[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a6 8. c5 Ne8
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nge2 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qg5 13. O-O Nd7 14. c6 bxc6 15.
dxc6 Ndf6 16. Qc2 f4 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Rae1 d5 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Nc1 e4 21. fxe4 f3
22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Bc5 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 dxe4 25. Bc4 Nd6 26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27. fxe4 Re8
28. Nd3 Ndxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Ne4 32. Qb8+ Bf8 33. Bxf8
Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rxf8 36. Qxc7 h6 37. Qd7 Ng5 38. c7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Black "Landi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nxf7 Rxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. e5 Nd5 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. c4 Ba5+ 11. Kf1 Ne7 12. d5+ Nxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kf5 14.
e6+ Kg6 15. Qe4+ Kf6 16. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bxb5 Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxb5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ndxb5
Rb8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18. Rhe1 Nb4 19. Kb1 a5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Ne8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 a4 24. a3 Nxc2 25. Kxc2 axb3+ 26. Kd3 Nc7 27.
Rb4 Rd8+ 28. Kc4 Rbc8 29. Kxb3 Ne6 30. Kc2 Nd4+ 31. Kb1 Nc6 32. Rc4 f5 33.
exf6+ Kxf6 34. Rc1 Na7 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. a4 e5 37. Ne4+ Ke6 38. a5 Ne7 39. a6
Kf5 40. Ng3+ Ke6 41. Rc7 Kd6 42. Rb7 Nf5 43. Nxf5+ gxf5 44. a7 Ra8 45. Rxh7 e4
46. Kc2 f4 47. h4 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kf5 49. b4 e3+ 50. Ke2 Rd8 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Bh3 h6 14. Qe3 Qc5 15.
Rd4 Qh5 16. Bg2 Ng4 17. Qf4 Nge5 18. Rcd1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21.
exf3 Nf6 22. R4d2 Kd7 23. Ne4 Ne8 24. a4 Kc6 25. Ba3 f5 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. Ne2 a5
28. Rc2 g6 29. Nc1 Rh7 30. Ne2 Nc7 31. Bc1 g5 32. Be3 Na6 33. Bd4 Be7 34. Nc3
Rd7 35. Re2 e5 36. Be3 Nb4 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 f4 39. Bc1 Rg7 40. Ba3 Rf7 41.
Kg2 h5 42. Re4 Bd8 43. Rd3 Rf6 44. Bb2 Bc7 45. Re1 Rdf7 46. h3 Bb8 47. Bc3 Rg7
48. Re4 Bc7 49. Bd2 Bb8 50. Kh2 Rgf7 51. h4 gxh4 52. g4 Rg7 53. Kh3 Rfg6 54.
gxh5 Rg1 55. Re1 R1g5 56. Bc1 Rxh5 57. Ba3 Rh6 58. Red1 Rhg6 59. R3d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g4 g6 6. g5 Nh5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
c6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc4 14. Qc3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 b5 16. Kb1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 exd4 18. Qf4 Re8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qh4 e4 21.
Bxe4 Re6 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Bd3 Qxg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. a3 Ke7 26. Qh2 Rh8 27. Qd2
Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Kf8 29. Qa5 Qe7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 Re3 32. Qa6 Qc7 33. g4 Be5
34. Rh6 Bd6 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Qb6 37. Rxc6 Qxa6 38. Rxa6 Bb8 39. a4 bxa4 40.
Rxa4 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Re5 42. Rxd4 Ra5+ 43. Kb3 Rb5+ 44. Rb4 Rb6 45. Rxb6 axb6 46.
Kc4 Bf4 47. Kb5 Be3 48. c4 Kf6 49. Kc6 Ke7 50. b4 f6 51. c5 bxc5 52. bxc5 Bf2
53. Kd5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Locci, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Qf8 11. d4 h6 12. Rad1 Rb8 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15.
e4 Rbc8 16. Nd3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ba8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bb4 21.
Re3 Rcd8 22. Red3 Qe7 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Bc3 Bb7 26. b4 Rxd3 27. Rxd3
Rb8 28. Qd1 c5 29. Rd7 Qc8 30. Rxe7 Bxe4 31. b5 Rb7 32. Qd6 Rxe7 33. Qxe7 Qb7
34. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Florio, Federico"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Re1 e6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Ne5
Ne4 16. a4 Nd6 17. Ba3 Nc4 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. c3 Nfd6 21. Rac1 Nxe5
22. dxe5 Ne4 23. f3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Ba3 Qa5 26. Qc2 c4 27. Bf1 a6 28. Rb1
Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Red1 Qc7 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Qf2 axb5 33. Rxb5 Bc6 34. Rb4
Ra8 35. Qc5 Rdc8 36. Reb1 Qxe5 37. Rxc4 Bd7 38. Qd4 Qxd4+ 39. Rxd4 Rxc3 40. Ra1
Rc5 41. Be2 Kf8 42. Rb4 Rca5 43. Bd1 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 R8a7 46. Bb3 Kc5
47. Rf4 Bc6 48. Rc1+ Kd6 49. Ra1 Rb7 50. Bc2 f5 51. Rh4 e5 52. Kd2 e4 53. g4 f4
54. Ra3 Ke5 55. Rc3 Bxa4 56. Bxe4 dxe4 57. fxe4 Rab5 58. Rc4 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rb1+
0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Ricci, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15.
Nd4 O-O-O 16. Rab1 g5 17. Qe3 Na5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Qxg5 Qf8 21.
Rg1 Rh6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. g3 Rh6 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Qe5
Rh2+ 28. Re2 Qh6 29. g4 Bd7 30. g5 Rxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Qh2 32. g6 Qg1 33. g7 Qg6 34.
Qg5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Black "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 a6 4. Be3 Nc6 5. Qd2 e5 6. Ne2 d5 7. Nbc3 dxe4 8.
O-O-O exf3 9. gxf3 Bb4 10. d5 Ne7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bg5 Nf5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na4 Ba7
15. Qc3 O-O 16. Qxe5 Re8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qc3 a5 19. Nc5 axb4 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21.
axb4 Re3 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Qe7 24. Rg4 Qe5 25. Re4 Qxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Nd6 27.
Re7 Kg7 28. Kb2 Kf8 29. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. c3 Rb8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Rfe1 c4 20. Qg3 Be5 21.
Qe3 Bc6 22. Qc5 Qd7 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. b3 Rbe8 25. h3 d4 26. Qxc4 Re1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Bb5 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. cxd4 g5 31. Nd5 Re2 32. Nc3 Rxc2 33. Nxb5
Rxa2 34. Kg3 a6 35. Nc7 Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Nd5+ Ke6 38. Nb4 Ra3 39. Kg4 a5 40.
Nd3 Kd5 41. Ne5 Rxb3 42. Nd7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Ng4 Nd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qh3 f5 15.
f3 Rf7 16. Nf2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 Rf6 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Nxe5 Bxf1 21. Ng4
Rg6 22. Nxf1 fxg4 23. fxg4 Rh6 24. Qg3 Rf8 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4
Rfd8 28. Re1 Rd1 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Bf3 Ng6 31. Rf2 Rb1 32. h3 Kh8 33. Kh2 Ne5 34.
Nd2 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 a6 14.
Nc3 e6 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. f3 Nd7 17. Ne4 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Rc7 19. Rd6 Ke7 20. Red1
Nf6 21. R6d2 Rhc8 22. Re1 h6 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Nf2 f6 25. g3 Kf7 26. Kb1 b5 27.
Rc1 Rb8 28. Ne4 Rb6 29. c3 f5 30. Nf2 Rc4 31. Re2 b4 32. Nd3 Ke7 33. Nxe5 Rc7
34. c4 Nf6 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O-O
8. c3 e6 9. b4 Qe4 10. Qc4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qd5 12. b5 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb8 14. Nfe5
Rhf8 15. Re1 Be7 16. a4 Nbd7 17. a5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd7 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Bf4 a6
21. b6 cxb6 22. axb6 Nb8 23. Bc7 Rd5 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Nc6 26. Rd1 f6 27.
f4 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rf8 29. g3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1
a6 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nfg5 Nf6 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 b6
15. Qh5 Na5 16. Rf3 g6 17. Qh6 f5 18. Rh3 Rf7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Nxc4 21.
dxc4 e5 22. Bg1 Bb7 23. Rd3 Qc7 24. Rad1 f4 25. Qh3 Bc6 26. b4 f3 27. gxf3 Raf8
28. Rf1 Qb7 29. Kg2 e4 30. Rb3 exf3+ 31. Kf2 cxb4 32. Re1 a5 33. Rbe3 Rd7 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Nf3 Bf5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rfd1 Bg6
15. a3 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Rab1 Nb3 19. Qc2 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nd4 21.
