Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Italian Chess Championship

The 66th Italian Championship was held on November 21st-December 4th in Cremona. GM Michele Godena and IM Fabiano Caruana were tied on the first place but Godena won the rapid/blitz playoff.


Final standings:
1-2. GM Michele Godena 2522 and IM Fabiano Caruana 2474 with 8.0/11; 3. IM Federico Manca 2425 7.5; 4-5. GM Carlos Garcia Palermo 2452 and IM Fabio Bruno 2408 6.5; 6. IM Giulio Borgo 2420 6.0; 7. IM Pierluigi Piscopo 2380 5.5; 8-9. IM Daniele Vocaturo 2441 and FM Sabino Brunello 2460 5.0; 10. IM Daniel Contin 2386 4.0; 11. FM Michelangelo Scalcione 2325 2.5; 12. IM Spartaco Sarno 2354 1.5


IM Daniele Vocaturo - GM Michele Godena
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. h3


15...Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qd7 17. c4 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nh3 g5 23. Ra3 Ng4 24. Rh1 Nxf2 25. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3 f5 27. exf5 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Rbe8 30. Rf3 Re3 31. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kxh5 Kf7 34. f6 Rh8+ 35. Kg4 Kxf6 36. Qe1 Rh4+ 37. Rxh4 Qxe1 38. Rh6+ Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Bg6 Qg3+ 41. Kf5 f3 0-1


FM Michelangelo Scalcione - IM Fabiano Caruana
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. Bf3 Be5 21. Ne2 Kh8 22. Qa5 Rf7 23. Rd2 Rg7 24. Nc1 Qh4 25. Nd3 Bd4 26. e5 Bd7 27. Re1 Rag8 28. Re4 Qh3 29. Kf1 Rxg2 30. Ke2 Rg1 31. Rc2 c5 32. Qxc7 Ba4 33. Rc1


33...Rd1 34. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 35. Kd2 Qxf3 36. Qc6 0-1


GM Michele Godena - IM Daniel Contin
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 b6 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. Bh4 Nf6 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bf4 15. g3 Bh6 16. Bb5 Nb8 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. Ng4 c6 19. Ba4 e5 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Na5 Qe6 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rfe1 Bg7 26. Nc4 e4 27. Nd6 a5 28. Qc2 a4 29. Bxa4 Qh3 30. Bb3 Be6 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Bd5 33. Bxd5+ cxd5 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Rae1 Qd7 36. c6 Nxc6 37. Rxa8 Nd4 38. Qd3 Qg4 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Qa3+ 1-0


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