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Sardinia Festival 2024 R8: Alan Pichot catches up with Yair Parkhov

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/05/2024

Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 is heading for a very close finish. GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) drew against GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU). It allowed GM Alan Pichot (ESP) to catch up as he defeated GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE). Both Parkhov and Pichot are now the coleaders 6.5/8. Parkhov for the second consecutive game missed a good chance. They have already faced each other in the sixth round. It ended in a draw. In Group B, WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) won against Carlo Molinari (ITA) in Open B. She maintains a full point lead going into the final round 7.5/8. In the final round, she will be up against the top seed Dejan Dimitrov (BUL). Round 9 starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. All photos are by Shahid Ahmed unless stated otherwise.

Alexandra Botez a draw away from becoming a clear champion

GM Alan Pichot (ESP) and GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) will face GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) and GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) on the top two boards. Those two are undoubtedly going to be two tough battles. Ertan Ozdogan (TUR), Luca Ferraro (ITA) and Hanyu Sun (CHN) are leading the Open C category. They all will face three different opponents with a two point difference. There is a good chance they will finish scoring 8/9 each.

GM Alan Pichot (ESP) has now become a coleader with GM Yair Parkhov (ISR)

Parkhov - Shevchenko

Position after 23...Kf8

GM Yair Parkhov (ISR, 2510) is playing well and getting himself good positions. However, he is having trouble capitalizing on those chances. He needed to go 24.Nb6 Qc7/d8 25.Red1 Qxb6 26.Rd7 would have been winning for White. Unfortunately for him, he decided to retreat his knight 24.Nc3? and all his advantage waned. The game ended in a draw in less than ten moves.

GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) once again missed a good opportunity against GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)

GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) had a flawless draw against...

...GM Ediz Gurel (TUR)

Sivuk - Pichot

Position after 33...b4

GM Alan Pichot (ESP, 2635) adhered to the old adage - passed pawns must be pushed. Hence he went 33...b4 34.Rc4? was not the best way to react to it. 34...Nd5 35.Bd4 Rxa5 36.f5?? was the straw that broke the camel's back moment for White 36...Rb5 37.e4 too little too late Nb6 38.Rc7 b3 39.Rb7 b2 40.Bxb2 Rxb2 and it's over.

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) blundered in time trouble and lost against Sanan Sjugirov (HUN)

The 12-year-old was in tears as he blundered in time trouble and fell into a mate in seven.

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WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) scored her seventh win as she defeated Carlo Molinari (ITA) to maintain her full point lead 7.5/8

Alessia Natoli (POL, pictured) and Dejan Dimitrov (BUL) are at 6.5/8 each

Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI) President, Luigi Maggi made the ceremonial first move of Round 8 on IM Fabrizio Bellia and GM Francesco Sonis' board

A friendly football mini-tournament featuring the players, arbiters and officials of Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 took place at 10 am before Round 8. All players are seen donning the FIDE 100 football jerseys to commemorate 100 years of FIDE. All three football match videos will be published in few days, stay tuned!

The four teams with the tournament organizer - GM FST IO Roberto Mogranzini

The winning team

Parents with their kids | Photo: Niklesh Jain

For more Round 8 and Football match photos, please click at the respective links. Lots of exciting, interesting game videos will be published soon, stay tuned!

Video Gallery

12-year-old navigates a Complex Pawn Race - FM Henry v FM Kanov | Video: ChessBase India
"When Fabi didn't win, we felt like we didn't win" - Evgenij Miroshnichenko | Video: ChessBase India
"My son rides his bicycle  to every chess club in Amsterdam" - Mik | Video: ChessBase India

Replay live stream

Replay Round 8 live commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR) and WCM Alexandra Prado (BOL)  | Video: UniChess

Replay Round 8 Open A games

Replay Round 8 Open B games

Replay Round 8 Open C games

Round 8 Open A results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
120
GMParkhov Yair25136½ - ½GMShevchenko Kirill2675
3
29
GMChigaev Maksim2621½ - ½GMFedoseev Vladimir2690
1
34
GMVan Foreest Jorden2668½ - ½GMGurel Ediz2578
13
416
GMSivuk Vitaly25510 - 1GMPichot Alan2644
5
514
GMLodici Lorenzo2565½ - ½GMMurzin Volodar2632
7
62
GMSjugirov Sanan268951 - 05IMErdogmus Yagiz Kaan2540
19
76
GMLagarde Maxime26405½ - ½5IMSokolovsky Yahli2490
23
88
GMDardha Daniel263051 - 05IMHaldorsen Benjamin2419
41
910
GMMoussard Jules261051 - 05IMLewtak Damian2343
63
1012
GMMoroni Luca Jr25805½ - ½5IMZhalmakhanov Ramazan2490
24
1154
IMBellia Fabrizio23845½ - ½5GMSonis Francesco2562
15
1253
FMVergara Anton Diego23875½ - ½GMVelten Paul2481
25
1318
GMBharath Subramaniyam H2544½ - ½FMShohat Yotam2398
51
1422
IMRozen Eytan2499½ - ½IMPapadiamandis Elliot2312
71
1552
FMZemach Nadav2396½ - ½IMCosta Leonardo2476
27