Qd2 Nxe2 22. Nxe2 Bh5 23. Re1 Bf2 24. Rf1 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bc5 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27.
Rbe1 Rf6 28. Qe2 Rf7 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Re6 Re8 31. Rfe1 Rff8 32. g3 Rxe6 33. Rxe6
Bd6 34. Bxd6 cxd6 35. Qe2 h6 36. b3 b5 37. Re7 Qd8 38. Kg2 bxc4 39. bxc4 Qb6
40. Qd2 Qd8 41. Qe3 Kh7 42. Qa7 Rg8 43. h4 Qa5 44. Qf2 Rf8 45. Qb2 Rg8 46. Qb4
Qxb4 47. axb4 Rc8 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 Rb8 50. Re6 Rxb5 51. Rxd6 Rb3 52. h5 Rd3
53. Rd8 g5 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Rd6 Kf7 56. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Black "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3
Qc7 9. d4 a6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Ne8 14. Qc1 Nd6 15.
Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nb7 18. b3 h6 19. Qb2 f6 20. Rf1 g5 21. fxe5 Qxe5
22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc2 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 b4 26. Ke2 Nd6 27. a3 bxa3
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Nxa3 Nb5 30. Nxb5 Bxb5+ 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. Ke3 Bc2 33. Kd2 Bxb3
34. Kc3 Ba2 35. Bf1 Bb1 36. Bd3 Ba2 37. Kb2 c4 38. Bc2 Bb3 39. Bxb3 cxb3 40.
Kxb3 g4 41. Kc4 Kf7 42. Kc5 Ke8 43. Kc6 h5 44. d6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Black "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Ne1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Nd3 e5 15.
Qh5 f5 16. f3 a5 17. c4 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Nf2
Be6 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nde4 Rd4 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nxg5 Kf8 26. Nge4 Kf7 27. Kf1
Kg6 28. Ke2 Rb8 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Nec5 Kf6 31. b3 Rh8 32. h3 Bf8 33. Na4 Rg8 34.
Ne1 Bb4 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Kf2 Bd2 37. Rd1 Be3+ 38. Kf1 Rd8 39. Nc5 Rd6 40. Ke2
Rd8 41. Ncd3 Re8 42. Kf1 Rg8 43. Nf2 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Ng4 Kc5 46. Nh6 Rg5
47. h4 Rh5 48. Nxf5 Rxf5 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Rh1 Rh5 51. Nf2 Bxf2 52. Kxf2 c5 53.
g4 fxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Ke6 55. Kg4 Re5 56. h5 Kf7 57. Rh2 Kg7 58. f4 Re1 59. Kg5
Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Re1 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Kf6 d3 63. Rd2 Re3 64. f5 Kh8 65. Kg5 Kh7 66.
Kf4 Rh3 67. Ke4 Kxh6 68. Rxd3 Rh2 69. a4 Kg5 70. Rf3 Kf6 71. Kd5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Cordara, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. h5 Qa4 10. h6 Nxh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Rxh6 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rdg8 14. Nf4
Nc5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. f3 Ng3 17. Kf2 Nf5 18. Rh2 h5 19. g3 c5 20. Qd3 Rh6 21.
Rah1 Rhg6 22. Rg1 Qxa3 23. Rxh5 cxd4 24. Rxf5 exf5 25. Qxf5+ Kb8 26. cxd4 Qe7
27. Rh1 Rg5 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. g4 a5 30. Nc3 Kb7 31. Nb5 R8g7 32. Nd6+ Ka6 33. Qe3
Qg6 34. Qb3 Qe6 35. Rb1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. h4 e5 14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. hxg5 Be6 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qb5 18. Be4 g6 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21.
a4 Qc5 22. b4 Qe7 23. a5 Nd7 24. e4 Be6 25. Bc1 f6 26. Bb2 Rf8 27. Kg2 Rf7 28.
Rh1 Raf8 29. Rh4 h5 30. f4 Rh7 31. f5 gxf5 32. g6 Rh6 33. exf5 Bd5+ 34. Kf2 Ne5
35. Qd2 Re8 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Re1 Qxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Kg7 40. Kd2 Rh8
41. Bd1 Rd8 42. Kc3 Bg8 43. Be2 Rd5 44. Rxh5 Re5 45. Bxc4 Re3+ 46. Kd4 Rxg3 47.
Bxg8 Kxg8 48. Rh7 Rg4+ 49. Kc5 b6+ 50. Kd6 Rxb4 51. Ke6 bxa5 52. Kxf6 Rb8 53.
Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rxa7 c5 55. g7+ Kg8 56. Kg6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Black "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Be6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Be3 a6 14. Qb1 bxa4
15. c4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ra7 18. d5 Rb7 19. Qe4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. d6 Rd7 23. dxe7 Re8 24. Rxa4 Rdxe7 25. Be2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Black "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Na4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qg3
Ng4 15. Rd1 Bh4 16. Qf3 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bc5 18. Rf1 Nxh2 19. Qg3 Nxf1 20. Bxf1
Qd4 21. Ne2 Qxe4 22. Bh6 Qg6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Nxd4 8.
Nc6 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nxc6 11. Qxc6+ Kf8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. e3 Qg5 14. h4
Qe5 15. Ba6 Ne7 16. Qd7 Rb8 17. Qxc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Rxb2 19. Be2 Bg6 20. Rxa7 f6
21. h5 Be8 22. h6 g6 23. Bd1 Kf7 24. Bb3 Bc6 25. Kd1 Rc8 26. Kc1 Rxb3 27. Nxb3
d4 28. Kb2 dxe3 29. Re1 exf2 30. Rexe7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 Bd5 33. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 c6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O Re8 10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a6 12. g4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Qb7 15.
Nh2 Bf8 16. Qd2 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. f3 Nf8 19. Qe1 Ne6 20. Qh4 Be7 21. g5 Nh5
22. Bc1 h6 23. Ng4 hxg5 24. Qe1 Nef4 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Nxe5 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Qxe4 O-O 10. Re1 Bc5 11. Nh3 g6 12. g4 a6 13. d6 Bxd6 14. f4 c6
15. Qd4 Be7 16. Bd3 d5 17. f5 g5 18. Kb1 b6 19. Be2 a5 20. Rd1 a4 21. a3 Bc5
22. Qd2 Re8 23. Na2 Ra7 24. Nc1 Rae7 25. Bf3 Ne5 26. Rhe1 Ba6 27. Nd3 Nc4 28.
Qc3 d4 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Nxg5 Qb6 31. Nxh7 Kxh7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 d6 3. b4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2
cxb4 9. axb4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. d3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Rc8 15.
Qa4 e4 16. dxe4 Rxc4 17. Qxa7 Qc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rd1 e4 20. d6 Nc6 21. Qa3 b5
22. Nf4 Nd4 23. Bb2 Ng4 24. Qa7 Qa8 25. d7 Rd8 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. h3 Nh6 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Rc1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nh5 16. Rac1 Nf4 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ne2 f6 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qe3
Nxa4 22. g4 Qb6 23. Qa3 Nc5 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. g5 fxg5 26. Qc3 b6 27. Rcd1 h6 28.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxc2 30. Nxc6 Re8 31. Rc1 Nb4 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Rc4 b3 34.
Rb4 Ra2 35. Rb1 Re6 36. f3 Rd6 37. Nf1 Rd3 38. Rxb6 Rxf3 39. Rc1 Nxe4 40. Rc7+
Rf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxb3 Ra1 43. Kg2 Nc5 44. Rb6 Nd3 45. Ne3 Nf4+ 46. Kf3
Nxh3 47. b4 Ra3 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Ke2 Nf4+ 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. b5 Nd3+ 52. Ke2 Ne5
53. Nd5 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Nd7 55. Nc3 g4 56. Ne4 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb4 58. Nd6+ Ke7 59.
Nc8+ Ke6 60. Na7 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 g3 62. Rc7 Ne5 63. Rc3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. Rac1 c5 13. Rcd1 c4 14. Qc2 Bb4
15. Bg5 b5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e3 Qd8 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nf3
Bc8 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Bg4 24. Nxe4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Rc8 26. h4 f5 27. Ng5 h6
28. Nf3 Bd6 29. Qc2 Qf6 30. h5 Re4 31. Nd2 Re7 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Nd2 Re7 34. Bd5+
Kh8 35. Bf3 Qg5 36. Kf1 Rce8 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Bf3 Rf8 39. Qd1 f4 40. exf4 Qf5
41. Kg2 Bb4 42. a3 Ba5 43. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Black "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ c6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qd4 Nf6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. d4 Bg7 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Rc1 Bh6 13. Be2 Ke8 14. O-O Kf8
15. d5 b4 16. dxc6 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxc6 18. Bf3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rd8 20. Rxc6 Rxd2
21. a4 Rxb2 22. Rd1 Nh6 23. Ra6 Kg7 24. h3 Bc2 25. Rd7 Nf5 26. Raxa7 h5 27. a5
Rhb8 28. a6 R8b6 29. Ra8 Ba4 30. Rdd8 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxc6 33. Rh8
Nh6 34. a7 Ra1 35. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 a5 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Re8 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be2
Ra6 15. g3 Bh3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Kf2 Rf6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rd4 c5 20. Rh4 Bd7 21.
