The 1st Fano on the Sea & Carnival International Open Tournament is set to take place from 30th July to 5st August in Fano, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea.
The tournament is organized by the Fano Chess Club and Dario Pedini. The club celebrates 25th anniversary in 2012.
The players will be divided in four groups – Open A for those rated above 1900, Open B for the U2000 participants, Open C for U1600 and Juniors U16 born after 1.1.1996.
The playing venue is SportPark Center. Partner Hotel *** Continental, Astoria, Delaville and Nettuno, starting from 52 € in FB.
Partner Restaurant: J Lounge for a romantic dinner on the sea and yacht club, and LaCoppa for HQ Italian food.
There will also be free lessons with International Masters Stella and Caprio, a blitz tournament, bowling tournament, ping-pong, mini golf, baby-park and finally the summer edition of the traditional Fano Carnival, established in 1347!
Open A and Open B will be held over 9 rounds of Swiss system; 7 rounds for Open C and U16.
Time control: 90′ x 40 + 30′ + 30” from beginning
Top prize in the Open A is 700 EUR. The total prize fund is 5.600 EUR.
Top players are Alberto David (LUX 2605), Yuri Solodovnichenko (UKR 2598) and Tamas Banusz (HUN 2556).
Full players list bellow
Official Website
Email: scacchifano@yahoo.it
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Fano Chess Club, founded in 1988, has recently organized two awesome editions of the Italian Rapid Championship in 2011 and 2012.
These events took place in Fano Yacht Club – Marina dei Cesari, while Fano chess club provided the rich prize fund of 20.000 EUR. 450 players, 6 GM, 17 IM and 100 players above 2000 elo fide participated. One of the biggest Italian tournaments in last 20 years!
Players list:
1 David Alberto 2605 LUX Magistrale
2 Solodovnichenko Yuri 2598 UKR Magistrale
3 Georgiev Vladimir 2562 MDK Magistrale
4 Prohaska Peter 2562 HUN Magistrale
5 Banusz Tamas 2556 HUN Magistrale
6 Rusev Krasimir 2540 BUL Magistrale
7 Arnaudov Petar 2486 BUL Magistrale
8 Stella Andrea 2442 ITA Magistrale
9 Caprio Guido 2430 ITA Magistrale
10 Mateo Ramon 2427 DOM Magistrale
Nice tournament.