Sardinia Festival 2024 R6: Yair Parkhov still in sole lead, 12-year-old Henry Tudor stuns Victor Mikhalevski

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/05/2024

GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) drew against GM Alan Pichot (ESP) in the sixth round of Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024. Only two out of the top ten boards ended decisively. That ensured Yair maintaining his sole lead 5.5/6. GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) registered his fifth win in-a-row. He defeated Turkey's youngest GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus. Top seed GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) bounced back with a win over IM Eray Kilic (TUR). GM Bharath Subramaniyam H and IM Vantika Agrawal drew against GM Volodar Murzin and GM Francesco Sonis (ITA) respectively. WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) drew against CM Joel Paul Ganta to maintain her sole lead 5.5/6. Round 7 starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. All photos are by Shahid Ahmed unless stated otherwise.

Alexandra Botez maintains her sole lead

The sixth round witnessed two checkmates with bishop and knight and lots of interesting games. WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) got a substantial advantage at one point in the endgame. However, she could not capitalize on it and her opponent salvaged a draw. Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI) President, Luigi Maggi visited the tournament. There was also a Black and White dinner after the conclusion of the round.

GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) - GM Alan Pichot (ESP): 0.5-0.5

Jorden - Yagiz

Position after 28.f4

GM Jorden van Foreest (NED, 2665) showed fantastic positional understanding 28.f4 Ne6 29.Bxe5 Nd4 30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.e5 and GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus' (TUR, 2554) position started falling apart.

GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) scored his fifth win in-a-row after a forgettable start

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H - GM Volodar Murzin: 0.5-0.5

Moussard - Ramazan

Position after 31...Re3?

IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov (KAZ, 2493) played the interesting 31...Re3? Unfortunately it only secures a half point for Black. 32.fxe3 Bxe3 33.Re7 Bg1+ 34.Kh1 Be3+ 35.Kh2 Qg1+ 36.Kg3 and it was a draw due to perpetual check. Instead, 31...Qd2 followed by Re1 would have been winning for Black. Of course, it is not an easy idea to spot.

IM Ramazan Zhalmakhanov (KAZ) missed a difficult win against GM Jules Moussard (FRA)

GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) bounced back with a victory over IM Eray Kilic (TUR)

IM Vantika Agrawal (pictured) - GM Francesco Sonis (ITA): 0.5-0.5

Henry - Victor

Position after 26...Rxh3!

GM Victor Mikhalevski (ISR, 2506) made a nice exchange sacrifice 26...Rxh3! His opponent, 12-year-old FM Henry Edward Tudor (ROU, 2279) obviously saw the perils of accepting the sacrifice. Thus, he decided to take a preventive measure before capturing it 27.f3 Qa5 28.Bxh3 Rxh3 29.Kg2 g5 30.Qd4 and the conversion was easy enough for the newly crowned Romania National Under-20 champion.

12-year-old Romania National Under-20 Champion - FM Henry Edward Tudor, stuns Victor Mikhalevski | Video: ChessBase India

FM Henry Edward Tudor (ROU) scored a fine victory to move to 4.5/6

Final moments: WFM Alexandra Botez - CM Joel Paul Ganta | Video: ChessBase India

WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) maintained her sole lead after a five-hour long draw against...

...CM Joel Paul Ganta

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L to R: FIDE Deputy Chair and European Chess Union Deputy President - WGM Dana Reizniece-Ozola (LAT), Elisa Farris, Mayor of Sardinia, Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (FSI) President, Luigi Maggi and Tournament Director of Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 - GM FST IO Roberto Mogranzini

Various players and accompanying persons played friendly blitz and chess960 games | Photo: Niklesh Jain

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Round 6 Open A results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	20	GM	Parkhov Yair	2513	5	½ - ½	4½	GM	Pichot Alan	2644	5
2	12	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2580	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Chigaev Maksim	2621	9
3	16	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	2551	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	2675	3
4	4	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2668	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2540	19
5	18	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2544	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Murzin Volodar	2632	7
6	8	GM	Dardha Daniel	2630	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli	2490	23
7	10	GM	Moussard Jules	2610	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2490	24
8	46	IM	Aizenberg Benny	2409	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Gurel Ediz	2578	13
9	6	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2640	3½	½ - ½	4	GM	Velten Paul	2481	25
10	38	IM	Kilic Eray	2429	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2690	1
11	2	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2689	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Levin Guy	2451	33
12	14	GM	Lodici Lorenzo	2565	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Degraeve Remy	2432	37
13	50	IM	Vantika Agrawal	2398	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sonis Francesco	2562	15
14	81	FM	Tudor Henry Edward	2279	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2506	21
15	22	IM	Rozen Eytan	2499	3½	0 - 1	3½	FM	Kanov Nikola	2423	40