Kg2 Bc6 22. Rf4 Rh6 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. g4 Rh4 25. e4 Qh6 26. Be3 Rxh2+ 27. Kf1
Rh1+ 28. Bg1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cordara, Michele"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Ne7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Qc4 a3 13. bxa3 b5 14. Qb3 e4 15.
dxe4 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 f5 17. Bh6 fxe4 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Rc1 Qxg5 21.
Rxc7 Qe5 22. f4 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. e3 Qd2+ 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Rc3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Black "De Florio, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Bf5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qb6 6. b3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qd2 f6
15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. dxe6 Nc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. e7 Kf7 24. Qc2 d3 25. Qc4+ Ne6 26. Rad1 d2 27. Qe2
Qxe7 28. Rxd2 Rhd8 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. Re2 Qf7 31. Qg4 Nd4 32. Re3 Rd6 33. Rfe1
Rf8 34. f3 Nc6 35. h3 Rd4 36. Qg3 Rfd8 37. b4 a6 38. Qg5 h6 39. Qc5 Rd1 40. a4
Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Qf4 42. Re4 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46. b5
axb5 47. axb5 Nd4 48. b6 Kf7 49. f4 Nf5+ 50. Kg4 g6 51. Kf3 Rxb6 52. Rc4 Rb3+
53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg4 Nxg2 56. Re4 Rb3 57. Re2 h5+ 58. Kg5 Rb5+ 59.
f5 Rxf5+ 60. Kh6 h4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Ke7 8.
Qd2 Ne4 9. d6+ Nxd6 10. Bd3 Bxg2 11. Bxd6+ Kxd6 12. Ne4+ Kd7 13. Qxb4 Bxh1 14.
O-O-O Kc8 15. f3 Qh4 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. c3 a5 18. Ng3 a4 19. Nxh1 Ra5 20. f4 g5
21. f5 g4 22. Qf4 h5 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc4 e5 26. dxe5 Rad5 27. Nf2 b5
28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Ne3 R5d7 30. a3 c6 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. Bc2 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 Nd7 34.
Nd6+ Kc7 35. Ne8+ Kb6 36. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 Rc8
9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Rac1 dxc4
15. bxc4 Rc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qe2 Rce7 19. Bb1 g6 20. Red1 Rd7 21.
Ba2 Bg7 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. Rd2 h6 24. Rcd1 Kh7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Ree7 27. Bb3
Bc6 28. Bc3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd4 Qe7 32. Bb2 Qg5 33. g3 Bf8
34. h4 Qe7 35. Bd1 Qb7 36. Be2 Bc5 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. Qc1 Ba8 39. Qf1 Qb7 40. Qh3
Qe4 41. Bf1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landi, Andrea"]
[Black "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 a6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
h3 Nf8 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rdd1 Bg7 20. d5 Nc5 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nh2 Re8 24. f3 f5 25. Kh1 Qg3 26. Rd1 Be5 27. f4 Qxf4 28. Nf3
Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nxe4 30. Nd4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Locci, Damiano"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxd4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4
e6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rc6 18. Be5 Nb3 19. Rbd1 O-O 20. Rd3 Nc5
21. Rd2 Ncd7 22. Bg3 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Nb6 24. Rd8+ Ne8 25. h3 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rc8
27. Rd4 a5 28. Nb5 Nd5 29. b3 h6 30. Rd3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 f5 32. Be5 Kf7 33. Na3
Nef6 34. Nc4 Nd7 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. Bb2 Rc2 37. Ba3 Ra2 38. Nc4+ Kg8 39. Bd6 b6
40. Ne3 N7f6 41. Nxd5 Nxd5 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Be5 Re2 44. Ba1 g5 45. Kf3 Re1 46.
Bb2 h5 47. g3 g4+ 48. hxg4 hxg4+ 49. Kg2 Re2 50. Bc1 Ke7 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Bh6
Rc2 53. Bd2 Kd6 54. Ke1 e5 55. Kd1 Rc8 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Be3 Rc2+ 58. Ke1 e4 59.
Rd2 Nxe3 60. fxe3 Rc3 61. Ke2 Rxb3 62. Rc2 Rb4 63. Rc6+ Kd5 64. Rf6 Rxa4 65.
Rxb6 Ra2+ 66. Kd1 Kc4 67. Rd6 a4 68. Rd4+ Kc5 69. Kc1 Ra3 70. Kd2 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qd1 b5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxb5 dxc3 15.
Nxc3 Nd4 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. Ba2 Rb8 18. Be3 Nec6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Qh5 22. b4 a5 23. Rc2 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Na7 25. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Black "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 Nf6 6. c4 Nb4 7. e5 Nxd3+ 8.
Qxd3 Ng4 9. Nc3 g6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. g4 f6
15. exf6 exf6 16. gxf5 fxg5 17. fxg6 h6 18. h4 g4 19. Ng5 d5 20. Nf7 Qa5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxf7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Re1 h5 25. Re7+ Kf8 26. Rde2 Bf5
27. Rxb7 Bd3 28. Ree7 Bh6+ 29. Kd1 Bxc4 30. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Kh1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Qd2 Bd8 16. Bf3 Bb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. h3 h6 20. Qe2 Qa5 21. Qd2 Kf8
22. a4 Qb4 23. Qc2 Qc5 24. Qe2 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Bh5 Qe5 28. Rf2
Rh8 29. Bg4 Rh4 30. Rcf1 Nxg4 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Black "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bc4 Ne7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 b6
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. d5 e5 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Bd2 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bf5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Be3 g5 18. O-O-O Qe8 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. h4 g4 21. f3 h5 22.
Nde4 b5 23. Ng5 Qg6 24. a5 Nf5 25. Nce4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bh6 27. Kb1 Bf5 28. Qc3
Bxg5 29. Nxg5 b4 30. Qb3 Rab8 31. f4 exf4 32. Ne6 Rf6 33. Nxc7 Rc8 34. Nxa6
Bxc2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ricci, Marco"]
[Black "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 Nh6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2
Bd7 9. O-O f6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Re1
Rde8 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Bb3 Qc5 17. Qe2 Rhf8 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 d4
21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Rc1+ Kb8 23. Nde5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxf3 26. Rce1
Rf6 27. Kf1 Kc7 28. R1e3 Kd6 29. Ra5 a6 30. Rd3+ Ke7 31. Re3 Bb5+ 32. Ke1 Rg8
33. Rg3 Rg5 34. Bc2 Re5+ 35. Re3 Rxe3+ 36. fxe3 Rf3 37. a4 Bc6 38. Rh5 Rxe3+
39. Kd2 Rf3 40. Rxh6 Kd6 41. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 a5 8. c5 b6
9. cxb6 Na6 10. Nc3 Qxb6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Be4 g6 20. Rad1 a4 21.
Qd2 axb3 22. axb3 Rb8 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. h4 c5 25. h5 d5 26. Bg2 cxd4 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Rbc1 Rb7 29. Ng4 Qg7 30. Ne5 d3 31. Nxd3 Qd4 32. Re3 e5 33. Qe2 Bg4
34. f3 Bxf3 35. Bxf3 e4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Nf2 Rbf7 38. Rxe4 Qd6 39. Rf4 Rxf4
40. gxf4 Qxf4 41. Qc4+ Qxc4 42. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Black "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. e3 Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Bf4 Nf8 16. b4 Ng6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b5 Rac8 19. Qa4 a5 20. bxa6 Ra8 21. Qb3
Rxa6 22. Bf1 b5 23. a4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Qb4 Qd7 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Bxf1 29. Qh4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 d6 8. f4 Qe7
9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Nfd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. e5 O-O 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nf6 15. f5
gxf5 16. Bg5 Qxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 Be4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 e3 21. Qh5 d5
22. Qh6 Qf7 23. Nf3 d4 24. Rf1 Qg7 25. Qh5 a6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxa8 axb5 28.
Qe4 Nd7 29. a4 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31. axb5 e2 32. Rfe1 d3 33. Ra7 Rd8 34. b3 c4
35. bxc4 Bc5+ 36. Kh1 Bb4 37. Raa1 Nc5 38. Reb1 d2 39. Nxd2 Bxd2 40. Kg1 Nd3
0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 a5 12. Kh1 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qf3 Qd7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
Nd4 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Qg3 a5 13. a4 b5 14. f5 exf5 15.
axb5 fxe4 16. Bg5 Bxb5 17. Qh4 Ra7 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Qh4 a4 20. Nf4 f6 21. Ne6
fxg5 22. Qg3 Qb6 23. Nxg7 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 axb3 25. Qe5 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27.
