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Sunway Sitges Open (2018) The 5th Sunway Sitges Open (Group A) was a 174-player 10-round Swiss tournament held at Hotel Sunway Playa Golf & Spa in Sitges, Spain, 14-23 December 2018. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves then 30 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. If equal number of points after 10 rounds between some of the top 4 Buchholz ranked players, elimination matches (two 5'+ 3" Blitz games + eventually an Armageddon game 6 v 5 min) to be played for the standings. Prize fund: 20,765 euros, with 5,000 euros + trophy to the winner. Rounds 1-9 started at 4:30 pm, Round 10 at 9:30 am local time. Tournament director: Francesc Gonzalez Alonso. Chief arbiter: Eduardo Lopez Rodríguez. Number of games: 820 Classical + 4 Blitz + 2 Armageddon = 826 (of which only 278 were made available). Alvar Alonso Rosell won with 8/10. Inarkiev (2nd) beat Sasikiran ( 3rd) and Sasikiran beat Andreikin (4th) in the Blitz + Armageddon tiebreak games. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2018122... Regulations 1: https://web.archive.org/web/2019032... Regulations 2: https://web.archive.org/web/2019032... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr383044.... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/sun... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/sunwa... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Sunway Sitges Open (2017). Next: Sunway Sitges Open (2019)  page 2 of 12; games 26-50 of 278  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Demianjuk vs A Prieto   0-1 31 2018 Sunway Sitges Open C66 Ruy Lopez 27. J Sarkar vs Francisco Jose Moreno Latorre   1-0 33 2018 Sunway Sitges Open E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 28. A Ansat vs N Chkhaidze   1-0 95 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 29. G Ayats Llobera vs D Andreikin   0-1 39 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 30. S Duran Vega vs E Inarkiev   0-1 25 2018 Sunway Sitges Open D85 Grunfeld 31. Sasikiran vs Krishna S Rohith   1-0 48 2018 Sunway Sitges Open C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 32. L Di Nicolantonio vs R Edouard   0-1 42 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B20 Sicilian 33. Vocaturo vs L M Medarde Santiago   1-0 43 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B27 Sicilian 34. R Alarcon Casellas vs A Adly   0-1 55 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 35. Indjic vs P Roy   ½-½ 65 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 36. Z Low vs M Lagarde   0-1 71 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 37. D Gordievsky vs V Baghdasaryan   ½-½ 56 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B20 Sicilian 38. I Borocz vs E Romanov   0-1 72 2018 Sunway Sitges Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 39. A Liang vs R Pogorelov   ½-½ 42 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 40. A Pablo Marin vs F Peralta   0-1 29 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A07 King's Indian Attack 41. J Santos Latasa vs V Lillo Castany   ½-½ 38 2018 Sunway Sitges Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 42. P Meister vs J M Lopez Martinez   0-1 27 2018 Sunway Sitges Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 43. N Sarin vs J Sarkar   1-0 59 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A35 English, Symmetrical 44. C O'Donnell vs M Petrosyan   0-1 43 2018 Sunway Sitges Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 45. N Krishna Teja vs K Kulaots   0-1 50 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 46. D Kadric vs R Vaishali   0-1 40 2018 Sunway Sitges Open A02 Bird's Opening 47. K Shubin vs S Halkias   1-0 47 2018 Sunway Sitges Open B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 48. V Esplugas Esteve vs A Beliavsky   1-0 36 2018 Sunway Sitges Open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 49. A Kelires vs M Henni   1-0 50 2018 Sunway Sitges Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 50. T Harutyunian vs G Antova   1-0 50 2018 Sunway Sitges Open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 2 of 12; games 26-50 of 278    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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