FE 3 Sardinia world chess - B

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86 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Orosei, Italy. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1970, and top seed was Zurab Gongliashvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1998).

Shota Khodashneli (🇬🇪 GEO, 1917) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Tornike Tsereteli (7.0) and Zurab Gongliashvili (7.0). Khodashneli shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ayaanraj Kottapally (1564) beat Luca D Arcangelo (1910), a +346-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Orosei, Italy

Dates

03 May 2026 → 10 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇪Zurab Gongliashvili1998

Avg top 10

1,970

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇹Italy×31

🇳🇱Netherlands×11

🇩🇪Germany×7

🇮🇳India×6

🇧🇪Belgium×5

🇨🇭Switzerland×5

🇵🇱Poland×4

🇬🇪Georgia×4

Top 3

🥇
Shota Khodashneli
🇬🇪GEO·1917
7.5pts·2176perf+57.0
🥈
Tornike Tsereteli
🇬🇪GEO·1876
7.0pts·2132perf+59.2
🥉
Zurab Gongliashvili
🇬🇪GEO·1998
7.0pts·2105perf+22.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Shota Khodashneli led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Khodashneli7.5Tsereteli7Gongliashvili7Leah7Hopkins6Cayonlu6— ex-leaders:Kimaniled R5, #22

R8 · LEADER CHANGE09 May

Shota Khodashneli takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shota Khodashneli drew with Tornike Tsereteli (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Shota Khodashneli 3 wins (R6–R8)Tornike Tsereteli 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Shota Khodashneli	*	½	½	½
2Tornike Tsereteli	½	*	—	½
3Zurab Gongliashvili	½	—	*	—
4Tom Leah	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Khodashneli, Shota	1917	GEO	+77B	+69N	=2B	+17N	=3B	+5N	+15B	+6B	=4N	7.5	47.0	50.0	39.50	2176	+57.0
2	Tsereteli, Tornike	1876	GEO	+81N	+6B	=1N	=4B	+14N	−10B	+17B	+16N	+9B	7.0	49.5	51.5	38.25	2132	+59.2
3	Gongliashvili, Zurab	1998	GEO	+43B	+10N	=5B	+8B	=1N	=11N	=7B	+26B	+6N	7.0	48.5	53.0	40.25	2105	+22.8
4	Leah, Tom	1963	ENG	=27B	+48N	+40B	=2N	=5B	+18N	+13B	+7N	=1B	7.0	47.5	51.5	38.75	2094	+28.4
5	Cayonlu, Arda	1914	TUR	+70N	+32B	=3N	+19B	=4N	−1B	=8N	=31B	+30N	6.0	48.0	51.0	31.00	2011	+23.4
