The CASTLING IN THE CASTLE Chess Tournament will take place on 20 September in Shirov, Brunello, Fridman, Bellahcene, Italy. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 12 min + 8 sec/move. For more events from Italy, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Alexei Shirov (2654), GM Sabino Brunello (2591), GM Daniel Fridman (2582), GM Bilel Bellahcene (2576), GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2564), GM Nikita Petrov (2548), GM Michele Godena (2543), GM Sergey A. Fedorchuk (2538), GM Luca Jr Moroni (2506), GM Vitaly Kunin (2503), GM Lorenzo Lodici (2475), IM Ilia Martinovici (2472), GM Danyyil Dvirnyy (2458), GM Salvador Alonso (2447), IM Artem Gilevych (2447), GM Roberto Mogranzini (2443), GM Igor Glek (2438), IM Folco Vincenzo Castaldo (2401), IM Spartaco Sarno (2396), IM Francesco Bettalli (2382). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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CASTLING IN THE CASTLE Participants
Number
Title
Name
Rtg.
1
GM
Shirov, Alexei
2654
2
GM
Brunello, Sabino
2591
3
GM
Fridman, Daniel
2582
4
GM
Bellahcene, Bilel
2576
5
GM
Pultinevicius, Paulius
2564
6
GM
Petrov, Nikita
2548
7
GM
Godena, Michele
2543
8
GM
Fedorchuk, Sergey A.
2538
9
GM
Moroni, Luca Jr
2506
10
GM
Kunin, Vitaly
2503
11
GM
Lodici, Lorenzo
2475
12
IM
Martinovici, Ilia
2472
13
GM
Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2458
14
GM
Alonso, Salvador
2447
15
IM
Gilevych, Artem
2447
16
GM
Mogranzini, Roberto
2443
17
GM
Glek, Igor
2438
18
IM
Castaldo, Folco Vincenzo
2401
19
IM
Sarno, Spartaco
2396
20
IM
Bettalli, Francesco
2382
21
FM
Carnicelli, Valerio
2382
22
IM
Favaloro, Andrea
2377
23
FM
Yao, Stefano
2376
24
GM
Solomon, Kenneth Terence
2364
25
FM
Podetti, Davide
2346
26
IM
Damia, Angelo
2342
27
IM
Lumachi, Gabriele
2336
28
IM
Borgo, Giulio
2334
29
IM
Piscopo, Pierluigi
2333
30
M
Tripodi, Enzo
2290
31
M
Lapiccirella, Daniele
2287
32
IM
Kiolbasa, Oliwia
2277
33
IM
Maier, Christian
2252
34
M
Coratella, Giuseppe
2249
35
FM
Pegno, Mattia
2248
36
CN
Gonella, Daniele
2246
37
CM
Vincenti, Leonardo
2243
38
CN
Briata, Federico
2237
39
CM
Ballotti, Luca
2223
40
FM
Boraso, Alessio
2223
41
FM
Ranieri, Fabrizio
2213
42
M
Gallucci, Alessio
2212
43
FM
Cocchi, Andrea
2210
44
Alibabaei, Sasan
2209
45
M
Davi, Alessandro
2204
46
M
Botta, Massimiliano
2200
47
CN
Mazzei, Alessandro
2190
48
CN
Montorsi, Matteo
2186
49
IM
Doncevic, Dario
2178
50
FM
Pulito, Alberto
2172
51
CN
Ferraguti, Francesco
2171
52
CN
Bergero, Simone
2159
53
FM
Hercegovac, Neven
2156
54
Petritaj, Ferdinando
2144
55
CN
Lizzul Coppe, Mirko
2142
56
M
Saccona, Silvano
2135
57
Rostalnyi, Kyrylo
2134
58
FM
Zeyat, Ahmed
2129
59
