Cento Open Round Seven
Top games drawn, GM Alberto David still in the lead
The leader in the Cento Carnival Open, GM Alberto David of Luxembourg, held the always dangerous GM Elina Danielan to a draw with black pieces, and remained alone on the top thanks to the convenient scores on the other boards. On the second table GM Alexey Dreev’s position, in his own words, was very close to winning, but GM Aleksander Delchev escaped with a draw.
GM Igor Naumkin didn’t feel well in the morning, but he made the best deal of the 7th round by defeating IM Kenny Solomon and joining the group of players on the shared second place. That surely cheered him up. A number of all-Italian clashes finished peacefully, namely IM Bruno – GM Brunello, IM Manca – IM Morganzini and GM Godena – IM Borgo.
Round 7 top results:
Danielian Elina – David Alberto ½ – ½
Dreev Aleksey – Delchev Aleksander ½ – ½
Romanishin Oleg – Salvador Roland ½ – ½
Bruno Fabio – Brunello Sabino ½ – ½
Naumkin Igor – Solomon Kenny 1 – 0
Manca Federico – Mogranzini Roberto ½ – ½
Rozentalis Eduardas – Piscopo Pierluigi 1 – 0
Caprio Guido – Korneev Oleg 0 – 1
De Santis Alessio – Leon Hoyos Manuel 1 – 0
Godena Michele – Borgo Giulio ½ – ½
Round 7 standings:
1. GM David Alberto 2580 – 6.0
2-6. GM Dreev Aleksey 2694, GM Delchev Aleksander 2629, GM Danielian Elina 2454, GM Salvador Roland 2533 and GM Naumkin Igor 2499 – 5.5
7-15. IM Manca Federico 2384, GM Romanishin Oleg M 2534, GM Brunello Sabino 2540, GM Korneev Oleg 2576, IM Mogranzini Roberto 2425, FM De Santis Alessio 2289, IM Collutiis Duilio 2463, IM Bruno Fabio 2436 and GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2588 – 5.0 etc
Round 8 top pairings:
David Alberto (6.0) – Delchev Aleksander (5.5)
Dreev Aleksey (5.5) – Naumkin Igor (5.5)
Salvador Roland (5.5) – Danielian Elina (5.5)
Bruno Fabio (5.0) – Rozentalis Eduardas (5.0)
Korneev Oleg (5.0) – Manca Federico (5.0)
Brunello Sabino (5.0) – Romanishin Oleg M (5.0)
Mogranzini Roberto (5.0) – Collutiis Duilio (5.0)
Drasko Milan (4.5) – De Santis Alessio (5.0)
Borgo Giulio (4.5) – Sokolov Ivan (4.5)
Full crosstables, games and more information on the official website ScacchiRandagi.com. The second weekend rated tournament (5 rounds Swiss) with more than 100 participants is taking place in the same playing hall on 11-13th February.
Come one David!