6	Bogacheva, Nikol	1921	ITA	+39B	−2N	+59B	+23N	+62B	+15N	+9B	−1N	−3B	6.0	47.0	50.5	29.00	1990	+34.0
7	Meloni, Matteo	1912	ITA	+79B	+47N	+17B	+11N	−15B	+12N	=3N	−4B	=10N	6.0	47.0	49.5	30.50	2033	+58.4
8	Gerdt, Nikita	1730	FID	+55B	+35N	+21B	−3N	=18B	=16N	=5B	=11N	+36B	6.0	45.5	49.5	31.00	2058	+154.0
9	Oelmann, Henry	1955	GER	+33N	+45B	+29N	−15B	+22N	+38B	−6N	+10B	−2N	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.50	1982	+7.2
10	Di Pietro, Vincenzo	1901	ITA	+82B	−3B	+49N	=16N	+68B	+2N	+11B	−9N	=7B	6.0	44.5	46.0	27.25	1995	+23.0
11	Filipow, Mateusz	1911	POL	+80N	+61B	+28N	−7B	+24N	=3B	−10N	=8B	+31N	6.0	44.0	46.5	28.00	2002	+21.6
12	Weijers, Ralf	1973	NED	=56N	+13B	+54N	=14B	+29N	−7B	−26N	+48B	+19N	6.0	41.5	45.5	29.50	2014	+9.2
13	Choina, Jan	1834	POL	=16B	−12N	+51B	+73N	+19N	+76B	−4N	=22B	+26N	6.0	41.5	44.5	26.00	2019	+44.4
14	Hopkins, Kit W	1931	ENG	+53B	=62N	+68B	=12N	−2B	+48N	+39B	+15N	F	6.0	37.5	37.5	25.75	2032	+20.6
15	Kimani, Kimingi	1892	KEN	+34N	+76B	+18B	+9N	+7N	−6B	−1N	−14B	=16B	5.5	47.5	50.5	28.25	1992	+25.2
16	Neri, Enzo	1967	ITA	=13N	+37B	=52N	=10B	+60N	=8B	+38N	−2B	=15N	5.5	43.5	47.0	26.25	1889	-15.8
17	Nunziante, Dario	1989	ITA	+67N	+26B	−7N	−1B	+64N	+29B	−2N	=37B	+43N	5.5	43.0	46.5	23.75	1958	-7.0
18	Beccaris, Gabriele	1943	ITA	+66N	+46B	−15N	+26B	=8N	−4B	−31N	+47B	+37N	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.00	1926	-3.2
19	Sandeep, Santhosh	1969	IND	=40B	+27N	+30B	−5N	−13B	+63N	+62B	+46N	−12B	5.5	40.0	43.5	23.25	1945	-4.8
20	Pragadesh P	1709	IND	=30B	−40N	+27B	+55N	−28B	=25N	+42B	=21N	+46B	5.5	39.0	43.0	25.50	1970	+62.0
21	Javakhadze, Giorgi	1918	GEO	+75N	+31B	−8N	+52B	−38N	=22B	=37N	=20B	+49N	5.5	39.0	42.0	23.75	1863	-22.4
22	Londers, Jan	1893	BEL	−68B	+82N	+47B	+42N	−9B	=21N	+41B	=13N	=23B	5.5	39.0	40.5	23.00	1870	-3.4
23	Samhita Pungavanam	1667	IND	−46N	+66B	+31N	−6B	=52N	+32B	=50N	+29B	=22N	5.5	38.5	42.0	25.25	1961	+86.5
24	Ventrice, Lorenzo	1950	ITA	=37N	+71B	=63B	+64N	−11B	=46N	+27B	=30N	=25B	5.5	37.0	40.0	22.75	1922	-12.8
25	Spiga, Giovanni	1854	ITA	−28N	−60B	+85N	=70B	+82N	=20B	+51N	+50B	=24N	5.5	32.0	33.0	17.50	1891	+19.6
26	Verhoeff, Timardi	1894	NED	+51B	−17N	+69B	−18N	+72B	+42N	+12B	−3N	−13B	5.0	41.5	44.5	20.50	1927	+8.0
27	Maeusbacher, Toni	1825	GER	=4N	−19B	−20N	+83B	+54N	+52B	−24N	=28B	+50N	5.0	40.5	42.0	19.50	1935	+52.4