Rxf5 h6 28. Qxd5+ Kg7 29. Qxb3 Qa5 30. Qe6 Qd8 31. Rxb5 Re7 32. Qd5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. Be7
Re8 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Ba3 Bd7 18. Qf4 Re6 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. e4 Qa5
21. Qc1 Ra6 22. Bb2 Be6 23. f4 Bxc4 24. Qc2 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Ng6 26. f5 Ne5 27. c4
Qc7 28. Rd5 h5 29. h3 Ra4 30. Qxh5 Rxc4 31. Qh4 f6 32. Rad1 Nf7 33. Rd7 Rcxe4
34. Rxc7 Rxh4 35. Rdd7 Rf8 36. Rxb7 Rb4 37. Rxb4 cxb4 38. Rxa7 Nd6 39. Ra4 Rb8
40. g4 Ne4 41. a3 bxa3 42. Bxa3 Ng5 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Bc1 Nf7 45. Bf4 Rc8 46. Re4
Ra8 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Re3 Ra8 49. h4 Kf8 50. Rb3 Ra5 51. Rd3 Rb5 52. Ke4 Ne5 53.
Bxe5 Rxe5+ 54. Kf4 Re1 55. g5 fxg5+ 56. hxg5 Rg1 57. g6 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Ke7 59.
Re3 Rf2 60. Re1 Ra2 61. Kf4+ Kf8 62. Rb1 Ra8 63. Rb7 Kg8 64. Ke5 Re8+ 65. Kd6
Rf8 66. Rb5 Ra8 67. Rd5 Kf8 68. Kd7 Ra1 69. Rd6 Rf1 70. Rd5 Rf2 71. Ke6 Re2+
72. Re5 Rd2 73. Re1 Rd3 74. Rh1 Re3+ 75. Kd5 Ke7 76. Rh8 Kf6 77. Rf8+ Kg5 78.
Rf7 Re1 79. Kd6 Kh6 80. Re7 Rf1 81. Ke6 Rf2 82. Rd7 Ra2 83. Kf7 Ra6 84. Ke8
Ra8+ 85. Ke7 Ra6 86. Rd6 Ra7+ 87. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nge7 6. h4 f6 7. Bg2 e5 8. c3 Be6
9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. a3 d4 11. c4 Nc8 12. Nf1 a6 13. N1h2 b5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Nd2 bxc4
16. bxc4 Nb6 17. f4 h5 18. Bf3 Bf7 19. f5 Na4 20. g4 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Nc3 22. Qg2
Bh5 23. Nf2 Na5 24. Bxh5+ Rxh5 25. Qf3 Qf7 26. Rh3 Bd6 27. Nh1 Rb6 28. Ng3 Rh8
29. h5 Bf8 30. Qg4 Kd8 31. Qg6 Qe8 32. Qxe8+ Kxe8 33. Nh1 Kf7 34. Nf2 Be7 35.
Ng4 Rh7 36. Rh2 Rb8 37. h6 Rbh8 38. Bb2 gxh6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. Bg5 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Be7 12. Bd2 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. c3
b3 16. Nc1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qg4 g6 19. Bg5 Bc5 20. Be3 a5 21. Ra3 Bxe3 22.
Rxe3 Nc5 23. Qd4 Rb8 24. Be2 O-O 25. Bd1 Rfc8 26. Re2 Bxa4 27. Rxa4 Nxa4 28.
Qxa4 Rxc3 29. bxc3 b2 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Nb3 Qxc3 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Locci, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 f6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Ne2 O-O-O 10. c3 Ba5 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
b5 Bd7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Qe2 a5 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Rb1 Nh6 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Bg4 3. Qb3 Nd7 4. Qxb7 Nc5 5. Qb5+ c6 6. Qxc6+ Bd7 7. Qd5 Nf6
8. Qd4 e5 9. Qc3 e4 10. d4 Na4 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nfd2 d5 13. h3 dxc4 14. Nxe4 O-O
15. Nbc3 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. d5 Bf5 19. g4 Bd3 20. Rg1 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bg2 Qb5 23. Bxa8 c3 24. bxc3 Bxe2 25. Qe3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Florio, Federico"]
[Black "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Na4 Qb4 10. c3 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. c4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nb2 O-O 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21.
Nd6 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Bb4 b6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bc3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5
15. e3 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Qb7 17. e4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne8 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. e5
Qc7 22. Ne3 Na4 23. Ba1 Bc5 24. Nb5 Qb8 25. Qd1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxb5 27. cxb5
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc7 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Qc2 Nc5 31. f4 a6 32. a4 a5 33. f5 exf5 34.
Rf3 N7e6 35. Qxf5 Qc7 36. Qg4 Rd1+ 37. Rf1 Rd3 38. Be8 Nd8 39. Qf5 Qe7 40. Bc6
Nxc6 41. bxc6 Rd8 42. Rc1 h6 43. Bb2 Qe6 44. Qxe6 Nxe6 45. Ba3 Rc8 46. Kf2 f6
47. exf6 gxf6 48. Ke3 f5 49. Bd6 Kf7 50. c7 Ke8 51. Bf4 Kd7 52. Rd1+ Ke7 53.
Rc1 Kd7 54. Rd1+ Ke7 55. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Black "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 c6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
h4 b5 9. Ne5 b4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qd4 Bb7 14. f3 c5 15.
Qg1 Nc3 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxd1 18. Nxb7 Nc3 19. e4 O-O 20. Kb2 dxe4 21.
Bc4 e6 22. fxe4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bh2 Nxe4 25. Re1 Nc3 26. Nc5 Rfd8 27. Na6
Rd1 28. Rxd1 Nxd1+ 29. Kc1 Ne3 30. Be2 Bf8 31. Bg1 Nd5 32. Bf3 Rc8 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. Be3 g4 35. Bd2 Re8 36. Bf4 Kh7 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. e6 fxe6 39. Nxe6 Re8
40. Nxf8+ Rxf8 41. g3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Na5 Qd7
15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Qd3 Qxb4 17. Rc4 Qb2 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. Bg5 h6 21.
Bf4 Nc5 22. Bg3 Qb4 23. Qc1 Nc3 24. Kh1 Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Ne4 26. Bh2 Rac8 27. Rc2
Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Qb1 Rb8 30. Qc2 Qc3 31. Qxc3 Bxc3 32. Rc1 Ne4 33. Rc2 e5
34. g4 a5 35. Kg2 a4 36. Nh4 a3 37. Kf3 Rb2 38. Rc1 d5 39. Rxc3 Rxf2# 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Black "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f5 exf5 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. exf5 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Rae1 Qd7 16. Qh3 Rae8 17. Ng5 d5 18. Rf4 h6 19. Rff1 Kg8 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. fxe6
Qd8 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nh7 24. Rf7 Rxf7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh6 32. Re3 Bh4 33.
Ne4 dxe4 34. Rh3 Qg5 35. Rxh4+ Kg6 36. dxe4 Rxe4 37. Qxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rxe4 Bxe4
39. c3 Bb1 40. a3 Kf4 41. Kf2 Ke4 42. Ke2 Bd3+ 43. Kd2 Bc4 44. h4 Kf4 45. b4
cxb4 46. cxb4 Kg4 47. Ke3 Kxh4 48. Ke4 Kg3 49. Kd4 Bb3 50. a4 Bxa4 51. Kc5 Kxg2
52. Kb6 Bc6 53. b5 axb5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Black "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qd2
a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. h3 b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. h4 b3 15. axb3
Nb4 16. h5 c5 17. hxg6 Qa5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxh7 exf3 20. Qh4 fxg6 21. f5 Rb7
22. Nf4 g5 23. Qxg5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Rdh1 Qxc2+ 26. Ke1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
Bb4 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bxf5 cxd4 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe4 exf5 14. Qxf5 Nxc4
15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. e6+ Kxe6 20. Bxc7 Kd7
21. Ne5+ Kxc7 22. Nxc4 Rhf8 23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Rxf5 Nxf5 25. Rf1 Nd6 26. Nd3 Re8
27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Ne4 29. c4 Nd2 30. c5 Ne4 31. Nd3 Kc6 32. Nf4 Nxc5 33.
