Noel Studer wins in Cattolica

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9/11/2020 – The Swiss Grandmaster Noel Studer convincingly won the Open Tournament of the 7th Chess Festival of Cattolica in Italy. Studer scored 8 out 9 and finished 1½ points ahead of IM Pierre Bailet and GM David Alberto. | Photo: Tournament page

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Chess Festival Cattolica

At the beginning of September (August 31st to September 8th, 2020) the Italian city Cattolica (province Rimini) organised the 7th Chess Festival Cattolica, offering three open Swiss tournaments. Organizer of the festival was the local chess club L'ASD Accademia Scacchistica "La Regina", the venue of the tournaments was the "Hotel Kursaal".

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43 players started in the A-Open, including six Grandmasters, and the Swiss Grandmaster Noel Studer dominated the tournament from beginning to end. He started the tournament with seven wins and finished with two draws to come clear first with 8.0/9.

In round six Studer won a crucial – and fine – game against one of his main rivals, GM Alberto David.

Final standings

Rk.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.	Tb1	Tb2	Tb3	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Studer Noel		2573	8,0	52,0	47,0	2415	10	17,9
2	6	IM	Bailet Pierre		2500	6,5	52,5	48,5	2374	10	7,3
3	5	GM	David Alberto		2520	6,5	48,5	45,0	2363	10	3,3
4	11	FM	Krallis Christos		2313	6,0	49,0	45,0	2329	20	35,2
5	3	GM	Degraeve Jean-Marc		2530	6,0	48,5	44,5	2365	10	-2,8
6	1	GM	Basso Pier Luigi		2600	6,0	48,5	44,5	2287	10	-13,0
7	4	GM	Van Foreest Lucas		2522	6,0	45,0	41,5	2272	10	-10,6
8	20	FM	Palozza Christian		2221	6,0	41,5	38,5	2168	20	10,0
9	15		Kasioumis Vasilios		2257	5,5	45,0	41,0	2218	40	23,2
10	9	GM	Solomon Kenny		2362	5,5	44,5	42,5	2286	10	1,2
11	7	IM	Mendonca Leon Luke		2472	5,5	44,5	41,5	2238	10	-11,3
12	23		Gallana Marco		2195	5,5	43,5	41,5	2217	20	22,4
13	19		Orfini Nicolo`		2245	5,5	41,0	38,0	2235	40	38,8
14	10	FM	Degraeve Remy		2328	5,0	49,0	46,5	2297	20	6,6
15	13	FM	Le Goff Damien		2281	5,0	45,5	43,5	2296	20	13,2
16	18		Alanic Xavier		2249	5,0	44,5	41,5	2272	20	14,2
17	21		Bettalli Francesco		2208	5,0	41,5	38,5	2205	40	19,6
18	31		Louis Corentin		2053	5,0	38,5	36,0	2157	20	33,6
19	12		Alanic Mickael		2306	4,5	42,0	40,0	2194	20	-25,2
20	28		Pirrello Christian		2073	4,5	42,0	39,5	2163	20	19,2