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Erice: Playing chess with your head in the clouds

8/24/2016 – Each July the Sicilian chess organizers Alessandro Monaco and Salvatore Oddo organize the “Terre ‘degli Elimi di Erice’”, the Erice International Chess Festival. This year saw the seventh edition which again took place in the medieval town of Erice, an idyllic village on a mountain near the coastal town Trapani. Jan Werle sends a large illustrated report with lots of chess.

Chess on the volcano

12/24/2015 – From 4th to 8th December the Hotel Bicancaneve in the small, picturesque town of Nicolosi, Sicily, hosted the 2nd edition of the Etna chess festival. The field was good and four GMs took part: P. Prohaszka, J. Werle, B Gundavaa, and ‘the still going strong’ O. Romanishin. And to play in the shadow of the still active Etna volcano was a unique experience.

Sun and Chess: The Erice Open in Sicily

8/21/2015 – It is pleasant to have a high rating but that is no need to forget the nice sides of playing chess tournaments: traveling, taking a holiday, enjoying the sun and relaxing on the beach to be well prepared for some serious thinking. The Erice Open in Sicily offers a good opportunity to combine holidays with a chess tournament. As Diana Mihajlova can confirm.

Chess Eruption by Mount Etna (2/2)

12/20/2014 – Although Sicily is not famous for its chess culture, it does have a spectacular standout exceptions. For example, one of the first manuals on chess, an eight-volume treatise, was written by a Sicilian in 1617, and perhaps more impressively, the 25th World Correspondence Chess championship was won a couple of years ago by the octagenarian Fabio Finocchiaro.

Chess Eruption by Mount Etna (1/2)

12/19/2014 – In the summer, a very successful tournament ‘Terre degli Elimi’ took place in Erice. Now, at the beginning of the winter, on the opposite side of the island, another successful tournament has just concluded. The First International Etna Chess Festival took place from 5 – 8 December, in Nicolosi, on the eastern side of Sicily, on the slopes of Etna volcano.

Andrea Amato, King of Erice

8/5/2013 – He is a lowly FM, rated 2291 – not a professional player but a pure amateur who restared his chess career just last year. But in the beautiful town Erice on Sicily, where 82 players from 14 countries were gathered, Andrea Amato was in top form. To everybody's delight he scored a stunning 6.0/7 and finished alone at the top of the final table. Alessandro Monaco sent us this big pictorial report..
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