Italy's strongest tournament - Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 is just 10 days away
Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 is just ten days. The inaugural edition of this festival is offering a total prize fund of €50100. The top three prizes are €10000, €6000 and €4000 each. It is slated to be the strongest tournament ever in Italy. A total of 286 players combining three categories - Open A, Open B and Open C have registered so far. Open A will witness the participation of 163 players including 21 GMs, 32 IMs, 2 WGMs and 6 IMs from 30 countries across the world. GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) is the top seed as of this writing. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H will lead the Indian charge. The tournament is organized by UniChess (FIDE Academy tier 1-2) along with Emmedi Sport ASD. Check out the article for all information. All tournament info photos are from tournament circular. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
About 300 players have registered so far
Eligibility, Categories and Time Control
There are three categories: Open A is for players rated above 1999, Open B will be for players rated below 2000 and Open C category will have players rated below 1600. The time control for each category is 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Schedule and Accommodation details
There are single rounds each day from Saturday 27th April to Saturday 4th May. There is only one double round on Tuesday 30th April 2024. Check out the image below for a complete schedule of the tournament and accommodation details.
Prizes
The total prize fund is €50100. The top three prizes in Open A are €10000, €6000 and €4000. For Open B (<2000) it is €1500, €1000 and €700, Open C (<1600) has €1200, €800 and €600. There are 15 main prizes in Open A, while B and C category has ten prizes each. That's not all. There are five prizes for Women in each category A and B, category C has four. Top three prizes will be given in the seven different rating categories: 2300-2399, 2201-2299, 2100-2200, 1900-1999, 1800-1999, 1700-1799 and 1600-1699. There are also four prizes each in Juniors section Under-18 and Veterans over 65. There are 78 prizes in total.
Venue
Club Hotel Marina Beach - ITI Marina is the location of the tournament.
Entry fee, contact and info
Entry is FREE for players rated above 2450. For others, it is €100 by 31st March, €130 by 15th April (after agreed by the Organizing Committee) and €150 by 16th April (after agreed by the Organizing Committee). For accommodation details, please see the accommodation section above. Check out the image below for contact, payment details and how to reach information.
Technical Director of major national and international tournaments and the only FST in Italy, GM Roberto Mogranzini will direct the event, putting his experience at the disposal of the players and their companions.
Confirmed players
Ten GMs above 2600, 21 players above 2500 have already confirmed their participation in Open A.
ChessBase India will be present at the venue to bring you detailed coverage of the entire festival.
Players list in Open A
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 24130737 | SLO | 2690 | ||
| 2 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 4189302 | HUN | 2689 | ||
| 3 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 14129574 | ROU | 2675 | ||
| 4 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 1039784 | NED | 2668 | ||
| 5 | GM | Pichot Alan | 110973 | ESP | 2644 | ||
| 6 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | 662399 | FRA | 2640 | ||
| 7 | GM | Murzin Volodar | 44155573 | FID | 2632 | ||
| 8 | GM | Dardha Daniel | 240990 | BEL | 2630 | ||
| 9 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 4108116 | ESP | 2621 | ||
| 10 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 24604747 | GER | 2607 | ||
| 11 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 3901211 | ESP | 2589 | ||
| 12 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | 865834 | ITA | 2580 | ||
| 13 | IM | Gurel Ediz | 44507356 | TUR | 2578 | ||
| 14 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | 884189 | ITA | 2565 | ||
| 15 | GM | Sonis Francesco | 895733 | ITA | 2562 | ||
| 16 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 14116502 | SWE | 2551 | ||
| 17 | GM | Samunenkov Ihor | 14187086 | UKR | 2548 | ||
| 18 | GM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 46634827 | IND | 2544 | ||
| 19 | IM | Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan | 44599790 | TUR | 2540 | ||
| 20 | IM | Parkhov Yair | 2813408 | ISR | 2513 | ||
| 21 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | 2801914 | ISR | 2506 | ||
| 22 | IM | Rozen Eytan | 2816750 | ISR | 2499 | ||
| 23 | IM | Sokolovsky Yahli | 2820242 | ISR | 2490 | ||
| 24 | IM | Zhalmakhanov Ramazan | 13706357 | KAZ | 2490 | ||
| 25 | GM | Velten Paul | 681091 | FRA | 2481 |
Players list in Open B
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitrov Dejan | 2911000 | BUL | 1998 | |||
| 2 | Knors Rudi | 203173 | BEL | 1992 | |||
| 3 | Craciun Dragos | 2886346 | ITA | 1985 | |||
| 4 | Neri Enzo | 814660 | ITA | 1978 | |||
| 5 | CM | Joel Paul Ganta | 35066145 | IND | 1969 | ||
| 6 | Nassa Nicolas | 2868623 | ITA | 1969 | |||
| 7 | Wang Shanshan | 8605262 | CHN | 1966 | w | ||
| 8 | Forno Diego | 864730 | ITA | 1961 | |||
| 9 | Maida Federico | 2828010 | ITA | 1961 | |||
| 10 | Costabile Vincenzo | 859621 | ITA | 1955 |
Players list in Open C
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | RtgI | RtgN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borgia Enrico | 2840877 | ITA | 1597 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Piovesan Sara | 2807470 | ITA | 1579 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Diena Giovanni | 811246 | ITA | 1574 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Corbo Giuseppe A. | 2803661 | ITA | 1558 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Isaia Daniele | 28589688 | ITA | 1548 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Pajak Radoslaw | 1186710 | POL | 1542 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Buffoni Emilia | 28560183 | ITA | 1537 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Serra Manuel | 28566050 | ITA | 1521 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Manca Giorgia | 28562690 | ITA | 1488 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Geraci Daniele | 28589602 | ITA | 1486 | 0 |
Links
Sardini Chess Festival: Official site, fb page and instagram
