Sardinia Festival 2024 R7: Lorenzo Lodici wins an absolute thriller, Yair misses against Chigaev
02/05/2024 -The seventh round of Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 was an action packed one. The sole leader GM Yair Parkhov (ISR) maintained his lead. However, he missed a good opportunity to extend it by a full point against GM Maksim Chigaev (ESP) in the endgame. GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) gave his all to score a double hat-trick. However, GM Alan Pichot (ESP) provided incredible defense and denied his opponent his sixth win in-a-row. GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) won an absolute stunner against GM Paul Velten (FRA). WFM Alexandra Botez (CAN) got the better of Hugues Benoit (FRA) to increase her lead by a full point. Round 8 starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. All photos are by Shahid Ahmed unless stated otherwise.