GM Baadur Jobava enters the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy
The 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy is set to take place from 3rd to 11th December in the large tournament hall of Chess Club in Milan, via Sant’Uguzzone 8.
The Festival consists of five separate tournaments:
Master – for players with FIDE rating or Italian Elo rating equal to or more than 2000; 3-10th December; 9 rounds
Open A – for players with FIDE rating or Italian Elo rating between 1750 and 2050, both included; 7-11th December; 7 rounds
Open B – for players with Italian Elo rating or FIDE rating less than 1800; 7-11th December; 7 rounds
Open C – for players with Italian Elo rating or FIDE rating less than 1500; 8-11th December; 5 rounds
Open Under16 – for all players born after 31th December 1995; 5 rounds
Participation is open to all Italian and foreign players. All Italian and foreign players who are resident in Italy must show a valid FSI membership card for the current year or subscribe on site at the tournament venue, provided they apply for membership to the “Società Scacchistica Milanese” for the current year.
All players are kindly requested to register in advance by phone at +39 02.2573478, by fax at 02.40044486 or by e-mail at info@scacchisticamilanese.it specifying their name, rating, title and tournament.
Top rated players:
Jobava Baadur GM 2678
Solodovnichenko Yuri GM 2629
David Alberto GM 2597
Drazic Sinisa GM 2537
Malaniuk Vladimir GM 2504
Kosic Dragan GM 2502
Salvador Roland GM 2500
Shishkin Vadim GM 2449
Doric Darko IM 2504
Colovic Aleksandar IM 2451
Lazic Miroljub GN 2445
Martinez Rolly IM 2420
Bellia Fabrizio IM 2418
Bodiroga Predrag IM 2406
Brunello Marina WIM 2221
He’ll win it.