Herrera, Gustavo
2127
60
M
Colonetti, Fabio
2120
61
CN
Dionigi, Riccardo
2102
62
M
Pepino, Enrico
2100
63
CN
Rotondaro, Alberto
2091
64
Bringas Osuna, Ivan Jarek
2090
65
CN
Melone, Antonio
2081
66
CN
Marangone, Erick
2075
67
CN
Cossar, Claudio
2067
68
FM
Franchini, Gabriele
2056
69
CN
Mina, Marco
2055
70
CN
Autino, Massimiliano
2053
71
CN
Laurenti, Stefano
2051
72
CN
Iannello, Antonio
2039
73
CN
Frigieri, Fabrizio
2027
74
1N
Milani, Michele
2024
75
Costalonga, Riccardo
2013
76
CN
Barbiso, Tiziana
2007
77
CN
Benincasa, Marco
2003
78
CN
Razzano, Lorenzo
2002
79
WFM
Sala, Giulia
2000
80
CN
Garbezza, Davide
1987
81
CN
Fassio, Luca Cesare
1983
82
CN
Mastroddi, Emiliano
1971
83
CN
Nardelli, Marco
1961
84
Pohoata, Ionut-Silviu
1958
85
1N
Carfagna, Alex
1955
86
CN
Di Chiara, Mauro
1940
87
1N
Dutto, Sebastiano
1929
88
Khatibi, Amir Reza
1928
89
WFM
Kazarina, Yulia
1925
90
1N
Greco, Filippo
1913
91
1N
Minelli, Mattia
1911
92
Babilonia, Mauricio Rafael
1909
93
1N
Lo Curto, Andrea
1906
94
1N
Gennaro, Isabella
1904
95
1N
Mauceri, Claudio
1896
96
1N
Venturino, Federico
1896
97
1N
Oddo, Daniele
1895
98
1N
Panero, Simone
1894
99
1N
Cibellis, Lorenzo
1890
100
CN
Ronzano, Luca
1885
101
1N
Baruffa, Marino
1884
102
1N
Bruno, Eleonora
1879
103
1N
Pace, Gabriele
1876
104
1N
Chiabrando, Davide
1864
105
2N
Piccinini, Erik
1864
106
CN
Barocelli, Pier Carlo
1861
107
CN
Gallo, Ivan
1859
108
2N
Hali, Emanuele
1859
109
1N
Princivalle, Luca
1853
110
1N
Vinci, Salvatore Mattia
1850
111
1N
Cericola, Michele Ettore
1836
112
2N
Carriere, Mino
1832
113
1N
Manco, Amaliya
1829
114
1N
Colangelo, Mose`
1828
115
CN
Rolle, Lorenzo Anthony
1827
116
1N
Grande, Giulio
1822
117
2N
Petroccione, Andrea
1816
118
1N
Villa, Simone
1812
119
1N
De Gaspari, Cristian
1811
120
1N
Francone, Enrico
1811
121
2N
Ciubotariu, Cosmin Lucian
1808
122
1N
Gatti, Matteo
1805
123
1N
Romano`, Fabio
1800
124
1N
Miotto, Enrico
1798
125
2N
Quagliotti, Christian
1790
126
1N
Bellafiore, Enzo
1787
127
2N
Oddicini, Andrea
1787
128
1N
Rainero, Luca Meng
1785
129
2N
Giuliano, Emanuele
1783
130
2N
Florio, Ludovico Giorgio
1782
131
1N
Verrelli, Adriano
1779
132
1N
Cellini, Carlo
1773
133
1N
Albertazzi, Giulio
1762
134
2N
Bisetto, Alessandro Federico
1761
135
2N
Prata, Massimo
1761
136
2N
Manera, Simone
1758
137
1N
Barcellona, Antonino
1755
138
1N
Loberti, Tommaso
1755
139
3N
Mancuso, Mattia
1755
140
1N
Bronzoni, Paolo
1750
141
1N
Brosio, Antonino
1748
142
2N
Mera, Alexio Iulian
1748
143
2N
Popa, Costel
1741
144
1N
Salasco, Emanuel
1735
145
2N
Tagliabue, Samuele
1734
146
1N
Trevisan, Morgan
1732
147
1N
Catapano, Alberto Pasquale
1727
148
2N
Rolle, Matteo
1725
149
2N
Caniglia, Gabriele
1724
150
3N
Trovato, Nicolo`
