The 2nd edition of the Renato Didoni Memorial was played on 20th-25th April at the Accademia Scacchi Milano,Via De Amicis 17 in Milan, Italy.

The A Group was open for players with an Elo rating higher than 1800. It was a 7 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increments from the first move.

Filipino GM Joseph Sanchez finished first with 5/7 points. Serbian GM Miroljub Lazic obtained the same amount of points but had a worse Buchholz score. Third place went to local IM Duilio Collutiis.

Sanchez took 700 Euros home for his efforts.

Official website

Final Standings (top finishers):

1 GM Sanchez, Joseph 2544 5.0
2 GM Lazic Miroljub 2476 5.0


3 IM Collutiis Duilio 2473 4.5
4 IM Martinez Rolly 2439 4.5
5 GM Novik Maxim 2449 4.5
6 IM Aleksic Nenad 2353 4.5
7 IM Sotsky Alexander 2396 4.5
8 WGM Sudakova Irina 2340 4.5
9 IM Blechzin Igor 2440 4.5


10 GM Salvador, Roland 2469 4.0


11 IM Laketic Gojko 2420 3.5
12 IM Vezzosi Paolo 2282 3.5
13 – Miracola Giorgia 1859 3.5

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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