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	20	GM	Parkhov Yair		ISR	2513	5,5	22	20	19,50	2478
2	5	GM	Pichot Alan		ESP	2644	5	25,5	22,5	20,50	2463
3	9	GM	Chigaev Maksim		ESP	2621	5	24	20,5	19,50	2443
4	12	GM	Moroni Luca Jr		ITA	2580	5	20,5	18,5	16,50	2364
5	4	GM	Van Foreest Jorden		NED	2668	5	16,5	15	14,00	2295
6	18	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U18	IND	2544	4,5	23,5	21,5	16,50	2475
7	8	GM	Dardha Daniel		BEL	2630	4,5	23,5	20,5	17,00	2439
8	13	GM	Gurel Ediz	U18	TUR	2578	4,5	23,5	20,5	17,00	2397
9	25	GM	Velten Paul		FRA	2481	4,5	23	20,5	16,50	2513
10	24	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan		KAZ	2490	4,5	23	20	16,75	2474
11	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir		SLO	2690	4,5	23	20	15,50	2425
12	14	GM	Lodici Lorenzo		ITA	2565	4,5	22	19	15,25	2408
13	81	FM	Tudor Henry Edward	U18	ROU	2279	4,5	21,5	19,5	15,75	2356
14	10	GM	Moussard Jules		FRA	2610	4,5	21,5	19,5	15,25	2431
15	23	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli	U18	ISR	2490	4,5	21,5	19	16,00	2372

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Round 7 Open A pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	9	GM	Chigaev Maksim	2621	5	5½	GM	Parkhov Yair	2513	20
2	5	GM	Pichot Alan	2644	5	5	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2668	4
3	7	GM	Murzin Volodar	2632	4½	5	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2580	12
4	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2690	4½	4½	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2544	18
5	3	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	2675	4½	4½	IM	Aizenberg Benny	2409	46
6	24	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2490	4½	4½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2630	8
7	23	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli	2490	4½	4½	GM	Moussard Jules	2610	10
8	13	GM	Gurel Ediz	2578	4½	4½	FM	Tudor Henry Edward	2279	81
9	25	GM	Velten Paul	2481	4½	4½	GM	Lodici Lorenzo	2565	14
10	27	IM	Costa Leonardo	2476	4½	4½	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	2551	16
11	40	FM	Kanov Nikola	2423	4½	4	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2689	2
12	33	IM	Levin Guy	2451	4	4	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2640	6
13	41	IM	Haldorsen Benjamin	2419	4	4	GM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2607	11
14	15	GM	Sonis Francesco	2562	4	4	FM	Lumachi Gabriele	2413	44
15	19	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2540	4	4	IM	Vantika Agrawal	2398	50

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Round 6 Open B results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	34		Molinari Carlo	1867	4½	0 - 1	4		Wang Shanshan	1966	8
2	27		Mascia Germano	1884	4	½ - ½	4		Becker Alexander	1950	13
3	30		Xu Ten Lon	1877	4	0 - 1	4		Benoit Hugues	1935	16
4	5	WFM	Botez Alexandra *)	1970	5	½ - ½	4½	CM	Joel Paul Ganta	1969	6
5	1		Dimitrov Dejan	1998	3½	1 - 0	3½		Botez Andrea *)	1879	28
6	47	AFM	Melis Giovanni	1804	4	0 - 1	4		Natoli Alessia	1917	19
7	2		Knors Rudi	1992	3½	1 - 0	3½		Saivigneash S M	1817	45
8	70		Valente Luca	1716	3½	½ - ½	3½		Neri Enzo	1978	4
9	7		Nassa Nicolas	1969	3½	½ - ½	3½		Fonda Marco	1825	42
10	87		Fontaine Thomas	1649	3½	0 - 1	3½		Moreno Latorre Francisco Jose	1899	24

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	5	WFM	Botez Alexandra	w	CAN	1970	5,5	22,5	19,5	20,00	1896
2	6	CM	Joel Paul Ganta		IND	1969	5	22,5	20	18,25	1847
3	8		Wang Shanshan	w	CHN	1966	5	22,5	20	18,00	1868
4	19		Natoli Alessia	w	POL	1917	5	21,5	19	17,00	1803
5	16		Benoit Hugues		FRA	1935	5	19	17,5	15,00	1789
6	13		Becker Alexander		GER	1950	4,5	23	21	15,25	1864
7	34		Molinari Carlo		ITA	1867	4,5	22,5	21	15,50	1832
8	24		Moreno Latorre Francisco Jose		ESP	1899	4,5	18,5	17	12,50	1731
9	27		Mascia Germano		ITA	1884	4,5	18	16,5	12,75	1783
10	1		Dimitrov Dejan		BUL	1998	4,5	18	15,5	13,25	1789

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	CM	Joel Paul Ganta	1969	5	5		Natoli Alessia	1917	19
2	8		Wang Shanshan	1966	5	4½		Knors Rudi	1992	2
3	24		Moreno Latorre Francisco Jose	1899	4½	4½		Dimitrov Dejan	1998	1
4	16		Benoit Hugues	1935	5	5½	WFM	Botez Alexandra *)	1970	5
5	28		Botez Andrea *)	1879	3½	3½		Fontaine Thomas	1649	87
6	13		Becker Alexander	1950	4½	4½		Molinari Carlo	1867	34
7	4		Neri Enzo	1978	4	4½		Mascia Germano	1884	27
8	26		Simonelli Mattia	1886	4	4		Nassa Nicolas	1969	7
9	9		Forno Diego	1961	4	4		Xu Ten Lon	1877	30
10	10		Maida Federico	1961	4	4	AFM	Melis Giovanni	1804	47

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