6 20. h4 a5
21. Nd2 Rd7 22. a3 Rad8 23. Rad1 a4 24. Ndf1 Bf8 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rd1 Be6
27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. Qxa4 Nc5 30. Qa8 Qd7 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5
Na4 33. Ne3 Nxb2 34. d6 Qxd6 35. Nf5 Qd7 36. Nxh6+ Kg7 37. hxg5 Qd1+ 38.
Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Qxg5 42. Qc8 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qxh6+
44. Kg1 Bd6 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Qf8 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. a4 Qf7 49. Qe2 Nc4
50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Qc8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Velikic, Adela"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "913553"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. c5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne8 14. Bd2
f5 15. b5 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Rfb1 Nc4 20. Be1
Ra8 21. Nb5 Rcc8 22. Qb3 Ra6 23. Nc3 Rca8 24. Qb5 Qb7 25. Rc1 h6 26. Nb1
Qa7 27. Nd2 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Qxa4 29. Qb1 b5 30. Nf3 b4 31. h3 b3 32. Ne5 b2 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7
14. b3 Re8 15. Re1 a5 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Rad1 h6 18. e4 Rd8 19. e5 Rxd1 20.
Qxd1 Nd7 21. Nd6 a4 22. bxa4 Nb6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Bb4 Nxe5 26.
Qxe6 fxe6 27. Bc3 Nd3 28. Rxe6 Bb6 29. Re7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Be4 Nc1
32. Bd2 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nd4 34. Bc3 Bb6 35. a5 Bc5 36. f4 Kf7 37. h4 g6 38.
Kg2 h5 39. Bd3 Nf5 40. a6 bxa6 41. Bxa6 Bb6 42. a4 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Bc4
Ke7 45. a5 Bc7 46. a6 Bb6 47. Be5 Nb4 48. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. Nd2 Nb8 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Na6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 c5 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Be3 Rfb8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf4 22. g3 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Qc7 24. Kg2 Ng4 25. Bd2 Re8 26. h3
e4 27. hxg4 exf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxc4 29. Rb7 Qe4 30. Rxf7 Ra2 31. Rd1 Ra3 32.
Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rd7 Rd3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bh6+ Kxh6 36. Rxd3 Rxg4 37. f4 g5
38. Kf3 Kh5 39. Re3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rg6 41. Re7 Kh6 42. f5 Rg1 43. Rd7 Rf1+
44. Ke4 Kg5 45. Rxd6 Rf4+ 46. Ke5 Rxf5+ 47. Ke6 Rf6+ 48. Ke7 Rf5 49. Rd8 h5
50. Rg8+ Kf4 51. d6 Re5+ 52. Kd8 Rd5 53. d7 h4 54. Rh8 Kg3 55. Ke7 h3 56.
d8=Q Rxd8 57. Kxd8 h2 58. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Ne2 Ndf6 14.
d3 Nc5 15. Ned4 Ne6 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nce5 Qe7 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nfe5 Bxe5 20.
Nxe5 Qd6 21. Rc2 a5 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Nh4 Qf8 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nxe6
Rxe6 27. d4 Rd6 28. Qd2 f6 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Ba3 a4 31. dxc5 axb3 32. axb3
bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 d4 35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Qc2 d3 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38.
Rc7 Qd5 39. Qh4 h5 40. Qf4 g5 41. Qc4 d2 42. Qc2 Qd3 43. Rc3 Qxc2 44. Rxc2
Rb8 45. Rc3 Kg7 46. Kf1 Rdb6 47. Rxd2 Rxb3 48. Rd7+ Kg6 49. Rcc7 Rb1+ 50.
Kg2 Rg8 51. e4 Rb4 52. Re7 g4 53. Rc6 Rf8 54. e5 Rb5 55. Ree6 Kg5 56. Rxf6
Rxf6 57. exf6 Rf5 58. Ra6 Kg6 59. Rb6 Kf7 60. f4 gxf3+ 61. Kf2 Kg6 62. Rc6
Kg5 63. Rd6 Kg6 64. Ra6 Kg5 65. h3 Kg6 66. Rb6 Rxf6 67. Rxf6+ Kxf6 68. Kxf3
Kf5 69. Ke3 Ke5 70. Kd3 Kd5 71. Ke2 Ke6 72. Kf2 Kf6 73. Kg2 Kg6 74. Kg1 Kf7
75. Kf1 Ke7 76. Ke1 Kf6 77. Kd2 Ke6 78. Ke2 Kf6 79. Kd3 Ke5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 Bd7 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. d5 Nb4 11. O-O a5 12. Nd4 c6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rc1 e5
15. Nf3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. a3 Na6 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7
21. Qd2 b4 22. Bb6 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Qh4 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. Bxa5 bxa3
27. bxa3 Nc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qc2 e4 30. Bc3 Bd4 31. e3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Rb6
33. Qxc5 Rg6 34. Qc7 Qe7 35. Rb1 f4 36. exf4 e3 37. Re1 Qg7 38. f5 exf2 39.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. Qb8 f1=N+ 41. Bxf1 Qf8 42. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "24114928"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8.
e4 e5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nxe4 13. Qxg7+ Kxg7 14.
Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bg5 Rae8+ 16. Be3 f5 17. bxc3 f4 18. Bd3 fxe3 19. f3 b6 20.
Ke2 Re5 21. Rad1 Ba4 22. Rde1 c5 23. Be4 Rfe8 24. Rb1 Bd7 25. Rhe1 Bf5 26.
Bd3 h5 27. Rbd1 h4 28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh8 30. Rh1 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3 e2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "ROU"]
[WhiteFideId "938190"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6
8. O-O-O e6 9. Nb3 b5 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 b4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Na4 Qd8 14.
Qe3 Rb8 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. b3 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Be7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bxa6 O-O 20.
Nb3 Qc7 21. Rd4 Qa7 22. Bb5 Rfc8 23. Rd3 Nc5 24. Kb1 Rc7 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26.
Rb3 Qc7 27. Qd2 d5 28. Re1 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc8 30. Bd3 Bf6 31. g4 Bc3 32. Qe3
Qa5 33. f5 Qxa4 34. fxe6 Qxa2+ 35. Kc1 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 Bb2+ 37. Kd2 Qxb1 38.
exf7+ Kxf7 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxc5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc2 Bxe5 16. Qxe4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. b4 Be6 20.
Qh4 Bxa2 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Bg5 Bh8 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Bh6 Bf7 25. Ra1 Rcd8 26.
Be3 g5 27. Qe4 Bd5 28. Qc2 e5 29. Nd2 Qf7 30. Ne4 Qg6 31. f3 Re7 32. Qa4 f5
33. Nd6 g4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. h4 Bf6 36. b5 cxb5 37. Qxb5 Bxh4 38. Rf1 Bg5
39. Bxg5 Qxg5 40. Qd3 Bc6 41. Rae1 e4 42. Qd4 g3 43. Rf5 Qh4 44. Qe3 Rxd6
45. cxd6 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 Bb5+ 47. Rxb5 Rf7+ 48. Ke2 Qxg2+ 49. Kd1 Qf3+ 50.
Qxf3 exf3 51. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2917173"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be2 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Be3
Rad8 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c4 f5 18. f3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qxa1 20. Rxa1
Bxa1 21. a5 Be5 22. Qb1 Rd6 23. g3 Bc8 24. Kg2 h5 25. Qd1 Rdf6 26. Qe1 Kg7
27. Qc1 R8f7 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qe1 Bg4 30. Qd1 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 Kh7 32. Bg5
Rd6 33. Qa2 e6 34. Qa8 exd5 35. Qe8 Rdd7 36. Qxe5 dxc4 37. Bf6 b5 38. Qe8
g5 39. e5 c3 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kf5 42. Qxg5+ Ke6 43. Qe3 b4 44. Qxc5
Rc7 45. Qxb4 c2 46. Bg5 Kxe5 47. Bf4+ Kd5 48. Qb3+ Ke4 49. Qe6+ Kd3 50.
Qe3+ Kc4 51. Qe4+ Kb3 52. Qe6+ Kb2 53. Qb6+ Ka2 54. Bc1 Rb7 55. Qe3 Kb1 56.
Kh3 Rfd7 57. Ba3 Rd1 58. Qf3 Rb5 59. Qc6 Rb3 60. Qa4 Rdd3 61. Bc1 Kxc1 62.
Qa1+ Kd2 63. Qa5+ Rbc3 64. Qg5+ Re3 65. Qd5+ Ke2 66. Qxh5+ Ke1 67. Qd5 c1=Q
68. Qh1+ Kd2 69. Qg2+ Re2 70. Qd5+ Rd3 71. Qg5+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bh6 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nef6 13. Rfe1 a6 14.
Rad1 c5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 c4 18. d5 Qb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Ng3 Rfe8 21. Qg5 Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Rde1 Rad8 25. Ne4 Qg7 26.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Rxe7 Nf6 29. Ne8+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Sarenac, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "938165"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e4 g6 10. c3 d5 11. exf5 exf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qb3
c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxb6 c4 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qd6 Bg7 20. Ndf3 a5
21. Nd7 Rf7 22. Nfe5 Ra6 23. Nb6 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxd5
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rb7 28. Rb1 a4 29. a3 Rab6 30. g3 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Rc5
Rb3 33. Rxc4 Rxa3 34. d5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Rxa4 Rxd5 37. Rd4 Ra5 38. Kf3
Ra2 39. Rd7 Rc2 40. Rc7 g5 41. Ke3 h6 42. c4 Kf8 43. c5 Ke8 44. c6 Rc3+ 45.
Kd4 Rc2 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Re2 48. Kd5 Rxh2 49. Rh7 Kd8 50. Ke6 Rc2 51.
c7+ Kc8 52. Kxf5 h5 53. Kg5 h4 54. f5 h3 55. Rxh3 Kxc7 56. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Djokic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hanham"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "976440"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 g5 6. h3 Rg8 7. c3 h5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nh2 h4 11. Bh5 Be6 12. Ng4 Rh8 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Bg4
Qd7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qg4 Nxd3+ 17. Kf1 Qxg4 18. hxg4 O-O-O 19. Nf5 Nf4 20.
Bxf4 gxf4 21. Ke2 Rdg8 22. f3 Bd8 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe7+ Kd7
26. Nf5 Kc6 27. g5 b5 28. Nh6 Rh7 29. Ng4 f5 30. gxf6 Re8 31. Rd1 h3 32.
gxh3 Rxh3 33. f7 Rf8 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "15002314"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. c3
O-O 9. h4 h6 10. a4 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2905434"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bh2 c5 8.
Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxc4
Qb8 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nb5 Be7 8.
e4 Nb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nfxd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Qxd8 Bxd8 15. f3 a4 16. Kf2 Ra5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Nd6 Rf8 20.
Bc4 Kg8 21. Rhd1 Be7 22. Ba2 g6 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. Ke3 h5 25. f4 h4 26. e5 Rc5
27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Na5 Bxg2 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Nc4 Bc6 32. Rd2 h3
33. Bb1 Rb3+ 34. Rd3 Rb8 35. Rc3 Bd5 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Bf1 Be6 38. Ke4 Rd8
39. Ne3 Rd2 40. Bc4 Rxh2 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Nc4 Re2+ 43. Kf3 h2 44. Rc1 Rc2
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "980625"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. f3 Nxg5 14.
Bxg5 f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qd2 Qf5
20. Nc3 Bf8 21. Re1 Rc8 22. a3 Be8 23. h3 a6 24. Nd1 Bg6 25. Ne3 Qd7 26.
Qa5 Bf7 27. h4 h6 28. Qd2 Be6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qb5 31. Qc2 Bf7 32. f4
gxf4 33. Bxf4 Qe8 34. Qf2 Qe4 35. Ng4 Qg6 36. Qg3 Kh7 37. Kh2 h5 38. Ne3
Qe4 39. Qf3 Qxd4 40. Nf5 Qe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Bd6 Bxd6+ 43. Nxd6 Bd5 44.
Nf5 Be6 45. Ne3 f5 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. b4 b6 49. Nf1 Bf7 50. Ne3
Be6 51. g3 a5 52. Nd1 axb4 53. axb4 Bd7 54. Nc3 Ke6 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. Ne2 Bb5
57. Nf4 e3 58. Kxh5 e2 59. Ng2 Bc6 60. Ne1 f4 61. gxf4+ Kxf4 62. Kg6 Ke3
63. b5 Bb7 64. h5 Kd2 65. h6 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2900424"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 b6 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6
14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Nh4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "4218655"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. Bc2 Be7 12. d4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14.
Rb1 Re8 15. Nf4 Bf8 16. Qf3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Qa5 19. Bd5 Ng6 20. c4
Qxa2 21. Rb6 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Be6 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxb7 Qxc4 26.
Bg5 f6 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Rb8 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Re7 31. Rb6 Re6 32.
Rb7+ Re7 33. Rb6 a5 34. g3 Red7 35. Ra6 Bb4 36. Kg2 R5d6 37. Ra8 Rd8 38.
Ra7+ R8d7 39. Ra8 Rd8 40. Ra7+ R6d7 41. Ra6 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1 43. Ra7+ Kg6
44. h4 h5 45. Kf3 Rd5 46. Ke4 Re5+ 47. Kd3 Re7 48. Ra6 Rd7+ 49. Ke4 Kf7 50.
Bb6 Re7+ 51. Kf3 Re5 52. Ra7+ Re7 53. Ra8 Re5 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Bd4 Rb5 56.
Ra6 Bc5 57. Bxc5 Rxc5 58. Ra7 Re5 59. Kg2 Kh6 60. Kf3 g5 61. Ra6 Kg7 62.
hxg5 fxg5 63. Kg2 Rf5 64. g4 hxg4 65. Kg3 Kf7 66. Kxg4 Rc5 67. f4 gxf4 68.
Kxf4 Ke7 69. Ke4 Kd7 70. Kd4 Rh5 71. Kc4 Kc7 72. Kb3 Kb7 73. Rg6 Rh4 74.
Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxb3 11. axb3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 O-O 14.
