The Italian Summer Chess Tour 2022 features six open tournaments taking place one after another from May 16 – June 11, with a total prize fund of 35.000e.
The tour kicks off with the GM/IM Mix norm tournament which will be played from 16-20 May in Montebelluna. The 9 rounds swiss event named GrandMaster Grandiscacchi Chess Festival 2022 gathers 15 players from 10 countries with an average rating of 2467. The battlefield is led by GM Andrey Esipenko (2709), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2636) and GM Baadur Jobava (2600).
Final report: Levan Pantsulaia wins GM Grandiscacchi Chess Festival
The Grandiscacchi Challenge 2022 will be the second event of the tour, taking place from 21-27 May in Montebelluna. Andrey Esipenko, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Baadur Jobava, Eltaj Safarli and Levan Pantsulaia will be the top seeds of the A tournament which will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system.
Final report: Vitaliy Bernadskiy wins 1st Grandiscacchi Challenge Open
Grandiscacchi Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournaments 2022 will follow from 28-29 May, with more than 30 entries from 11 countries, including participation of 12 grandmasters and a prize fund of 4.000e. (Scroll down to see starting rank list of the players)
The city of Cattolica will host the 2nd edition of Festival d’Estate from May 30 – June 3. The festival includes three swiss open events of 9 rounds: A (2300+), B (1700-2000), and C (1700). The event attracted 43 entries from 19 countries, with Esipenko, Bernadskiy and Jobava as the top seed trio. (Scroll down to see starting rank list of the players)
The 9th Cattolica Festival will be the fifth tournament of the tour, being played in two sections (Open A & Open B) from 4-11 June in Hotel Kursaal, Cattolica. 73 players from 23 countries registered for the event, including 24 grandmasters and 9 international masters. GM Kirill Shevchenko, GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy are the top seeds. (Scroll down to see starting rank list of the players)
The tour will conclude with the 2nd Festival di Giugno Treviso which will take place from 20-26 June in the city of Treviso. The event will be played in 3 sections: Masters (2000+), Open A (1700-2100) and Open B (U1800) with the total prize fund of 3.800e.
Starting list of players – GrandMaster Grandiscacchi Chess Festival 2022:
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2709 |
2 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2636 |
3 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2600 |
4 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2600 |
5 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2587 |
6 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2570 |
7 | IM | Loiseau Quentin | FRA | 2445 |
8 | IM | Rozen Eytan | ISR | 2425 |
9 | FM | Martinovici Ilia | MDA | 2408 |
10 | FM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | SGP | 2393 |
11 | IM | Shahil Dey | IND | 2369 |
12 | IM | Genocchio Daniele | ITA | 2365 |
13 | IM | Duran Vega Sergio | CRC | 2358 |
14 | FM | Kalogridis Antonios | GRE | 2306 |
15 | Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2235 |
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Starting list of players – Grandiscacchi Challenge 2022
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
1 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2709 |
2 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2615 |
3 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2589 |
4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2588 |
5 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2587 |
6 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2583 |
7 | GM | Postny Evgeny | ISR | 2571 |
8 | GM | Korneev Oleg | ESP | 2521 |
9 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2477 |
10 | IM | Loiseau Quentin | FRA | 2462 |
11 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2458 |
12 | IM | Parkhov Yair | ISR | 2455 |
13 | IM | Can Isik | TUR | 2423 |
14 | FM | Martinovici Ilia | MDA | 2408 |
15 | FM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | SGP | 2393 |
16 | IM | Shahil Dey | IND | 2383 |
17 | IM | Duran Vega Sergio | CRC | 2358 |
18 | IM | Souhardo Basak | IND | 2357 |
19 | FM | Tarhan Adar | TUR | 2314 |
20 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2305 |
21 | Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2235 | |
22 | FM | Mohamed Anees M | IND | 2209 |
23 | WIM | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 2208 |
24 | WGM | Varshini V | IND | 2126 |
25 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1709 |
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Starting list of players – Grandiscacchi Blitz Chess Tournaments 2022:
