The 1st Grandiscacchi Challenge Open 2022 was the second event of the Italian Summer Chess tour, taking place from 21-27 May in Montebelluna.
Twenty players from 11 countries participated the event, including 7 grandmasters. After 9 played rounds, the two top seeds Vitaliy Bernadskiy and Andrey Esipenko tied for the top scoring 7/9 points. Tie-break criteria was in favor of Ukrainian grandmasters who clinched the first place. Andrey Esipenko came second, while three players tied for third position: GM Eltaj Safarli, GM Baadur Jobava and IM Yair Parkhov. Additional criteria favored Safarli who claimed third place on the final rankings.
The next event of the Italian Summer Chess Tour will be Grandiscacchi Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournaments 2022 taking place from 28-29 May. All information about the Italian Summer Chess Tour and its events here
Final rankings – 1st Grandiscacchi Challenge Open 2022:
Rk.
Name
sex
Gr
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
w
we
1
GM
Bernadskiy Vitaliy
UKR
2636
7
46.0
2500
7
6.1
2
GM
Esipenko Andrey
FID
2709
7
45.5
2470
7
7
3
GM
Safarli Eltaj
AZE
2600
5.5
45.5
2451
5
5.4
4
GM
Jobava Baadur
GEO
2600
5.5
44.5
2445
5
5.5
5
IM
Parkhov Yair
ISR
2460
5.5
41
2395
6
5.2
6
GM
Pantsulaia Levan
GEO
2587
5
47.5
2483
5
5
7
IM
Can Isik
TUR
2423
5
43
2442
5
3.8
8
FM
Martinovici Ilia
MDA
2408
5
42.5
2392
5
4.3
9
FM
Mohamed Anees M
IND
2209
5
33
2301
5
3.3
10
IM
Rahul Srivatshav P
IND
2458
4.5
47.5
2501
5
3.5
11
FM
Siddharth Jagadeesh
SGP
2393
4.5
45.5
2463
5
3.7
12
GM
Korneev Oleg
ESP
2521
4.5
42.5
2405
5
5.8
13
IM
Souhardo Basak
IND
2357
4.5
34.5
2293
4
4.5
14
WIM
Harshita Guddanti
w
IND
2208
4
38.5
2357
4
2.9
15
FM
Tarhan Adar
TUR
2225
4
33
2281
4
3.7
16
WGM
Varshini V
w
IND
2126
3
36
2265
3
2.9
17
IM
Shahil Dey
IND
2369
3
36
2260
3
4.7
18
GM
Jarmula Lukasz
POL
2459
2
40
2361
2
3.7
19
Ojas Kulkarni
IND
2235
2
32
2285
2
2.5
20
Ishvi Aggarwal
w
IND
1709
0.5
36.5
2284
1
0.3