Bb2 Bf6 15. Qe2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 e5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qe4 Qb6
20. Qxd4 Qxb3 21. Rb1 Qc2 22. Rfc1 Qa4 23. Rxb7 Rfd8 24. Qa1 Qc6 25. Qb2
Qxc4 26. h3 Qf4 27. Rb4 Qf5 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rb8 Qe4 31.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qb6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 g6 34. Qxa6 Qxf2 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3+ Qf6
37. Qd3 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 h5 39. Qc3+ Qf6 40. Qd3 h4 41. Qe4 Qb6+ 42. Kh1 Qf2
43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qe4 Kh6 45. Qe5 f6 46. Qe8 Kg5 47. Qe4 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+
49. Qxf4+ Kxf4 50. Kg1 Kg3 51. Kf1 f5 52. Kg1 f4 53. Kh1 f3 54. gxf3 Kxf3
55. Kh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Simeonov, Velin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "2949440"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8
14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Bb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc4 h6 18. h4 Rd6 19. Rb1 Rfd8
20. Bh3 Kf7 21. Kg2 Nd4 22. Ng1 Nf5 23. Rb5 g6 24. Nf3 Nd4 25. Re5 Nxf3 26.
Kxf3 Rf8 27. Rf4+ Ke7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Bc5 31. Bd5 b5
32. Bc6 a6 33. e3 Ke7 34. g4 Kd6 35. Be8 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ke4 Ke7 38.
Bc6 Kf6 39. Bb7 a5 40. Bc6 b4 41. Ba4 Bd6 42. Bb3 Be5 43. Bc2 Bc3 44. Kd5
Be1 45. f4 Bd2 46. Ke4 Bc1 47. Bd1 Bd2 48. Bb3 Bc1 49. Bc2 Bd2 50. Bd1 Bc1
51. Ba4 Bd2 52. Bd7 Bc1 53. fxg5+ Kxg5 54. Kd4 a4 55. Bxa4 Kxg4 56. e4 Kf4
57. Bc6 Bb2+ 58. Kc4 Bc3 59. a4 Bd2 60. Kb3 Ke5 61. a5 Kd6 62. Bb7 Bc3 63.
Bd5 Kc5 64. Bc4 Kc6 65. Be2 Kc5 66. Bd3 Kc6 67. Kc4 Bd2 68. e5 b3 69. a6 b2
70. e6 Be3 71. Kb3 Kd6 72. Kxb2 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Kanov, Nikola"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "2928531"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Qxb4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Qxg2
14. O-O-O Rxe2 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Rhg1 Qf3 17. Qxf3 Bxf3 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Kxd2
Rd8+ 20. Kc1 a6 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Re1 f6 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Rc8 Ne5 25. b3 Ke6
26. Re8+ Re7 27. Rb8 Bc6 28. Ne2 Kf5 29. Be3 Nf3 30. h3 h5 31. Rh8 g6 32.
Rg8 h4 33. Nf4 g5 34. Ne2 Ke6 35. Rf8 Rf7 36. Rd8 Bd7 37. Rb8 b6 38. c4 Kd6
39. Ra8 Kc6 40. c5 Kb7 41. Rd8 bxc5 42. Bxc5 Bxh3 43. a4 Bg2 44. Rh8 h3 45.
Nd4 Nxd4 46. Bxd4 f5 47. Kd2 f4 48. Rh5 g4 49. Be5 g3 50. fxg3 f3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "3901211"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Na3 Nbd7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Qc1 Qc7 14.
Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nc5 18. Qe3 f6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Bd5 Bf5 21. Rb4 Rad8 22. c4 Rd6 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Qf3 Rfd8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26.
Nf5 Qc6 27. Qg4 g6 28. Ne3 Rd4 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. Rfb1 Red6 31. g4 Rd7 32. Rb6
Qe4 33. Re1 Nd3 34. Nf5+ gxf5 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Qh5 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Rxg4 38.
Rb2 Rxc4 39. Kg1 Rf4 40. g3 Rg4 41. Qxf5 Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rgd3 43. Rg2+ Kf7
44. Qxh7+ Ke6 45. Qg8+ Kd6 46. Qf8+ Ke6 47. Rf2 Rf7 48. Qe8+ Re7 49. Qg6
Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 h6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Nge7 8.
Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bc2 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. f3
Be6 15. Kh1 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c6 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bf4 f5 19. d5 cxd5 20. exf5
Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxd5+ Be6 24. Qd3 d5 25. Re1 Kf8 26.
Qh7 Bc5 27. Be5 Bb4 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Bxg7+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 11. Rd1 Rg8 12. g3 Nd7 13. Bd3 a5 14. Nge2
Bd6 15. Kd2 a4 16. Kc2 Ke7 17. Rhe1 Ra5 18. Nf4 Bxd3+ 19. Nxd3 f5 20. Rb1
Nf6 21. b4 axb3+ 22. axb3 Ne4 23. b4 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rga8 25. Reb1 Nxc3 26.
Rxc3 Rxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Ra3+ 28. Rb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kxb3 b5 30. Kc3 Kf6 31. Kd2 Ke6
32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. Nf4 Bxb4 35. Nxh5+ Ke7 36. Nf4 Bd6 37. Nd3 Kf6
38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kd2 Kh5 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. Kd2 Kh5 42. Nc1 Ba3 43. Nd3 Bd6 44.
Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Ne2 Bf5
8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Nf5 Qf6
14. g3 Rae8 15. Rfe1 Re6 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. b3
Re8 20. Re1 Nf6 21. c4 a6 22. Re2 Qd6 23. Qf5 Ne4 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 Qe6
26. c5 h6 27. Qf4 g5 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. Re1 Re4 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Kg1 Qd3 32.
Qe2 Qe4 33. Qg2 Qg6 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qg2 Qd3 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf3 Rf6 38. Qg2
Qd3 39. Qe2 Qe4 40. b4 Rf3 41. a4 h5 42. Qd2 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Qg2+ Kh7
45. Qg5 Rf5 46. Qg2 Rf3 47. Qg5 f6 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Re2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "901172"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Ngf6
8. Ba3 Bf8 9. Bxf8 Rxf8 10. Qd2 c6 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. b4 Ne6
14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Ke7 16. O-O-O a5 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc7 19. Be2
Be6 20. a3 Rad8 21. Nc5 b6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Na4 Rd6 24. Rd1 Rc6 25. Bf3
Rc4 26. Nxb6 Rc5 27. Na4 Rc4 28. Nb2 Rh4 29. h3 Nb5 30. Kd2 Nd6 31. Rb1 f5
32. Ke1 g5 33. Be2 g4 34. Bf1 gxh3 35. gxh3 f4 36. exf4 exf4 37. Nd3 Bxh3
38. Bxh3 Rxh3 39. Ke2 f3+ 40. Ke3 Nc4+ 41. Kf4 Nxa3 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Ra7
Rh5 44. Kxf3 Nxc2 45. Kg4 Rd5 46. Nf4 Rd4 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. Rxa5 Ne1 49. Kf5
Nd3 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Ne6 Rd7 52. Ra2 Ke7 53. Ng5 Rd5+ 54. Kg4 Ne5+ 55. Kg3
h6 56. Ne4 Rd3+ 57. Kf4 Ng6+ 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Ne7+ 60. Kf4 Rd5 61. f3
Rf5+ 62. Kg4 Rd5 63. Ng3 Ke6 64. f4 Rd1 65. Ra6+ Rd6 66. Ra5 Rd5 67. Ra8
Kf7 68. Ra7 Kf6 69. Ra6+ Kg7 70. Re6 Ng8 71. Nh5+ Kf7 72. Ra6 Rd1 73. Ra7+
Ne7 74. f5 Rg1+ 75. Ng3 Rb1 76. Ne4 Rg1+ 77. Kh3 Re1 78. Ng3 Kf6 79. Ra6+
Kg5 80. f6 Ng6 81. f7 Nf8 82. Ra8 Nd7 83. Rd8 Kg6 84. Rxd7 Kg7 85. Nf5+ Kf8
86. Kg4 Rg1+ 87. Kf4 Rg6 88. Ke5 h5 89. Nd6 Kg7 90. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "938190"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. Bc4 c6 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. a5
Qc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. h3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Qh4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qf6
21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Qxd7 Qxb4 26. Nxe5
Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qxa5 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. e6 Rfd8 30. Qe7 Ng7 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.
Rf1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8.
cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. g4 Re8 13. g5 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxg5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Rg1 Nf6 18. Rxg5 Ne4 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7
20. Be1 Qg5 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. a4 Rd6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Rc7 Kg8 25. Nh5 Qg6 26.
Nf4 Qf5 27. Qg2+ Qg5 28. Qf3 d4 29. Ne6 Qg6 30. Nxd4 Rf6 31. Qh3 Ng5 32.
Qd7 Qd3+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kf1 Qxe3 35. Nc2 Qe2+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1#
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. c4 e6
8. Be2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Qf4 a6
14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Rb8 16. Rd3 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. dxc5 Qa5 20.
Rb1 Qxc5 21. Nd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Qc6 23. Rdxb7 Rxb7 24. Rd1 Rb2 25. Bf3 Qb6
26. Bh5 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 b6 8.
Re1 Ba6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2
b4 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. Qe3 Nde5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Ba4
Red8 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Qd2 Qb7 23. f4 c4 24. Ba5 cxd3 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. fxe5
Qc7 27. Qf4 Bf6 28. Kh1 Bxe5 29. Qf2 Qa5 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Bb3 Qb6 32. Nh5 d2
33. Qxd2 Bxf1 34. Qg5 Be2 35. Qxe5 Bxh5 36. Rxd4 Bg6 37. h3 Rd8 38. Rxd8+
Qxd8 39. Qc5 a5 40. e5 h6 41. Qe3 Qh4 42. Bd1 Be4 43. Kh2 Bd5 44. a3 Kh8
45. Bf3 Bxf3 46. Qxf3 Kg8 47. Qe3 a4 48. Qd2 Qe4 49. Qc3 h5 50. Kg1 g5 51.
Qb4 Qxe5 52. Qxa4 Qxb2 53. Qa5 Qd4+ 54. Kf1 Qf4+ 55. Ke2 Qe4+ 56. Kf2 Qf4+
57. Ke2 Kg7 58. Qc3+ f6 59. Qb3 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. a4 f5 63.
Qc3+ Kg6 64. a5 f4 65. g3 f3 66. Qd2 Qc4 67. Qe3 Qa2+ 68. Kf1 Qa1+ 69. Qe1
Qa2 70. Qe4+ Kf6 71. Qf4+ Ke7 72. Qc7+ Kf6 73. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2815222"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8.
Nd4 Nc5 9. b4 Na6 10. a3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Kxg2 c5 14.
bxc5 Ne4 15. Ra2 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qxc5 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Rf5 19. f3 Rxd5 20.
a4 Nec5 21. N1c3 Re5 22. Bf4 Ree8 23. Nd5 Rf8 24. a5 Rae8 25. e4 h6 26. h4
Kh7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Be3 Re6 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rc6 32.
Rxb6 Ne6 33. Rxc6 dxc6 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nd7+ Nxd4 36. Nxf8 Nb4 37. Rd2 c5
38. Nd7 Nb3 39. Rb2 c4 40. Nc5 Nxc5 41. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 a5 7. Qe1 a4 8. a3
c6 9. Nc3 b5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Na6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5
15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Be3 Nc7 19. Rf3 Nd5 20. Bc5 Rfe8
21. Raf1 e6 22. Rh3 h6 23. Be4 Qd8 24. Qf2 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. Rg3 Qh4 30. h3 Rac8 31. Qe3 Rh5 32. Rb1 Rc4
33. Rg4 Qe7 34. Rb4 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Rg3 Rh8 37. Rf3 Rhc8 38. h4 Kh6
39. c4 dxc4 40. Kf2 Rd8 41. Ke1 Kh5 42. Rb1 Kxh4 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Rh1 Rd2+
45. Ke3 Rxc2 46. g3 Rc3+ 47. Ke4 Rxf3 48. Rh4+ Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.f4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2900424"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qd4 Bb7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bf6 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Be3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Na5 Qe7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7
20. a4 Qe7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Ra4 23. g3 Re4 24. Rb3 Bf6 25. Bf3 Rc4
26. Bf2 Rfc8 27. Bd1 Ne5 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Qa5 g6 30. Qa6 h5 31. h3 Qd7 32.
Re1 Bf6 33. Rb6 Ra4 34. Qe2 Bd8 35. Ra6 Rac4 36. Qe3 Rc3 37. Qa7 R3c7 38.
Qd4 Rc4 39. Qa7 R4c7 40. Qd4 Bf6 41. Qa4 Qe7 42. Qb4 Rd7 43. Rc6 Re8 44.
Qd2 Qd8 45. Ra6 Qc8 46. Ra7 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 Qb7 48. Bf2 Rc8 49. Re4 Bg7 50.
Be2 Qb2 51. Bd1 Qa2 52. Rb4 Nc4 53. Qe2 Nb2 54. c4 Qa1 55. Bb3 Qa3 56. Rb7
Qa6 57. Qe7 Rf8 58. Rb6 Qa3 59. Qxd6 Qa1 60. Qe7 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "4221990"]
[BlackFideId "14101181"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nc3 c5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. g4 Bd3
14. Rc1 Rab8 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 16. Ke2 Rd6 17. Ne4 Rc6 18. Rhd1 b5 19. cxb5
Rxb5 20. Rd7 Nc8 21. Rd5 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rca6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rcxc5 Rxc5 25.
Nxc5 Rb6 26. Kd3 Nb7 27. Kc3 Nd6 28. b4 Rb8 29. e4 h6 30. e5 Ne8 31. Rd7
Kf8 32. f4 Rb6 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 f6 35. e6 Rd6 36. Ne4 Rc6+ 37. Kd4 Rc1
38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxf6 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4218655"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8.
Qd2 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. f5 g5 13. Bxg5 Qc7 14. Rae1
Ne5 15. Bd3 b5 16. Kh1 h4 17. h3 Rc8 18. Nf3 Nfd7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. a4 bxa4
21. Nxa4 Nf6 22. Bf4 Nh5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. Rf3 Rg8 26. Rg1 Rd8
27. Qe1 Qc6 28. Nc3 Qf6 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Rd4 31. b3 Qg5 32. Qe3 f6 33.
g3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 hxg3+ 35. Rgxg3 Rh8 36. Rg4 Kd7 37. h4 Rh5 38. Rh3 Kc7 39.
