Italian Team Chess Championship

The Italian Team Chess Championship is being held from 28th April to 1st May in the wonderful city of Spoleto. 14 teams in Master and 8 in Women’s section compete over 7 and 5 rounds Swiss respectively.

The schedule is rather demanding, with two rounds daily starting at 9:00 and 15:30 local time. Live games available at www.scacchirandagi.com/spoleto/CampIta.htm

About 20 Grandmasters are taking participation, adding more prestige to the event. Among them are Fabiano Caruana, Daniele Vocaturo, Sabino Brunello, Michele Godena, Robert Hubner, Kiril Georgiev, Emil Sutovsky, Ivan Salgado Lopez, Bartosz Socko, Alberto David, Bulgarian champion Julian Radulski etc. News by Adolivio Capece.

Master section round 1 results:

ASA Ancona – Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova 1-3
GM Pavasovic Dusko – GM Caruana Fabiano 1/2
MI Lanzani Mario – GM Georgiev Kiril 0-1
MF De Santis Alessio – MI Collutiis Duilio 1/2
MF Bontempi Piero – GM Efimov Igor 0-1

Scavolini-Siviglia Pesaro – CSKB Torveca Caffè Vigevano 4-0
GM Sutovsky Emil – GM Salvador Roland 1-0
GM Vocaturo Daniele – MI Mantovani Renzo 1-0
GM Brunello Sabino – MF Di Paolo Raffaele 1-0
MI Rombaldoni Denis – MF Salvetti Alec 1-0

Montebelluna – Chieti 1-3
MI Dvirnyy Daniyyl – GM Socko Bartosz 0-1
MI Genocchio Daniele – MI D’Amore Carlo 0-1
MF Bonafede Alessandro – MI Mogranzini Roberto 1/2
Xia Jie – MF Andrea Stella 1/2

Libertas Nereto A – Latina 2,5-1,5
GM Antoniewski Rafal – GM Radulski Julian 1/2
MI Shytaj Luca – Caprio Guido 1/2
MI Braga Fernando – Malloni Marcello 1/2
Mi Piscopo Pierluigi – Parpinel Marco 1-0

La Zisa Palermo – Vimar Scacchi Marostica 2-2
GM Olszewski Michal – GM Godena Michele 1-0
MI Contin Daniel – GM Ortega Lexy 1/2
MF Bentivegna Francesco – MI Borgo Giulio 1/2
Ferro Mario – MI Manca Federico 0-1

PortaClub 64 Modena – Accademia Le Due Torri Bologna 3,5-0,5
GM Salgado Lopez Ivan – MI Ronchetti Niccolò 1-0
MI Vezzosi Paolo – De Filomeno Simone 1/2
MI Zimina Olga – Codenotti Marco 1-0
MF Scalcione Michelangelo -Tomba Ivan 1-0

Partenopea Master – Milanese 1881 1,5-2,5
MI Martorelli Antonio – GM David Alberto 0-1
GM Laketic Gojko – MI Arlandi Ennio 1/2
Fiore Mario – MF Damia Angelo 1-0
Esposito Luca – MF Misiano Franco 0-1

Master section round 2 results:

Padova – Nereto 2-2
Milano – Pesaro 1.5-2.5
Chieti – Modena 2-2
Marostica – Ancona 3.5-0.5
Vigevano – Palermo 2-2
Bologna – Montebelluna 3-1
Latina – Napoli 3.5-0.5

Standings after 2 rounds:
1. Pesaro – 4 team points out of 4 (only team with perfect score)
2-6. Modena, Marostica, Padova, Chieti, Nereto – 3 points etc