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgIPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
15
GMPichot AlanESP26446,5423833,252499
220
GMParkhov YairISR25136,541,538,532,252520
31
GMFedoseev VladimirSLO2690641,537,529,502464
48
GMDardha DanielBEL26306413730,502443
53
GMShevchenko KirillROU2675640,536,530,002394
614
GMLodici LorenzoITA2565640,536,528,502445
713
GMGurel EdizU18TUR2578639,53628,502416
89
GMChigaev MaksimESP262163935,528,002483
97
GMMurzin VolodarU18FID26326383527,752439
1010
GMMoussard JulesFRA2610636,53426,502427
112
GMSjugirov SananHUN268963632,526,252430
124
GMVan Foreest JordenNED26686353325,252374
1324
IMZhalmakhanov RamazanKAZ24905,541,53827,002507
1416
GMSivuk VitalySWE25515,540,53726,002439
1523
IMSokolovsky YahliU18ISR24905,539,53626,002436

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Round 9 Open A pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
15
GMPichot Alan26446GMDardha Daniel2630
8
24
GMVan Foreest Jorden26686GMParkhov Yair2513
20
31
GMFedoseev Vladimir269066GMMoussard Jules2610
10
413
GMGurel Ediz257866GMSjugirov Sanan2689
2
53
GMShevchenko Kirill267566GMLodici Lorenzo2565
14
67
GMMurzin Volodar263266GMChigaev Maksim2621
9
731
IMRoyal Shreyas2455GMLagarde Maxime2640
6
846
IMAizenberg Benny2409GMMoroni Luca Jr2580
12
915
GMSonis Francesco2562FMVergara Anton Diego2387
53
1047
IMAtanasov Anthony2407GMSivuk Vitaly2551
16
1123
IMSokolovsky Yahli2490IMBellia Fabrizio2384
54
1224
IMZhalmakhanov Ramazan2490FMEzra Paul Chambers2343
64
1329
IMAgmanov Zhandos2458FMTudor Henry Edward2279
81
1457
FMCarlo Emanuele236355GMBharath Subramaniyam H2544
18
1519
IMErdogmus Yagiz Kaan254055FMZemach Nadav2396
52

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Round 8 Open B results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
Dimitrov Dejan19981 - 0CMJoel Paul Ganta1969
6
219
Natoli Alessia19171 - 0Knors Rudi1992
2
327
Mascia Germano18845½ - ½5Wang Shanshan1966
8
45
WFMBotez Alexandra *)19701 - 0Molinari Carlo1867
34
57
Nassa Nicolas19690 - 1Botez Andrea *)1879
28
670
Valente Luca171650 - 15Maida Federico1961
10
711
Costabile Vincenzo195550 - 15Benoit Hugues1935
16
815
Carfagna Alex193951 - 05Peretti Eva1698
74
924
Moreno Latorre Francisco Jose18990 - 1Neri Enzo1978
4
1064
Orman Attila17281 - 0Forno Diego1961
9

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
15
WFMBotez AlexandrawCAN19707,540,536,537,751897
219
Natoli AlessiawPOL19176,540,53732,251848
31
Dimitrov DejanBUL19986,53733,530,751825
416
Benoit HuguesFRA19356393727,001833
510
Maida FedericoITA1961636,534,524,501827
615
Carfagna AlexITA1939634,53225,001781
76
CMJoel Paul GantaIND19695,54238,526,251875
834
Molinari CarloITA18675,540,53825,251864
913
Becker AlexanderGER19505,54036,524,251822
108
Wang ShanshanwCHN19665,537,53423,751886

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
116
Benoit Hugues19356Natoli Alessia1917
19
210
Maida Federico196166Carfagna Alex1939
15
32
Knors Rudi1992Simonelli Mattia1886
26
41
Dimitrov Dejan1998WFMBotez Alexandra *)1970
5
58
Wang Shanshan1966Botez Andrea *)1879
28
634
Molinari Carlo1867Neri Enzo1978
4
76
CMJoel Paul Ganta1969Mascia Germano1884
27
813
Becker Alexander1950Orman Attila1728
64
911
Costabile Vincenzo195555Petrosino Germano1824
43
1042
Fonda Marco182555Porcu Riccardo1877
29

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Round 8 Open C results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
13
Piovesan Sara15790 - 16Ferraro Luca1399
20
222
Ozdogan Ertan139961 - 0Corbo Giuseppe A.1558
7
314
Geraci Daniele14860 - 16Sun Hanyu1399
26
48
Isaia Daniele154841 - 0Cilenti Giuseppe Maria1574
5
54
Krishnan Vishwanathan157541 - 04Saba Andrea1399
24

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgIRtgNPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
122
Ozdogan ErtanTUR0139974036,533,001503
220
Ferraro LucaITA01399739,53632,501532
326
Sun HanyuCHN0139973835,531,001482
44
Krishnan VishwanathanIND1575054036,521,501466
58
Isaia DanieleITA154805363420,501486
611
Serra ManuelITA1521053431,517,001493
73
Piovesan SaraITA157904,5413719,501471
87
Corbo Giuseppe A.ITA155804,539,53618,751471
95
Cilenti Giuseppe MariaSMR157404,53734,515,501499
1014
Geraci DanieleITA148604,53330,515,251496

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
120
Ferraro Luca139975Isaia Daniele1548
8
24
Krishnan Vishwanathan157557Ozdogan Ertan1399
22
326
Sun Hanyu139975Serra Manuel1521
11
47
Corbo Giuseppe A.1558Piovesan Sara1579
3
55
Cilenti Giuseppe Maria1574Schintu Elia1399
25

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Links

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