Kg3 a5 40. Rh1 a4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. Rb1 Bc6 43. Rg7 Kd6 44. Rg4 Ra3 45. Kf2
Rh8 46. Ke3 Raa8 47. Rd1 Kc5 48. Rb1 Rh5 49. Rg7 Ra7 50. Rg4 Ra8 51. Rg7
Ra7 52. Rg4 Ra8 53. Kf2 Ra4 54. Kg3 Rh7 55. Rh1 Rh5 56. Re1 Ra3 57. Rg7 Kd6
58. Kg4 Rh8 59. h5 Be8 60. Rh1 Rh6 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Simeonov, Velin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "15000290"]
[BlackFideId "2949440"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. b3 d5 11. Re1 Ne8 12. Rb1 Nc7 13. Na4 Ne6 14. Ng5
Qd6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. e5 Qc7 19. b4 Rf5 20. Qe2
a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rb5 23. g4 Rf8 24. Nc5 Bd7 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Ra1 Qc8
27. Ra7 Rxc5 28. bxc5 h6 29. Rb1 Rf7 30. Rbb7 Be8 31. Qb4 h5 32. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ristic, Luka"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "987760"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be3
h6 8. O-O-O Ke7 9. h3 Be6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Rhe1 Rhe8 13. Nh4 Kf8
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bc5 16. Nf5 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Rb3 Rb8 19. Rc3
Rbc8 20. Re1 e4 21. d6 g6 22. Ne7 Ra8 23. Rxc7 Ne5 24. Bxe4 Rad8 25. Bxb7
Rxd6 26. Rxe5 Nd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nxg6+ *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Salimova, Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "2915138"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
e4 Nb6 9. h3 a4 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Kh2 a3 13. bxa3 Nc6 14. Rd1 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rb1 Ng4+ 17. hxg4 Bxc3 18. Bh6 Bxg4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rb3
Bf6 21. e5 Be7 22. Rc3 c6 23. Rb3 Nd5 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qe1 Bc2 26. Rxb7 Bxd1
27. Qxd1 Rxa3 28. Nd4 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Bc5 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qe2 g5 32. Nxe6 Re3
33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Nd8+ Kg7 35. Qb2+ Rc3 36. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Qb7+
Kf6 39. Qf7+ Ke5 40. Nxc6+ Rxc6 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. Re6+ Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Kalogridis, Antonios"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "25833901"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nh5 10. Bh2 e6 11. g4 Nf6 12. h5 g5 13. h6 Bxh6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Be5 Bg7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bd6 Nf6 19. fxg5 Qxd6 20. gxf6 Qg3+
21. Kd2 Qf2+ 22. Be2 Qxf6 23. g5 Qg6 24. gxh6 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Bh8 26. h7+
Kg7 27. Rag1+ Kf6 28. Rg8 Bd7 29. Rhg1 Ke7 30. Na4 e5 31. Kc3 Bf5 32. Bd3
e4 33. Ba6 Bxh7 34. R8g5 Bf6 35. R5g2 Rg8 36. Bb7 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Rb8 38. Nc5
Bg6 39. Bxc6 Rc8 40. Bxd5 Rxc5+ 41. Bc4 Rc8 42. b4 Bf5 43. Kb3 Bd7 44. b5
Rh8 45. Rg3 Rh3 46. Rxh3 Bxh3 47. Bd5 Be6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. a4
Bd8 51. Kb4 Bg5 52. a5 Bxe3 53. Kc4 Bd2 54. a6 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "13601458"]
[BlackFideId "2911086"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
f5 15. g4 fxg4 16. Rxh6 Rf5 17. Rxe6 gxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20.
Rxd4 cxd4 21. Rh6 Bf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nb5 gxh6 24. Nd6 Qe7 25. Qxh6+ Qg7
26. Qf4 dxe3 27. Nxb7 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxf2+ 29. Kd3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "1154613"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. c4 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Rc1 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Be2 h6 16. Nb3 Qe5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. Bf3 Qg5 20.
Rcd1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 h5 22. Qc1 Qf5 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qf5 25. Qe3 h4 26. g4
Qc2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qg5 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32.
Kg2 Qf4 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. b4 Nh7 36. Ne4 Ng5 37. Nxg5 Qxg5 38. c5
Qe5 39. Qc4 Qe1 40. Qd4+ Kh7 41. Qe3 Qxb4 42. Qg5 Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qb8+
Kg7 45. c6 Qc3 46. cxb7 h3+ 47. Kg3 g5 48. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 b6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. g4 Qd6 11. Bh6 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. a4 Ra7 14. Rg1 Nd7
15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. gxf5+ Kh8 19. Qg5 Ng6 20. fxg6
fxg6 21. O-O-O Rf7 22. h4 Qf6 23. Nb1 Qxg5+ 24. Rxg5 Rxf2 25. Nd2 b5 26.
Rdg1 Kg7 27. h5 Re6 28. Rf5 Re2 29. Kd1 Rh2 30. Nf3 Rf2 31. Nd2 Rh2 32. Nf3
Rf2 33. Nd2 Rf6 34. Rxe5 Rh2 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. axb5 Rff2 37. Nf1 Bg4+ 38.
Kc1 Rxc2+ 39. Kb1 Rb2+ 40. Ka1 Ra2+ 41. Kb1 Rhb2+ 42. Kc1 Be2 43. Re7+ Kf6
44. Rd7 Ke6 45. Rd8 Ke7 46. Ra8 Bxd3 47. Nd2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. e4 Rad8 14.
Na4 Qb5 15. h3 Ne5 16. b3 Nd3 17. Be3 c5 18. d5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. a3 Bf6 24. Ng2 Qe6 25. h4 b6 26. Nc3 R5d7
27. Rfd1 Qg4 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. Rd2 e5 30. Rbd1 e4 31. Nef4 Be5 32. Nxd3 Rxd3
33. Ne1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bd4 35. Qc4 Qf6 36. Bg5 e3 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 38. Rxd8+
Qxd8 39. fxe3 Qd2 40. Ng2 a6 41. a4 h5 42. Kh2 Qd1 43. Nf4 Qd2+ 44. Qe2 Qc3
45. Qd3 Qb2+ 46. Ne2 Qa2 47. Kg2 Qb2 48. Kf2 Qf6+ 49. Nf4 Qb2+ 50. Kf3 Qa1
51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52. Ne2 Qa2 53. Kf2 Qb2 54. Qd8+ Kh7 55. Qd3 Kg8 56. Kf3 Qa1
57. Kg2 Qb2 58. Qc4 Qd2 59. Kf3 Qe1 60. Nf4 Qd1+ 61. Kf2 Qd2+ 62. Qe2 Qc1
63. Nd5 b5 64. axb5 axb5 65. Nf6+ Kg7 66. Ne4 c4 67. bxc4 bxc4 68. Qd2
Qxd2+ 69. Nxd2 c3 70. Nb3 Kf6 71. Nd4 Ke5 72. Ke2 Ke4 73. Nc2 f6 74. Nd4 g5
75. Nc2 gxh4 76. gxh4 f5 77. Nb4 f4 78. exf4 Kxf4 79. Nd5+ Kg3 80. Nxc3
Kxh4 81. Kf2 Kg4 82. Kg2 h4 83. Kh2 h3 84. Ne4 Kf5 85. Nf2 Ke5 86. Nxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Na3 e6 8.
Bc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Bf3 Qh4 13. Qe2 Bd5 14.
Qd1 Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. Nf3 Qe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 O-O-O 19. Rhd1
f6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3 fxe5 22. dxe5 Nc4 23. Ne4 N4xe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Ng5
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nc6 27. Kf3 Nd8 28. Ke3 h6 29. Ne4 Nc6 30. f4 b6 31. Ng3 Nb4
32. a3 Nd5+ 33. Ke4 Rf8 34. Ne2 c5 35. g4 Kc7 36. h3 Kd6 37. f5 exf5+ 38.
gxf5 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Re5 41. Ng3 c4 42. Rd4 b5 43. Rg4 Re7 44.
Rg6+ Nf6 45. Nh5 Ke5 46. Rxg7 Rxg7 47. Nxg7 Ne4+ 48. Ke1 Ng5 49. Ne8 Nxh3
50. f6 Ng5 51. Nc7 Kxf6 52. Nxa6 Ne4 53. Nc7 Nd6 54. Ke2 Ke5 55. Kf3 h5 56.
Na6 Nf5 57. Nc7 Nd4+ 58. Kg3 Ke4 59. Na6 Nf5+ 60. Kh3 Kd3 61. a4 bxa4 62.
Nc5+ Kc2 63. Nxa4 Kb3 64. Nb6 Kb4 65. Nd5+ Ka4 66. Nb6+ Kb3 67. Kh2 Ne7 68.
Kh3 Ng6 69. Kg3 Kb4 70. Kh3 Kc5 71. Na4+ Kb5 72. Nc3+ Kb4 73. Nd5+ Kc5 74.
Nc3 Kd4 75. Nb5+ Ke4 76. Nd6+ Kd5 77. Nb5 Ke5 78. Na3 Kd4 79. Nb5+ Kd3 80.
Nd6 Kd4 81. Nb5+ Kd5 82. Nc3+ Ke5 83. Nb5 Kf6 84. Nd6 Ne5 85. Kh4 Kg6 86.
Kg3 Kg5 87. Ne4+ Kf5 88. Nd6+ Kg6 89. Kh4 Nf3+ 90. Kg3 Nd2 91. Kh4 Nf3+ 92.
Kg3 Ne5 93. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "15000290"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Qd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h4
Bd6 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qa4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. c4
Nb6 21. Qd1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bf4 24. Qf3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qe7 26.
h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Rc7 28. Qg3 f6 29. Bb5 Nb4 30. a3 Nd5 31. Bc4 Ka8 32. Bb3
Rhc8 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Qxc7 Nxc7 35. Rg1 Ne8 36. Bxe6 Rc7 37. h6 gxh6 38.
Rg8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D73"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh3 Bf5 14.
Bxf5 gxf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Be3 f4 18. gxf4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2
20. Ra1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Rxa7 c5 23. dxc5 Bf6 24. Rc1 c3 25. Ra6 Rfd8
26. Rxf6 exf6 27. Rxc3 Rc6 28. Rb3 f5 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Rd1+ 31. Kg2
Rb1 32. Bd4 Kf8 33. e3 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Be5 Kc6
38. Bc7 Rg6 39. h3 Rh6 40. Kg3 Rg6+ 41. Kf3 Rh6 42. Kg2 Rg6+ 43. Kh2 Rh6
44. Kg3 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ISR"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2815222"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd3 12. Bxe5 Qxd1 13. Rc1
Qxf1+ 14. Rxf1 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "4221990"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Bd6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Re1 b5 13. d4 Ne4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nf4 a4 16. Nd3 b4 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf8 19. bxa4 Ra5 20. Nf4 c5
21. Qc2 Qa8 22. Red1 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bxd4 e5 26. Bb6 Rxa4
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc3 29. Rxe5 Qc8 30. Bb7 Qxb7 31. Rxe8 Rxa2 32. Bc5
Qf7 33. Qb3 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Vasilev, Milen"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2903628"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. b4 axb3
15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Qe7 17. f3 Nh5 18. b4 Nxg3 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Nxc6
bxc6 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Ne2 Nxe4 23. Rf1 Ng5 24. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nc3 d4 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. a4 Nb4 10. Nh4 c5 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Ned5 13. Nf3 Ne3 14. Bxe3
dxe3 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Ne1 Bg4 17. Qxe3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Nd5 19. Qg3 Bxe2 20.
exd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Bc3 22. Nf3 Rae8 23. Ne5 b6 24. a5 f6 25. d6 Qg7 26. Nc6
Qd7 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qh3 Qxh3 29. Bxh3 Bxa5 30. Nc6 f5 31. Nxa7 Re6 32. Nb5
Kg7 33. Bg2 Rd8 34. Bd5 Rexd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. c4 Bd2 37. Ra1 Bxf4 38.
Ra7+ Kh6 39. Kg2 g5 40. Bg8 g4 41. Bxh7 Rxd3 42. Bxf5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Kg5 44.
Bc8 Rd4 45. Rg7+ Kf6 46. Rb7 Bxh2 47. Bxg4 Rxg4 48. Rxb6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ROU"]
[WhiteFideId "2905434"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 d6 6. Bh2 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
O-O e4 9. Nfd2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Ng6 18. Rad1 Nh4 19. Bg3 Bc8 20.
Bd3 Bd7 21. Nc3 Ng6 22. Rde1 a6 23. a4 Rc8 24. Rb1 Kh8 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26.
Qxf5 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxf7 Re7 29. Qf5 Rf8 30. Qg4 Ne5 31. Qg3 Qh6 32.
d6 Re6 33. Rxb6 Nxc4 34. Rxa6 Kg8 35. Qg4 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh2 Rxf1
38. Ra8+ Re8 39. Qc4+ Rf7 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qd5 Qe3 42. Qa8+ Rf8 43. Qd5+
Kh8 44. Ne4 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Rb8 46. Qd3 c4 47. Qc2 c3 48. d7 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+
50. Kh1 Qe5 51. Qd3 Rd8 52. Nxc3 Qe7 53. a5 Rxd7 54. Qg3 h6 55. a6 Qc5 56.
Kh2 Qb6 57. Qe5 Ra7 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qe4+ Qg6 60. Qxg6+ Kxg6 61. Nd5 Rxa6
62. Ne7+ Kf6 63. Nd5+ Ke5 64. Ne3 Ke4 65. Nc4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "4100484"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. b4 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8.
d3 Be6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Nf3 a5 11. b5 Nb8 12. d4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O
e4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. c5 Nc8
21. h3 Ne7 22. c6 b6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nf1 h5 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rf1 h4 27. Nh1
Kg7 28. Rae1 Qb4 29. Qd1 Re6 30. f4 exf3 31. Rxf3 Rae8 32. Nf2 Ne4 33. Nd3
Qe7 34. Nf4 Rd6 35. Qd3 Ng3 36. Ne2 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nd3 f6
40. Nf2 Nd2 41. Nd3 Rde6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Re2 Ne4+ 44. Kg1 Nc3 45. Rc2 Nd1
46. Re2 Rxe3 47. Rexe3 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Nxe3 49. Nc5 Nc2 50. Ne6 Kf7 51. Nxc7
Nxd4 52. Nxd5 Ke6 53. Nxb6 Kd6 54. Nc4+ Kc7 55. Nxa5 Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nc3 57.
Ke3 Nxa4 58. Kd4 f5 59. Nc4 g4 60. Ne3 gxh3 61. gxh3 f4 62. Nd5+ Kd6 63.
Nxf4 Nc5 64. c7 Nb3+ 65. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "980625"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
Bg2 Nxe5 9. Qe2 Nec6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Bd6 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6
14. Bc3 Re8 15. Qh5 Ne5 16. h3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Nb4 Qc7 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. f5
Ne5 21. f6 g6 22. Qg5 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bf8 24. g4 Be6 25. Kb1 Rad8 26. Rxd8
Qxd8 27. b3 Qb6 28. Qf4 Qc5 29. Bb2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rf1 Qg2 32. Rd1
Qxh3 33. a4 h5 34. gxh5 Qxh5 35. Rg1 Bc5 36. Rg5 Be3 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nh5 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Ng5 e6 17. Qf3 dxe5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. fxe5 Qc7
20. Bd4 h6 21. g4 hxg5 22. gxh5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. hxg6 Qf4+ 25. Qxf4
gxf4 26. Re1 fxg6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Re4 g5 29. h4 Kf6 30. hxg5+ Kxg5 31. Kd2
Rh8 32. Re7 Rh2+ 33. Kd3 Rh3+ 34. Ke2 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2 Rh2+ 37.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Sarenac, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "938165"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Be2 Nc6
8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Ne6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. c3 b6 13. b4 a6 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. a4 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 c5 20. a5 d4
21. axb6 dxc3 22. Bxc3 cxb4 23. Bb2 Qb5 24. Nd4 Qxb6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bg6
Rec8 27. Qb3 Bd5 28. Qh3 a5 29. Rad1 Qc6 30. Bb1 Qe8 31. Qd3 g6 32. Qg3 g5
33. Rxd5 exd5 34. e6 Ra7 35. Qd3 a4 36. Qxd5 Rc5 37. Qd4 Rg7 38. e7 Bxe7
39. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Bb3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Nd4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14.
