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Italian Summer Chess Tour 2022

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). (Scroll down to see starting rank list of the players)

The Grandiscacchi Challenge 2022 will be the second event of the tour, taking place from 21-27 May in Montebelluna and it will feature four sections: A (2300+), B (2000-2300), C (1700-2000) and D (U1700). 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. (Scroll down to see starting rank list of the players)

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