1724
151
2N
Moschetto, Giuliano
1722
152
2N
Airola Gnota, Daniele
1720
153
1N
Caprioli, Chiara
1718
154
2N
Vairetto, Marco
1717
155
1N
Martone, Gennaro
1712
156
2N
Capucchio, Niccolo`
1711
157
3N
Bai, Raffaele
1707
158
1N
Ferloni, Giorgio
1704
159
1N
Lizzari, Nicola
1704
160
3N
Massa, Edoardo
1703
161
2N
Troyano, Thomas
1703
162
2N
Cricca, Andrea
1695
163
Morotti, Elisa
1690
164
3N
Migliorisi, Simone Enrico
1687
165
1N
Frenda, Leonardo Gino
1684
166
2N
Mastroleo Re, Giuliano
1677
167
2N
GALLO MODENA PAOLO
1676
168
2N
Angelin Duclos, Paolo
1668
169
1N
Mottese, Marco
1667
170
2N
Papalini, Claudio
1667
171
2N
Oteri, Marco
1660
172
3N
Tarricone, Rebecca
1653
173
1N
Coqueraut, Lodewyk
1652
174
2N
Vendramini, Ivano
1652
175
2N
Lungu, Adriana
1651
176
3N
Roselli, Alessandro
1643
177
2N
Vinci, Francesco
1640
178
2N
Esposito, Riccardo
1637
179
2N
Cataldi, Riccardo
1635
180
2N
Fazzalari, Marco
1632
181
2N
Ardoino, Roberto
1627
182
2N
Schiavone, Maurizio
1627
183
2N
Ribet Griot, Leonardo Noam
1620
184
2N
Givone, Nicolo`
1618
185
2N
Mancuso, Monica
1617
186
2N
Ciravegna, Simone
1612
187
3N
Pochettino, Paolo
1608
188
3N
Ghibaudo, Andrea
1607
189
Paradiso, Oleg
1602
190
3N
Verrelli, Antonio
1597
191
Scaffidi, Kevin
1594
192
Silotto, Alessandro
1593
193
Bianco, Matteo Danil
1591
194
Ostorero, Matteo
1586
195
2N
Spalla, Tommaso
1584
196
2N
Montagnoli, Luca
1582
197
2N
Ciravegna, Matteo
1573
198
3N
Squarotti, Pier Paolo
1564
199
2N
Sossi, Giovanni
1556
200
2N
Agliata, Niccolo`
1544
201
Soave, Alessandro
1543
202
2N
Oteri, Daniela
1538
203
Massimino, Angelo
1534
204
3N
Tosetto, Mirco
1528
205
3N
Accossato, Ettore Rolando
1524
206
Labis, Tommaso
1518
207
Orlotti, Alessandro
1512
208
3N
Bogatto, Mario
1505
209
3N
De Maria, Simone
1505
210
3N
Chiarpotti, Santiago Enrico
1502
211
3N
Spina, Jacopo
1491
212
3N
Ruta, Luca
1484
213
2N
Russo, Riccardo
1481
214
3N
Alberetto, Alessandro
1478
215
2N
Lesca, Bruno
1466
216
Cometto, Maxime
1454
217
Succo, Romeo
1454
218
Furfaro, Giosue`
1451
219
2N
Cavigliasso, Nicolo`
1450
220
La Porta, Emanuel Vito
1449
221
3N
Scire`, Tommaso Libero
1441
222
Rissone, Edoardo
1430
223
Montagnoli, Matteo
1419
224
3N
Platinetti, Andrea
1418
225
Pavanello, Julian Pietro
1407
226
Bruno, Luca
1401
227
Airasca, Jacopo
1399
228
Barra Paola
1399
229
BENFANTE NICOLO ‘
1399
230
Bulhac, Radu-Valerica
1399
231
CORINO PAOLO
1399
232
Minutolo Renato
1399
233
Morrone Lorenzo
1399
234
MURAKU DANIEL LAION
1399
235
NASO RAVINALE LORENZO
1399
236
ODDERA FABRIZIO
1399
237
Quagliotti Mattia
1399
238
Riva, Francesco
1399
239
Secchi, Roberto
1399
240
Tarasov, Adrian
1399
241
Truong Huu Khanh
1399
242
Uberti Riccardo
1399
243
Veiluva, Enzo
1399