O-O Bc7 15. Ng3 a6 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Nf5 Re6 18. Rae1 Ne8 19. Ng5 Rg6 20. f4
d5 21. Nf3 dxe4 22. N5h4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
d4 b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bb7 12. b4 Re8 13. O-O e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Qc3 Ba6 20.
Rfd1 c5 21. Qa3 Bb5 22. h3 c4 23. Qc3 Ba4 24. Rd4 b5 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. e4 Re7
27. Rf1 Qb6 28. f4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd8 30. Kh1 Qxd4 31. Qf3 Bd1 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Toncheva, Nadya"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "2924056"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Re1 Na5 14.
Qxe5+ Kf7 15. Ba2 Re8 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. b4 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Qe8
20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Na3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. bxa5 c2 24. Rf1 c1=Q 25. Rxc1
Bb2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "2932717"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 g6
8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 h5 14.
Rhf1 Nd7 15. Qe2 b5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Nd5 Re8 18. g4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Ne5 20.
Qe2 Nc4 21. c3 b4 22. Nxb4 Rc8 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Ka1 Qb7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rg1
Kf8 27. Bc1 e6 28. Rxg7 exd5 29. Qxh5 Rxe4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Unuk, Laura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "SLO"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "14609215"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Nf3 g6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Ne1 e6 10. a4 h5 11. Na3 a6 12. b4 Bd6 13. b5 Na5 14. bxa6 bxa6
15. Rb1 Ng4 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Re1 Qxc3 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxa3 20. hxg4
hxg4 21. Rxg4 Nc4 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. d5 Nd6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxg6 Ke7 26.
Rg7+ Kf8 27. Qd4 Ne8 28. Rg3 Rh5 29. Qf4+ Rf5 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Rf7 32.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ne5+ Kf6 34. Ng4+ Kg5 35. Rxa3 Kxg4 36. Re1 Nc7 37. Rc3 Ra7
38. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Nikolov, Sasho"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "2900297"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Nxe4 Qxd4 11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. Bxc7 e5 13. Rb1 Qxa2
14. Nd6 Bg4 15. Rxb7 Bxe2 16. Qa1 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 Nd4 18. Bd5 Bf3 19. Nf5 Bc5
20. Ra5 Bb6 21. Nxd4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd4 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 a5 25. Rb3
a4 26. Ra3 Rfb8 27. c5 g6 28. Re4 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Raxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4
Rxc5 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4
Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bd7
14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Nf3 h6 16. Qe4 Rad8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bxh6 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Bxg5
20. Nxg5 Kg7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxg6+ Ke7 23. Qg7+ Kd6 24. Bg6+ Kc5 25. Bxe8
1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "901172"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e4 7. d5 exf3 8.
dxc6 bxc6 9. gxf3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 a5 14. bxa5
Ba7 15. Bd3 Re8 16. O-O Bh3 17. Kh1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Re5 19. Rg1 Rh5 20. Bc3
Rh6 21. Be4 d5 22. Bf5 d4 23. exd4 Qd6 24. Rg3 Bxd4 25. Qd2 Bxc3 26. Qxh6
Qxg3 27. hxg3 gxh6 28. Nxc3 Ra8 29. Kg2 Rxa5 30. Bc2 Rxa3 31. Ne2 Ra2 32.
Bd3 Nd7 33. Nf4 Ne5 34. Bf1 Rc2 35. Nh5 Nxc4 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nh5+ Kf8 38.
Bd3 Ne3+ 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Nd1 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Be2 Nb2 43. Nf6 Re1 44.
Ba6 Kg7 45. Nh5+ Kh8 46. Nf6 c5 47. Ne4 c4 48. g4 Rxe4 49. fxe4 c3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nxe4 Bxe4
8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 dxe4
14. Qxe4 c6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 h6 17. c3 Rad8 18. h3 Qd6 19. Qe3 Qd5
20. b3 Qa5 21. Rd2 Qf5 22. c4 Nf8 23. a4 Qa5 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Ng4 Nf8 26.
Red1 Ng6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. b4 Qc7 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8
32. Qxa7 Qd2 33. Qc5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxa4 35. Qe7 Qc2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd4 b5
38. c5 Qc4 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Qc3 g5 41. g3 Kg6 42. Kg1 h5 43. Qb2 Kf5 44. Qc3
Kg6 45. Qb2 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Kf5 47. Qb3 Kxe5 48. Qa3 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 g4 50. h4
Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Kd4 52. Qa8 Qe4+ 53. Kg1 Kc4 54. Qh8 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kg1
Qd5 57. Qb2 Qd1+ 58. Kg2 Qd4 59. Qb1 Qd3 60. Qe1 Kb3 61. Kh2 Qd4 62. Kg2
Qxb4 63. Qe5 f5 64. Qxe6+ Kc3 65. Qxf5 Qd4 66. Qxh5 b4 67. Qg6 b3 68. h5 b2
69. h6 Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qxc5 71. Qf6+ Kc2 72. h7 Qh5+ 73. Qh4 Qf5 74. f4 b1=Q
75. h8=Q Qe4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 Re8 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. c3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Rad8 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. Na3 b6 18. Nc2 c5 19. Qe2 Qd2
20. Ne3 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bc8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 f6 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bxd1
26. Rxd1 fxe5 27. f5 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Ke3 Kxf5 30. Rd7 a5 31. Rxg7 h6
32. Rf7+ Kg5 33. Ke4 Rd8 34. Rf2 Rd1 35. Kxe5 h5 36. Rf5+ Kg6 37. Rf6+ Kg5
38. Rxb6 Rd2 39. Rb8 Kh4 40. a4 Rxg2 41. Kd5 Rg5+ 42. Kc4 Kh3 43. Kb5 Kxh2
44. Rh8 Kg3 45. Kxa5 h4 46. Kb5 h3 47. a5 c4+ 48. Kxc4 Rxa5 49. b4 Rg5 50.
b5 Rg4+ 51. Kc5 Rh4 52. Rxh4 Kxh4 53. b6 h2 54. b7 h1=Q 55. b8=Q Qg1+ 56.
Kd5 Qg2+ 57. Kd4 Qg1+ 58. Kd5 Qh1+ 59. Kc5 Qg1+ 60. Kc6 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "E82"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, double fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8.
Nge2 Ba6 9. b3 e6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Be2
Rae8 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qc1 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nce4 Qe7 20.
Qxc4 f5 21. O-O fxe4 22. Nxe4 h5 23. Qc2 h4 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. g3 Bd4+ 26. Kg2
Rf5 27. f4 a6 28. Bc6 h3+ 29. Kxh3 Kg7 30. Ng5 Rh8+ 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Rde1
Qa7 33. h4 b5 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. g4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. d4 Be7
8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. c4 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14.
Rad1 Rfd8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Ne4 Nf8 17. Bg3 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Rd8 19. Qc1 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Re1 Qc6 22. Qc2 h5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Bf2 Nxf4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26.
Qd2 Ng6 27. Qxd4 Nxh4 28. b3 Nf5 29. Qf2 Qc7 30. Qb2 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 Qa5 32.
c5 Qb4 33. g3 Nh6 34. Qd2 Bxc5+ 35. Kg2 Qxd2+ 36. Nxd2 Ng4 37. Nc4 b5 38.
Nb2 Bd4 39. Nd3 Bc3 40. Re4 a5 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kh7 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Rc4
Bxe5 45. Rc5 Bd4 46. Rxa5 e5 47. Rb5 f5 48. Ke2 h4 49. gxh4 f4 50. a5 Nh2
51. Nxe5+ Bxe5 52. Rb6+ Kf5 53. a6 f3+ 54. Ke3 f2 55. Kxf2 Bd4+ 56. Kg2
Bxb6 57. Kxh2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 d6 8.
g4 h6 9. Rg1 g5 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2
Be7 15. Bxg5 Bd7 16. O-O-O a6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. f4 Be7 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4
Qxc4 21. g5 O-O-O 22. f5 Bc6 23. f6 Bf8 24. Qe3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qa7
Bd6 27. Rd4 Qc6 28. Rgd1 Rxg5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Na5 Qb5 31. c4 Rxd4 32.
cxb5 Rxd1+ 33. Ka2 Rd7 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Qxa6+ Kb8 36. Qb5+ Kc8 37. Qc4+
Kd8 38. Nc6+ Ke8 39. Qa4 Bc7 40. Qa8+ Bd8 41. a4 Rc7 42. a5 Rd6 43. Nxd8
Rxd8 44. Qa6 Kd7 45. Qb6 Rdc8 46. Qd4+ Kc6 47. Qc4+ Kb7 48. Qb5+ Ka7 49.
Qb6+ Ka8 50. a6 e5 51. Ka3 e4 52. Ka4 Rd7 53. b4 Rcd8 54. Qc6+ Kb8 55. Qxe4
Ka7 56. Ka5 Rd5+ 57. b5 R8d6 58. Qe3+ Ka8 59. Qe8+ Rd8 60. Qxf7 R5d7 61.
Qe6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. Rd1 Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1
dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a4 e6 12. a5 Nd5 13. d4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. b4 Bd6 17. b5 Nce7 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. g3 O-O 20. c4
Nde7 21. Be3 Bb8 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. Ne4 Qc8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Nexd2 f6 30. Ne4 h5 31. h3 Bc7 32.
Bxa7 Bxa5 33. c5 Kf8 34. c6 bxc6 35. b6 Bxb6 36. Bxb6 h4 37. g4 Nfe7 38.
Be3 Nd5 39. Nd4 Ngf4 40. Bxf4 Nxf4 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Nxc6 Nd3 43. Nd4 e5 44.
Nf5 g5 45. Ne3 Nf4 46. Nc3 Ke6 47. Ne4 Nd3 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. Nfd6+ Ke7 50.
Nc4 Ke6 51. Ne3 Nf4 52. Ng2 Nd3 53. Kg1 Nb4 54. Kf1 Nd5 55. Ke2 f5 56.
gxf5+ Kxf5 57. Kf3 Ne7 58. Ne3+ Kg6 59. Kg4 Ng8 60. Nxg5 Nh6+ 61. Kxh4 Nf5+
62. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2900041"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Na5 13. b3 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bd7 15. c4 b6 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. b4 f5 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Bc3 Rc7 20. a3 Be8
21. Nd2 e4 22. Nb3 Ba4 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Qb2 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 f4 26. Be2 e3 27.
Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Bg4 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qd4+ 30. Kf3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxc4 32. Be6+
Kf8 33. Qd1 Rc3+ 34. Kg4 Rg3+ 35. Kh5 g6+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Petrov, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2815222"]
[BlackFideId "2911086"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 c5 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Ba7 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Nf4
Ne5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 g5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Bg2 Nd3 20. Bd4
Qf5 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. e4 Qe5 25. Qe3 Raa8 26. Rad1
Nb4 27. Qb6 Nc6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxb7 Nd4 30. Qxa6 h5 31. Qc4 Ne6 32. b4
h4 33. Qb3 Rd2 34. Rd1 Nd4 35. Qa4 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxg3+ 37. Kg1 Qd4 38. Rxd2
Qxd2 39. Qa8+ Kg7 40. fxg3 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Bg2 Qd1+ 44.
Kh2 hxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Qd6+ 46. e5 Qxe5+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Qc4+ 49. Ke1 Qc3+
50. Kd1 Qd3+ 51. Kc1 Qc3+ 52. Kd1 Qd3+ 53. Ke1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qd3+ 55. Kf2
Qd4+ 56. Kf3 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Qc4+ 58. Ke3 Qc3+ 59. Ke4 Qxb4+ 60. Kd5 Qb5+ 61.
Kd6 Qb4+ 62. Kd7 Qd4+ 63. Bd5 Kg6 64. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "2917173"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O
8. h3 d5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 h6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Nbd2
Re8 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nf6 17. Nd4 Bc7 18. Nf1 a6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3
Be5 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Ng3 Qb8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Ne2
c5 27. Nf4 Re8 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Rb8 30. Qd2 a5 31. b3 c4 32. Re3 Rd8
33. Qe1 Qd6 34. bxc4 Rc8 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Rd6 Qb8 38. Qd3 Kf8
39. Rd4 Qc7 40. Qh7 Qe5 41. Re4 Qc5 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7 Rd8 44. Qxh6 Rb8
45. Qh4+ Kd7 46. Rd4+ Kc7 47. Qf4+ Kb7 48. Be4+ Ka7 49. Bd5 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5
14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d4 Qf6 17. Qg4 Qd6 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Rce8
20. Be3 h6 21. g3 Bd8 22. Bf4 Qb4 23. c3 Qxb2 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8
26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bf5 Qxc3 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Weber, Tom"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "LUX"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "4000609"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 c6 8.
Nge2 Be6 9. b3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 a5 12. h3 Na6 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Kh2 Qe8
15. Nc1 Qg6 16. Nd3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Na2 Nxe4 19. Nxb4 Nf6 20. a5 Rad8
21. Bd2 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe1 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nd3 Rfe8 26. Nc5 Bc8
27. Rd1 Qe7 28. b4 Bf5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qf7 31. Rd3 Nf6 32. Qe2 Rxd3
33. Qxd3 e4 34. Qe2 Nd5 35. Re1 e3 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Qf2 Rf3
39. Qg2 Ne3 40. g4 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. f3 f5 5. exf5 Nh6 6. Be3 Nxf5 7. Bf2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. Bd3 Qg5 12. g4 Ne3 13. Qd2 Ng2+ 14.
Kd1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na5 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bf1 Ba6 19. Ke3 g5 20.
h4 Bxc4 21. hxg5 Bxf1 22. Bxf4 Nc4+ 23. Kf2 Bd3 24. Rd1 Bc2 25. Rc1 Rxf4
26. Rxc2 Raf8 27. Kg3 e5 28. Rch2 R4f7 29. g6 hxg6 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. R1h7+
Kf6 32. Rxf8 Rxf8 33. Rxd7 exd4 34. Rxc7 Nxa3 35. Rxa7 Nb5 36. Rb7 Nxc3 37.
Rxb6+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. f4 Kd5 42. Nf3 Ne4+
43. Ke2 Kc4 44. f5 g5 45. Nd2+ Nxd2 46. Kxd2 Kc5 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. f6 Ke6 49.
Kxd4 Kxf6 50. Kd5 Kf7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Kxg5 Kg7 54. Kf5 Kf7 55.
g5 Kg7 56. g6 Kg8 57. Kf6 Kf8 58. g7+ Kg8 59. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "4221990"]
[BlackFideId "921815"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bd6
8. c4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. d4 Nf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Ng6 15. Re1 Qe7 16. a3 Rad8 17. Qh5 Qf8 18. Bc2 a6 19. g3 Rd7 20. b4
Red8 21. Rad1 Be7 22. h4 Bf6 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Qf4 b5 25. c5 Nd5 26. Qf3 a5
27. bxa5 Ra8 28. Be4 Rxa5 29. h5 Qd8 30. Kg2 Ra6 31. Bc2 Ne7 32. h6 Ng6 33.
