GM Ivan Salgado lifts the trophy in Forni di Sopra

The 2nd International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra took place from June 16th to 23rd, 2012, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps.

The organizers of the event are Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi, Circolo Scacchistico Udinese, ScacchiRandagi, FSI and Comune Forni di Sopra.

The tournament had three sections:

– The A section, available to players with an elo above 2000, 9 rounds Swiss system , time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”.
– The B section, open to players with an elo above 1600 ELO (and lower than 2000 ELO), 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”.
– The C section, open to players with an elo under 1600, 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”

The A section had 72 players competing. Top seeded Grandmasters, Ivan Salgado of Spain and Pavel Tregubov of Russia, won their last round games against Igor Naumkin and Oleg Romanishin, respectively, to finish on the top of the standings with 7 points each.

Salgado takes the winner’s trophy on better tie-break score. Full standings bellow.

Francesco Simoncini won the B section with 6.5 points in the competition of 54 players.

C section had 15 participants. As many as eight players shared the first place with 5 points each.

The winner of the inaugural event in 2011 was GM Carlos Matamoros.

The tournament is covered on www.scacchirandagi.com and www.accademiainternazionalediscacchi.com.

Final Standings Open A (top finishers):

1 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2623 – 7
2 GM Tregubov Pavel V RUS 2596 – 7
3 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2586 – 6.5
4 GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2511 – 6.5
5 GM Arun Prasad S IND 2519 – 6.5
6 IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl ITA 2515 – 6.5
7 GM Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2540 – 6
8 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2541 – 6
9 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2447 – 6
10 GM Naumkin Igor RUS 2472 – 6
11 IM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2479 – 6
12 IM Bruno Fabio ITA 2447 – 6
13 FM Boscolo Federico ITA 2300 – 6
14 IM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2469 – 5.5
15 IM Ninov Nikolai BUL 2471 – 5.5
16 Altini Nicola ITA 2288 – 5.5
17 GM Rotstein Arkadij GER 2512 – 5.5
18 IM Saravanan V IND 2401 – 5.5
19 IM Welling Gerard NED 2333 – 5.5
20 FM Ceschia Ivano ITA 2329 – 5.5

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