Vladimir Epishin is the winner of the third edition of the Festival “Land of the Elimi”, which was held in Erice (TP) July 25 to 29, 2012. The Russian GM lost only half a point in seven rounds and claimed the gold with 6,5/7.
The female participation was excellent: the Georgian player Sopiko Guramishvili finished second and IM Tapani Sammalvuo third. The other foreign player Batsiashvili Nino finished fourth.
The Italian young player Marina Brunello completed a good performance that allowed her to rank seventh with 4.5 points.
Surprisingly, CM Gaetano Grasso, last seeded, was the first of the Italians with 5 points. The group of winners was completed by Alessandro Santagati, 6th place.
Final Results of the Open A, top ten
|
P |
Pts |
Titolo |
Nome |
ELO |
Perf. |
Fed |
Buc1 |
BucT |
|
1 |
6.5 |
GM |
Epishin Vladimir |
2567 |
2644 |
28.00 |
30.00 |
|
|
2 |
5.5 |
IM |
Guramishvili Sopiko |
2400 |
2440 |
29.50 |
33.50 |
|
|
3 |
5.5 |
IM |
Sammalvuo Tapani |
2472 |
2374 |
29.00 |
33.00 |
|
|
4 |
5.5 |
WGM |
Batsiashvili Nino |
2434 |
2345 |
28.00 |
31.00 |
|
|
5 |
5 |
CM |
Grasso Gaetano |
2032 |
2174 |
24.50 |
27.00 |
|
|
6 |
5 |
-M |
Santagati Alessandro |
2230 |
2081 |
23.50 |
26.00 |
|
|
7 |
4.5 |
WF |
Brunello Marina |
2240 |
2287 |
28.00 |
31.00 |
|
|
8 |
4.5 |
-M |
Amato Andrea |
2263 |
2192 |
27.00 |
30.00 |
|
|
9 |
4.5 |
IM |
Ljubisavljevic Zivojin Z |
2246 |
2103 |
26.50 |
30.00 |
|
|
10 |
4.5 |
CM |
Ferrante Marco |
2190 |
2125 |
26.50 |
29.50 |
Article and photos by Alessandro Monaco
Placed third, Sammalvuo had a good tournament
IM Guramishvili receives the second place trophy and top women prize
Epishin was convincing winner of the tournament
CM Grasso Gaetano is the top placed Italian
WGM Nino Batsiashvili confirmed the strong women participation