Re4 gxh6 34. Bb3 Bg7 35. Qh5 Qg5 36. Qf3 h5 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Qe2 h4 39. Kg2
hxg3 40. fxg3 Ra8 41. Rf1 Qd8 42. Qh5 Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45.
Qxh7+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Rxe6 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Qh8 49. Rxg6+ Ke7 50. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Nikolov, Sasho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "15000290"]
[BlackFideId "2900297"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. h4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. h5 dxc3 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14.
Bg2 Rd7 15. bxc3 Nh6 16. Rb1 Nxg4 17. Bxb7 e6 18. Bc6 Nxe5 19. Rb8+ Kf7 20.
Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Ra8 h6 22. Ke2 Rg8 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Ra7+ Be7 25. Ba3 Nc8 26.
Rxa6 Bxa3 27. Rxa3 Ne7 28. Ra7 Kf6 29. Rdd7 Nf5 30. a4 Rc8 31. Rdc7 Rb8 32.
Rcb7 Rc8 33. Kd3 h5 34. a5 h4 35. a6 h3 36. Rb1 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Rc8 38. Kd2
Rd8+ 39. Ke2 Rc8 40. Ra1 Rxc3 41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Rb7 Nd6 43. Rb3 Ne4+ 44. Ke1
h2 45. Rf3+ Ke7 46. Ke2 Rxc2+ 47. Ke3 Ra2 48. Rh1 Nd6 49. Rxh2 Rxa6 50. Ke2
Nf5 51. Kf1 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Ra4 53. Rc3 Kf6 54. Rh8 g5 55. Re8 Nh4+ 56. Kh2
Ng6 57. Rec8 Ra2 58. Rc2 Ra3 59. R8c3 Ra4 60. Rc4 Ra5 61. Rc7 Ra4 62. Rb7
Ne5 63. Rcc7 Rh4+ 64. Kg3 Rg4+ 65. Kh3 Rh4+ 66. Kg2 Rg4+ 67. Kf1 g6 68. Rc8
Nc4 69. Rbc7 Nd6 70. Rf8+ Ke5 71. Rg8 Ra4 72. Rxg6 Ra1+ 73. Kg2 Nf5 74.
Rxg5 Ra6 75. Rc1 Kf6 76. Rg4 Ra2 77. Re4 Ra6 78. Rec4 Ra7 79. Rc6 Rg7+ 80.
Kf1 Rh7 81. R1c4 Ke5 82. R4c5+ Kf6 83. Rc4 Ke5 84. R6c5+ Kf6 85. Re4 Re7
86. Rc6 Re8 87. Ke2 Re7 88. Kf3 Re8 89. Kf4 Ng7 90. Rec4 Rh8 91. Ke3 Nf5+
92. Ke2 Rd8 93. Ke1 Nd4 94. Rc8 Rd6 95. Rf8+ Ke7 96. Rcc8 Nf5 97. Rce8+ Kd7
98. Rd8+ Ke7 99. Rfe8+ Kf7 100. Rxd6 Nxd6 101. Ra8 Kf6 102. Ke2 Ke5 103.
Ra5+ Kf6 104. Kf3 Nc4 105. Ra8 Nd6 106. Ra6 Ke5 107. Ra5+ Kf6 108. Kf4 Nf7
109. Ra6 Nh6 110. Ke4 Nf5 111. Rb6 Nh6 112. Rb3 Nf7 113. Rf3+ Ke7 114. Kf4
Kf6 115. Rh3 Kg6 116. Rg3+ Kf6 117. Rg1 Nd6 118. Rh1 Nf7 119. Ke4 Kg6 120.
Ra1 Kf6 121. Ra6 Ng5+ 122. Kd4 Kf5 123. Ra8 Kf6 124. Rf8+ Ke7 125. Rf4 Nf7
126. Kc5 Ne5 127. Kd4 Nc6+ 128. Kc5 Ne5 129. Rd4 Nd7+ 130. Kc6 Ne5+ 131.
Kc7 Ng6 132. Re4 Nf8 133. Rg4 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Jun, Rudolf"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "CZE"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "376612"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 g6 6. h4 h6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h5
g5 9. Nh2 Nge7 10. Bg4 O-O 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nf3 Qd7 14. Nxd4
cxd4 15. Nb1 b5 16. b3 Rc7 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. f3 Nd8 20. cxb5 Rxb5
21. Nc4 Bf8 22. O-O Ne6 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rc2 Rbc8 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. Rd1 f6 27.
Qa5 d5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rcc1 Ke7 32. Kf2 Nf4
33. Ke1 Ke6 34. Kd2 Nd5 35. Re1 Nc3 36. Rc2 Rb8 37. Nb2 Rbc8 38. Nc4 Nd5
39. Re2 Nb4 40. Rb2 Rb8 41. Re1 Nd5 42. a3 Rc5 43. b4 Rc7 44. Rc2 Rbc8 45.
Rcc1 Ne3 46. Rh1 Nxc4+ 47. dxc4 Rxc4 48. Rxc4 Rxc4 49. Rb1 Rc3 50. a4 Rxf3
51. b5 Ra3 52. b6 axb6 53. Rxb6+ Kd5 54. Rxf6 e4 55. Rxh6 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 e3
57. Rh8 d3 58. Rd8+ Ke4 59. Kf1 Kf3 60. Rf8+ Kxg4 61. h6 Rh2 62. Re8 e2+
63. Kg1 Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Blanco Acevedo, Cristobal Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "VEN"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "3900525"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 a6
8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Ne4 d6 11. Nxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. c4 O-O
14. Be2 f5 15. Be3 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. f3 Kh8 18. O-O f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. c5
Rg8 21. Rac1 Nf5 22. Qb4 Rg7 23. Rc3 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Qd8 25. Rfc1 Bd7 26. Qb6
Qe8 27. Qf6 Rc8 28. Bf8 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 e4 30. fxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bella"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "6.e4"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "13602640"]
[BlackFideId "938190"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bc2 Na6 12. O-O b5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. Bb1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Rf2 Re8 20. Qe2 Nb6
21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Re2 a5 23. Bf2 Rc8 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rf2 Qd8
27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Re1 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Ba2 Rc5
33. Rac1 Qc7 34. Rc2 Rb8 35. Ree2 Qc6 36. Qf1 Qa4 37. Bb1 Qa1 38. e5 dxe5
39. f5 gxf5 40. Rc1 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Qxb2 42. Bxf5 c3 43. Rb1 Qd2 44. Rb8+ Bf8
45. Bxh7+ Kg7 46. Qf5 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Qxf4 exf4 49. Bc2 f3 50. Rb1
Rd5 51. Be4 Rd2 52. Kg3 c2 53. Rc1 fxg2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc6 Qa5 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qc1 bxc6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
Bxd4 Re8 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kf1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxa2 19. Bf3 Bf5
20. Kg1 Be4 21. Qf4 Qxc4 22. Rxd6 Qxc3 23. Bxe4 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Qxe4 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. Rxc6 Qe5+ 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Ra6 Rb2 29. Rf1 Re7 30. g3 Rb6 31. Ra5
a6 32. Rfa1 Ree6 33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Kg7 35. R1a3 Rf6 36. Ra2 Kf8 37. Rc5
Rfc6 38. Re5 Re6 39. Rc5 Rbc6 40. Rca5 Ke7 41. R5a3 Kd7 42. Rd3+ Red6 43.
Rf3 Rf6 44. Rd3+ Kc7 45. Rda3 Kb7 46. Rb3+ Rb6 47. Re3 Rfe6 48. Rf3 Rf6 49.
Re3 Rfe6 50. Rf3 Rf6 51. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "4277023"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7
8. Ne2 Nc5 9. Ng3 Ne6 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. a4 b5 13. Bd2 b4 14. b3 f6
15. Be3 Bf8 16. Nd2 c5 17. Nc4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 g5 20. h4 h6 21.
h5 Be6 22. g4 Qd7 23. f3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 c5 25. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna game, Max Lange defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qc7
8. O-O Be7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. a5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5
Rb8 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Red8 17. Nd2 Be8 18. Nc4 Be7 19. b3 Bf8 20. Qe3 c5
21. Qd3 b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Na3 Ra8 24. Nab5 Qb7 25. Ra4 Rxa4 26. bxa4 g6
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Qc4 Be7 29. Qb3 Ra6 30. Na3 Qa7 31. Ncb5 Qb8 32. Nc4 Bd7
33. Nc3 Bd8 34. a5 b5 35. Nxb5 Be7 36. Nc3 Qd8 37. Qb8 Ra8 38. Qxd8+ Bxd8
39. Nxd6 Bxa5 40. Ra1 Ra7 41. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "2815222"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb1 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Bd3 h6 11. g4 Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qf6 13. Ke2 Qxc3 14.
g5 Rd8 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Rg1+ Kf8 19. Qg7+ Ke7 20.
Qxh6 Qc3 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rc4 Ke7 24. Rg7 Rf8 25. Rf4 b6 26.
Bg6 Ba6+ 27. Ke1 Kd6 28. Bxf7 Bb7 29. Rg6 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Ne5
32. Rgg3 Nxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rh8 34. h3 b5 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Kd3 Rh4 37. Rg3 c4+
38. bxc4+ Rxc4 39. Rg4 Rc1 40. a4 a6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Rg5+ Kc6 43. Re5
Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Rh1 45. Rxe6+ Kd5 46. Rh6 Rh2 47. Rh5+ Kc4 48. Rh4+ Kc5 49.
Rf4 Rxh3 50. Kc3 Rh1 51. Rf5+ Kc6 52. Rf6+ Kd5 53. Rf5+ Kc6 54. f4 Rc1+ 55.
Kd2 Rf1 56. Re5 b4 57. Kc2 Kb6 58. f5 Kc6 59. e4 Rf3 60. Rd5 Rf4 61. Re5
Rf3 62. Rd5 Rf4 63. Kd3 Rf1 64. Kc4 Re1 65. Re5 Rb1 66. f6 Kd6 67. Rf5 Rc1+
68. Kxb4 Rc8 69. f7 Ke7 70. e5 Rf8 71. Kc5 Ke6 72. Rf1 Kxe5 73. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3
Ngf6 8. d4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Be3
Nef6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nbd2 a6 16. c4 Rfd8 17. b3 h6 18. Nf1 a5 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Rd1 Nce4 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Ng3 Nc5 24. Qc3 Kf8 25.
Qd4 a4 26. Nd2 Nfd7 27. Nge4 Nxe4 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. Nxe4 axb3 30. axb3 Nd7
31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Nc3 Kd6 34. b4 b6 35. Nb5+ Ke5 36. Ke3 g5 37. f3
h5 38. g3 f4+ 39. gxf4+ gxf4+ 40. Kd3 Nb8 41. Nd4 Na6 42. Nc2 Nc7 43. Nd4
Na6 44. Nc2 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "2257327"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Kg2 Re8 19. g4 h6 20. f5 gxf5 21.
gxf5 Kh7 22. Bf4 Rg8 23. Kh1 Qf8 24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Rg1 Bd4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 Nf6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxg1+ 30. Rxg1 Rd8 31. d6 Rd7 32. Kh2 Qb8 33.
Re1 Ng8 34. Rg1 Nf6 35. Re1 Ng8 36. dxe7 Qxe5+ 37. Rxe5 Nxe7 38. Rxc5 Kg7
39. a6 Kf6 40. Ne3 h5 41. Kg3 Rd4 42. Rc7 b3 43. cxb3 Rd3 44. Rc3 Rxe3+ 45.
Rxe3 Nxf5+ 46. Kf4 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 Ke5 48. h4 Kd5 49. Kf4 Kc5 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "HUN"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "4221990"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Nb1 h6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. b4 O-O 11. a4 Ne4 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qb3
Bd6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Ra2 Qb8 17. Rda1 a5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Bf1 Rab8 20. Nd2
axb4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. e3 Qb7 23. c4 Ra8 24. c5 Be7 25. Ba6 Qb8 26. Ra4 Bf6
27. Qc2 b3 28. Qxe4 Nb4 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Rxa8 Qb5 31. R1a5 Qc4 32. Rxf8+
Kxf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Qc6 Bg5 35. Qxc7+ Kf6 36. Rf8 e5 37. d5 Qxd5 38. e4
Qe6 39. Qd8+ Kg6 40. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "14403803"]
[BlackFideId "15000290"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ng3 a4 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bd3 b5 15.
b4 axb3 16. axb3 c5 17. b4 exd4 18. cxd4 cxb4 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bxb5 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Rb8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Qc1 Bxe4 24. Bxh6 b3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qb2 d5
27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Re3 Qb4 29. g4 Qa4 30. Re2 Qc4 31. Kg2 Qxe2 32. Qxe2 b2
33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Qxb8 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "938190"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 Bd7 12. Bd3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Qc2
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Qf4 Qxc3 20. Bxg6
hxg6 21. Rxd7 Rcd8 22. Rxb7 Rd5 23. Rc7 Rc5 24. Ng5 Nxe5 25. Ne4 Qd4 26.
Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 Qc7 8.
a4 Be7 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Re1
h6 15. Nf1 Nh7 16. h3 Bg5 17. Bg4 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nhf6 19. Re2 Nxg4 20. hxg4
Nf6 21. Rd2 Qc5 22. Ra4 Rc6 23. Ncd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxc2 26.
Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Rb4 Re7 28. Rxd6 Rc5 29. Rdb6 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7
Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "901172"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 a6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Nb4 5. a3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. c4 Qd8
8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rad1 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. b4 b5 20. c5
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd5 22. Bg4 Kf7 23. f5 a5 24. fxg6+ hxg6 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26.
Rxd4 axb4 27. axb4 e5 28. Rd2 Ra1+ 29. Rd1 Ra4 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32.
Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Rf1 Ra4 34. Rb1 Ra2 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rd2 37. Re1 Kf6 38.
Re4 Kf5 39. Re3 Rd4 40. Ra3 Kf4 41. Kf2 Rxb4 42. Ra6 Rb2+ 43. Ke1 Ke3 44.
Kd1 Kd3 45. Ra3+ Kd4 46. Ra8 Rf2 47. Rg8 Rxf3 48. Rxg6 Kxc5 49. h4 Rh3 50.
Rh6 b4 51. h5 b3 52. Kc1 Rh2 53. Kb1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2900017"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e6 7. O-O b5 8.
Bc2 Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfc8 14. Bd3 c4
15. Bc2 Qd8 16. Nbd2 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe3 e5 19. Ra3 Nhf6 20. Rda1
Rab8 21. axb5 axb5 22. h3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Qe5 24. N2f3 Qc5 25. Nf5 Rd8 26.
N3d4 Ne5 27. Ra5 Bc8 28. Qg3 Bxf5 29. Nxf5 Ng6 30. Rd1 d5 31. e5 Ne4 32.
