(left to right) – Fabio Magini, joiurnalist of NET, riddles (puzzle, crosswords, etc) weekly magazine.- GM Fabiano Caruana – Simone Battaggia, journalist of ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ the main sport daily newspaper in Italy – the two journalists were winners of the Premio Zichichi 2010 (articles published in 2009) award.
Quick update by Adolivio from Italy
After 8 rounds, GM Caruana succeeded in catching the leaders at the 70th Italian Championship, held in Siena, the nice and historical town of Tuscany.
Today Caruana won while GM Garcia-Palermo and IM Denis Rombaldoni (both with black) made draw, so these three players now are leading with 6 points. Fourth with 5 points is IM D’Amore.
The 12 players, round robin Italian Championship will end on Dec 4th.
Games, results etc on www.federscacchi.it/cia2010
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Adolivio (Italian Chess Federation) for his wonderful hospitality. He took his time to show me around in Milan and organized a special lunch in my honor when I recently was in Milan for the 21min conference.
Round 8 results
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Dvirnyy, Daniyyl | 1-0 |
| D’Amore, Carlo | – Garcia Palermo, Carlos | ½ |
| Godena, Michele | – Rombaldoni, Axel | 1-0 |
| Bonafede, Alessandro | – Brunello, Sabino | 0-1 |
| Ortega, Lexy | – Rombaldoni, Denis | ½ |
| Genocchio, Daniele | – Piscopo, Pierluigi | 0-1 |
Standings after 8 rounds
| 1-3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2709 | 6 |
| 1-3. | Rombaldoni, Denis | m | ITA | 2494 | 6 |
| 1-3. | Garcia Palermo, Carlos | g | ITA | 2465 | 6 |
| 4. | D’Amore, Carlo | m | ITA | 2485 | 5 |
| 5. | Piscopo, Pierluigi | m | ITA | 2399 | 4½ |
| 6. | Godena, Michele | g | ITA | 2549 | 4 |
| 7-8. | Genocchio, Daniele | m | ITA | 2433 | 3½ |
| 7-8. | Brunello, Sabino | m | ITA | 2544 | 3½ |
| 9-10. | Ortega, Lexy | g | ITA | 2480 | 3 |
| 9-10. | Dvirnyy, Daniyyl | m | ITA | 2492 | 3 |
| 11. | Bonafede, Alessandro | f | ITA | 2310 | 2 |
| 12. | Rombaldoni, Axel | m | ITA | 2471 | 1½ |
Official website: www.federscacchi.it/cia2010
Caruana is back!
He needs to avoid eating chicken.
is it just me or does that tall guy have a resemblance to topalovs manager danaislob lmao….