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
1 | GM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo | PER | 2690 |
2 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2634 |
3 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2617 |
4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2617 |
5 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | ITA | 2573 |
6 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2489 |
7 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2473 |
8 | GM | Huerga Leache Mikel | ESP | 2473 |
9 | IM | Caprio Guido | ITA | 2438 |
10 | IM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | UZB | 2401 |
11 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2381 |
12 | IM | Nigmatov Ortik | UZB | 2378 |
13 | IM | Roshka Yevgeniy | UKR | 2364 |
14 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2321 |
15 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2311 |
16 | IM | Damia Angelo | ITA | 2308 |
17 | IM | Duran Vega Sergio | CRC | 2308 |
18 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 2265 |
19 | FM | Kanyamarala Tarun | IRL | 2219 |
20 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 2134 |
21 | Kalosha Zhiulien Oleksii | UKR | 2064 | |
22 | Lantini Marco | ITA | 2000 | |
23 | Gruden Matej | ITA | 1925 | |
24 | Petrolo Mauro | ITA | 1852 | |
25 | Marani Luca | ITA | 1814 | |
26 | AFM | Belemmi Marco | ITA | 1807 |
27 | Danese Aldo | ITA | 1771 | |
28 | Iovannone Cristiano | ITA | 1426 | |
29 | Candian Lorenzo | ITA | 1393 | |
30 | Budyi Danylo | ITA | 1294 |
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Starting list of players – Grandiscacchi Rapid Chess Tournaments 2022:
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | RtgN | |
1 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2679 | 0 |
2 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2664 | 0 |
3 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2650 | 0 |
4 | GM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo | PER | 2645 | 0 |
5 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2594 | 0 |
6 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | ITA | 2510 | 0 |
7 | IM | Caprio Guido | ITA | 2510 | 0 |
8 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2458 | 0 |
9 | GM | Huerga Leache Mikel | ESP | 2454 | 0 |
10 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2441 | 0 |
11 | IM | Roshka Yevgeniy | UKR | 2439 | 0 |
12 | IM | Duran Vega Sergio | CRC | 2416 | 0 |
13 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2410 | 0 |
14 | IM | Nigmatov Ortik | UZB | 2355 | 0 |
15 | IM | Damia Angelo | ITA | 2344 | 0 |
16 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2300 | 0 |
17 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 2296 | 0 |
18 | IM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | UZB | 2279 | 0 |
19 | Doric Senad | ITA | 2068 | 0 | |
20 | Kalosha Zhiulien Oleksii | UKR | 2062 | 0 | |
21 | FM | Kanyamarala Tarun | IRL | 2031 | 0 |
22 | Lantini Marco | ITA | 1997 | 0 | |
23 | AFM | Belemmi Marco | ITA | 1897 | 0 |
24 | Gruden Matej | ITA | 1838 | 0 | |
25 | Marani Luca | ITA | 1813 | 0 | |
26 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 1806 | 0 |
27 | Danese Aldo | ITA | 1635 | 0 | |
28 | Budyi Danylo | ITA | 1583 | 0 | |
29 | Candian Lorenzo | ITA | 1530 | 0 | |
30 | Iovannone Cristiano | ITA | 1435 | 0 | |
31 | Agostinelli Massimo | ITA | 1387 | 0 |
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Starting list of players – 2nd edition of Festival d’Estate Open A:
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
1 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2709 |
2 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2636 |
3 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2600 |
4 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2600 |
5 | GM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo | PER | 2591 |
6 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2587 |
7 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2570 |
8 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 2549 |
9 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2529 |
10 | GM | Korneev Oleg | ESP | 2521 |
11 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2500 |
12 | IM | Saksham Rautela | IND | 2480 |
13 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2477 |
14 | IM | Roshka Yevgeniy | UKR | 2468 |
15 | IM | Nigmatov Ortik | UZB | 2463 |
16 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2458 |
17 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2440 |
18 | GM | Huerga Leache Mikel | ESP | 2439 |
19 | IM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | UZB | 2435 |
20 | FM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | SGP | 2393 |
