Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026 | Open A

3 May to 10 May 2026 · Sardegna, Italy · 9-round Swiss · 90' + 30"/move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Frederik Svane ★: No. 1, 7½/9, performance 2748 (+12)
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi ★: No. 2, 7/9, performance 2746 (+3)
GM Haik M. Martirosyan ★: No. 3, 7/9, performance 2737 (+12)
GM Murali Karthikeyan ★: No. 5, 6½/9, performance 2654 (+3)
GM Brandon Jacobson ★: No. 7, 6½/9, performance 2652 (+9)
GM Parham Maghsoodloo ★: No. 19, 5½/8, performance 2647 (-4)
GM Daniel Dardha ★: No. 20, 5½/8, performance 2543 (-4)
GM Leon Luke Mendonca ★: No. 24, 5/8, performance 2548 (-5)
GM Harika Dronavalli ★: No. 29, 4½/8, performance 2397 (-6)
IM Yuxin Song ★: No. 46, 2½/6, performance 2338 (-10)
IM Vantika Agrawal ★: No. 49, 2½/5, performance 2430 (+4)
IM Savitha Shri B ★: No. 53, 1½/5, performance 2171 (-12)

Standings

Standings, Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026 | Open A
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Frederik Svane ★	GER	2645	7½	9	2748	+12
2	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi ★	RUS	2729	7	9	2746	+3
3	GM Haik M. Martirosyan ★	ARM	2636	7	9	2737	+12
4	GM Mamikon Gharibyan	ARM	2477	7	9	2537	+8
5	GM Murali Karthikeyan ★	IND	2648	6½	9	2654	+3
6	GM Pouya Idani	FRA	2594	6½	9	2601	+2
7	GM Brandon Jacobson ★	USA	2594	6½	9	2652	+9
8	GM Lorenzo Lodici	ITA	2590	6½	9	2613	+4
9	GM Yahli Sokolovsky	ISR	2564	6½	9	2576	+3
10	GM Chongsheng Zeng	CHN	2557	6½	9	2606	+8
11	GM Mustafa Yilmaz	TUR	2549	6½	9	2592	+7
12	GM Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2515	6½	9	2637	+16
13	GM Ivan Saric	CRO	2657	6	9	2516	-13
14	GM Aditya Mittal	IND	2619	6	9	2539	-7
15	GM Abhimanyu Puranik	IND	2607	6	9	2605	+1
16	IM Faustino Oro	ARG	2528	6	9	2593	+9
17	GM Brewington Hardaway	USA	2510	6	9	2495	0
18	GM Paul Velten	FRA	2487	6	9	2471	0
19	GM Parham Maghsoodloo ★	IRI	2710	5½	8	2647	-4
20	GM Daniel Dardha ★	BEL	2602	5½	8	2543	-4
21	IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov	UZB	2534	5½	9	2607	+10
22	IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca	ROU	2486	5½	9	2509	+4
23	IM Atilla Kuru	TUR	2464	5½	8	2669	+22
24	GM Leon Luke Mendonca ★	IND	2613	5	8	2548	-5
25	GM Elham Amar	NOR	2576	5	9	2460	-12
26	GM Francesco Sonis	ITA	2556	5	8	2472	-5
27	GM Ilia Smirin	ISR	2562	4½	7	2562	+2
28	GM Emin Ohanyan	ARM	2508	4½	8	2542	+5
29	GM Harika Dronavalli ★	IND	2470	4½	8	2397	-6
30	IM Adelard Bai	TPE	2436	4½	8	2366	-5
31	IM Bartlomiej Niedbala	POL	2378	4½	7	2412	+5
32	IM Sai Krishna G V	CAN	2443	4	7	2456	+2
33	IM Andrea Favaloro	ITA	2395	4	7	2383	-1
34	IM Kostya Kavutskiy	USA	2318	4	8	2281	-3
35	Zachary Saine	CAN	2135	4	9	2193	+12
36	GM Lalit Babu M R	IND	2532	3½	8	2313	-19
37	IM Anthony Atanasov	CAN	2470	3½	5	2634	+11
38	IM Muthaiah AL	IND	2448	3½	7	2381	-6
39	IM Nico Zwirs	NED	2434	3½	7	2355	-7
40	IM Nikolay Averin	FID	2416	3½	7	2497	+7
41	FM Sargis A. Manukyan	ARM	2376	3½	6	2420	+8
42	FM Alejandro Castellanos Villela	CHI	2271	3½	7	2412	+26
43	WIM Anna Kantane	POL	2216	3½	9	2125	-26
44	GM Alexandr Fier	BRA	2578	3	7	2275	-26
45	IM Rao S.V. Srinath	ROU	2296	3	7	2369	+6
46	IM Yuxin Song ★	CHN	2462	2½	6	2338	-10
47	IM Guido Caprio	ITA	2430	2½	7	2359	-7
48	FM Jaidambareesh N R	IND	2373	2½	6	2360	-5
49	IM Vantika Agrawal ★	IND	2367	2½	5	2430	+4
50	IM Nodar Lortkipanidze	GEO	2363	2½	6	2431	+5
51	FM Adharsh K	IND	2312	2½	6	2423	+17
52	FM Raghav V	IND	2301	2	4	2497	+20
53	IM Savitha Shri B ★	IND	2374	1½	5	2171	-12
54	IM Roy Vagman	ISR	2366	1½	4	2477	+5
55	FM Andrei Negrean	ROU	2353	1½	5	2422	+8
56	FM Nikita Rychagov	EST	2304	1½	4	2184	-8
57	GM Kenneth Terence Solomon	RSA	2270	1½	5	2293	+1
58	Remi Lemonnier	FRA	2114	1½	2	2536	+21
59	FM Pavel Jirasek	CZE	2371	1	2	2432	+2
60	IM Edwin Van Haastert	NED	2369	1	3	2468	+3

