GM Francesco Sonis Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Francesco Sonis Born Apr 29, 2002 (age 23) Place of birth Oristano, Italy Federation Italy Profiles # World Ranking 2561 Classical 2571 Rapid 2476 Blitz Bio Francesco Sonis is an Italian Grandmaster. Most Played Openings White Pieces English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (13 games) Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (12 games) Réti Opening (11 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (9 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games) Black Pieces Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line (11 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (7 games) King's Indian Attack (6 games) Trompowsky Attack (6 games) Giuoco Piano Game: Main Line, Giuoco Pianissimo Variation (6 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Francesco Sonis (2557) Naveen Prabhu (2261) 1-0 40 2026 Francesco Sonis (2888) Lile Koridze (2509) 1-0 55 2026 Francesco Sonis (2890) Fabiano Caruana (3195) 1-0 35 2026 Francesco Sonis (2903) Marek Karas (2676) 1-0 35 2026 Francesco Sonis (2903) Gor Asatryan (2584) 1-0 56 2026 Francesco Sonis (2905) Andres Gamez Matamoros (2337) 1-0 25 2026 Francesco Sonis (2899) Jacob Dreelinck (2491) 1-0 34 2026 Francesco Sonis (2901) Anna Shukhman (2732) 1-0 36 2026 Francesco Sonis (2944) Ludin Esteban Jaimes Gonzalez (2279) 1-0 44 2026 Francesco Sonis (2940) Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (2609) 1-0 51 2026 Show All Games