Kf2 b5 34. Ke3 a5 35. h4 Kd6 36. g4 Ne6 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. Nc3 b4 39. Na4 Nf4 40.
Nb2 Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Nc3 42. a3 Kf4 43. axb4 axb4 44. g5 h5 45. Nc4 Kg4 46. Nd6 g6
47. Kc4 Kxh4 48. Kxb4 Ne2 49. Nf7 Kg3 50. Ne5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Black "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Be7 12. Qe2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Qh5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Qh4 15.
Bf3 Na5 16. Ne2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rac8 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qg5 Nd6 21.
Rac1 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Kf1 Nd5 24. a3 Rfe8 25. h3 Kf8 26. Nf3 Nd6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nc4 30. Nd3 f6 31. a4 Ke7 32. Ke1 g5 33. Kd1 Kf7
34. Kc2 Kg6 35. b3 Nd6 36. b4 Kf5 37. Nd2 h5 38. b5 g4 39. h4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qb4 11. a3 Qd6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Qe3 Bf5 14. d3 Kf8
15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. d4 Nf6 20. c3 Kg8 21. Qc2
Re8 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Ne4 Qd8 24. Bg3 Kh7 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. h4 Nf6
28. Nf3 Qd5 29. Bxc7 Ng4 30. Bg3 b5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 c5 34.
dxc5 Qxc5 35. Nd3 Qf5 36. Qe2 h5 37. f3 Nf6 38. Be5 Qd7 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. g3
Qc7 41. Kg2 a5 42. Nf2 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Black "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Be3 g5 12. Nh2 g4 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15.
Nxg4 Bxg4 16. f4 axb4 17. Ra2 bxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. Qxb6 Nd4 20. Raf2 Bh5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxb7 Kh8 23. Qd5 Rfc8 24. Qxe5+ dxe5 25. Rb2 Ra7 26. Kh2 Rg8 27.
Rb6 Rg5 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. Rhf6 Rb7 30. R6f2 Rb8 31. a5 Bg6 32. a6 Rh8+ 33. Kg1
Rgh5 34. Rxf7+ Bxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. a7 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Rb7 Rf8+ 39. Kg3
Rxc3 40. Rb8 Ne2+ 41. Kh3 Ra3 42. Rxf8 Rxa7 43. Rf5 Re7 44. Kg4 Nd4 45. Rf8 Ra7
46. Rb8 Kf6 47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. Kg5 Ra8 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. g4 Rf8 51. Kh6 Rf6+ 52.
Kg7 Rf4 53. g5 Nf3 54. g6 Nd2 55. Rf7 Nxc4 56. dxc4 Rxe4 57. Kh6 Ke6 58. c5 Rc4
59. Rf8 Rg4 60. g7 Kd5 61. g8=Q+ Rxg8 62. Rxg8 Kxc5 63. Kg5 Kd4 64. Rd8+ Ke4
65. Rd7 Kf3 66. Rf7+ Ke4 67. Re7 Kd4 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. a4 Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rac8 13. f4 Rfd8 14. h3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Qf2 Qc4 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. g4 Qxb2 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Rf8 22. g5 Nd7 23. f5 Bd8 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Qh4 f6 27. Bf3 fxg5 28.
Qxg5 Qd8 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Rdg2 Rg8 32. Bh5 Rc4 33. Kh2 Rh4 34. Bf7
Rxh3+ 35. Qxh3 Qxf7 36. c4 Nb6 37. Kh1 Nxa4 38. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Rxd4 12. Nb5 Re4+ 13. Kf1 Qb6 14. Be3
Rxe3 15. fxe3 Ne4 16. Rh2 Qxe3 17. Qg4+ e6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Qg1 Qf3+ 20. Ke1
Bb4+ 21. c3 Qxd3 22. Nxa7+ Kb8 23. cxb4 Rd8 24. Rc1 Nd2 25. Qc5 Qg3+ 26. Rf2
Nf3+ 27. Ke2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng1 f5 5. Nc3 c6 6. d5 Be7 7. g3 Nf6 8. Nh3 Na6
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. a3 exf3 14. exf3 Bb7 15. Nf4
a5 16. Qb3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qxb4 Nfxd5 20. Qb3 Qa7+ 21. Kh1
Rb8 22. Ncxd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 Bf7 24. Qxf5 Bf6 25. Re1 Qa4 26. h4 Qb5 27. Qxb5
Nxb5 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Kh2 Nb3 30. Be3 Re8 31. Bg1 Bxb2 32. Rxd6 Be5 33. Rd7 Bxf4
34. gxf4 Be6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Kg3 Rf7 37. Ra6 Bc4 38. Rc6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bc4 40.
Bh3 Rf6 41. Rd8+ Rf8 42. Rd7 Rf7 43. Rd1 Rf6 44. Be3 Be6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. f5
Bxf5 47. Bg5 Bxh3 48. Bxf6 Kxf6 49. Kxh3 Nc5 50. Rf8+ Ke7 51. Rh8 h6 52. Kg4
Nd7 53. Ra8 Ne5+ 54. Kg3 g6 55. Kf4 Nd7 56. h5 gxh5 57. Rh8 Nf8 58. Rxh6 Ne6+
59. Kf5 Nd4+ 60. Ke4 Ne2 61. Ke3 Ng3 62. Kf2 Nf5 63. Rxh5 Kf6 64. f4 Kg6 65.
Rg5+ Kf6 66. Kf3 Nd4+ 67. Ke4 Ne2 68. Rf5+ Ke6 69. Re5+ Kf6 70. Rc5 Ng3+ 71.
Kf3 Nf5 72. Rc6+ Kf7 73. Ke4 Ng3+ 74. Ke5 Nh5 75. Rc7+ Kf8 76. Rh7 Ng7 77. Rxg7
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Black "Ricci, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. a4
b6 16. Ra1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 c6 20. dxc6 Bf5 21. Bf3 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Qc7 23. Ra3 Nxc6 24. Rh3 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. f4 Nf5 27. Bc3 exf4 28.
Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rxf4 Qe5 30. Rf2 Ne3 31. Qc1 Ng4 32. Rf7 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34.
Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Rf3 Qd4 36. Ra3 Re8 37. h3 Re2 38. Qa1 Qe5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. Kg1
Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Re3 Rg5 43. a5 Kg7 44. g4 d5 45. a6 d4 46. Re7+ Kf6 47. a7
Kxe7 48. a8=Q Re5 49. Qh8 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Black "Cordara, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3
Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Be3 b5 12. f5 Bc4 13. a4 b4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Nd2 Qc6 16. Na2 Qxa4 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 Bb5 12. Re1 Qa6 13. Nc3 Bc4 14. Ng5 Nh6
15. Re3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. e6 f6 18. Nh3 Bd6 19. b3 Bd3 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd3 O-O 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Qxf5 Rc2 25. Ng5 g6 26. Qxd5 fxg5 27.
Rf3 Rxd2 28. e7+ Kh8 29. Qf7 Qc6 30. Re1 Re2 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 Qa5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d3 8.
Bxd3 Qxd5 9. c4 Qc6 10. Nc3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 e6 13. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. N2f3 O-O
15. e5 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bc5 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. h4 Nd5 21. Nc2
Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 24. Kg1 h6 25. Bc1 Ng6 26. h5 Nge7 27. g4
b4 28. g5 Nf5 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Nd4 Rxc1 31. Bxd5 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bxd5 33. Nxf5
Bxb3 34. Rd3 exf5 35. Rxb3 a5 36. Kf2 a4 37. Rxb4 a3 38. Rb1 a2 39. Ra1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 e6 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qc3 d5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 c5 14. b4 Nb7 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. e4 Bc6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Ne4 h6 19. a4 O-O 20. Ba3 Rac8 21. Rab1
Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Rc7 23. Nfd2 Nb6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Bxc5 Qd7 26. Bd6 Rcc8 27. Qa2
Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qa4 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. Bf1 Rxd4 32. Bc7 Nb3 33. Rxa4
Rxa4 34. Bxd8 Bxe5 35. Nc5 Ra1 36. Rxe5 Nd2 37. Re2 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Bf6
a5 40. Na4 g5 41. Nc3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e3 Ba7
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Kg7 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qa5 20. Qd4 Qxa2
21. g4 Qa5 22. g5 Qd8 23. Rc3 Rg8 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. gxf6 Rg6 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27.