Showing the top 60 of 123 players, plus every top-100 player. See the full results page for everyone else.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Kavin Vijayakumar	1-0
1.2	Massimiliano Botta – Parham Maghsoodloo	½-½
1.4	James Eden – Murali Karthikeyan	0-1
1.5	Kamran Shirazi – Haik M. Martirosyan	0-1
1.7	Lothar Vogt – Leon Luke Mendonca	0-1
1.9	Advaitt Srikant Koduri – Daniel Dardha	0-1
1.11	Zino Veleshnja – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
1.27	Remi Lemonnier – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
1.29	Frederik Svane – Anna Kantane	1-0
2.1	Jaidambareesh N R – Ian Nepomniachtchi	0-1
2.3	Murali Karthikeyan – Pavel Jirasek	1-0
2.4	Edwin Van Haastert – Frederik Svane	½-½
2.5	Haik M. Martirosyan – Vantika Agrawal	1-0
2.7	Leon Luke Mendonca – Adithya A Chullikkad	1-0
2.9	Daniel Dardha – Andrei Negrean	1-0
2.11	Brandon Jacobson – Nicolas Perossa	1-0
2.24	Michal Redzisz – Yuxin Song	0-1
3.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Yahli Sokolovsky	1-0
3.3	Mustafa Yilmaz – Murali Karthikeyan	½-½
3.4	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov – Haik M. Martirosyan	½-½
3.5	Prraneeth Vuppala – Leon Luke Mendonca	0-1
3.7	Yuxin Song – Daniel Dardha	½-½
3.9	Sai Krishna G V – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
3.13	Parham Maghsoodloo – Guido Caprio	1-0
3.14	Frederik Svane – Roy Vagman	1-0
3.21	Maxim Barth Stanford – Harika Dronavalli	½-½
3.25	Savitha Shri B – Tomer Gilad	1-0
4.1	Brandon Jacobson – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
4.2	Leon Luke Mendonca – Nikolay Averin	½-½
4.4	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov – Parham Maghsoodloo	½-½
4.6	Muthaiah AL – Frederik Svane	0-1
4.7	Haik M. Martirosyan – Brewington Hardaway	1-0
4.8	Daniel Dardha – Paul Velten	1-0
4.11	Chongsheng Zeng – Yuxin Song	1-0
4.13	Aditya Mittal – Savitha Shri B	1-0
4.22	Harika Dronavalli – Kenneth Terence Solomon	½-½
4.28	Murali Karthikeyan – Faustino Oro	½-½
5.1	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Chongsheng Zeng	1-0
5.2	Frederik Svane – Atilla Kuru	1-0
5.3	Lorenzo Lodici – Haik M. Martirosyan	½-½
5.4	Elham Amar – Leon Luke Mendonca	½-½
5.6	Mustafa Yilmaz – Daniel Dardha	½-½
5.7	Nikolay Averin – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
5.8	Parham Maghsoodloo – Felix-Antonio Ilinca	1-0
5.9	Prraneeth Vuppala – Murali Karthikeyan	½-½
5.20	Adithya A Chullikkad – Harika Dronavalli	0-1
5.22	Yuxin Song – Alejandro Castellanos Villela	½-½
6.1	Brandon Jacobson – Frederik Svane	½-½
6.2	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Parham Maghsoodloo	½-½
6.3	Haik M. Martirosyan – Elham Amar	1-0
6.4	Leon Luke Mendonca – Francesco Sonis	½-½
6.6	Daniel Dardha – Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov	0-1
6.10	Murali Karthikeyan – Nikolay Averin	1-0
6.13	Chongsheng Zeng – Savitha Shri B	1-0
6.17	Harika Dronavalli – Vantika Agrawal	½-½
6.21	Adharsh K – Yuxin Song	½-½
7.1	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
7.2	Frederik Svane – Haik M. Martirosyan	½-½
7.3	Murali Karthikeyan – Brandon Jacobson	1-0
7.4	Parham Maghsoodloo – Emin Ohanyan	1-0
7.11	Sai Krishna G V – Daniel Dardha	*
7.19	Nicolas Perossa – Harika Dronavalli	0-1
7.20	Vantika Agrawal – Yuxin Song	1-0
7.28	Faustino Oro – Leon Luke Mendonca	½-½
8.1	Haik M. Martirosyan – Ian Nepomniachtchi	½-½
8.2	Abhimanyu Puranik – Parham Maghsoodloo	½-½
8.3	Ilia Smirin – Murali Karthikeyan	0-1
8.4	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov – Frederik Svane	0-1
8.6	Leon Luke Mendonca – Mamikon Gharibyan	0-1
8.8	Brandon Jacobson – Anthony Atanasov	½-½
8.9	Harika Dronavalli – Francesco Sonis	½-½
8.11	Vantika Agrawal – Paul Velten	0-1
8.21	Daniel Dardha – Neven Hercegovac	½-½
8.25	Savitha Shri B – Gabriel Urbani	½-½
9.1	Frederik Svane – Murali Karthikeyan	1-0
9.2	Ian Nepomniachtchi – Faustino Oro	1-0
9.3	Parham Maghsoodloo – Prraneeth Vuppala	½-½
9.4	Paul Velten – Haik M. Martirosyan	0-1
9.8	Emin Ohanyan – Brandon Jacobson	0-1
9.10	Harika Dronavalli – Yahli Sokolovsky	0-1
9.19	Swara Lakshmi S Nair – Vantika Agrawal	0-1
9.20	Eliran Shilon Rahav – Daniel Dardha	0-1
9.31	Alexandro Beliman – Savitha Shri B	1-0

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.