The 16 years old Daniel Dardha is the young chess star of the 2° Festival di Primavera in Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
The chess festival takes place March 16-20 and is a 9 rounds Swiss system. GM Daniel Dardha, rated 2540, will have as main competitors GM Jobava Baadur, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy, GM Sergei Azarov, GM Pier Luigi Basso, GM Marin Bosic, GM Danyyil Dvirnyy, GM Arseniy Nesterov, GM Momchil Nikolov, GM Radoslav Dimitrov, etc.
Official website of the chess festival
2° Festival di Primavera participants list
| GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | UKR | 2606 |
| GM | Azarov, Sergei | BLR | 2604 |
| GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | ITA | 2600 |
| GM | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2588 |
| GM | Dardha, Daniel | BEL | 2540 |
| GM | Bosiocic, Marin | CRO | 2522 |
| GM | Nesterov, Arseniy | RUS | 2522 |
| GM | Nikolov, Momchil | BUL | 2501 |
| GM | Dvirnyy, Danyyil | ITA | 2496 |
| GM | Dimitrov, Radoslav | BUL | 2478 |
| IM | Roshka, Yevgeniy | UKR | 2478 |
| GM | Mirzoev, Emil | UKR | 2475 |
| GM | Hjartarson, Johann | ISL | 2470 |
| IM | Davtyan, Artur | ARM | 2460 |
| GM | Enchev, Ivajlo | BUL | 2449 |
| Reuker, Jari | GER | 2425 | |
| FM | Czerw, Dawid | POL | 2398 |
| IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2396 |
| FM | Hess, Max | GER | 2392 |
| IM | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2379 |
| Wachinger, Nikolas | GER | 2376 | |
| FM | Formento, Paolo | ITA | 2359 |
| FM | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | UZB | 2358 |
| FM | Woelk, Tom-Frederic | GER | 2348 |
| FM | BETTALLI Francesco | SI | 2317 |
| FM | Carnicelli, Valerio | ITA | 2299 |
| FM | Park, Evan | USA | 2293 |
| IM | Vuelban, Virgilio | PHI | 2288 |
| Boder, Jan | GER | 2274 | |
| FM | Pasini, Nicolo | ITA | 2252 |
| Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2236 | |
| IM | Damia, Angelo | ITA | 2223 |
| M | MARZOCCHI Tommaso | BO | 2213 |
| Knudsen, Simon | GER | 2210 | |
| Kotyk, Michael | GER | 2201 | |
| FM | Ciolek, Andreas | GER | 2191 |
| FM | CALAVALLE Giulio | BO | 2188 |
| Dobboletta, Alex | ITA | 2176 | |
| Dahale, Atul | IND | 2148 | |
| Aarav Dengla | IND | 2144 | |
| Engel, Robert | GER | 2128 | |
| CM | Matthes, Aaron | GER | 2124 |
| M | MIRRI Pietro | BO | 2119 |
| M | GATTAFONI Alessio | MC | 2114 |
| CF | PADUANO Claudio | NA | 2114 |
| CM | GRANALDI Alessandro | TA | 2110 |
| Singh, Hersh | USA | 2100 | |
| Ohler, Julius | GER | 2097 | |
| Engesser, Jonas | GER | 2084 | |
| Persico, Lorenzo | ITA | 2080 | |
| Meyling, Lennart | GER | 2072 | |
| WF | SALA Giulia | MB | 2057 |
| Devnani Kush | IND | 2041 | |
| WF | SCARPA Silvia | RN | 2041 |
| Koukas, Anastasios | GRE | 2040 | |
| Tornay Gomez, Josu | ESP | 2016 | |
| Chennaoui, Yasin | SUI | 2015 | |
| Cap, Piotr | POL | 2008 | |
| Saveljevs, Aleksandrs | LAT | 2001 | |
| CM | CASSI Elisa | BG | 1981 |
| Luchi, Max | ITA | 1977 | |
| Poupalos, Nikolaos | GRE | 1971 | |
| Vincenti, Leonardo | ITA | 1708 | |
| 2N | VITI Matteo | PG | 1698 |
More about Daniel Dardha
Daniel Dardha is the youngest player to win the Belgian Chess Championship. Dardha became Belgian champion at the age of 13 in 2019.
Daniel is of Albanian descent. Dardha’s father, Arben Dardha, became U-20 Albanian Champion at age 16, is a FIDE Master and, as of 2019, Dardha’s coach.
Daniel Dardha achieved his International Master title in 2019, shortly after winning the Belgian Chess Championship. He earned his Grandmaster title in 2021 after winning the Belgian Chess Championship for the second time, becoming Belgium’s youngest ever Grandmaster at age 15.
