A wonderful tournament on the Italian Adriatic coast will take place from 28th July to 3rd August.
The Summer Chess Festival ‘Mare di Fano’ will run for a third time, bringing together amateur and professional players.
In the middle of the summer, chess aficionados will have an opportunity to enjoy sea, delicious Italian food and serious chess in the company of at least 10 invited GMs and IMs, hence a possibility to achieve norms.
The Open section is composed of five parts: Major A group (> 1900), B group (<2000), C group (< 1600), U-16 and a Rapid tournament. Alongside, the Italian U-20 Championship and the Women Championship will also take place. Currently 148 players are signed to take participation. Full lists below.
Whether hunting for norms or simply enjoying a summer holiday + a chess tournament, the Fano Chess Festival is bound to provide an unforgettable chess adventure.
Sassonia, the Fano beach
Reasonably priced recommended hotels situated along the beach, respectable prizes, side events, an antique picturesque town dating back to the Roman times and a friendly chess atmosphere make this tournament highly recommended.
A welcome package containing three gifts is awaiting each participant – with a selection of local produce, the tournament’s program and a colourful armband. Two thematic guided visits with an expert local guide to the Roman historic sites of the town are offered free of charge.
The Roman gate (Augustus’ arch), opens to the cobbled streets of the old town of Fano
The tournament falls during a festive summer season with a rich cultural program including exhibitions, the Fano Jazz by the Sea Festival and the Fanno Summer Carnival.
The organiser, Dario Pedini, has had under his direction several highly successful international Open tournaments as well as many Italian National championships, most notably the Italian Rapid Championships, which he has organised for the last three years to a high acclaim.
Diana Mihajlova, a chess journalist, will take care of the public and media relations.
The organiser Dario Pedini and GM Richard Rapport who was a VIP guest at the last year’s edition
IM Malcolm Pein (ENG) the director of the famous ‘London Classic’, at the 1st Edition, 2011 Mare di Fano
This year it clashes closely with the duration of the 2014 Chess Olympiad, so it would be a good alternative for the ones not heading to Tromsø!
Consult the tournament’s website www.italychess.com for further details, PDF brochure and an Entry Form.
Tournament Director Dario Pedini may be contacted via the website, mobile tel: +39 335 224916, or email scacchifano@yahoo.it.
Foreign players may also contact Diana Mihajlova on mihajlovadana@gmail.com for any clarifications needed.
Magistrale:
1 Altieri Danilo
2 Bifulco Michel
3 Bodiroga Predrag
4 Bonafede Alessandro
5 Bonassi Tommaso
6 Brancaleoni Maurizio
7 Bucher Micheal
8 Cardarelli Angelo
9 Ciampi Vincenzo
10 Cocconcelli Lorenzo
11 Damia Angelo
12 Dann Timothy
13 Der Manuelian Haik
14 Di benedetto Edoardo
15 Di Fronzo Andrea
16 Dichiara Mauro
17 Drazic Sinisa
18 Foglieni Matteo
19 Fregonese Giulio
20 Gaehwiler Gabriel
21 Grandadam Nicolas
22 Hassan Fathi
23 Iwanow Anna
24 Kizilkaya Mehmet
25 Klimentov Roman
26 Lajthajm Borko
27 Luciani Valerio
28 Martig Markus
29 Prohaszka Peter
30 Rago Riccardo
31 Rindlisbacher Jan
32 Sadzikowski Daniel
33 Sonis Francesco
34 Tagliaferri Valerio
35 Varriale Luca
36 Vovk Andrey
37 Vovk Yuri
38 Wieringa Helmer
Open B:
39 Abriani Devis
40 Agostinelli Massimo
41 Algeri Lorenzo
42 Barazzetta Massimo
43 Bellisario Carlo
44 Bernasconi Roberto
45 Berton Venanzio
46 Bettalli Francesco
47 Borzi Rosario
48 Bruschi Morvan
49 Cirelli Alessandro
50 Coqueraut Jean
51 Corti Corrado
52 Costantino Gianfranco
53 Davini Andrea
54 Della Rocca Giorgio
55 Dilascio Savino
56 D’urbano Gabriele
57 Falasca Marco
58 Falasca Valerio
59 Falcone Marco
60 Fragni Enrico
61 Gori Giuseppe
62 Graziani Roberto
63 Guerini Sara
64 Guerini Silvia
65 Guerra Renzo
66 Gulinelli Euro
67 Igulio Luigi
68 Lavino Stefano
69 Magini Roberto
70 Mirri Pietro
71 Mondaini Roberto
72 Monticelli Francesco
73 Onida Davide
74 Orfini Nicolò
75 Palma Giorgio
76 Pasini Nicolò
77 Pasquotto Mirko
78 Pedemonte Claudio
79 Priori Luigi
80 Ramaioli Nicholas
81 Revinelli Sergio
82 Riboldi Raffaele
83 Ridolfo Martin
84 Ridolfo Enrico
85 Rotolante Luca
86 Rotolante Stefano
87 Sanna Mario
88 Scarpa Alessandra
89 Scarpa Claudia
90 Scandiuzzi Roberto
91 Serri Cristiano
92 Solimè Marco
93 Squara Mauro
94 Stilli Gabriele
Open C/U16:
95 Klimentov Anna
96 Breindebach Heinz
97 Deviti Dario
98 Lucchetta Stefano
99 Miracola Giuseppe
100 Palù Federico
101 Pazzaglia Francesco
102 Renzi Mario
103 Rizzani Tobia
104 Sacchi Giancarlo
105 Scappatura Luca
106 Scarpa Alessandra
107 Scotti Luigi
108 Serafini Diego
109 Serafini Jacopo
110 Sperandini Nikolai
U20:
111 Altea Alessandro
112 Altini Nicola
113 Basso Pierluigi
114 Boscolo Federico
115 Calamia Giampaolo
116 Caprio Guido
117 Ceccolini Riccardo
118 Consoli Luca
119 De Paolis Diego
120 Della Santa Luca
121 Ferretti Elia
122 Formento Paolo
123 Fuochi Tommaso
124 Gelardi Davide
125 Guccione Cristoforo
126 Iannello Antonio
127 Marchetti Micheal
128 Milletari Ruggeri
129 Palazzotto Roberto
130 Palmas Alessandro
131 Patrignani Tiziano
132 Pirrello Christian
133 Ravaioni Jodi
134 Sanna Yuri
135 Savalla Pietro
136 Spinella Andrea
137 Villa Giorgio
Femminile:
138 Alfier Cecilia
139 Banki Brigitta
140 Cafagna Lucia
141 Chiarion Elisa
142 Colantuono Virginia
143 Di benedetto Desiree
144 Gregorini Matilda
145 Gueci Laura
146 Miracola Giorgia
147 Paolillo Gaia
148 Scarpa Silvia