28	Gervasi, Pietro	1985	ITA	+25B	+58N	−11B	−29B	+20N	=62N	−46B	=27N	+39B	5.0	39.5	43.0	23.75	1892	-21.8
29	Xu, Ten Lon	1903	ITA	+83N	+38B	−9B	+28N	−12B	−17N	+53B	−23N	+69B	5.0	39.5	41.0	18.00	1878	-5.2
30	Wlogalski, Olivier	1888	BEL	=20N	+84B	−19N	−37B	+70N	+61B	+47N	=24B	−5B	5.0	37.5	39.0	17.50	1842	-9.0
31	Baete, Guy	1870	BEL	+86B	−21N	−23B	=71N	+79B	+68N	+18B	=5N	−11B	5.0	37.0	37.0	15.50	1851	-4.4
32	Stroebel, Yannick	1866	SUI	+41B	−5N	−42B	=79N	+73B	−23N	=34B	+68N	+63B	5.0	35.0	37.5	17.75	1790	-17.4
33	Mancuso, Mattia	1825	ITA	−9B	=78N	=65B	−41N	=34B	+74N	+57N	=44B	+54N	5.0	34.5	37.5	19.00	1835	+5.6
34	Bomboi, Gian Pietro	1715	ITA	−15B	−59N	+77B	−48N	=33N	+70B	=32N	+66B	+56N	5.0	34.0	37.0	18.50	1865	+71.6
35	Meyer, Juergen	1907	GER	+85N	−8B	+75N	−38B	+49N	=37B	F	=39N	+41B	5.0	32.0	32.0	17.00	1818	-17.0
36	Costabile, Vincenzo	1946	ITA	F	−79N	+74B	+53N	−48B	+60B	+72N	+38B	−8N	5.0	31.0	33.5	18.00	1836	-21.6
37	Oliinyk, Oleh	1812	UKR	=24B	−16N	+78B	+30N	=46B	=35N	=21B	=17N	−18B	4.5	41.5	44.5	20.75	1906	+22.6
38	Aymerich Sazonova, Alexandra	1614	FID	+64B	−29N	+58B	+35N	+21B	−9N	−16B	−36N	=55B	4.5	40.0	43.5	20.00	1917	+121.2
39	Veera Phani Sai Teja K	1781	IND	−6N	+81B	=45N	+54B	=50N	+44B	−14N	=35B	−28N	4.5	39.0	41.0	17.25	1894	+27.2
40	Erdogan, Hassan	1844	ENG	=19N	+20B	−4N	−60B	+65N	−47B	−49N	+74B	+64N	4.5	36.5	39.5	18.25	1803	-10.0
41	Ayaanraj Kottapally	1564	IND	−32N	+77N	−64B	+33B	+57N	=50B	−22N	+52B	−35N	4.5	36.0	39.0	18.00	1872	+83.7
42	Harkanyi, Adam	1928	HUN	−61N	+70B	+32N	−22B	+75N	−26B	−20N	+72B	=48N	4.5	34.5	37.5	16.00	1806	-29.4
43	Mea, Federico	1863	ITA	−3N	+83B	−50N	−75B	+85N	=49B	+61N	+60B	−17B	4.5	32.0	33.0	11.50	1828	-16.8
44	Hetzer, Volkhard	1924	GER	=71N	=49B	+61N	F	=63B	−39N	=69B	=33N	+51B	4.5	30.5	30.5	16.75	1821	-21.2
45	Goettert, Benedikt	1889	GER	+78B	−9N	=39B	−68N	=71B	−72N	+82N	=65B	+61N	4.5	29.5	31.0	13.50	1769	-56.8
46	Ten Ham, John	1879	NED	+23B	−18N	+79B	F	=37N	=24B	+28N	−19B	−20N	4.0	39.5	39.5	18.00	1850	-5.8
47	Schjott-Bugge, Henrik	1786	NOR	+50N	−7B	−22N	=57B	+58B	+40N	−30B	−18N	=62B	4.0	38.5	42.0	16.25	1856	+35.6
48	Gawle, Ireneusz	1802	POL	F	−4B	=84N	+34B	+36N	−14B	+76N	−12N	=42B	4.0	38.0	38.0	16.00	1860	+13.4
49	Constantin-Ciuntu, Anne-Sophie	1757	ROU	F	=44N	−10B	+59N	−35B	=43N	+40B	+62N	−21B	4.0	37.5	37.5	16.50	1882	+53.6
