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Sardinia Festival 2024 R3: Bharath Subramaniyam and seven more make a perfect start

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/04/2024

Eight players made a perfect start at Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H is the sole Indian among them. He will face the new Spain no.4 GM Alan Pichot in Round 4. IM Yair Parkhov (ISR) and IM Eray Kilic (TUR) are the only two IMs among the leaders pack. FM Ritvik Krishnan defeated IM Remy Degraeve (FRA) to move to an unbeaten 2.5/3. Italy no.4, GM Francesco Sonis checkmated his opponent IM Edvin Trost (SWE) on his 22nd birthday. The first-ever Classical rated game between the Botez sisters was won by Alexandra over her younger sister Andrea. Tomorrow is the sole double round of the day. Round 4 starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Rithvik beats Remy

IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov (KAZ) - GM Sanan Sjugirov (HUN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Alan - Girel

Position after 40...Bb7

It was quite difficult to defend against the sharp rook and double bishop vs rook, knight and bishop endgame. The game continued 41.Rxh6 Nc5? 42.Rh7 soon Black lost material and the game eventually. However, there was a beautiful finish in the above diagram. Try to find it.

Trapping a Rook in a Rook and Four Minor Piece Endgame - Pichot v Girel | Video: ChessBase India
Why did GM Alan Pichot decide to leave Argentina and play for Spain? | Video: ChessBase India

GM Alan Pichot (ESP) scored a fine victory over IM Joseph Girel (FRA) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Fromm - Jules

Position after 56...e5

The rook and connected passed pawns endgame was certainly not easy to defend for White. Find out why. IM Marius Flomm (GER, 2454) made a mistake and his opponent GM Jules Moussard (FRA, 2610) capitalized on it.

Complex Rook and Connected Passed Pawns Endgame - IM Fromm vs GM Moussard | Video: ChessBase India

GM Jules Moussard (FRA) moves to 3/3 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Francesco Sonis (ITA) checkmated his opponent on his 22nd birthday | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM FST IO Roberto Mogranzini (ITA), Tournament Director and CEO of Unichess Italy wished the birthday boy, GM Francesco Sonis, Italy no.4, a very happy birthday at the beginning of the round.

IM Eray Kilic (TUR) crushed GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE) in 26 moves | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H thwarted FM Nikola Kanov's (BUL) ambitious attack | Photo: Niklesh Jain

WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) defeated her sister Andrea Botez (CAN) to score a hat-trick and stay in the lead | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

For more photos, please click here. Lots of exciting and interesting game videos will be published soon, stay tuned!

Best Moves: Top 3 positions of Sardinia World Chess Festival Round 3, FI Niklesh Jain explains | Video: ChessBase India
Venue Tour of Sardinia World Chess Festival Round | Video: ChessBase India

Replay live stream

Replay Round 3 live commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR) and WCM Alexandra Prado (BOL) | Video: UniChess

Replay Round 3 Open A games

Replay Round 3 Open B games

Replay Round 3 Open C games

Round 3 Open A results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
124
IMZhalmakhanov Ramazan24902½ - ½2GMSjugirov Sanan2689
2
25
GMPichot Alan264421 - 02IMGirel Joseph2479
26
325
GMVelten Paul24812½ - ½2GMDardha Daniel2630
8
432
IMFromm Marius245420 - 12GMMoussard Jules2610
10
511
GMHuschenbeth Niclas260721 - 02IMOlsen Filip Boe2440
34
615
GMSonis Francesco256221 - 02IMTrost Edvin2434
36
738
IMKilic Eray242921 - 02GMSivuk Vitaly2551
16
840
FMKanov Nikola242320 - 12GMBharath Subramaniyam H2544
18
919
IMErdogmus Yagiz Kaan25402½ - ½2GMYankelevich Lev2413
42
1058
IMKaczmarek Aleksander236220 - 12IMParkhov Yair2513
20
1121
GMMikhalevski Victor250621 - 02FMChyzy Jakub2314
70
121
GMFedoseev Vladimir26901 - 0IMFavaloro Andrea2412
45
1351
FMShohat Yotam23980 - 1GMLagarde Maxime2640
6
147
GMMurzin Volodar2632½ - ½IMAizenberg Benny2409
46
159
GMChigaev Maksim26211 - 0IMKochavi Ori2406
48

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgIPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
15
GMPichot AlanESP264435,545,50
218
GMBharath Subramaniyam HU18IND25443545,00
311
GMHuschenbeth NiclasGER2607353,55,00
410
GMMoussard JulesFRA261034,53,54,50
515
GMSonis FrancescoITA256234,53,54,50
638
IMKilic ErayU18TUR242934,53,54,50
721
GMMikhalevski VictorISR250634,53,54,50
820
IMParkhov YairISR251333,53,53,50
924
IMZhalmakhanov RamazanKAZ24902,564,54,75
102
GMSjugirov SananHUN26892,564,54,75
1142
GMYankelevich LevGER24132,55,54,54,25
128
GMDardha DanielBEL26302,55,54,54,25
1325
GMVelten PaulFRA24812,5543,75
141
GMFedoseev VladimirSLO26902,5543,75
1541
IMHaldorsen BenjaminNOR24192,5543,75

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Round 4 Open A pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
118
GMBharath Subramaniyam H254433GMPichot Alan2644
5
210
GMMoussard Jules261033GMMikhalevski Victor2506
21
320
IMParkhov Yair251333GMHuschenbeth Niclas2607
11
415
GMSonis Francesco256233IMKilic Eray2429
38
522
IMRozen Eytan2499GMFedoseev Vladimir2690
1
62
GMSjugirov Sanan2689GMVelten Paul2481
25
76
GMLagarde Maxime2640IMZhalmakhanov Ramazan2490
24
88
GMDardha Daniel2630IMAgmanov Zhandos2458
29
930
IMBronstein Or2458GMChigaev Maksim2621
9
1012
GMMoroni Luca Jr2580IMAghayev Miragha2424
39
1142
GMYankelevich Lev2413IMGurel Ediz2578
13
1214
GMLodici Lorenzo2565IMHaldorsen Benjamin2419
41
1383
FMKrishnan Ritvik2277IMErdogmus Yagiz Kaan2540
19
1470
FMChyzy Jakub231422GMShevchenko Kirill2675
3
154
GMVan Foreest Jorden266822IMKaczmarek Aleksander2362
58

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Links

Sardinia Chess Festival: Official site, fb page and instagram

Tournament details


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