TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.
Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026 ()
Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026
Mark Crowther - Monday 11th May 2026
The Sardinia World Chess Festival took place Sun 3rd May 2026 to Sun 10th May 2026 in Orosei, Italy. Frederik Svane took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Haik M. Martirosyan, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Mamikon Gharibyan. Tied for 25th place on 6/9 was Faustino Oro who in spite of a loss to Nepomniachtchi in the final round earned his final GM norm at 12 years, 6 months, 26 days, the second youngest in history, a couple of months behind Abhimanyu Mishra.
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Faustino Oro earns his final GM norm in Sardinia
Mark Crowther | Mon May 11 09:51:00 2026
Faustino Oro is now the second youngest player in history to become a GM after a 6/9 result in Sardinia. I suspect he will be more relieved than anything else after chasing this final norm for five months. He is already among only a select few who have earned the Grandmaster title at such a young age.
Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026 (Orosei ITA)
Sun 3rd May 2026 - Sun 10th May 2026 -
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Sardinia World Open A (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
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| Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA Sun 3rd May 2026 - Sun 10th May 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Svane, Frederik | GM | GER | 2645 | 7.5 | 9 | 51 | 47.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | GM | ARM | 2636 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 49.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | FID | 2729 | 7 | 9 | 51.5 | 49 |
| 4 | 29 | Gharibyan, Mamikon | GM | ARM | 2477 | 7 | 9 | 44.5 | 41 |
| 5 | 12 | Jacobson, Brandon | GM | USA | 2594 | 6.5 | 9 | 53.5 | 49 |
| 6 | 4 | Karthikeyan, Murali | GM | IND | 2648 | 6.5 | 9 | 53 | 49.5 |
| 7 | 20 | Yilmaz, Mustafa | GM | TUR | 2549 | 6.5 | 9 | 50.5 | 47 |
| 8 | 32 | Kuru, Atilla | IM | TUR | 2464 | 6.5 | 9 | 50 | 46.5 |
| 9 | 2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | GM | IRI | 2710 | 6.5 | 9 | 50 | 45.5 |
| 10 | 24 | Prraneeth, Vuppala | GM | IND | 2515 | 6.5 | 9 | 49.5 | 45.5 |
| 11 | 13 | Lodici, Lorenzo | GM | ITA | 2590 | 6.5 | 9 | 48 | 44 |
| 12 | 11 | Idani, Pouya | GM | IRI | 2594 | 6.5 | 9 | 47.5 | 44 |
| 13 | 16 | Sokolovsky, Yahli | GM | ISR | 2564 | 6.5 | 9 | 47 | 43.5 |
| 14 | 18 | Zeng, Chongsheng | GM | CHN | 2557 | 6.5 | 9 | 46 | 43.5 |
| 15 | 9 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | GM | IND | 2607 | 6 | 9 | 53.5 | 49 |
| 16 | 23 | Oro, Faustino | IM | ARG | 2528 | 6 | 9 | 49.5 | 46 |
| 17 | 7 | Aditya, Mittal | GM | IND | 2619 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 44.5 |
| 18 | 3 | Saric, Ivan | GM | CRO | 2657 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 44 |
| 19 | 27 | Velten, Paul | GM | FRA | 2487 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 43.5 |
| 20 | 25 | Hardaway, Brewington | GM | USA | 2510 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 43 |
| 21 | 35 | Sai, Krishna G V | IM | CAN | 2443 | 6 | 9 | 45.5 | 42.5 |
| 22 | 49 | Vantika, Agrawal | IM | IND | 2367 | 6 | 9 | 44.5 | 42 |
| 23 | 42 | Niedbala, Bartlomiej | IM | POL | 2378 | 6 | 9 | 42.5 | 39.5 |
| 24 | 31 | Atanasov, Anthony | IM | CAN | 2470 | 6 | 9 | 40.5 | 38 |
| 25 | 17 | Smirin, Ilia | GM | ISR | 2562 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 42.5 |
| 26 | 21 | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | IM | UZB | 2534 | 5.5 | 9 | 53.5 | 49 |
| 27 | 26 | Ohanyan, Emin | GM | ARM | 2508 | 5.5 | 9 | 50 | 46.5 |
| 28 | 28 | Ilinca, Felix-Antonio | IM | ROU | 2486 | 5.5 | 9 | 48 | 44 |
| 29 | 10 | Dardha, Daniel | GM | BEL | 2602 | 5.5 | 9 | 47.5 | 43.5 |
| 30 | 19 | Sonis, Francesco | GM | ITA | 2556 | 5.5 | 9 | 47 | 43.5 |
| 31 | 39 | Averin, Nikolay | IM | FID | 2416 | 5.5 | 9 | 46.5 | 43 |
| 32 | 34 | Muthaiah, Al | IM | IND | 2448 | 5.5 | 9 | 45.5 | 42 |
| 33 | 50 | Vagman, Roy | IM | ISR | 2366 | 5.5 | 9 | 44 | 41 |
| 34 | 72 | Castellanos Villela, Alejandro | FM | CHI | 2271 | 5.5 | 9 | 44 | 40.5 |
| 35 | 36 | Bai, Adelard | IM | TPE | 2436 | 5.5 | 9 | 43.5 | 40.5 |
| 36 | 52 | Lortkipanidze, Nodar | IM | GEO | 2363 | 5.5 | 9 | 43 | 41.5 |
| 37 | 30 | Dronavalli, Harika | GM | IND | 2470 | 5.5 | 9 | 43 | 40.5 |
| 38 | 43 | Manukyan, Sargis A. | FM | ARM | 2376 | 5.5 | 9 | 43 | 40 |
| 39 | 66 | Rychagov, Nikita | FM | EST | 2304 | 5.5 | 9 | 42.5 | 39 |
| 40 | 40 | Favaloro, Andrea | IM | ITA | 2395 | 5.5 | 9 | 42 | 39.5 |
| 41 | 77 | Urbani, Gabriel | FM | ITA | 2258 | 5.5 | 9 | 41 | 38.5 |
| 42 | 67 | Raghav, V | FM | IND | 2301 | 5.5 | 9 | 41 | 38.5 |
| 43 | 56 | Tahay, Alexis | IM | FRA | 2355 | 5.5 | 9 | 40 | 37 |
| 44 | 153 | Paarshva, Parmar | IND | 1989 | 5.5 | 9 | 40 | 36.5 | |
| 45 | 74 | Paduano, Claudio | FM | ITA | 2267 | 5.5 | 9 | 39.5 | 37 |
| 46 | 53 | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | FM | ROU | 2360 | 5.5 | 9 | 39.5 | 37 |
| 47 | 79 | Beliman, Alexandro | FM | ITA | 2247 | 5.5 | 9 | 33.5 | 31 |
| 48 | 15 | Amar, Elham | GM | NOR | 2576 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 45.5 |
| 49 | 99 | Aamuktha, Guntaka | WFM | IND | 2152 | 5 | 9 | 45.5 | 44 |
| 50 | 65 | Hercegovac, Neven | FM | ITA | 2307 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 41.5 |
| 160 players | |||||||||
