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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
