GM Ivan Salgado Wins Forni di Sopra Chess on Tiebreak ahead of Pavel Tregubov

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Hi everyone,

GM Ivan Salgado of Spain has won the Forni di Sopra Chess Tournament recently. Going into the last round, both GM Salgado and Russia's Pavel Tregubov beat their opponents to finish the tournament with a total of seven points each. GM Salgado won on tiebreak.

Ivan Salgado and Pavel Tregubov

The 2nd International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra was organised from June 16-23 in the Italian Alps in Forni di Sopra. The setting was part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park. The organisers of the event were Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi, Circolo Scacchistico Udinese, ScacchiRandagi, FSI and Comune Forni di Sopra.

The tournament had three sections:
- The A section, available to players with an elo above 2000, 9 rounds Swiss system , time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”.
- The B section, open to players with an elo above 1600 ELO (and lower than 2000 ELO), 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”.
- The C section, open to players with an elo under 1600, 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90′x 40 moves + 30′ + 30”

Francesco Simoncini won the B section with 6.5 points in the competition of 54 players.C section had 15 participants. As many as eight players shared the first place with 5 points each.

The winner of the inaugural event in 2011 was GM Carlos Matamoros.

You can find more details at the organisers' websites. www.scacchirandagi.com and www.accademiainternazionalediscacchi.com.

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GM Carlos Matamoros Wins Forni di Sopra Chess Open

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Hi everyone,

GM Carlos Matamoros of Ecuador has won the first Forni di Sopra Chess Open tournament organised from June 12-18 in the Italian Alps. 

The A section was available to players with an elo above 2000, 9 rounds Swiss system, time control 90'x 40 moves + 30' + 30''

The B section was open to players with an elo above 1600 ELO (and lower than 2000 ELO), 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90'x 40 moves + 30' + 30 "
The C section was open to players with an elo under 1600, 8 rounds Swiss system, time control 90'x 40 moves + 30' + 30 "
The total prize money amounts to 10,000 Euro.

GM Manuel Leon Hoyos was second. You can find more details at the Fide website.



Final standings:
1. GM Matamoros Franco Carlos 2542 ECU - 7.0
2. GM Leon Hoyos Manuel 2563 MEX - 6.5
3-15. GM Antoniewski Rafal 2598 POL, GM Banusz Tamas 2555 HUN , IM Sipos Istvan 2423 HUN, IM Okhotnik Vladimir 2486 FRA, GM Gurevich Mikhail 2617 TUR, GM Petkov Vladimir 2517, GM Korneev Oleg 2573 RUS, IM Arnaudov Petar 2449 BUL, GM Papp Gabor 2553 HUN , GM Jaracz Pawel 2575 POL, GM Rotstein Arkadij 2547 GER, IM Stella Andrea 2398 ITA and IM Esserman Marc 2439 USA - 6.0
16-21. IM Stopa Jacek 2460 POL, GM Lazic Miroljub 2471 SRB, IM Collutiis Duilio 2472 ITA, IM Smith Bryan 2481 USA, IM Gaponenko Inna 2455 UKR and IM Meszaros Michal 2414 SVK - 5.5 etc

Riccardo Marsili wins B Open with 7.5 points (8 rounds).

Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) and Miroslav Tkac (SVK) win C Open (8 rounds) with 6.0 points each.

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