The Italian Chess Championship Finals 2022 took place from 12-23 November in Cagliari (Sicily). The Open event was played as a 12-player round-robin tournament, and Women’s Championship was played in 7 round-robin rounds with 8 participants.
22-year-old GM Luca Moroni convincingly won the Open tournament scoring 8.5/11 points. He clinched his second National Champion title with a round to spare. GM Danyyil Dvirnyy and GM Sabino Brunello tied for the second place with 7 points, each, with tiebreak criteria favoring Dvirnyy who won silver while Brunello took bronze medal. Scroll down for final standings

IM Olga Zimina won her second Italian Women’s Champion title scoring impressive 6.5/7 points. IM Marina Brunello was second with 5.5 points and Melissa Maione won bronze with 4 points. Scroll down for the final rankings

Final standings – Italian Chess Championship 2022 (open section):
1 | GM | Moroni, Luca | 2559 | 8½ |
2 | GM | Dvirnyy, Danyyil | 2514 | 7 |
3 | GM | Brunello, Sabino | 2518 | 7 |
4 | GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | 2503 | 6½ |
5 | GM | David, Alberto | 2517 | 6 |
6 | IM | Barp, Alberto | 2412 | 6 |
7 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 2547 | 6 |
8 | GM | Godena, Michele | 2463 | 5½ |
9 | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo | 2536 | 4 |
10 | FM | Carnicelli, Valerio | 2325 | 4 |
11 | IM | Di Benedetto, Edoardo | 2378 | 3 |
12 | FM | Lettieri, Giuseppe | 2427 | 2½ |
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Final standings – Italian Chess Championship 2022 (women’s section):
1 | IM | Zimina, Olga | 2283 | 6½ |
2 | IM | Brunello, Marina | 2337 | 5½ |
3 | Maione, Melissa | 1928 | 4 | |
4 | Cassi, Elisa | 1995 | 3½ | |
5 | IM | Sedina, Elena | 2197 | 2½ |
6 | WFM | Raccanello, Marianna | 2062 | 2 |
7 | Gabbani, Sara | 1844 | 2 | |
8 | Martinelli, Valeria | 2008 | 2 |