Qe3 Nxe5 33. Bxe4 Qxe3 34. Nxe3 dxe4 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxb5 f6 37. Rb7 Rd2
38. Nf5 Nd3 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 40. Rc7 Rxf2 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nxe4
Rxb2 44. Rxc4 Ne5 45. Rb4 Rc2 46. Rb6+ Kf5 47. Nxf6 Rxc3 48. Nd5 Rc1+ 49.
Kh2 h5 50. Rb5 Re1 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Rb4 h4+ 53. Kh2 Re2 54. Kg1 Re1+ 55. Kh2
Re2 56. Rb1 Nf3+ 57. Kh1 Ne1 58. Nc3 Re3 59. Nb5 Ke5 60. Na7 Re2 61. Nc6+
Kd5 62. Nb4+ Kc4 63. Nc6 Nxg2 64. Ne5+ Kd5 65. Ng6 Ke4 66. Rf1 Ra2 67. Rg1
Kf3 68. Rxg2 Rxg2 69. Nxh4+ Kg3 70. Nxg2 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "2918927"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4
8. Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rc1 Bxc5 11. e3 Bd7 12. Be2 Qb4 13. Qd3 Rd8
14. O-O Be7 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Ne4 Ne5 17. Nd4 O-O 18. a3 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf1 Qc7 23. f4 Qc1+ 24. Kf2 Nc6 25. Nf3 f5 26.
Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 a6 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Nc3 Bc5+ 31. Ke1 Be3 32.
g3 b5 33. Nd1 Bb6 34. Nf2 Kg7 35. Nd3 Kf6 36. Kd2 Bb7 37. b4 Nd4 38. Nde5
Ke7 39. Bd1 Bd5 40. Ne1 Nc6 41. Nxc6+ Bxc6 42. Bf3 Bd7 43. Bb7 a5 44. Nf3
axb4 45. axb4 h6 46. Kd3 Bf2 47. Ke2 Bb6 48. Ne5 Bd4 49. Bg2 Bc3 50. Nd3
Kd6 51. Kd1 Bd4 52. Ke2 Bc3 53. Kd1 Bd4 54. Kd2 Bc6 55. Bxc6 Kxc6 56. Ne1
Kd5 57. Kd3 e5 58. fxe5 Bxe5 59. Nf3 Bd6 60. Nd4 Bxb4 61. Nxb5 Bc5 62. Nc3+
Ke5 63. Ke2 h5 64. Kf3 Be7 65. h4 Bb4 66. Ne2 Bd2 67. Ng1 f4 68. g4 hxg4+
69. Kxg4 Kf6 70. Nf3 Bc1 71. h5 Be3 72. Nh4 f3 73. Nxf3 Bc1 74. Ne5 Kxe5
75. h6 Bxh6 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "ROU"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "4121830"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
O-O 8. Bd3 Re8+ 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. cxd3
Bg4 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Re6 18. h3 h6 19. Ree1
b6 20. Qb5 Rae8 21. Red1 Qc6 22. a4 Nd7 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Nc5 25. Bxc5
Qxc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. Rb1 a6 29. a5 Re4 30. Rb6 Rxc4 31. Rxa6
Ra4 32. Ra7 c4 33. Rdd7 c3 34. Rxf7 c2 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rhg7+
Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rhg7+ Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "2900424"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8.
a4 b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 c6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. b4 Bf8 14. Qb3 h6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Bb1 c5 19. Ba2 Bxe4 20. Rad1
Re6 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Qb1 Qc6 23. f3 Rd6 24. Qf5 Nf6 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Bc8 27. Nxe5 Bxf5 28. Bxf7+ Kh7 29. Nxc6 Bc2 30. Ra1 Rc8 31. b5 axb5 32.
axb5 Bd3 33. c4 Bd6 34. Rd1 Bc2 35. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Petrov, Martin"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "2911086"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qa4 Bg6 14. d4 Nd7
15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Qd1 f6 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Qa4 Nb6 19. Qb3+ Kg7 20. Rad1 Qe7
21. Qa3 Qf7 22. N3d2 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Kh2 exd4 25. Bxc6 dxc3 26. Bxb7 cxd2
27. Nxd2 Rab8 28. Ba6 Nd7 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Qxa5 Bb6 31. Qc3 Ne5 32. Bf1 Bc5
33. a3 Bf7 34. b4 Bb6 35. a4 c5 36. b5 Ra8 37. Ra1 Ba5 38. Qc2 c4 39. Red1
Rfc8 40. Be2 Qe6 41. Nf1 c3 42. Ne3 Bg6 43. Nd5 Rc5 44. Nf4 Qe7 45. Nxg6
Kxg6 46. f4 gxf3 47. gxf3 Kf7 48. Rg1 Rg8 49. Bf2 Rcc8 50. b6 f5 51. b7
Qxb7 52. Qa2+ d5 53. exd5 Rxg1 54. Rxg1 Qb2 55. Qxb2 cxb2 56. Bd4 Rc2 57.
Rb1 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Injac, Teodora"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "932400"]
[BlackFideId "2900041"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be4
8. h4 h6 9. Bh3 Bg7 10. O-O c5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. d5
Ne5 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rg8 17. Rb1 b6 18. a5 bxa5 19. Ra1 a4 20. Rxa4
Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Bxc3 22. Bxh6 Be5 23. Rb1 f6 24. Qc2 Kf7 25. Ra3 Rh8 26. Qd2
Rab8 27. Rab3 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qa4 29. Rb7 Qxc4 30. Be3 a5 31. Qxa5 Qxd5 32.
Qa7 Re8 33. f4 Bd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rb4 Qc5 36. Qa2+ Kf8 37. Rc4 Qd5 38.
Qa4 e5 39. Rc7 Re7 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Qd1 Qb7 42. Rd8 Rd7 43. Re8 Re7 44. Rd8
Qc7 45. Ra8 Qc6 46. Rd8 Qb6 47. Rc8 Rc7 48. Re8 Qc6 49. Qh5 Qxe8 50. Qxe8
d3 51. Qd8 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 d2 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "24114928"]
[BlackFideId "2932717"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qe2
Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10. Qb5+ Qd7 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. O-O Nd5 13. Ne5
Qd6 14. c3 Bf6 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. f3 Rfd8
20. Kh1 Qb5 21. Rd1 Qe2 22. Qd2 h5 23. Nf1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 g5 25. Ng3 h4 26.
Ne4 Be7 27. Rc2 Nd3 28. Bxg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Nxb2 30. Kg1 Nc4 31. Ne4 Kg7 32.
Kf2 e5 33. dxe5 Nxe5 34. Rd2 Re8 35. Re1 Kg6 36. Nc5 f6 37. Re4 h3 38. gxh3
Rh8 39. h4 Rb1 40. Ne6 c6 41. Nf4+ Kf5 42. Ne2 Kg6 43. Ng3 Rc1 44. h5+ Kf7
45. f4 Ng4+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. Nxf5 Nf6 48. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Black "Kalogridis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2917173"]
[BlackFideId "25833901"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Qe2 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 b5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14.
a3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Bb1 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. h3 h6 19. Bh4 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Qc7 Kf8 24. Qb8+ Ne8 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7
26. Bd3 g5 27. Bf1 f6 28. Ne1 Qd7 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Qa7 Bc8 31. Qa8 Qb7 32.
Qxb7+ Bxb7 33. Nc5 Bc8 34. a4 Nd6 35. axb5 axb5 36. g4 f5 37. f3 Kf6 38.
Kf2 e5 39. Ke3 f4+ 40. Kd3 Be6 41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Kd4 b4 44.
b3 Ne8 45. Kc5 Ke5 46. Bd3 Nf6 47. Bc4 Nd7+ 48. Kxb4 Kd4 49. Ba6 Ke3 50.
Bb7 Ne5 51. Kc5 Nxf3 52. b4 Nd4 53. b5 Nxb5 54. Kxb5 f3 55. Kc5 Kf4 56. Kd4
Kg3 57. Ke3 f2 58. Ke2 Kxh3 59. Kxf2 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "AZE"]
[BlackCountry "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "30901561"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nf3 Qe6+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nc6 11. d4 cxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "NED"]
[BlackCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "1039792"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d3 Nf8 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. Qc2 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Na4
Bf5 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bh3 20. Rfc1
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 d4 22. Rc7 Qg4 23. h3 Nh4+ 24. Kg1 Qxh3 25. gxh4 dxe3 26. Nf1
Qg4+ 27. Ng3 Qf3 28. Nh1 Ng4 29. R1c2 e2 30. R7c4 Ne3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32.
Kg2 e1=Q 33. Qxe1 Qxe1 34. Ng3 Qd1 35. Nf5 Qxd3 36. Rf2 h5 37. Rc3 Qd5+ 38.
Kh2 Kh7 39. Ng3 Rac8 40. Re3 e4 41. Rf5 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Qd7 43. Bxg7 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "15000290"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bb2 Nf6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. Na4 f6 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Nxb6 Nxb6 13. Bd3 Qxh5 14.
Nxh5 Kf7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rhe1 f5 17. f3 a5 18. c3 axb4 19. cxb4 Ne7 20.
g4 g6 21. Nf6 Ba4 22. Rd2 c6 23. Kb1 Bb5 24. h4 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Ng8 26. Bc1
Nxf6 27. exf6 Kxf6 28. Ka2 Nc4 29. Kb3 b5 30. Re2 Rhe8 31. Rd1 e5 32. dxe5+
Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kxe5 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Re2 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rf8 37. h5 Rf3+ 38.
Ka2 Rc3 39. Re1 d4 40. h6 d3 41. Rd1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SVK"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "938190"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Na5 b6
14. Nc6 Rd6 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bb5
Be5 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. a4 a5 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. b4 Rxd5 25. Bxd5+
Rxd5 26. b5 h5 27. Red1 Ke6 28. c4 Rc5 29. g3 g5 30. Kg2 c6 31. Rd8 cxb5
32. axb5 Kf5 33. Ra8 g4 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. Rc2 Ke4 36. Rd8 Be5 37. Re2+ Kf4
38. Rc2 Ke4 39. Re2+ Kf4 40. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "901172"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Na3 Bf5 8.
Nc4 Qd7 9. d3 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Ne2 d3 13. Nf4 Ra5 14. h4
e5 15. Nh3 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. a4 f5 20. Nd2 Ra6 21.
f4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. O-O Bd5 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. Nxb3 b6 28. Nd2 g6 29. Rfe1 Ng4 30. Re6 Rf6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Rd8 b5 33.
Rxd3 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 bxa4 35. Nc4 Re6 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Nb6 Nh2+ 38. Kf2 Ng4+
39. Kf1 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh5 43. Rc6 Ne3+ 44. Kg1 Kg4
45. Kf2 Nd1+ 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Rxb2 48. Nxa4 Ne3+ 49. Ke1 Ra2 50. Nxc5
Kf3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "KOS"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "6351921"]
[BlackFideId "4201809"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6
8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nb5 Rxe2 19. Rfe1 Bg4
20. Rxe2 Bxe2 21. Nc3 Bf3 22. Re1 b5 23. a3 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Ne4 Rd8
26. g4 Kg7 27. Ng3 Bxg4 28. Kg2 b3 29. Re3 Be6 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Nf4 Bc4 32.
Re4 Rc8 33. h4 Rc5 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Re3 Rb5 36. Rc3 Rb4 37. Re3 Rb5 38. Re4
Rc5 39. Rd4 Kf8 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 Rb5 42. Rh8 Ra5 43. Rc8 Ra4 44. Kf3
Rb4 45. Ke3 Be6 46. Rc5 f5 47. f3 Kd6 48. Ra5 Rc4 49. Rb5 Rc2 50. Nxe6 fxe6
51. Rxb3 Rh2 52. Rb4 e5 53. Rb6+ Kd5 54. Rb5+ Kd6 55. f4 Rh3+ 56. Ke2 exf4
57. Rxf5 Rxh4 58. Kf3 Rh3+ 59. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ITA"]
[BlackCountry "ISR"]
[WhiteFideId "884189"]
[BlackFideId "2815222"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6
8. a4 Nf6 9. e5 Bc5 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. c4 Nb4 14. b3
b6 15. Ba3 a5 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. O-O-O Be4 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Kb2 d6 20. exd6
Qxd6 21. Be2 Nc2 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bc3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ne3 25. Bb5 Nd5 26. Re1
f5 27. Be5 Rfd8 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Rcd1 Kf7 30. Ba6 Rc6 31. Bb5 Rcc8 32. h3
h6 33. g4 g5 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Ba6 Rc6 37. Bb5 Rcc8 38. Ba6
Rc6 39. Bb7 Rb6 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Bc7 Rb7 42. Bxa5 c4 43. Rxd5 Rxb3+ 44.
Ka2 exd5 45. Rxd5 Be6 46. Rb5 Rxh3 47. Rxg5 Kf6 48. Bd8+ Kf7 49. Rc5 Rd3
50. Bg5 Kg6 51. Bc1 Bd5 52. a5 Kf5 53. a6 c3+ 54. Kb1 Ke4 55. a7 Bb7 56.
Rc7 Bd5 57. Re7+ Kf5 58. Kc2 Rh3 59. Rd7 Be4+ 60. Kb3 Rh1 61. Be3 c2 62.
Rd4 Rb1+ 63. Ka2 Rb5 64. Rd8 c1=Q 65. Bxc1 Ra5+ 66. Kb3 Rxa7 67. Rf8+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2905540"]
[BlackFideId "24114928"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a4 Qc7
8. Na3 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a5 O-O 11. d3 Nb8 12. Nb6 axb6 13. axb6 Rxa1 14.
bxc7 Na6 15. Qe2 Nxc7 16. Be3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 b6 18. b4 Ne6 19. bxc5 bxc5
20. Qc3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Qxc6 Kf8 24. h3 h6 25. g4 Ke7 26.
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "6336760"]
[BlackFideId "6300545"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8.
Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 Be6 11. a4 O-O 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ne3
Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qe6 16. d4 Ng4 17. Re1 exd4 18. cxd4 Qg6 19. Qd2 a5 20. axb5
Nxb4 21. Rac1 Rab8 22. Rxc7 Rxb5 23. Be7 Re8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Nh4 Qg5 26.
Qxg5 hxg5 27. Nf3 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nf4 29. Bxd6 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxe4 31. Be7 N2c3
32. Re1 Nd5 33. Rd7 Nef6 34. Ra7 g4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Ba3 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1
Rb1+ 38. Ke2 f6 39. Rxa5 Nf4+ 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. d5 Rxf2+ 42. Kc3 Nxg2 43. Nd4
Ne5 44. d6 Nf4 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Ra7 Nd5+ 47. Kb3 Nb6 48. Ne6 Rf3+ 49. Kc2
Nbd7 50. Bb2 Rf2+ 51. Kb3 Rf3+ 52. Kc2 Rf2+ 53. Kb3 Rd2 54. Bxe5 Nxe5 55.
d7 Nxd7 56. Rxd7 Rxd7 57. Nf8+ Kh6 58. Nxd7 Kg5 59. Kc3 Kf4 60. Kd2 f5 61.