Re1 Kg8 28. h4 Qf8 29. b4 a5 30. h5 gxh5 31. Re3 axb4 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Qf4 Bg4
34. Bh3 Rxc5 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Rg2 g3 37. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3
Bf5 9. Be3 Qc8 10. g4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Rcd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc6
21. Rd2 a6 22. a4 Qe6 23. b3 Re8 24. Rfd1 g5 25. Qd5 Qc8 26. Qf3 Re6 27. c5
Rxc5 28. Rxd6 Kg7 29. Rd7 b5 30. R1d6 Rce5 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qd5 Qe8 33. axb5
axb5 34. Rc7 Re5 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Rc6 Qe7 37. Rb6 Qd8 38. Ra6 Qe7 39. Rb6 Qd8
40. Rc6 Qe7 41. b4 Re6 42. Rc5 Re4 43. Rxb5 Rxb4 44. Rf5 Rc4 45. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
Nc6 9. b4 h6 10. b5 Ne7 11. c5 g5 12. Qb3+ Kh7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Ba3 f4 15. Qb4
Nf5 16. Nd2 d5 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Re8 19. e3 Bg4 20. f3 fxe3 21. fxg4 exd2 22.
Qxd2 Rc8 23. Kh1 Kh8 24. h3 e4 25. dxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Bb2 e3 28. Qe1
b6 29. Rf7 Rc2 30. Qb4 Rxg2 31. Rxg7 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cordara, Michele"]
[Black "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 Nf5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Na4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. Nb6 Rb8
15. b4 Bd7 16. a4 Nc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. b5 axb5 21.
axb5 Ne7 22. Ra7 Nc8 23. Ra3 Ne7 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. Rda1 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rb8 27. Qa2
Nf5 28. Ra8 Qc8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. b6 Nxe3 31. Qa7 Qc8 32. Ba6 Bxd4 33. Nxd4
Qxc5 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qxe3 Qxb6 37. Be2 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Bxh6 e5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Nf8 f5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
21. Rad1 b5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Qg5 Rad8 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Bc2 Qg4 26. Qxf5 Qxf5
27. Bxf5 Kf7 28. h4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 e4 30. Rd6 Re5 31. g4 g6 32. Bc8 Rc5 33. g5
Ne8 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rxc5 Kxc5 37. Kf1 b4 38. Bg4 Kd4 39. Ke2 Ke5
40. Ke3 Nc7 41. f4+ exf3 42. Kxf3 Nd5 43. Bd7 Ne7 44. Be8 Nf5 45. Kg4 Ne3+ 46.
Kg3 Kf5 47. Bb5 Ke4 48. Bc6+ Ke5 49. Be8 Kf5 50. Kf3 Nc4 51. Ba4 Nd2+ 52. Ke2
Ne4 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Kg3 Ne4+ 55. Kh3 Kf4 56. Bc2 Nf2+ 57. Kg2 Ng4 58. Bxg6 Ne5
59. Bh5 Nc4 60. Be2 Ne3+ 61. Kh3 a5 62. Bd3 Ng4 63. g6 Nf6 64. g7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landi, Andrea"]
[Black "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. f4 a6
9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
O-O Rfa8 16. Rab1 Ng4 17. h3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ngf6 19. e5 Nh5 20. Kh2 dxe5 21. g4
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qxe7 Nf6 25. d6 dxc3 26. Qxf6 Qxd6 27.
Qxc3 Rxa2 28. Kh1 g5 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Rfe1 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. Qd4
Qf3 34. Qd7 Raa8 35. Re7 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 f3 38. Qd2 Qxg4+ 39. Kh1
Qf5 40. Rbe1 f2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Locci, Damiano"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Na3 Nb4 11. Nc2 a5 12. Nxb4 axb4 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 Ra5 15. h6
g6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nh2 Be6 18. f4 Qd7 19. g4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bd2 Raa8
22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Qf3 Bxb2 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nf3 Bc8 27. d4 Nc4 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rg8 30. Qh4 Rgf8 31. Qg3 Bd4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bg5 Qg6 34. Bf6+
Rxf6 35. exf6 Qxh6+ 36. Bh3 Rg8 37. f7 Rf8 38. g5 Qh5 39. Rf4 Qxf7 40. Qf3 Qg8
41. Qg2 Qf7 42. Rh4 Rg8 43. Rh6 Rg6 44. Rxg6 hxg6 45. Qh2 Bc3 46. Re2 Bg7 47.
Bg2+ Kg8 48. Qd6 Bf8 49. Qe5 Bg7 50. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Black "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc3
Rfd8 15. e3 h6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. a5 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxd2
21. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Nd7 9. Re1 c6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. c4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Nc3 Na6 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bg6 20. Qe3 c5 21.
Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. a5 Nf6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e4 d5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
e5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. a4 a6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. c3 Qc7
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. f4 Bd6 20. Nh5 Bd7 21.
Kh1 Rac8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 d4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rf6 Be7 26. Rf3 Rc5 27. Ng3
Bh4 28. Rd1 Bxg3 29. Rxg3 Qe6 30. Qf2 Rd8 31. cxd4 Rc4 32. Re3 Qd7 33. h3 Rdc8
34. Rde1 Rc2 35. Qf3 Rc1 36. b3 Qxd4 37. Qxb7 R8c3 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 Rxe1+
40. Rxe1 Qd3 41. b4 Rb3 42. Qe7 Rb1 43. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qc5 Qf4+ 46.
Kg1 Qf6 47. a5 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qf6 49. Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Kf2 Qf6+ 51. Ke3 Qe6+ 52. Kd4
Qf6+ 53. Kc4 Qf4+ 54. Kd5 Qf5+ 55. Kc6 Qe4+ 56. Kb6 Qd3 57. g4 Qxh3 58. Qf5+ g6
59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qxg6 Qe3+ 61. Kxa6 Qe2+ 62. b5 Qd2 63. b6 Qe2+ 64. Ka7 Qd2 65.
Qf6+ Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kh8 67. b7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Black "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nf3 b5 8.
Qa5 e6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Rbc1
Rfc8 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 a6 17. Qe7 Nf8 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Ke7 20. Nxe4
Nd7 21. Nc5 Nb6 22. Nd3 a5 23. Rc2 Kd6 24. Rec1 Nc4 25. b3 Na3 26. Rc5 b4 27.
Ne5 Ra6 28. g3 Rc7 29. Nc4+ Nxc4 30. R1xc4 Rb7 31. Kg2 Rbb6 32. Rc2 a4 33. bxa4
Rxa4 34. Rb2 Rba6 35. Rc4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Rxb4 Ra7 38. Rc4 Re7 39. f4 g5
40. fxg5 e5 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Black "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8.
Bd2 c6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ng3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 Bd6 14. Nge4
Bxe4 15. dxe4 Bb4 16. g5 Ng8 17. a3 Bf8 18. h4 g6 19. h5 Bg7 20. e5 Ne7 21. Ne4
Nf5 22. Qe1 Qd4 23. Bd3 Nb6 24. Bc3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rd2 Nf5 27. Bb4 Nd5
28. Nd6+ Nxd6 29. Bxd6 gxh5 30. Rf2 h6 31. g6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Bf8 33. c4 Bxd6 34.
exd6 Nf6 35. c5 Kd7 36. f5 e5 37. Re2 e4 38. Bf7 Rde8 39. Bxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rg2 e3
41. Rg7+ Kd8 42. Rg6 Ng4 43. f6 Ne5 44. f7 Nxf7 45. Kd1 Ne5 46. Rxh6 e2+ 47.
Kxe2 Ng4+ 48. Kd3 Nxh6 49. Rxh5 Nf7 50. Rh7 Rf8 51. b4 Kd7 52. Kc4 b5+ 53. Kb3
Ke6 54. Rg7 a6 55. Rg6+ Kf5 56. Rg1 Rh8 57. Rf1+ Ke6 58. Re1+ Ne5 59. Re3 Rf8
60. Kc3 Rf3 61. Rxf3 Nxf3 62. Kd3 Ne5+ 63. Kd4 Nc4 64. a4 Ne5 65. axb5 axb5 66.
Ke4 Nd7 67. Kd4 Nf6 68. Kc3 Kd5 69. Kd3 Nd7 70. Kc3 Ke4 71. Kc2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ricci, Marco"]
[Black "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 e6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. f4 Rc8 12. e5 Na5 13. Ne4 Nc4 14. Bd4 Qc7
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Qf2 O-O 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Ne5 19. fxe5 Kh8 20. Qh4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d5 c5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. a3 Kh8 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Rb1
Rg8 16. Nb5 Qf8 17. b4 Ne8 18. Nb3 Bh6 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 b6 21. bxc5 Nxc5
22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Nc3 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Qh6 26. Bd1 exf4 27. Qf2 Nf6 28.
Rf1 Qg5 29. Rb2 Rae8 30. Qxf4 Re3 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Rb8+ Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.
