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International Chess Festival “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” 2023

The International Chess Festival “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” will take place from 2-8 January 2023 in Messina, Italy. The festival features three tournaments: Open A (for players rated 1800+), Open B (for players rated 1200-1800), and Open C (for players rated U1500) with a total prize fund of 5.000euros.

The Open A and Open B tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes until the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The Open C will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increment for each move.

More than 60 players already registered for the event and the top-rated players are: GM Titas Stremavicius, GM Valery Kazakouski and GM Sabino Brunello. See the starting list of players below:

No. NameFEDRtg
1GMStremavicius TitasLTU2543
2GMKazakouski ValeryLTU2539
3GMBrunello SabinoITA2519
4GMErnst SipkeNED2512
5GMSochacki ChristopheFRA2463
6FMAkhvlediani IrakliGEO2437
7IMPerez MaximilianoARG2423
8IMLortkipanidze NodarGEO2393
9FMCzerw DawidPOL2373
10FMFavaloro AndreaITA2372
11IMCollutiis DuilioITA2367
12IMSoham DasIND2351
13IMSidhant MohapatraIND2337
14FMBhagat KushIND2324
15FMBifulco MichelITA2275
16FMStillger BernhardGER2273
17FMSantagati AlessandroITA2253
18FMSilich YahorBLR2216
19IMVuelban VirgilioPHI2207
20CMCina’ VittorioITA2199
21IMCasadio Niccolo’ITA2144
22CMCarbone EdoardoITA2142
23 Wichtrup Jan-LouisGER2139
24WIMVidic TejaSLO2138
25CMUrbani GabrielITA2138
26 Bazilius AugustinasLTU2118
27CMGanci ElioITA2115
28CMPochyhaylo AndriyITA2093
29CMIannello AndreaITA2084
30CMZoldan MatteoITA2081
31CMFavitta AmedeoITA2056
32CMCarbone StefanoITA2053
33 Bosboom ArdinNED2052
34WFMAbarca Gonzalez DamarisCHI2047
35CMDuraccio Walter MattiaITA2032
36CMMaresco DiegoITA2020
37CMMusso AlessioITA2008
38AIMKaras EugeniaENG2004
39 Heldenbergh NilsBEL2003
40CMMilone GaetanoITA1991
41 La Barbera ManfrediITA1985
421NIannello AntonioITA1964
43CMBonanzinga CorradoITA1959
44 Halvarsson PeterSWE1954
451NGelardi DavideITA1944
461NVerga FrancescoITA1924
47CMLo Presti GiulioITA1923
48AIMTricomi MassimoITA1923
491NBarbagallo AndreaITA1910
501NStancanelli ValerioITA1903
51CMGangemi SalvatoreITA1900
52 Pheasant Andrew JUSA1900
53 Farah AlbertoMLT1882
541NDi Stasio Giuseppe DaniloITA1879
551NFargetta VittorioITA1854
561NCannella SimoneITA1851
57 Sivathanujan SSRI1850
582NZito EnricaITA1845
591NCostabile VincenzoITA1827
602NMaida FedericoITA1794
612NGanci AlbertoITA1776

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