50	Dijksterhuis, Rolf	1924	NED	−47B	+74N	+43B	=63N	=39B	=41N	=23B	−25N	−27B	4.0	37.0	40.0	16.50	1717	-47.6
51	D`andria, Camilla	1733	ITA	−26N	=67B	−13N	+66B	=56N	+64B	−25B	+53N	−44N	4.0	36.0	39.5	14.75	1808	+37.2
52	Casu, Matteo	1885	ITA	=73B	+72N	=16B	−21N	=23B	−27N	=68B	−41N	+71B	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.50	1723	-74.0
53	Cabras Sanna, Ruben Federico	1787	ITA	−14N	=65B	=57N	−36B	+81N	+78B	−29N	−51B	+72N	4.0	33.5	35.5	11.75	1762	-12.0
54	Peretti, Eva	1905	ITA	+74B	=68N	−12B	−39N	−27B	+80N	+73B	=63N	−33B	4.0	33.0	35.5	11.75	1743	-76.4
55	Cancedda, Emanuele	1893	ITA	−8N	+80B	=60N	−20B	−61N	=65B	+75N	=78B	=38N	4.0	32.5	35.0	12.75	1681	-99.2
56	De Maria, Isaia	1850	ITA	=12B	−73N	=72B	=65N	=51B	+71N	=63B	=69N	−34B	4.0	31.0	34.0	14.50	1725	-29.6
57	D Arcangelo, Luca	1910	SUI	=72B	−63N	=53B	=47N	−41B	+79N	−33B	=71N	+68B	4.0	30.0	32.5	12.50	1705	-95.6
58	Carlino, Alessandro	1895	ITA	+60N	−28B	−38N	=61B	−47N	=82B	−66N	+75B	+70N	4.0	30.0	31.5	12.00	1733	-76.4
59	Colombo, Reymund	1821	ITA	−76N	+34B	−6N	−49B	−78N	+83B	−65N	+82B	+60N	4.0	29.5	31.0	11.50	1730	-21.8
60	Bernhard, Simon	1734	SUI	−58B	+25N	=55B	+40N	−16B	−36N	+67B	−43N	−59B	3.5	37.0	40.5	15.50	1802	+15.0
61	Kurtoglu, Devrim	1787	NED	+42B	−11N	−44B	=58N	+55B	−30N	−43B	+73N	−45B	3.5	37.0	40.0	13.50	1797	+3.6
62	Meeuwissen, Morris	1880	NED	+65N	=14B	F	+76B	−6N	=28B	−19N	−49B	=47N	3.5	37.0	37.0	14.00	1832	-11.0
63	Aayiu Atindrya Shetty	1752	IND	F	+57B	=24N	=50B	=44N	−19B	=56N	=54B	−32N	3.5	36.5	36.5	15.00	1869	+24.0
64	Al Azmi, Khalaf	1868	KUW	−38N	+85B	+41N	−24B	−17B	−51N	=71B	+77N	−40B	3.5	34.5	35.5	10.00	1698	-40.2
65	Morais, Andre De Oliveira Conde	1697	POR	−62B	=53N	=33N	=56B	−40B	=55N	+59B	=45N	F	3.5	33.5	33.5	14.75	1806	+22.0
66	Carisio, Enrico	1792	ITA	−18B	−23N	−82B	−51N	+86B	+81N	+58B	−34N	=67B	3.5	31.0	31.0	7.75	1683	-27.4
67	Schaepper, Christian	1859	SUI	−17B	=51N	=71B	−72N	=74N	+84B	−60N	=70B	=66N	3.5	28.5	30.0	9.75	1673	-87.2
68	Chudy, Mikolaj	1719	POL	+22N	=54B	−14N	+45B	−10N	−31B	=52N	−32B	−57N	3.0	40.0	44.0	14.00	1769	+22.8
69	D`andria, Edoardo Antonio	1804	ITA	F	−1B	−26N	+84B	−76N	+75B	=44N	=56B	−29N	3.0	37.0	38.5	8.75	1749	-23.6
70	Pruetting, Lucas	1772	GER	−5B	−42N	+86B	=25N	−30B	−34N	+80B	=67N	−58B	3.0	36.0	36.0	7.00	1704	-16.0
