Italian Championship update by Adolivio

(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