Rf3 Ng4 35. Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Bb3 Kf7 37. h3 Kf6 38. Kf2 f4 39. Ne2 Ke5 40. g3 Ke4
41. Nxf4 a5 42. Ke2 a4 43. Ba2 Kd4 44. Ne6+ Kc3 45. Kxe3 Kb2 46. Kd2 Kxa2 47.
Kc3 Kxa3 48. g4 Ka2 49. Ng5 h6 50. Ne4 Kb1 51. Nd2+ Kc1 52. Ne4 Kb1 53. Nd2+
Ka2 54. Ne4 Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Black "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. d5 Na5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bg5
Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd5 Kg7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Rfe1 Rd6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rd3 26. Rec1 Rxc3 27.
Rxc3 Ke5 28. Re3+ Kd6 29. Kf1 e5 30. Ke1 Rb8 31. Re2 Rb5 32. Kd1 Rd5+ 33. Kc2
Kc5 34. Re3 Kd4 35. b3 cxb3+ 36. Rxb3 e4 37. Rb4+ Ke5 38. Rb7 Ke6 39. Rb4 f5
40. h4 Ke5 41. Rb7 Ra5 42. Rb3 f4 43. Kd2 Ra4 44. Rc3 Kd4 45. g3 f3 46. Rb3 Ra5
47. Rb4+ Kd5 48. Rb3 Rb5 49. Rc3 Kd4 50. Rc8 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Ra2 53.
Rd8+ Ke5 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Rf8+ Kg4 56. Rf4+ Kh3 57. Rxe4 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nce7
8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 f6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qe2
O-O 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Rae1 Be4 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Nd3 Nc4
21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qc1 a5 23. a4 b5 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Nc5 h5 26. h4 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Qd1 Qg6 29. Qd3 Qg4 30. Kh2 Nb2 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. f3 Qc8 33. Bd6 Qe8 34.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 35. Nb7 Nc4 36. Bc5 bxa4 37. Nd6+ Kd7 38. Nxc4 Bxc4 39. Kg1 Ke6 40.
Kf2 Kd5 41. Ke3 Bf1 42. g3 Bg2 43. f4 Bf1 44. Ba3 Bc4 45. Bc5 Ba6 46. Ba3 Bc8
47. Bf8 Bf5 48. Kd2 g6 49. Be7 Ke6 50. Ba3 Be4 51. c4 Kf5 52. Ke3 Bxc2 53. d5
cxd5 54. cxd5 Bb3 55. d6 Be6 56. Bb2 Bd7 57. Ba3 Kg4 58. Kf2 Bc6 59. Bb2 Kf5
60. Ke3 Ke6 61. Kd2 f5 62. Be5 Kd5 63. Kc3 Bb5 64. Kb2 Kc4 65. Ka3 Kd3 66. Bb2
Ke3 67. Bc3 Kf2 68. Bf6 Kxg3 69. Bg5 Kf3 70. Bh6 Ke4 71. Bg5 Kd5 72. Be7 Bd7
73. Kb2 Kc5 74. Ka3 Kc4 75. Bg5 Kd5 76. Be7 Ke6 77. Kb2 g5 78. Bxg5 Kxd6 79.
Ka3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Qd6 Qd8
15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. a3 Nf6 18. b4 Be6 19. c5 Rad8 20. Qc1 Qf7 21. Nb1
e4 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. e3 Rd7 24. Re1 Red8 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Bf1 Ng4 27. Rd1 Bxc3 28.
Qxc3 Qf6 29. Qc1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "De Florio, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. h3 Ne6 14. Bh2 Ng5 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. f3 Qe7 17. Kh1 c5 18. f4 Ne6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bh7+
Kh8 22. Rxd5 Bxe3 23. Bg6 Rf8 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. f5 Bg5 27. h4
Be7 28. Re1 Nf8 29. Qc7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Ricci, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
Qa5 9. Rd1 a6 10. Nc1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 e6
15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 b5 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. O-O f5 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Qa5 Bd7 21. Bf1
Rfc8 22. Kh1 Qf7 23. Rc7 Qxd5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Qd2
Bf5 28. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. a3 a5
9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ndc4 f5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Ra6 15. Nb5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 17. f4 Nf7 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Kh1 Ng8 21. Rae1 Nf6
22. Bg1 exf4 23. gxf4 Raa8 24. Re6 Re8 25. Rfe1 g5 26. d4 g4 27. Qc2 Kg6 28.
dxc5 dxc5 29. Bxc5 h5 30. Nd4 Nh6 31. R1e5 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qe8 33. Nxf5 Nxf5 34.
Qxf5+ Kh6 35. b3 Rc8 36. Bd4 Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Bxb7 Re8 40.
Re5 h4 41. Bc6 Rc8 42. Bd7 Rb8 43. Rb5 Rxb5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. Nb3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Bh5 f5 12. g4 fxg4 13. Bxg4 e6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
O-O-O Ne5 16. h3 Bh6 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Qh2 Rc8 19. Rd3 Bg7 20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 e4
22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Re1 f5 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qf4 Rh5 27. Rxe4 Re5
28. Rdd4 Nd6 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 Rc4 32. Rg5 Re4 33. c3 Re2 34.
Nc1 Re1 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8 5. g3 e5 6. Be3 c6 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rab1 Qa6 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rbc1 h6 15.
h3 Bh7 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Ne1 Qa5 18. Nc2 a6 19. f3 Qc7 20. Bf2 Bxc2 21. Rxc2
Rbc8 22. e4 Be7 23. Ne2 Bd8 24. Qc1 Nf8 25. c5 exd4 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd4 Qe7
28. Bc5 Qc7 29. Kh2 Be7 30. Bf2 Qa5 31. Nd4 Ba3 32. Qb1 Rcd8 33. Nf5 Rxd1 34.
Qxd1 Ne6 35. Qa1 Nd7 36. Rc4 Bf8 37. f4 Qd2 38. Be3 Qe2 39. Rc1 g6 40. Re1 Qb5
41. Nd4 Nxd4 42. Qxd4 Qb4 43. Qxb4 Bxb4 44. Rd1 Nf8 45. Bb6 Re7 46. Rd4 a5 47.
Rd8 Rd7 48. Rb8 Rd2 49. a3 Bxa3 50. Bxa5 Rd7 51. e5 Kg7 52. Bb6 Ne6 53. Bf1 Bc5
54. Bxc5 Nxc5 55. b4 Ne4 56. Bg2 Nc3 57. Bf1 Nd5 58. b5 cxb5 59. Bxb5 Rc7 60.
Bd3 Nc3 61. Kg2 Rd7 62. Bc4 b5 63. Bf1 f6 64. Bxb5 Rd2+ 65. Kf3 fxe5 66. fxe5
Rd5 67. Rb7+ Kf8 68. Bc4 Rxe5 69. Rf7+ Ke8 70. Rf6 Rf5+ 71. Rxf5 gxf5 72. Bd3
Kf7 73. Bxf5 Kf6 74. Be4 Ke5 75. Bc6 Kd6 76. Bb7 Ke5 77. Bc6 Kd6 78. Bb7 Ke5
79. g4 Nb5 80. Ke3 Nd6 81. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. h5 Qa5 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. Bd3 b5 16. b3 b4 17. Ne2 Qa3 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. g4 Rc5 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Nh5
gxh5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. g5 Nd5 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd5 e4 26. Qxe4+ Bf5 27. Qxf5+
Kg8 28. c3 bxc3 29. Rh2 e6 30. Qe4 Rc8 31. g6 Qe7 32. Re1 c2+ 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34.
Qxc2 Qf6 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qd7+ Be7 38. Qxa7 Qf5+ 39. Re4 Qxf3
40. Qd4 Qf1+ 41. Kc2 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Qf1+ 43. Re2 Qd1+ 44. Rd2 Qf3+ 45. Qe3 Qxe3+
46. Kxe3 Bg5+ 47. Kd3 Bxd2 48. Kxd2 e5 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. a4 h4 51. Kf3 Kd5 52. a5
e4+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bh3 a6 15.
Nd4 Rb8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. a4 Qc5 19. Rfe1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3
Qb4 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. g4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bxd4 26. Rb1 Bb2 27. Bh6
Bxd5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxb2 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 f5 33. f3
Bxf3 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Be2 Kf7 37. Bf4 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. Bxd6
Kg6 40. Bf4 Ba2 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd4 Bb1 43. Bd3 Ba2 44. Kc5 Kg6 45. Kd6 Kf6 46.