21 | FM | Kanyamarala Tarun | IRL | 2388 |
22 | FM | Royal Shreyas | ENG | 2385 |
23 | FM | Ceres Dragos | MDA | 2380 |
24 | IM | Shahil Dey | IND | 2369 |
25 | FM | Richter Nils | GER | 2359 |
26 | IM | Duran Vega Sergio | CRC | 2358 |
27 | IM | Souhardo Basak | IND | 2357 |
28 | FM | Formento Paolo | ITA | 2340 |
29 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2303 |
30 | FM | Han Yichen | NED | 2302 |
31 | CM | Aslanov Umid | AZE | 2281 |
32 | FM | Krasteva Beloslava | BUL | 2268 |
33 | Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2235 | |
34 | WIM | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2230 |
35 | IM | Damia Angelo | ITA | 2225 |
36 | FM | Mohamed Anees M | IND | 2209 |
37 | Lever Erwan | FRA | 2209 | |
38 | WIM | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 2208 |
39 | CM | Nurgaliyev Sauat | KAZ | 2187 |
40 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | IND | 2162 |
41 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 2127 |
42 | WGM | Varshini V | IND | 2126 |
43 | Candian Lorenzo | ITA | 2048 |
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Starting list of players – The 9th Cattolica Festival Open A:
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
1 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | UKR | 2644 |
2 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2638 |
3 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2636 |
4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2600 |
5 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2600 |
6 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2599 |
7 | GM | Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo | PER | 2591 |
8 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2587 |
9 | GM | Asadli Vugar | AZE | 2578 |
10 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2570 |
11 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2569 |
12 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | ITA | 2549 |
13 | GM | Rychagov Andrey | RUS | 2549 |
14 | GM | Kharitonov Alexandr | RUS | 2542 |
15 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2537 |
16 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | AZE | 2537 |
17 | GM | Korneev Oleg | ESP | 2521 |
18 | GM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2500 |
19 | IM | Saksham Rautela | IND | 2480 |
20 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2477 |
21 | IM | Roshka Yevgeniy | UKR | 2468 |
22 | GM | Glek Igor | FID | 2467 |
23 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2458 |
24 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | BUL | 2454 |
25 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2440 |
26 | GM | Huerga Leache Mikel | ESP | 2439 |
27 | IM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | UZB | 2435 |
28 | FM | Milikow Elie | ISR | 2428 |
29 | FM | Milikow Yoav | ISR | 2410 |
30 | FM | Martinovici Ilia | MDA | 2408 |
31 | IM | Buksa Nataliya | UKR | 2406 |
32 | IM | Hnydiuk Aleksander | POL | 2394 |
33 | FM | Kanyamarala Tarun | IRL | 2388 |
34 | FM | Royal Shreyas | ENG | 2385 |
35 | FM | Ceres Dragos | MDA | 2380 |
36 | IM | Shahil Dey | IND | 2369 |
37 | FM | Trost Edvin | SWE | 2366 |
38 | IM | Souhardo Basak | IND | 2357 |
39 | FM | Kolb Tobias | GER | 2345 |
40 | FM | Formento Paolo | ITA | 2340 |
41 | FM | Ozcan Kaan | TUR | 2329 |
42 | FM | Bettalli Francesco | ITA | 2304 |
43 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2303 |
44 | WGM | Heinemann Josefine | GER | 2300 |
45 | CM | Kuegel Tobias | GER | 2297 |
46 | CM | Aslanov Umid | AZE | 2281 |
47 | FM | Krasteva Beloslava | BUL | 2268 |
48 | GM | Naumkin Igor | RUS | 2266 |
49 | Ojas Kulkarni | IND | 2235 | |
50 | FM | Bussard Christian | GER | 2232 |
51 | Lohvinov Petro | UKR | 2232 | |
52 | WIM | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2230 |
53 | CM | Lohia Sohum | ENG | 2230 |
54 | IM | Damia Angelo | ITA | 2225 |
55 | FM | Mohamed Anees M | IND | 2209 |
56 | Lever Erwan | FRA | 2209 | |
57 | WIM | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 2208 |
58 | CM | Nurgaliyev Sauat | KAZ | 2187 |
59 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | IND | 2162 |
60 | Kalosha Zhiulien Oleksii | UKR | 2161 | |
61 | WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 2127 |
62 | WGM | Varshini V | IND | 2126 |
63 | Maloberti David | FRA | 2068 | |
64 | Mazzini Mauro | ITA | 2052 | |
65 | Candian Lorenzo | ITA | 2048 | |
66 | Miotto Alberto | ITA | 2039 | |
67 | Paleologu Vladimir | SUI | 2008 | |
68 | Lantini Marco | ITA | 1968 | |
69 | Garofalo Pietro | ITA | 1949 | |
70 | Ghods Maziar | ITA | 1902 | |
71 | Di Chiara Mauro | ITA | 1872 | |
72 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1709 |