Ke2 Kg3 62. Ne5 g5 63. Kf1 f4 64. Nf7 g4 65. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "POL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "4264312"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 d6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. h3 Bb6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. a4 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6
14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. a5 Raf8 17. Qb4 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qg4 Qf7
20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. c4 d5 25. b3 Qc5 26.
Qe6 Qc6 27. Qxe5 Qg6 28. e4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Nc6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Nd4 32.
Ra8 Qf6 33. Qg8+ Kg6 34. g4 Nxf5 35. exf5+ Kg5 36. Qd8 Re7 37. Kf1 Qe5 38.
Ra7 Kf4 39. Ra2 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "15003604"]
[BlackFideId "4202694"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8.
f4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. c3
O-O 15. O-O g6 16. h4 f5 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. g3
Kf7 21. Kf2 h6 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Kd4 Rfc8 24. a4 Bc4 25. Ke3 Rd5 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. axb5 Re4+ 28. Kf3 Rd3+ 29. Kg2 axb5 30. Rae1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rd2+
32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Ke3 Rg2 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. Re3 Kd8 36. Rd3 Kc7 37. Ke3 h5 38.
Kd4 Kc6 39. Ke3 Kc5 40. Rxd7 Rxc3+ 41. Kd2 Rxg3 42. Rd6 Rf3 43. Rxe6 Rxf4
44. Rxg6 Rxh4 45. Rg5 Rf4 46. Rxh5 Kd5 47. Rh8 Kxe5 48. Rb8 b4 49. Rb5+ Kf6
50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Kg5 52. Rb8 Rc4 53. Rg8+ Kf6 54. Rb8 Ke5 55. Rb5+ Kd4
56. Rxf5 b3 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MKD"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "15002314"]
[BlackFideId "2900394"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne5 Nfd7 9. Ng4 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nd2 Bh7 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh3 Bg5 17. a4 d4 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. exd4 Nxc4 20. bxc4
cxd4 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Kh1 Be7 23. Rae1 Bc5 24. Bc1 Qd7 25. a5 Bb4 26. Re2 f5
27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Qg3 Rbf8 29. Qe5 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bb2 Bc5 32. Ref2
Bg6 33. Kg1 Rf5 34. Qe1 R5f6 35. Bg4 Bf5 36. Bh5 Qd6 37. Bc1 e5 38. Bf3 Be6
39. Qe2 Kh8 40. Re1 Rf5 41. Ref1 R5f6 42. Be4 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Rxf2 44. Qxf2
Qf8 45. Qg3 Qf6 46. Bd2 Bf5 47. Qf3 Bxe4 48. Qxe4 Qe7 49. h3 Qf6 50. Qa8+
Kh7 51. Qe4+ Kh8 52. Be1 Qf4 53. Qe2 e4 54. g3 Qf5 55. Kg2 e3 56. Qf3 Qe6
57. Qa8+ Kh7 58. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 59. dxe4 Kg6 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. c3 d3 62. g4 d2
63. e5+ Ke6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Ljepic, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2921642"]
[BlackFideId "980625"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Rd1 a6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Bf2 Rbc8 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Qe1 f5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Ne3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h6 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Qa3 dxe5 26.
dxe5 Nb8 27. Rc2 Rc8 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Qe7 g5 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SLO"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "14609215"]
[BlackFideId "4262875"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 5. Nbd2 g6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3
a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nf1 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng3 Rd4 20. Qe3
Rfd8 21. Ne2 R4d7 22. f3 Nh5 23. g3 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rdf7 25. Rf1 Nf6 26. Nc1
Nd7 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. Nd3 Qb6 29. b3 h6 30. Rd2 Kh7 31. Rdd1 Qa7 32. Rf2 Bb7
33. Ne1 Qb8 34. Rfd2 Qc7 35. Rf2 Ba8 36. Qd2 Nb8 37. Qd6 Qa7 38. Nd3 Nc6
39. Qxc5 Qb8 40. Rdd2 h5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Qb5 Qc7 43. Qc5 Kh7 44. Bd1 Qb8 45.
Bc2 Rc8 46. Bd1 Rcf8 47. Bc2 Rg8 48. Bd1 Qc7 49. Kh2 Rgf8 50. f4 exf4 51.
Rxf4 Rxf4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 53. e5 Rxh4+ 54. Kg3 Qd8 55. Qe3 Nd4 56. Nf2 Nf5#
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Injac, Teodora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "932400"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 c5 6. Na3 a6 7. c4 cxd4 8.
cxb5 Bxa3 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. bxa3 O-O 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bb2 Rb6
14. Bd4 Ba6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd4 Qd8 17. Rfe1 d5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. e4 Qxa3
20. exd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bb7 23. Qd3 Qa4 24. Rab1 Ba8 25. Qb5
Qa3 26. Qb4 Qxa2 27. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "2900017"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. O-O Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Ng3
g6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Be3 Bxc4 19. Kh1 Re8 20. Bg1
Qc7 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. Rb5 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qd6 24. Qe2 Qxf4 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26.
Bxc5 d6 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qxf6 dxc5 30. Qf8+ Kg5 31. Qe7+ Kh6
32. Qf8+ Kg5 33. Qe7+ Kg4 34. Qe2+ Kh4 35. Qe7+ Qg5 36. Qxh7+ Kg4 37. Ne2
Qh5 38. Qe7 Qh8 39. h3+ Kh5 40. Nf4+ Kh6 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Qd8+
Kh7 44. Qe7+ *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "15005267"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. c4 a5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. d3 Na6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nde4 Ne8 13. e3 Nac7 14. f4 f5
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qd2 c5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nb5 Qe7
21. Nxc7 Bc6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.
Kxf2 Bb5 27. Rxc5 Bxd3 28. Rd1 b6 29. Rc7 Be4 30. Bxe4 fxe4+ 31. Ke3 Rbd8
32. d6 Rf6 33. Rc6 b5 34. Rd5 b4 35. Kxe4 Rf2 36. Rxa5 Re2+ 37. Kd5 Rxh2
38. Ra7 Rd2+ 39. Kc5 h5 40. Kxb4 R2xd6 41. Rc3 Rb8+ 42. Ka3 Rbd8 43. b4 g5
44. Ra5 Rg6 45. Kb3 Rb8 46. Rac5 Kh7 47. b5 Kh6 48. a4 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50.
a5 Rf8 51. b6 Rf1 52. Kb2 Rf2+ 53. Rc2 Rf4 54. R5c4 Rf5 55. Rxh4+ Kg5 56.
Ra4 Rb5+ 57. Ka2 Rd6 58. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Dumbelovic, Novak"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "9204525"]
[BlackFideId "14403803"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. a4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O exd4
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Bf4 c6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Bf1 a5 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bg5 Ncd7 17. Bc1 h6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Qc5 20.
Bb2 Nhf6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qf3 g6 23. Qe3 Bg7 24. g3 Nf8 25. Bg2 Bc8 26. Qd2
Nf6 27. Kh2 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Ba1 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Nc5 32. Ne2
Bxa1 33. Rxa1 d5 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Rd1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rxd1 37. Rxe8+ Kg7 38.
Nc3 Rc1 39. Re2 Kf6 40. Na2 Ra1 41. Nc3 Rc1 42. Na2 Rd1 43. Nc3 Rd4 44. Kf3
h5 45. h4 Kf5 46. Ke3 Rd7 47. Kf3 Ne6 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Kf3 f6 50. Re3 g5 51.
hxg5 fxg5 52. Re2 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Re8 Ne6 55. Ne2 Rd2 56. Ke3 Rxc2 57.
Rh8 Rb2 58. Nc1 Rb1 59. Kd2 Kg4 60. Kc2 Rxc1+ 61. Kxc1 Nf4 62. Kd2 h3 63.
Ke3 Ng2+ 64. Ke4 Nh4 65. Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg1 Ng2 67. Kf3 Kg5 68. Kg3 Nf4 69.
Rd1 Kf5 70. Rd7 b5 71. axb5 cxb5 72. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "ROU"]
[WhiteFideId "44507356"]
[BlackFideId "13903063"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. dxe5 Bg7 6. e3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5
8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. e4 Be6 13. Kb1 Qf6 14.
Rhf1 g5 15. g3 g4 16. f4 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Qg7 18. Nb5 Na6 19. Nxd6+ cxd6 20.
Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bb5+ Bd7 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Be5 Rg6 25. Rfd3 Nc5
26. Rxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rxd6+ Ke7 28. Rd4 Ke6 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Rc4 Rc6 31. a4 Nd7
32. Rxc6+ bxc6 33. Kb2 Nf6 34. e5 Ng4 35. h4 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 Kxe5 37. b4 Kd4
38. Kb3 a6 39. c4 f6 40. a5 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "MNE"]
[BlackCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "16503902"]
[BlackFideId "14100371"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nge7
8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Bc4 d6 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. g3 Qc7 14.
O-O-O a6 15. h4 b5 16. Bd5 Nge7 17. f4 Rb8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. fxe5
Na2+ 21. Kd2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 dxe5 23. h6 Rd8 24. c4 g6 25. Qf3 Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qe7 27. Rhf1 f5 28. Kc1 Bd7 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. g4 e4 31. Qf4 Qa3+ 32. Kd2
Qb4+ 33. Kc1 Qa3+ 34. Kd2 Qb4+ 35. Kc1 Qc3 36. gxf5 Rxb3 37. fxg6 Qb2+ 38.
Kd2 Rxd5+ 39. Ke1 Qc3+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rxd1 43. gxh7+
Kxh7 44. Rxd1 Rc3 45. Rd7+ Kxh6 46. Rd6+ Kg5 47. Rxa6 Kf4 48. Kd2 Rh3 49.
Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rf8 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "FRA"]
[BlackCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. Bxe5 Nbd7
8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Qd3 g6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. O-O-O Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. f3 Ng7 16. Bf4 Ne6 17. c4 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qg2 19. c5 c6 20.
Rdg1 Qf2 21. Rf1 Qg2 22. Rfg1 Qf2 23. Rf1 Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteFideId "4202694"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2
a5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. a3 Na6 19. axb4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Black "Alexakis, Dimitris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "USA"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "30901561"]
[BlackFideId "4277023"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 f6 7. O-O d6
8. Rd1 Bd7 9. c4 c5 10. Qd3 a5 11. Nc3 Nh6 12. a4 Nf7 13. Nb5 Bg7 14. Bd2
O-O 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. f3 Bd7 20. Nd2 g5
21. h3 Be6 22. b3 Bg7 23. Nf1 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 Rf7 26. Nd5 Qb7 27.
Rab1 Raf8 28. Qe3 h6 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Bxe5 Bf5 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Bxd6 Qf6
33. Qe2 Rd8 34. Rbc1 Rc8 35. Qe3 h5 36. Bxc5 g4 37. Bd4 Bh6 38. Qf2 Qg6 39.
hxg4 hxg4 40. Be3 g3 41. Qe1 Re7 42. f4 Rce8 43. Rd6 Qg4 44. Rxh6 Rxe3 45.
Qd2 Qxf4 46. Rh5 Re1+ 47. Rxe1 Qxd2 48. Rxe8+ Kf7 49. Rxf5+ Kxe8 50. Nc7+
Ke7 51. Nd5+ Ke6 52. Rf3 Qd1+ 53. Rf1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4201809"]
[BlackFideId "2905540"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. c5 Bd7 14.
Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nf6 18. Qb2 Ng4 19. Ba5 Qb8 20.
Bc3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. e5 Nd5 23. f4 Bc6 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Rab1 Qc7 26.
Nb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 b6 28. c6 Ne3 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. Qb2 g6 31. Qf2 Nd5 32. Rb3
h5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rbc3 Qc7 35. R1c2 Rcd8 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kh3 b5 38. Rc5
a6 39. Qe2 Kg7 40. Qf2 Rd3 41. R5c3 R3d4 42. Qe3 R8d5 43. Rc5 Rd3 44. Qf2
R5d4 45. R5c3 Rd1 46. a3 Rd8 47. Re3 R1d5 48. Rec3 Rd4 49. Rc5 Rd3 50. R5c3
R3d4 51. Rc5 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ben Ari, Yannay"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ISR"]
[BlackCountry "SVK"]
[WhiteFideId "2815222"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3+ Qe7 7. Nc3 Qxe3
8. Bxe3 Bb4 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Rc1 c5 14.
Bc3 O-O 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Rc2 d6 18. Kd2 Bf5 19. Rc4 d3 20. e4
b5 21. Rb4 a5 22. Rxb5 Bxe4 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26.
Rb1 Rb3 27. Ne3 a4 28. Nc4 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Nd2 Rb5 31. Kxd3 Rxd5+ 32.
Ke2 Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "KOS"]
[WhiteFideId "938190"]
[BlackFideId "6351921"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Ng5 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nb6
8. N1f3 Bg4 9. Bd2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. O-O-O Nbd5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. g4 Nb4
14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Qf3 Bd6 17. Rde1 O-O 18. h4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
20. h5 f5 21. Rhg1 Rae8 22. c3 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Rxf2 24. Bc2 Qf7 25. Qe4 Bf4
26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 28. Kb1 Qh6 29. Qe4 Re7 30. Qe5 Qf4 31. a4
Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rf6 33. a5 Ref7 34. Rge1 Ke7 35. Bb3 Kd6 36. Ka2 Re7 37. Bxd5
cxd5 38. Rg5 b4 39. cxb4 Rf4 40. Rd1 Rb7 41. Ka3 Rf3+ 42. b3 Rf4 43. Rg6
Re4 44. Rd2 Rc7 45. Kb2 Re3 46. Rc2 Rb7 47. Ka3 Rd3 48. Rg4 Rh3 49. Rcg2
Rc7 50. R4g3 Rxh5 51. Rxg7 Rh7 52. Rxc7 Rxc7 53. Rg8 Rc6 54. b5 axb5 55.
Kb4 Rc1 56. Kxb5 Ra1 57. b4 Kc7 58. Rg7+ Kd6 59. a6 e5 60. Rg6+ Kc7 61.
dxe5 d4 62. Rc6+ Kb8 63. Rd6 Re1 64. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "ITA"]
[WhiteFideId "4264312"]
[BlackFideId "884189"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 h6 4. h3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. e4 d6 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe2
Bg7 15. c3 b5 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. O-O-O Qd7 18. e5 Ne7 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Be4
O-O-O 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qf3+ Nd5 23. Nd2 dxe5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. dxe5 b4 26.
Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Rd4 bxc3 28. Nxc3 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rd3 Rd7 31. Qe4 Nxc3
32. Qxc6+ Kxc6 33. Rxd7 Ne2+ 34. Kd2 Kxd7 35. Kxe2 Bxb2 36. Kd3 Bc1 37. Be5
g4 38. f3 gxf3 39. gxf3 Kc6 40. Kc4 Be3 41. Bg3 Bb6 42. Be5 Kd7 43. Bf4 Ke7
44. Be5 Kf7 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Kc4 Kd8 47. Bf6+ Kd7 48. Be5 Bf2 49. a4 Bh4 50.
Kd4 Be7 51. Kc4 Bd6 52. Bc3 Ke7 53. Bb2 Kf7 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Ke4 Kg5 56. Bc3
Kh4 57. Bd4 Kh3 58. Bc3 Kg3 59. Bd4 Kg2 60. Be3 Kf1 61. Kd3 Ke1 62. Bd2+
Kf2 63. Ke4 Ke2 64. Bc3 Bg3 65. Ba5 c5 66. Bc3 Be1 67. Bf6 c4 68. Kd4 c3
69. Kc4 c2 70. Bb2 Bd2 71. Kc5 Kxf3 72. Kd6 Ke4 73. Kxe6 c1=Q 74. Bxc1 Bxc1
0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2900394"]
[BlackFideId "1039792"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. a3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 h6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Bc2
d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Nh2 Nh7 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Bb3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Bd7
21. Bd2 Ba4 22. Bxa4 Rxa4 23. Qb5 Raa8 24. a4 Ra5 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4
Raa8 27. Rec1 Rec8 28. b3 Nf8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ne6 32.
Be3 Ne8 33. f3 f5 34. fxe4 dxe4 35. d5 N6c7 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Bxb6 Nd5 38.
Bc5 Ne8 39. Nf1 Kf7 40. b5 Ke6 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Bxe3 Nc7 43. g4 g5 44.
gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Kf2 h5 46. Bc5 h4 47. Bd6 Nd5 48. a5 e3+ 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Bc5
e2 51. Kxe2 Nc3+ 52. Kf3 Nxb5 53. Kg4 Nc3 54. b4 Ne4 55. Be3 Kd5 56. b5 Nd6
57. a6 bxa6 58. bxa6 Kc6 59. a7 Kb7 60. Kxg5 Nc4 61. Bf4 Kxa7 62. Kxh4 Nb6
63. Be3 *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ROU"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "4121830"]
[BlackFideId "2921642"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbc3 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. f4 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Re8
15. Qd2 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 Bg4 18. Ng3 Nf8 19. Nh1 Ne6 20. Nf2 Ned4 21.
Nd3 Qd7 22. Kh2 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bg7 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Qf2 Rbe8 27.
b4 Nb5 28. Qg3 Nbd4 29. Qf2 Nb5 30. c4 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Rb1 Qd8 33.
Qg3 Bf6 34. Bf2 Nd4 35. Rbe1 Kh7 36. Rh1 Ne2 37. Qe3 Bd4 38. Rxe2 Bxe3 39.
Rxe3 Rf7 40. Rhe1 Ref8 41. Bg3 Be6 42. Rc1 Rxf4 43. Bxf4 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Rxf4
45. Nxf4 Qxf4 46. Rce1 Qe5 47. c5 h4 48. cxd6 cxd6 49. Bh3 Qg5+ 50. Kh1
Bxh3 51. Rxh3 Qg4 52. Rhe3 Kh6 53. Rd3 Qf4 54. Kg2 g5 55. Rf3 Qd2+ 56. Kf1
Kh5 57. e5 dxe5 58. Rxe5 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qb2+ 60. Re2 Qxb4 61. Rf5 Qd4+ 62.
Kf1 Qd3 63. Rf8 h3 64. Kf2 Kg4 65. Rfe8 Qg3+ 66. Kf1 h2 67. R8e4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GRE"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "4262875"]
[BlackFideId "921815"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bxf5 exf5
8. c4 Be7 9. Qc2 g6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bh6 N7f6 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Qa4 b5 19. c4 Qd7 20.
Qa3 Qe7 21. Qd3 b4 22. a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. c5 O-O 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. Rb3
Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Rfb1 Rfb8 29. g3 Kf8 30. Ne1 Bd8 31. Nd3 Ba5 32. Ne5
Rc8 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Nc4 Bc7 35. Ra7 Ke6 36. Kf1 Kd5 37. Nd2 g5 38. Ke2 h5
39. Kd3 h4 40. Ra4 Rcb8 41. Ra7 R8b7 42. Ra6 hxg3 43. hxg3 g4 44. e4+ fxe4+
45. Nxe4 Ra5 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. Rxc6+ Kf5 48. Nd5 Bd8 49. Rxb4 Rd7 50. Ne3+
Kg5 51. Rd6 Rxd6 52. cxd6 Ra6 53. Rb5+ *

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2257327"]
[BlackFideId "6336760"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8.
a4 d4 9. Nc4 f6 10. Bd2 a5 11. Kh1 Be6 12. b3 b6 13. Ng1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Rae1 Ng6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd7 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 20. Nf3
Nxf4 21. gxf4 Rae8 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. Nfe5 Qxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Bxe5 26.
Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Re8 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke6
32. Rg2 Kd5 33. Rg7 Rxe5 34. Rxh7 c6 35. h4 Re3+ 36. Kf4 Re2 37. h5 Rxc2
38. h6 Rh2 39. Kg5 Kc5 40. Rb7 f4 41. Rf7 Rg2+ 42. Kh5 Rh2+ 43. Kg6 Kb4 44.
Rxf4 Kxb3 45. h7 b5 46. axb5 cxb5 47. Rf5 Rxh7 48. Kxh7 b4 49. Rxa5 Kc2 50.
Rb5 Kxd3 51. Rxb4 Kc3 52. Rxd4 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Besedes, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "TUR"]
[BlackCountry "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "6300545"]
[BlackFideId "946796"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6
8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6 10. h3 O-O 11. c3 Bf5 12. Nfd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14.
Bf4 Re8 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. Nc5
Nc2 21. Rac1 Qxb2 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kh2 Qb5 24. Bxd5 Rcd8 25. Rb1 Qe2 26.
Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Bf3 Nxd4 28. Bxe2 Bxb1 29. Nb3 Re8 30. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Stoyanov, Tsvetan"]
[Black "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2917173"]
[BlackFideId "44507356"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5
Nc6 8. Qc3 Ne5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. O-O c6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Yordanov, Lachezar"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "BUL"]
[BlackCountry "GRE"]
[WhiteFideId "2918927"]
[BlackFideId "4221990"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. b4
Nd7 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. O-O f5 18. Bf3 N7g6 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. Be2
Bb7 21. Bf1 f4 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. exf4 Nxf4 24. f3 Rbd8 25. Qc7 Rxd4 26. Qxe5
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bd5 28. Rc1 Qh5 29. Qd6 Qf5 30. Ng3 Qf6 31. Qc5 Kg8 32. a3 h5
33. Qc3 Qg5 34. Ne2 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Rxf3 36. Qe1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 h4
39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Nc3 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nh3+ 42. Kh1 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Bxg2+ 44.
Qxg2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Dumbelovic, Novak"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "9204525"]
[BlackFideId "15000290"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Nc6
8. e5 Bb4 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 d5 12. O-O Bf5 13. Re1+ Be4
14. Bd3 Qg6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Be3 b6 18. c4 Na5 19. Qe2 Rhe8
20. Rad1 Qf5 21. Rd2 Qd7 22. c5 Qa4 23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. d6 Qc4 25. dxc7+ Kxc7
26. Qxa7+ Nb7 27. Qxb6+ Kc8 28. c6 Nd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Kurmangaliyeva, Liya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "SRB"]
[BlackCountry "KAZ"]
[WhiteFideId "901172"]
[BlackFideId "13725831"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 Ne4 10. c3 b6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. b3 Qe7 13. Nd3 Ba6 14. Nfe5 Qe8
15. f3 Nf6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. c4 c5 19. e3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Qe7 21.
Rfd1 cxd4 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. exd4 dxc4 24. bxc4 Nd5 25. Qb3 Nb4 26. f4 Rfd8
27. Rac1 Qe7 28. h4 g6 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Rd2 Bb7 31. Re1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qb7+
33. Kh2 Rd6 34. d5 exd5 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Red1 Rcd8 37. h5 d4 38. g4 fxg4 39.
Qxg4 Qc8 40. Qg5 Qf5 41. h6+ Kf8 42. Qxf5+ gxf5 43. Kg3 d3 44. Rh1 Ke7 45.
Kf3 Rg8 46. Rh5 Kf6 47. Ke3 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rg8 49. Nf3 Re8 50. Nh4 Rd4 51.
Rxf5+ Ke6 52. c5 bxc5 53. Re5+ Kd7 54. Rxc5 Rxf4+ 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Nf5 Re2
57. Rd1 Rg6+ 58. Kf3 Rgg2 59. Ne3 Rgf2+ 60. Kg3 Rf6 61. Ng4 Rg6 62. Kf3 Kd6
63. Rxa5 Re8 64. Rb5 Rf8+ 65. Kg3 Nc6 66. Rxd3+ Kc7 67. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "ESP"]
[BlackCountry "MNE"]
[WhiteFideId "3901211"]
[BlackFideId "16503902"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 h6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
b3 Re8 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. e3 exd4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4
Bg6 15. Qa4 h5 16. g5 Ne4 17. h4 Qd7 18. d5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qg4 20. dxc6 Be4
21. Qd1 Rad8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Qe2 Bxc6 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Rd1
Bc6 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Ne1 Bc5 30. Rd2 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2
Bd6+ 33. f4 Qf1 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Qxc4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 b5 38. Re7
Qxa2 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxc7 b4 41. Kg3 Qb3+ 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Kf3 Qe5 44. Rd7
Qf5+ 45. Kg3 b3 46. Rb7 b2 0-1

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Sydoryka, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "14145928"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
b3 e6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. d3 Nc6 11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 Nd8 13. Nb5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 a6
15. Nc3 Nf7 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. d4 g5 18. Qd2 d6 19. Qc2 g4 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Nh6 22. e3 Rbe8 23. Qa4 f4 24. exf4 Nxf4+ 25. Kh1 Nh3 26. Qc2 Nf5 27.
Ng2 Qg7 28. Qd2 Ng5 29. Ne3 Nf3 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe3 Qg6 32. Ne2 e5 33. d5
Ref8 34. Ng1 Ng5 35. Rd2 Qh5 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 R8f6 38. cxd6 cxd6 39.
Rc2 Rh6 40. h4 gxh3 41. Kh2 Rhf6 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc4 Nf3+ 44. Nxf3 Rxf3
45. Qa7+ Rf7 46. Rc7 Qf5 47. Qb6 Qf6 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49. Kxh3 e4 50. Kg2 h5
51. Qxa6 e3 52. Qb7+ Kg6 53. Qb1+ Kh6 54. fxe3 Rxf1 55. Qxf1 Qb2+ 56. Kh3
Qxa3 57. Qf6+ Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qe8+ Kg7 60. Kh4 Qd3 61. Qxh5 Qf1 62.
Qg4+ Kh7 63. Qd7+ Kh8 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65. Qe7+ Kg8 66. Qxd6 Qf2 67. Qe6+ Kg7
68. Qe5+ Kg6 69. Qe4+ Kg7 70. Qe7+ Kg6 71. Qg5+ Kh7 72. Qh5+ Kg7 73. Qg4+
Kh7 74. Qe4+ Kg7 75. Qe5+ Kg6 76. Qd6+ Kg7 77. Qf4 Qh2+ 78. Kg4 Qa2 79. e4
Qe2+ 80. Kg5 Qd3 81. Qe5+ Kf7 82. Qf5+ Ke7 83. Qe6+ Kd8 84. Qd6+ Ke8 85.
Kf6 Qf3+ 86. Qf4 Qd3 87. g4 Kd7 88. Qf5+ Kd8 89. g5 Qc3+ 90. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "UKR"]
[BlackCountry "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "14100371"]
[BlackFideId "15003604"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. O-O Be6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. c3 h6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nh4 g5 14.
Qf3 Qe6 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Qd5 17. Qe2 Kd7 18. c4 Qc6 19. b4 Rae8 20. b5
Qc5 21. a4 e4 22. d4 Qxf5 23. a5 bxa5 24. c5 d5 25. c6+ bxc6 26. bxc6+ Ke6
27. Rxa5 g4 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Bd2 h5 30. Ba5 Ne8 31. f3 gxf3 32. gxf3 Qg6+
33. Kh1 f5 34. Bd2 Rg8 35. Bf4 h4 36. Raa1 Nd6 37. Rg1 Qh5 38. Rge1 h3 39.
Bxd6 Kxd6 40. fxe4 Qxe2 41. e5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Kxc6 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Rce1
Rg6 45. Rxf5 Rh6 46. Ra1 c6 47. Rf3 Re8 48. Rg3 Ree6 49. Kg1 Rh4 50. Rd1
Ree4 51. Rgd3 Reg4+ 52. Kh1 Kd7 53. R3d2 Rf4 54. Rd3 Re4 55. R3d2 Kd6 56.
Rd3 Ke6 57. R3d2 Re3 58. Rc1 Kd6 59. Rdc2 Rxd4 60. Rxc6+ Ke5 61. Rh6 Rde4
62. Kg1 Re1+ 63. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 64. Kf2 Ra1 65. Rxh3 d4 66. Ke2 Ra2+ 67. Kd1
Ke4 68. Rb3 Rxh2 69. Ra3 Rh8 70. Rb3 Rc8 71. Ra3 Rb8 72. Rh3 d3 73. Rh7 Ke3
74. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia Cup Rapid 2026"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2026.08.29"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Iliev, Hristiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "2026.08.29"]
[WhiteCountry "GEO"]
[BlackCountry "BUL"]
[WhiteFideId "13601652"]
[BlackFideId "2932717"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc5 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Nb5 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1
Bd5 20. a3 Kf8 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nd4 a6 24. g4 h6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26.
h4 Kf6 27. b4 Rd6 28. Kg3 Be6 29. Ra7 b5 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. hxg5+ hxg5+ 32.
Kxe4 Bxg4 33. Nb3 Bh3 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Nc5 Rf6+ 36. Kg3 Bc8 37. Rc7 Bf5 38.
e4 Be6 39. Rc6 Kh5 40. Rxa6 g4 41. Nxe6 fxe6 42. e5 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Kg5 44.
Rxe6 Rxa3 45. Rb6 Kf5 46. Rxb5 Rb3 47. Kh2 Ke6 48. Kg1 Kf5 49. Kg2 Ke6 50.
Kf1 Rb2 51. Kg2 Rb3 52. Rb8 Kxe5 53. b5 Kd6 54. b6 Kc6 55. Rg8 Kb7 56. Rxg4
Kxb6 57. Rc4 Kb5 58. Rc8 Rd3 59. f3 Rd6 60. Kg3 Rg6+ 61. Kh4 Kb6 62. f4 Kb7
63. Rc1 Rg2 64. f5 Kb6 65. Kh5 Kb7 66. f6 Kb8 67. Kh6 Kb7 68. f7 Rh2+ 69.
Kg7 Rg2+ 70. Kf8 Kb6 71. Re1 Kc7 72. Ke8 1-0