71	Burgers, Bram	1785	NED	=44B	−24N	=67N	=31B	=45N	−56B	=64N	=57B	−52N	3.0	35.0	38.5	12.50	1764	-8.8
72	Gil, Oscar	1752	SUI	=57N	−52B	=56N	+67B	−26N	+45B	−36B	−42N	−53B	3.0	35.0	38.5	12.00	1758	+1.4
73	Jacobs, Paul	1700	BEL	=52N	+56B	−76N	−13B	−32N	+85B	−54N	−61B	=74N	3.0	32.5	33.5	8.50	1717	+3.4
74	Pedruzzi, Emanuele	1747	ITA	−54N	−50B	−36N	+77N	=67B	−33B	+83N	−40N	=73B	3.0	32.0	33.5	7.75	1710	-18.0
75	Ardu, Luigi	1777	ITA	−21B	+86N	−35B	+43N	−42B	−69N	−55B	−58N	+83N	3.0	32.0	32.0	6.00	1719	-13.4
76	Sanna, Yuri	1950	ITA	+59B	−15N	+73B	−62N	+69B	−13N	−48B	F	F	3.0	29.0	29.0	10.00	1769	-34.4
77	Bakhuijzen, Nathan	1774	NED	−1N	−41B	−34N	−74B	=83N	+86B	+84N	−64B	=80N	3.0	29.0	29.0	3.50	1589	-86.8
78	Tarable, Pietro	1710	ITA	−45N	=33B	−37N	F	+59B	−53N	+79B	=55N	F	3.0	28.5	28.5	11.00	1777	+12.0
79	Branco, Moritz	1761	NED	−7N	+36B	−46N	=32B	−31N	−57B	−78N	−80B	+86N	2.5	34.5	34.5	7.50	1668	-45.6
80	Laudy, Paul	1756	NED	−11B	−55N	F	=81B	=84N	−54B	−70N	+79N	=77B	2.5	26.0	26.0	5.75	1628	-52.8
81	Caputo, Andrea	1663	ITA	−2B	−39N	F	=80N	−53B	−66B	+85N	=84B	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	3.00	1587	-14.6
82	Kremser, Ulrich, Dr.	1737	GER	−10N	−22B	+66N	F	−25B	=58N	−45B	−59N	F	1.5	33.0	33.0	5.50	1634	-16.0
83	Anceaux, Corne	1738	NED	−29B	−43N	F	−27N	=77B	−59N	−74B	+86N	−75B	1.5	27.5	27.5	1.50	1544	-75.6
84	Gazzotti, Federico	1471	ITA	F	−30N	=48B	−69N	=80B	−67N	−77B	=81N	F	1.5	24.0	24.0	4.25	1560	+10.8
85	Cautiero, Pietro	1751	ITA	−35B	−64N	−25B	+86N	−43B	−73N	−81B	F	F	1.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	1478	-43.2
86	Timmermans, Christine	1653	BEL	−31N	−75B	−70N	−85B	−66N	−77N	F	−83B	−79B	0.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	979	-105.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gerdt, NikitaFID
+154.0
6.0 pts · #13
2Aymerich Sazonova, AlexandraFID
+121.2
4.5 pts · #37
3Samhita PungavanamIND
+86.5
5.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Timmermans, ChristineBEL
-105.6
0.0 pts · #86
2Cancedda, EmanueleITA
-99.2
4.0 pts · #50
3D Arcangelo, LucaSUI
-95.6
4.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R5+346 Elo gap
Ayaanraj Kottapally1564 beat D Arcangelo, Luca1910
R8+321 Elo gap
Ayaanraj Kottapally1564 beat Casu, Matteo1885
R5+304 Elo gap
Aymerich Sazonova, Alexandra1614 beat Javakhadze, Giorgi1918