Play Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024 in Italy's strongest tournament ever with a €50100 prize fund
Unichess and Emmedi Sport ASD invite you to Sardinia World Chess Festival 2024. The inaugural edition of this festival is offering a total prize fund of €50100. The top three prizes are €10000, €6000 and €4000 each. There are three categories - Open A (>1999), Open B (<2000) and Open C (<1600). There are 15 main prizes in Open A and ten each in Open B and C. That's not all. Total 78 prizes are up for grabs. Entry is FREE for players rated above 2450. For everyone else, entry fee is €100 by 31st March €130 till 15th April after organizing committee agrees. Eleven players have 2600, 19 players above 2500, 17 GMs and 9 IMs have already confirmed participation from 15 countries across the world. 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.
This April, play a Rating tournament in Sardinia, Italy
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 and €130 by 15th 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.
Places to see
Check out the ten most beautiful places to see in Sardinia.
For more details, about all the above-mentioned ten places, check out the source at The Mediterranean Traveller.
Confirmed players
Eleven GMs above 2600, 19 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 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 4189302 | HUN | 2695 | ||
| 2 | GM | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 24130737 | SLO | 2690 | ||
| 3 | GM | Shevchenko, Kirill | 14129574 | ROU | 2661 | ||
| 4 | GM | Pichot, Alan | 110973 | ESP | 2644 | ||
| 5 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 44155573 | FID | 2635 | ||
| 6 | GM | Lagarde, Maxime | 662399 | FRA | 2631 | ||
| 7 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | 4108116 | ESP | 2622 | ||
| 8 | GM | Dardha, Daniel | 240990 | BEL | 2621 | ||
| 9 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 25006479 | IND | 2609 | ||
| 10 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 3901211 | ESP | 2602 | ||
| 11 | GM | Moroni, Luca Jr | 865834 | ITA | 2601 | ||
| 12 | GM | Maurizzi, Marc`andria | 36083534 | FRA | 2597 | ||
| 13 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 895733 | ITA | 2570 | ||
| 14 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 5045207 | IND | 2562 | ||
| 15 | IM | Gurel, Ediz | 44507356 | TUR | 2560 | ||
| 16 | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo | 884189 | ITA | 2554 | ||
| 17 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | 14187086 | UKR | 2539 | ||
| 18 | IM | Parkhov, Yair | 2813408 | ISR | 2517 | ||
| 19 | GM | Mikhalevski, Victor | 2801914 | ISR | 2512 | ||
| 20 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | 448869 | ENG | 2483 | ||
| 21 | IM | Rozen, Eytan | 2816750 | ISR | 2481 | ||
| 22 | IM | Sokolovsky, Yahli | 2820242 | ISR | 2471 | ||
| 23 | IM | Bellia, Fabrizio | 800511 | ITA | 2384 | ||
| 24 | IM | Panda, Sambit | 25091794 | IND | 2377 | ||
| 25 | IM | Unuk, Laura | 14609215 | SLO | 2341 | w |
Players list in Open B
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davini, Andrea | 2800301 | ITA | 1854 | |||
| 2 | Maida, Federico | 2828010 | ITA | 1829 | |||
| 3 | Sirletti, Sonia | 814210 | ITA | 1824 | w | ||
| 4 | Natoli, Alessia | 21892024 | POL | 1819 | w | ||
| 5 | Ventrice, Lorenzo | 2844783 | ITA | 1782 | |||
| 6 | Petrosino, Germano | 829285 | ITA | 1682 | |||
| 7 | Gagliani, Stefano | 835722 | ITA | 1655 | |||
| 8 | Tacconi, Antonio | 845019 | ITA | 1649 | |||
| 9 | Faldetta, Antonio | 2892060 | ITA | 1618 | |||
| 10 | Maffeis, Federico | 28548744 | ITA | 1475 |
Players list in Open C
| No. | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margareci, Massimo | 2841318 | ITA | 1544 | |
| 2 | Petrini, Roberto | 2837396 | ITA | 1330 | |
| 3 | Corbo, Giuseppe A. | 2803661 | ITA | 1277 | |
| 4 | Piza Vera, Andres | 144429754 | COL | 1272 | |
| 5 | Zanchini, Domenico Francesco | 23417102 | ITA | 1113 |
