The 16 years old Daniel Dardha is the young chess star of the 2° Festival di Primavera in Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
The chess festival takes place March 16-20 and is a 9 rounds Swiss system. GM Daniel Dardha, rated 2540, will have as main competitors GM Jobava Baadur, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy, GM Sergei Azarov, GM Pier Luigi Basso, GM Marin Bosic, GM Danyyil Dvirnyy, GM Arseniy Nesterov, GM Momchil Nikolov, GM Radoslav Dimitrov, etc.
Official website of the chess festival
2° Festival di Primavera participants list
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2606
GM
Azarov, Sergei
BLR
2604
GM
Basso, Pier Luigi
ITA
2600
GM
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
2588
GM
Dardha, Daniel
BEL
2540
GM
Bosiocic, Marin
CRO
2522
GM
Nesterov, Arseniy
RUS
2522
GM
Nikolov, Momchil
BUL
2501
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
ITA
2496
GM
Dimitrov, Radoslav
BUL
2478
IM
Roshka, Yevgeniy
UKR
2478
GM
Mirzoev, Emil
UKR
2475
GM
Hjartarson, Johann
ISL
2470
IM
Davtyan, Artur
ARM
2460
GM
Enchev, Ivajlo
BUL
2449
Reuker, Jari
GER
2425
FM
Czerw, Dawid
POL
2398
IM
Moksh Amit Doshi
IND
2396
FM
Hess, Max
GER
2392
IM
Ohanyan, Emin
ARM
2379
Wachinger, Nikolas
GER
2376
FM
Formento, Paolo
ITA
2359
FM
Begmuratov, Khumoyun
UZB
2358
FM
Woelk, Tom-Frederic
GER
2348
FM
BETTALLI Francesco
SI
2317
FM
Carnicelli, Valerio
ITA
2299
FM
Park, Evan
USA
2293
IM
Vuelban, Virgilio
PHI
2288
Boder, Jan
GER
2274
FM
Pasini, Nicolo
ITA
2252
Ojas Kulkarni
IND
2236
IM
Damia, Angelo
ITA
2223
M
MARZOCCHI Tommaso
BO
2213
Knudsen, Simon
GER
2210
Kotyk, Michael
GER
2201
FM
Ciolek, Andreas
GER
2191
FM
CALAVALLE Giulio
BO
2188
Dobboletta, Alex
ITA
2176
Dahale, Atul
IND
2148
Aarav Dengla
IND
2144
Engel, Robert
GER
2128
CM
Matthes, Aaron
GER
2124
M
MIRRI Pietro
BO
2119
M
GATTAFONI Alessio
MC
2114
CF
PADUANO Claudio
NA
2114
CM
GRANALDI Alessandro
TA
2110
Singh, Hersh
USA
2100
Ohler, Julius
GER
2097
Engesser, Jonas
GER
2084
Persico, Lorenzo
ITA
2080
Meyling, Lennart
GER
2072
WF
SALA Giulia
MB
2057
Devnani Kush
IND
2041
WF
SCARPA Silvia
RN
2041
Koukas, Anastasios
GRE
2040
Tornay Gomez, Josu
ESP
2016
Chennaoui, Yasin
SUI
2015
Cap, Piotr
POL
2008
Saveljevs, Aleksandrs
LAT
2001
CM
CASSI Elisa
BG
1981
Luchi, Max
ITA
1977
Poupalos, Nikolaos
GRE
1971
Vincenti, Leonardo
ITA
1708
2N
VITI Matteo
PG
1698
More about Daniel Dardha
Daniel Dardha is the youngest player to win the Belgian Chess Championship. Dardha became Belgian champion at the age of 13 in 2019.
Daniel is of Albanian descent. Dardha’s father, Arben Dardha, became U-20 Albanian Champion at age 16, is a FIDE Master and, as of 2019, Dardha’s coach.
Daniel Dardha achieved his International Master title in 2019, shortly after winning the Belgian Chess Championship. He earned his Grandmaster title in 2021 after winning the Belgian Chess Championship for the second time, becoming Belgium’s youngest ever Grandmaster at age 15.