Sardinia World Chess Festival: Live

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5/3/2024 – GM Yair Parkhov from Israel continues to lead the Sardinia World Chess Festival - with 6.0/7 he is half a point of no less than nine players with 5.5/7. In round 8 Parkhov has White against Kirill Shevchenko. In the B-Open Alexandra Botez leads with 6.5/7 and is one point ahead of five players with 5.5/7. Andrea and Alexandra Botez stream their games live with commentary by Jon-Ludvig Hammer and Dina Belenkaya. Round 8 starts at 15:00 local time (9:00 ET).

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Around 300 players take part in three Opens at the Sardina World Festival 2024, which has an excellent prize fund of just over 50,000 euros. 167 players started in the A-Open, a 9-round Swiss.

The field is strong: 11 players have a rating of 2600+, top seed is Vladimir Fedoseev with a rating of 2690. For Alexandra and Andrea Botez, it is the last stop on their trip to Europe. The two Canadian streamers broadcast their own matches on video and provide commentary on their Botezlive channel.

Live games

Video stream by Botezlive

Standings after round 7

Rk. SNo Name Typ FED Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 20
GM Parkhov Yair ISR 6 31 29
2 5
GM Pichot Alan ESP 5,5 33,5 29,5
3 1
GM Fedoseev Vladimir SLO 5,5 32 28,5
4 14
GM Lodici Lorenzo ITA 5,5 31,5 28
5 9
GM Chigaev Maksim ESP 5,5 31 27,5
6 16
GM Sivuk Vitaly SWE 5,5 30,5 28
7 3
GM Shevchenko Kirill ROU 5,5 30 27
8 13
GM Gurel Ediz U18 TUR 5,5 29,5 26,5
9 7
GM Murzin Volodar U18 FID 5,5 27,5 25
10 4
GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 5,5 26 24,5
11 8
GM Dardha Daniel BEL 5 31,5 28,5
12 24
IM Zhalmakhanov Ramazan KAZ 5 31,5 28,5
13 53
FM Vergara Anton Diego U18 ESP 5 30,5 28
14 23
IM Sokolovsky Yahli U18 ISR 5 30 27
15 19
IM Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan U18 TUR 5 29,5 26,5
16 41
IM Haldorsen Benjamin NOR 5 29,5 26,5
17 6
GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 5 29 26,5
18 2
GM Sjugirov Sanan HUN 5 28,5 25,5
19 10
GM Moussard Jules FRA 5 28 25,5
20 15
GM Sonis Francesco ITA 5 28 25,5
21 12
GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 5 27,5 25
22 63
IM Lewtak Damian POL 5 26,5 23,5
23 54
IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 5 23 20,5
24 18
GM Bharath Subramaniyam H U18 IND 4,5 33,5 30,5

...167 participants

Schedule

Round Day Time
1 2024/04/27 15:00
2 2024/04/28 15:00
3 2024/04/29 15:00
4 2024/04/30 09:00
5 2024/04/30 16:00
6 2024/05/01 15:00
7 2024/05/02 15:00
8 2024/05/03 15:00
9 2024/05/04 09:00

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