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.
1.e4 | 1,185,008 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 959,510 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,503 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,834 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,892 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,600 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,954 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,911 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.Bb5 d4 6.Ne2 Nxe4 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nxe5 Qd5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nf3 c5 11.0-0 Bd6 12.c4 Qb7 13.b4 Bg4 14.Nh4 0-0 15.bxc5 Bxc5 16.h3 Bd7 17.Ng3 Rfe8 18.Bg5 Qc6 19.Qf3 Re6 20.Ngf5?! 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.Rxe6 Rxe6 22.Rb1 20...g6 21.Ng3 Rae8 22.Qd1 Bc8 23.Qd2 Bb7 24.f4? 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Ne4 Rxe4 26.dxe4 Qxe4 27.Qg5 Qe7 24...Re3 25.Kh2 Be7 26.Nf3 Qd6 27.Ne5? 27.Rae1 Qxa3 28.Rxe3 dxe3 29.Qxe3 27...Rxg3! 0–1
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David,A | 2520 | Studer,N | 2573 | 0–1 | 2020 | C47 | 7th Cattolica Open-A 2020 | 6.1 |
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Final standings
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 |
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Games
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