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2nd International Livigno Chess Open
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