The 6th International Terre degli Elimi Tournament was organized this summer by Alessandro Monaco and his chess club “Amici della Scacchiera” (Chessboard Friends) on the west side of the Sicily island in Erice, a tourist pearl of Sicily.
The 9-round Swiss tournament was convincingly won by IM Sergei Matsenko of Russia, who scored 7.5/9 points.
GM Imre Hera of Hungary, GM Salvador Alonso of Argentina and WGM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez of Spain tied for the second place at 6.5 points each, while GM Danyyil Dvirnyy of Italy, GM Fabien Libiszewski of France, GM Denes Boros of Hungary, FM Gabriele Franchini of Italy, FM Alexander Kholopov of Russia, Jesus Vallejo Diaz of Spain and WIM Amalia Aranaz Murillo of Spain tied for the fifth place with 6 points.
WIM Amalia Aranaz Murillo finished eleventh with 6 points
GM Imre Hera from Hungary came out second
GM Salvador Alonso from Argentina took the bronze
Hungarian GM Denes Boros remained seventh
Italian FM Gabriele Franchini finished eighth
Italian player Michel Bifulco collected 5.5 points
Andrea Darpa took part in Open C
Final standings:
1 7.5 IM Matsenko Sergei 2505 RUS
2 6.5 GM Hera Imre Jr. 2593 2630 HUN
3 6.5 GM Alonso Salvador 2505 2532 ARG
4 6.5 WGM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2381 2355 ESP
5 6 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2555 2488 ITA
6 6 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2543 2419 FRA
7 6 GM Boros Denes 2462 2386 HUN
8 6 FM Franchini Gabriele 2153 2394 ITA
9 6 FM Kholopov Alexander A. 2329 2308 RUS
10 6 Vallejo Diaz Jesus 2283 2324 ESP
11 6 WIM Aranaz Murillo Amalia 2287 2199 ESP
12 5.5 Nedostup Daniil 2223 2318 RUS
13 5.5 Bifulco Michel 2175 2264 ITA
14 5.5 Maleki Nicolas 2143 2264 FRA
15 5.5 FM Matsenko Andrei 2308 2220 RUS
16 5.5 WGM Milliet Sophie 2383 2192 FRA
17 5.5 Favaloro Andrea 2116 2162 ITA
18 5.5 FM Ferro Mario 2303 2147 ITA
19 5 Tolhuizen Ludo 2151 2247 NED
20 5 Ryzhkov Vjacheslav 2144 2247 RUS
21 5 Gertosio Franck 2178 2204 FRA
22 5 Gelardi Davide 1884 2158 ITA
23 5 Maddens Martijn 2065 2163 BEL
24 5 Marzaduri Riccardo 2163 2141 ITA
25 5 Santagati Alessandro 2204 2107 ITA
26 4.5 FM Bentivegna Francesco 2304 2318 ITA
27 4.5 FM Fabiano Giuseppe 2011 2163 ITA
28 4.5 M Madiai Federico 2227 2155 ITA
29 4.5 Pisacane Pietro 2127 2239 ITA
30 4.5 WFM Gueci Tea 2136 2150 ITA
31 4.5 De Herdt Yasseen 2098 2199 BEL
32 4.5 Matsenko Vadim 2102 2168 RUS
33 4.5 Van den Bersselaar Jeroen 2064 2178 NED
34 4.5 IM Contin Daniel 2296 2085 ITA
35 4.5 Sacristan Latorre Alberto 1991 2105 ESP
36 4.5 1N Savalla Gianluca 1812 2020 ITA
37 4.5 CM Campo Renato 1993 1952 ITA
38 4 Valguarnera Girolamo 2079 2222 ITA
39 4 WFM Santeramo Alessia 2085 2084 ITA
40 4 Grinblat Artemiy 2200 2029 RUS
41 4 Varriale Luca 2142 2050 ITA
42 4 1N Guccione Cristoforo 1889 1959 ITA
43 3.5 1N Favitta Amedeo 1852 2075 ITA
44 3.5 Penalver Marion 1975 2039 FRA
45 3.5 Difronzo Andrea 2060 1992 ITA
46 3.5 1N Canella Carlo 1958 1961 ITA
47 3.5 1N Agnello Francesco Claudio 1941 2070 ITA
48 3.5 M Sardo Gabriele 2211 1981 ITA
49 3.5 WFM Messina Roberta 1961 2044 ITA
50 3.5 Konopka Jeremiasz 1935 1885 FRA
51 3.5 Gueci Laura 1990 1961 ITA
52 3.5 Bleys Michiel 1880 1902 BEL
53 3 WFM Arnetta Maria Teresa 2012 2035 ITA
54 3 Pinho Tiago Brandao De 1887 1954 POR
55 3 Frigieri Fabrizio 2186 1934 ITA
56 3 CM Bertino Giacomo 1947 1774 ITA
57 2.5 WFM Matsenko Elena 1996 1876 RUS
58 2.5 Bonoo Iwan 1930 1851 NED
59 2.5 Algeri Lorenzo 1925 1730 ITA
60 2 1N Savalla Pietro 1957 2059 ITA
61 2 Karkovic Mate 2009 1760 CRO
62 1.5 CN Gangemi Salvatore 2119 1963 ITA
63 1.5 Marras Giuseppe 1814 1729 ITA
