The International Chess Festival “City of Messina – Gate of Sicily” will take place from 2-8 January 2023 in Messina, Italy. The festival features three tournaments: Open A (for players rated 1800+), Open B (for players rated 1200-1800), and Open C (for players rated U1500) with a total prize fund of 5.000euros.
The Open A and Open B tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 15 minutes until the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move. The Open C will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increment for each move.
More than 60 players already registered for the event and the top-rated players are: GM Titas Stremavicius, GM Valery Kazakouski and GM Sabino Brunello. See the starting list of players below:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Stremavicius Titas
LTU
2543
2
GM
Kazakouski Valery
LTU
2539
3
GM
Brunello Sabino
ITA
2519
4
GM
Ernst Sipke
NED
2512
5
GM
Sochacki Christophe
FRA
2463
6
FM
Akhvlediani Irakli
GEO
2437
7
IM
Perez Maximiliano
ARG
2423
8
IM
Lortkipanidze Nodar
GEO
2393
9
FM
Czerw Dawid
POL
2373
10
FM
Favaloro Andrea
ITA
2372
11
IM
Collutiis Duilio
ITA
2367
12
IM
Soham Das
IND
2351
13
IM
Sidhant Mohapatra
IND
2337
14
FM
Bhagat Kush
IND
2324
15
FM
Bifulco Michel
ITA
2275
16
FM
Stillger Bernhard
GER
2273
17
FM
Santagati Alessandro
ITA
2253
18
FM
Silich Yahor
BLR
2216
19
IM
Vuelban Virgilio
PHI
2207
20
CM
Cina’ Vittorio
ITA
2199
21
IM
Casadio Niccolo’
ITA
2144
22
CM
Carbone Edoardo
ITA
2142
23
Wichtrup Jan-Louis
GER
2139
24
WIM
Vidic Teja
SLO
2138
25
CM
Urbani Gabriel
ITA
2138
26
Bazilius Augustinas
LTU
2118
27
CM
Ganci Elio
ITA
2115
28
CM
Pochyhaylo Andriy
ITA
2093
29
CM
Iannello Andrea
ITA
2084
30
CM
Zoldan Matteo
ITA
2081
31
CM
Favitta Amedeo
ITA
2056
32
CM
Carbone Stefano
ITA
2053
33
Bosboom Ardin
NED
2052
34
WFM
Abarca Gonzalez Damaris
CHI
2047
35
CM
Duraccio Walter Mattia
ITA
2032
36
CM
Maresco Diego
ITA
2020
37
CM
Musso Alessio
ITA
2008
38
AIM
Karas Eugenia
ENG
2004
39
Heldenbergh Nils
BEL
2003
40
CM
Milone Gaetano
ITA
1991
41
La Barbera Manfredi
ITA
1985
42
1N
Iannello Antonio
ITA
1964
43
CM
Bonanzinga Corrado
ITA
1959
44
Halvarsson Peter
SWE
1954
45
1N
Gelardi Davide
ITA
1944
46
1N
Verga Francesco
ITA
1924
47
CM
Lo Presti Giulio
ITA
1923
48
AIM
Tricomi Massimo
ITA
1923
49
1N
Barbagallo Andrea
ITA
1910
50
1N
Stancanelli Valerio
ITA
1903
51
CM
Gangemi Salvatore
ITA
1900
52
Pheasant Andrew J
USA
1900
53
Farah Alberto
MLT
1882
54
1N
Di Stasio Giuseppe Danilo
ITA
1879
55
1N
Fargetta Vittorio
ITA
1854
56
1N
Cannella Simone
ITA
1851
57
Sivathanujan S
SRI
1850
58
2N
Zito Enrica
ITA
1845
59
1N
Costabile Vincenzo
ITA
1827
60
2N
Maida Federico
ITA
1794
61
2N
Ganci Alberto
ITA
1776
