Round 8

March 1, 2026

Fedoseev, Vladimir (2708) — Moranda, Wojciech (2542)Sicilian Defense: Closed · 91 half-moves
1-0
Tomczak, Jacek (2537) — Alekseenko, Kirill (2652)Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation · 120 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Santos Latasa, Jaime (2618) — Vavulin, Maxim (2529)Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation · 65 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Dotzer, Lukas (2479) — Idani, Pouya (2615)Sicilian Defense: Closed · 117 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Abasov, Nijat (2583) — Baum, Jonasz (2449)Queen's Pawn Game: London System · 105 half-moves
1-0
Fromm, Marius (2421) — Subelj, Jan (2539)Italian Game: Giuoco Piano · 68 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2552) — Schmidek, Emil (2431)Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation · 119 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Schneider, Ilja (2424) — Girel, Joseph (2486)French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line · 77 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Erigaisi Arjun (2745) — Bartel, Mateusz (2561)Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation · 151 half-moves
1-0
Vogel, Roven (2532) — Indjic, Aleksandar (2622)Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line · 129 half-moves
1-0
Karthik Venkataraman (2591) — Pechac, Jergus (2541)French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack · 56 half-moves
1-0
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (2581) — Petrov, Martin (2543)Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation · 41 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Krivoborodov, Egor (2537) — Michalik, Peter (2562)Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted · 40 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Druska, Juraj (2462) — Bogosavljevic, Boban (2465)Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation · 98 half-moves
0-1
Delchev, Aleksander (2426) — Boensch, Uwe (2454)Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation · 73 half-moves
1-0
Tischbierek, Raj (2408) — Sedlak, Nikola (2332)Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Sozin Attack · 78 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Eljanov, Pavel (2659) — Livaic, Leon (2571)Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian Defense · 125 half-moves
1-0
Kraemer, Martin (2572) — Costa, Leonardo (2533)Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line · 82 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Horvath, Dominik (2547) — Kosakowski, Jakub (2536)Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation · 100 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Zilka, Stepan (2496) — Shengelia, David (2497)Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Polugaevsky Gambit · 82 half-moves
1-0
Bromberger, Stefan (2483) — Nasuta, Grzegorz (2486)Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System · 64 half-moves
0-1
Krejci, Jan (2504) — Kjartansson, Gudmundur (2416)Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation · 76 half-moves
0-1
Hertneck, Gerald (2432) — Winterberg, Lukas (2421)Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation · 113 half-moves
1-0
Roshka, Yevgeniy (2510) — Kruckenhauser, Arthur (2360)Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Polugaevsky Gambit · 61 half-moves
1-0
Bluebaum, Matthias (2698) — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2720)Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation · 50 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Rapport, Richard (2738) — Kollars, Dmitrij (2624)King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto · 112 half-moves
0-1
Banusz, Tamas (2595) — Vitiugov, Nikita (2667)English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 · 40 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2668) — Dautov, Rustem (2539)Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense · 97 half-moves
1-0
Graf, Alexander (2497) — Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2666)Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Sämisch Deferred · 71 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Bacrot, Etienne (2631) — Koellner, Ruben Gideon (2514)Philidor Defense: Lion Variation · 136 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Krasenkow, Michal (2478) — Shirov, Alexei (2616)Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation · 62 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Donchenko, Alexander (2643) — Kozul, Zdenko (2494)King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation · 117 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Svane, Frederik (2645) — Murzin, Volodar (2650)Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation · 83 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Bologan, Victor (2600) — Svane, Rasmus (2609)Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo · 104 half-moves
0-1
Engel, Luis (2591) — Pavlidis, Antonios (2565)Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack · 70 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Schoppen, Casper (2576) — Kempinski, Robert (2539)Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik Variation · 169 half-moves
1-0
Papp, Gabor (2494) — Kobalia, Mikhail (2538)Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 45 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Burg, Twan (2479) — Kramer, Julian (2486)Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation · 89 half-moves
1-0
Peyrer, Konstantin (2507) — Pijpers, Arthur (2468)Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line · 71 half-moves
1-0
Swinkels, Robin (2478) — Heinemann, Thies (2403)Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Romanishin–Psakhis Variation · 105 half-moves
1-0
Maurizzi, MarcAndria (2614) — L'Ami, Erwin (2598)Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon · 73 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Van Wely, Loek (2629) — Amar, Elham (2581)Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line · 88 half-moves
0-1
Howell, David W L (2668) — Smeets, Jan (2562)English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line · 80 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Krastev, Alexander (2430) — Socko, Bartosz (2581)Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation · 82 half-moves
0-1
Andersen, Mads (2562) — Naumann, Alexander (2483)Catalan Opening: Open Defense · 50 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Halvax, Georg (2426) — Janik, Igor (2503)Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation · 80 half-moves
0-1
Feuerstack, Aljoscha (2455) — Wegerle, Joerg (2397)Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian · 55 half-moves
1-0
Schaefer, Markus (2360) — Krause, Benedict (2416)Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation · 50 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Saric, Ivan (2661) — Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (2739)Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation · 81 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2713) — Predke, Alexandr (2617)Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation · 65 half-moves
1-0
Markus, Robert (2525) — Sarana, Alexey (2683)Catalan Opening: Open Defense · 42 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Korobov, Anton (2604) — Predojevic, Borki (2563)Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Modern Bishop's Opening · 81 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Van den Doel, Erik (2557) — Amin, Bassem (2622)East Indian Defense · 57 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Wagner, Dennis (2601) — Martinovic, Sasa (2547)Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation · 93 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Stevic, Hrvoje (2516) — Meier, Georg (2612)Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line · 41 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Wagner, Dinara (2414) — Maksimovic, Bojan (2533)Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense · 50 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Gumularz, Szymon (2593) — Volokitin, Andrei (2627)Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System · 84 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Chigaev, Maksim (2637) — Areshchenko, Alexander (2602)Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation · 65 half-moves
1-0
Cheng, Bobby (2566) — Ponomariov, Ruslan (2631)Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian · 90 half-moves
0-1
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy (2616) — Efimenko, Zahar (2562)King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky · 75 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Wachinger, Nikolas (2452) — Kuzubov, Yuriy (2606)Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation · 202 half-moves
0-1
Onyshchuk, Volodymyr (2600) — Grigorian, Spartak (2413)Zukertort Opening · 65 half-moves
1-0
Reuker, Jari (2404) — Vetoshko, Volodymyr (2516)Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation · 57 half-moves
1/2-1/2
Rozen, Eytan (2497) — Colbow, Collin (2441)Petrov's Defense · 87 half-moves
1-0