Forni di Sopra Chess R5: Korneev, Romanishin Lead

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Grandmasters Oleg Korneev and Oleg Romanishin are leading with five points each at the International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra being held in the Italian Alps. The second edition of the tournament runs from June 16-23. Five rounds have been played.

The first move is played by the vice mayor of the children and mayor Mr. Colombo. At the board is GM Ivan Salgado, and standing behind is organiser IM Roberto Mogranzini.

GM Carlos Matamoros is the defending champion in the tournament hosted by Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi, Circolo Scacchistico Udinese, ScacchiRandagi, FSI and Comune Forni di Sopra. The A section is open to players with an elo above 2000. The B section is open to players with an elo above 1600. The C section is open to players with an elo under 1600.

Korneev defeated IM Axel Rombaldoni and Romanishin beat IM Nikolai Ninov. The tournament is covered on www.scacchirandagi.com and www.accademiainternazionalediscacchi.com.



Round 6 top results:
IM Rombaldoni Axel – GM Korneev Oleg 0 – 1

GM Lalith Babu M.R. – GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ½ – ½
GM Romanishin Oleg M – IM Ninov Nikolai 1 – 0
GM Sundararajan Kidambi – FM Boscolo Federico 1 – 0
GM Tregubov Pavel V. – GM Rotstein Arkadij 1 – 0
IM Bruno Fabio – GM Alsina Leal Daniel ½ – ½
FM De Santis Alessio – GM Arun Prasad S. 0 – 1
IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl – FM Bove Alessandro ½ – ½
GM Narciso Dublan Marc – FM Ceschia Ivano 1 – 0
IM Naroditsky Daniel – Altini Nicola 1 – 0
GM Naumkin Igor – Sorbera Giovanni 1 – 0

Round 6 standings:1-2. GM Korneev Oleg 2586 ESP and GM Romanishin Oleg M 2511 UKR – 5.0
3-8. GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2623 ESP, GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2447 IND, GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2529 IND, IM Rombaldoni Axel 2469 ITA, GM Arun Prasad S. 2519 IND and GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2596 RUS – 4.5
9-18. FM Boscolo Federico 2300 ITA, GM Alsina Leal Daniel 2540 ESP, GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2541 ESP, GM Naumkin Igor 2472 RUS, IM Naroditsky Daniel 2479 USA, IM Ninov Nikolai 2471 BUL, IM Borgo Giulio 2395 ITA, IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl 2515 ITA, FM Bove Alessandro 2362 ITA and IM Bruno Fabio 2447 – 4.0 etc

Round 7 top pairings:
GM Korneev Oleg – GM Romanishin Oleg
GM Salgado Lopez Ivan – GM Sundararajan Kidambi
GM Arun Prasad S. – GM Tregubov Pavel V.
IM Rombaldoni Axel – GM Lalith Babu M.R.
FM Boscolo Federico – GM Narciso Dublan Marc
GM Alsina Leal Daniel – IM Naroditsky Daniel
IM Bruno Fabio – IM Dvirnyy Daniyyl
FM Bove Alessandro – GM Naumkin Igor
IM Ninov Nikolai – IM Borgo Giulio

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