2nd Frascati International

The festival was held on March 24th-April 2nd in Italian city Frascati, near Rome. International tournament, Italian Rapid championship, Italian Olympiad Team electory tournament and simuls by Anatoly Karpov and Alexandra Kosteniuk were events included.

Serbian GM Branko Damljanovic won the main tournament with 7 points out of 9 rounds.





Branko Damljanovic (left) playing against GM Zoltam Almasi







Final standings:
1. GM Branko Damljanovic (SCG 2615) 7/9
2. GM Ferenc Berkes (HUN 2597) 6.5
3. GM Michele Godena (ITA 2505) 6.0
4-5. IM Sergey Kasparov (BLR 2491) and GM Erald Dervishi (ALB 2491) 5.5
6. GM Oleg Romanishin (UKR 2552) 5.0
7-8. FM Sabino Brunello (ITA 2301) and IM Fabio Bruno (ITA 2409) 3.0
9. FM Roberto Mogranzini (ITA 2370) 2.0
10. FM Niccolo Ronchetti (ITA 2411) 1.5


Roberto Mogranzini - Erald Dervishi
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rdf8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. Qe4 Qh5 17. Qh4 Qb5 18. Qg4 Kb8 19. b3 Qc5 20. Rc1 h5 21. Qe4 Qa3 22. Qd3 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qxg7 Ba3 26. Rf1 Qxc2 27. Bf4 Rhg8 28. Qa1 Bb2 29. Qa4 Bd4 30. Be3 Qf5 31. Qc4 Rxg2+ 0-1