2nd International Livigno Chess Open

SonofPearl

Updated: Sep 13, 2011, 7:28 AM | 0 | Chess Event Coverage

Chess Players Crossing The Alps!

22 GMs and 14 IMs have gathered in the picturesque town of Livigno in the Italian Alps, for the International Livigno Chess Open, from 12th to 18th September 2011.

The second edition of the tournament has successfully attracted a total of 90 participants. There are 54 players taking part in the 'Open A' tournament, 18 with ratings over 2500 Elo and three above 2600 Elo.

No less than 24 nations are represented from all over the world: Europe, Asia, Northern and Southern America. Among the players are many big names, such as Miso Cebalo (2009 World Senior Champion) and Srinath Narayanan (India's youngest FIDE rated chess player in 2002) and under-12 world chess champion in 2005.

Mišo Cebalo	Srinath Narayanan

From the US, Miro Reverby and FM Ylon Schwartz are taking part in the 'Open A' tournament.

FM Ylon Schwartz

Miro Reverby

Standings after 2 rounds:

		Name	Nat	Elo	Pts
1	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	MDA	2594	2.0
2	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2614	2.0
3	IM	Hunt Adam C	ENG	2437	2.0
4	IM	Bruno Fabio	ITA	2431	2.0
5	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	UKR	2622	1.5
6	GM	Brunello Sabino	ITA	2569	1.5
7	GM	Petkov Vladimir	BUL	2511	1.5
8	GM	Dgebuadze Alexandre	BEL	2544	1.5
9	GM	Olszewski Michal	POL	2534	1.5
10	GM	Timoscenko Georgi	UKR	2572	1.5
11	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	LAT	2504	1.5
12	GM	Cebalo Miso	CRO	2478	1.5
13	GM	Mirzoev Azer	AZE	2468	1.5
14	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2447	1.5
15	IM	Suvrajit Saha	IND	2384	1.5
16	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A.	UKR	2635	1.5
17	IM	Rombaldoni Denis	ITA	2517	1.5
18	GM	Maiorov Nikita	BLR	2558	1.5
19	GM	Polak Tomas	CZE	2543	1.5
20	GM	Godena Michele	ITA	2527	1.5
21	GM	Janev Evgeni	BUL	2511	1.0
22	GM	Michalik Peter	SVK	2511	1.0
23	GM	Naumkin Igor	RUS	2473	1.0
24	IM	Mazur Stefan	SVK	2372	1.0
25	GM	Lazic Miroljub	SRB	2463	1.0
26	--	Kilpatrick Callum	ENG	2256	1.0
27	FM	Molina Fabrizio	ITA	2258	1.0
28	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2597	1.0
29	--	Reverby Miro	USA	2153	1.0
30	IM	Pacher Milan	SVK	2403	1.0
31	FM	Bove Alessandro	ITA	2368	1.0
32	IM	Marholev Dimitar	BUL	2355	1.0
33	IM	Narayanan Srinath	IND	2336	1.0
34	WIM	Brunello Marina	ITA	2215	1.0
35	GM	Rotstein Arkadij	GER	2515	1.0
36	FM	Schwartz Ylon	USA	2252	1.0
37	--	Xia Jie	ITA	2249	1.0
38	IM	Sveshnikov Vladimir	LAT	2412	0.5
39	IM	Palit Somak	IND	2363	0.5
40	FM	Scalcione Michelange	ITA	2337	0.5
41	FM	Bentivegna Francesco	ITA	2322	0.5
42	WFM	Arnetta Maria Teresa	ITA	2017	0.5
43	IM	Braga Fernando	ITA	2438	0.5
44	IM	Saptarshi Roy	IND	2385	0.0
45	--	Veznik Michael	CZE	1830	0.0
46	--	Zamengo Fulvio	ITA	2002	0.0
47	FM	Karl Hans	SUI	2201	0.0
48	FM	Kock Hans-Uwe	LIE	2117	0.0
49	--	Bosschem Tim	BEL	2068	0.0
50	--	Bossi Alessandro	ITA	2019	0.0
51	--	Franciosi Fausto	ITA	2069	0.0
52	--	Andersson Thorbjorn	SWE	2055	0.0

The event was made possible thanks to the generous support of some local hoteliers, who have "adopted" a GM each.

Live coverage, rankings and results at www.livignoscacchi.it

Many thanks to Adriano Pedrana for the tournament information and photos

2nd International Livigno Chess Open

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