Bg3 Bf7 47. Bh4+ Kg6 48. Be7 Be8 49. Ke6 Kh5 50. Bxf5 h6 51. Bd3 Kg4 52. Bf5+
Kh5 53. Kf6 Bd7 54. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 b5 2. cxb5 e5 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Be6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. Nf4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 12. Be2 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Bd6
15. a4 Qe7 16. O-O Nh7 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bh3 g5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxe4 Rae8 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. d5 Re4 25. Rac1 Qb8 26. h3 Rxa4 27. b6
Ra2 28. bxa7 Qd8 29. Ra1 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Bb8 31. Bd4+ Nf6 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Florio, Federico"]
[Black "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Rd1
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. c5 e4 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nb6 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4+ Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. b3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Be7 23. h3 g5 24. Bh2 f4 25. Qb5 b6 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7
Bc5 28. b4 Bxb4 29. Rd4 fxe3 30. Rxb4 exf2+ 31. Kh1 e3 32. Rb2 Rfe8 33. Re2 h5
34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rc4 36. Bg3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rxg4 38. Kf3 Rge4 39. Bxf2 g4+ 40.
Kg3 exf2 41. Rexf2 R8e7 42. Rf4 b5 43. Kxg4 a5 44. Rc1 Re2 45. Rc5 R2e5 46. Rf5
Rxc5 47. Rxc5 Re4+ 48. Kf5 Rb4 49. Ke6 a4 50. Kd5 Rb2 51. a3 Kf6 52. Rc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. b3 c6 10. d5 c5 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. Rg1 Ng8 13. Qd3 g6 14. g4 Ndf6 15. h3 h6
16. Bb2 Nh7 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd4 Qxd4
8. Nxd4 a6 9. g3 e5 10. Nc2 Bf5 11. Ne3 Be4 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nc6 14. e3
Be7 15. Bd2 Kd7 16. Ke2 Ke6 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Bc3 g5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2+
21. Rxd2 h5 22. f4 h4 23. gxh4 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg8 25. Kf1 e4 26. h5 Bb4 27. Rc2
Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rh8 29. Rb3 b5 30. Rc3 Nb4 31. a3 Nd3 32. h6 Kd7 33. Ne3 Rxh6 34.
Nxf5 Rxh2 35. Ng3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 37. Nxe4 Nxf4 38. Kf1 a5 39. Nc5+ Ke7 40.
Rb3 Rc2 41. Rxb5 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nxc5 45. Kd4 Kd6 46.
Kc4 Kc6 47. Kc3 Kb5 48. Kb2 Kc4 49. Ka2 Kc3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Black "Locci, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndf3 Qe7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxc6 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Qxc6 16. Qe2 c4 17. Bc2 a5 18. a4 f5 19. f4 Rf6 20. Kf2 Rg6 21. Rh1
Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Na3 cxd4 6. exd4 e5 7. dxe5 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Nge7 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Ngxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Rab1 Qxa3 18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb4 Nc4 20. Rxc4
dxc4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Black "Landi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. e3 Nge7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14.
Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 f6 16. Rac1 a6 17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. a3 Nbc6 19. b4 Nb8 20. g4 Bg6
21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Bf7 23. Ned3 Rc6 24. Kf1 Nc8 25. Nb7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rf8 27.
Ndc5 Nb6 28. Ra1 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. a4 Nc4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33.
Nd6 Nc6 34. b5 Nb4 35. b6 d4 36. exd4 exd4 37. b7 Bd5 38. Nd7 Bxb7 39. Nxf8 c3
40. Nxb7 d3 41. Nc5 Kxf8 42. Nxd3 Nxd3 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. h3 h5 45. gxh5 Kg7 46.
Rc1 Kh6 47. Rxc3 Kxh5 48. Kf1 Kh4 49. Kg2 Ng6 50. Rc4+ Kh5 51. Kg3 Ne5 52. Rc5
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Black "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 O-O 13. Ne3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4
15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. b3 f5 21. g5
f4 22. h4 b5 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Rc2 25. Ke2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Rxd2 27. a4 Bd4
28. Be2 Rc2 29. Rhc1 Rfc8 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. b4 Be3 32. Rb3 Kf8 33. a5 Rc8 34.
Ra3 Bd2 35. Rb3 Be3 36. b6 axb6 37. a6 b5 38. Bxb5 Bb6 39. Bc6 e5 40. Ra3 Rc7
41. Kg4 Kg7 42. Ra1 Ba7 43. Kf3 Rf7 44. Re1 Bb6 45. Re2 Ba7 46. Re4 Bb6 47. Bb5
Rc7 48. Rc4 Rxc4 49. Bxc4 Kf7 50. Be2 Ke7 51. Bd3 Kf7 52. Be4 Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd7
54. Ke1 Kc8 55. Bxg6 hxg6 56. h5 e4 57. hxg6 Bd4 58. b5 Kc7 59. a7 Kb7 60. b6
f3 61. Kd2 e3+ 62. Kd3 e2 63. g7 Bxg7 64. Kd2 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Black "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c4 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. Kh1 a5 13. Na4 Na6 14. Be3 Rb8 15.
Rac1 d4 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Bc1 Rb4 19. b3 Rfb8 20. Ba3 R4b7 21. Nd2
Qd8 22. Ne4 Qf8 23. g4 f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. f5 e5 26. g5 fxg5 27. f6 Bd6 28.
Qh5 Be6 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 30. f7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Nxd6 Qf3+ 33. Qg2 Qxd3 34.
Qe4 Qxe4+ 35. Nxe4 Nb4 36. Nexc5 Bf5 37. Rb2 Nc2 38. Na6 Rg8 39. N6c5 Nxa3 40.
Rf2 Bg6 41. Nb2 e4 42. Rf4 Re8 43. Kg1 Nb1 44. Kf1 d3 45. Ke1 Kg7 46. Kd1 Nc3+
47. Kd2 Nxa2 48. Nd1 Nb4 49. Ne3 Rf8 50. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rfd8 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qa4 a6
15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. Qc2 Qxa3 18. Bxc7 Rdc8 19. Ra1 Qe7 20. Bb6 Nd7 21.
Ba5 Nxa5 22. Rxa5 Nb6 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rfa1 Rxc3 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Rxb5 axb5 27.
Rxa8+ Kh7 28. Qe2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc2 30. Nxf7 Qc7+ 31. Ne5 Rc2 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
N1d2 d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. g4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. g5 Nb4
15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Rhg1 Na4 17. f5 e5 18. f6 Bf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. c4 b4 21. fxg7
Bxg7 22. c5 bxa3 23. bxa3 Nd4 24. Qh5 Rb8 25. Ka2 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 d5 27. Bd2 d4
28. Rgf1 Bc6 29. Bc4 Rf8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rf1 Bxe4 32. Rxf7 Bg6 33. Qxg6 hxg6
34. Rxc7 Bf8 35. Bf7+ Kd8 36. Ba5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Nc3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Qb4 19. Ne4 d5 20. Bh6 g6
21. Qe5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Black "Cordara, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
Na6 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. Nc4 Bg5 11. f4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Qg5 14. Qd2 Bh3
15. Bf1 h6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. a4 Nb4 18. Rf2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 f5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5
Rd8 22. d6 Be6 23. Rbd1 Nf6 24. Ng6 Rfe8 25. Bb5 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Ne7+ Kf7
28. Nxf5 Re5 29. Ng3 Nc6 30. Nce2 b6 31. c3 Na5 32. b4 Nc4 33. Ra2 Rxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nxd6 35. a5 cxb4 36. cxb4 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Black "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nbd7 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nac4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qc7 11. Qf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qh3 h6 14. Rae1
Rfe8 15. f4 Bf8 16. Re3 Rad8 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Nd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8.
Qe2 Bf5 9. h4 Nxd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. O-O-O c6 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd2 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Be6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Kb2 h5
21. Be3 Be7 22. Rf2 Kg6 23. Rd2 b6 24. Red1 Bg4 25. Rf1 Rhd8 26. Kc2 Bf5+ 27.
Kb2 Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rd8 29. Be3 Bg4 30. Kc2 Bf5+ 31. Kb2 Be4 32. Re1 Kf5 33. Nd2
Bxg2 34. Rg1 Bc5 35. Nc4 Bd5 36. Bxc5 Bxc4 37. Be3 Be6 38. Rxg7 Rd7 39. Rg3 Ke4
40. Bh6 Bg4 41. Re3+ Kf5 42. b4 Rh7 43. Bf8 Rf7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nxa3 14. Re2 Nc4
15. Nd5 Be7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. b3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Ba3 b4 20. Bxb4 Nb5 21.
Rd2 e5 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Bh3 Nd4 24. Bg2 f6 25. f4 Bb5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. c4 Bc6
28. Bd6 Nxb3 29. Rf2 Nd4 30. Rdf1 Ne6 31. Rf7 Ba4 32. c5 Bb5 33. R1f2 a5 34.
Bh3 a4 35. Bxe6 dxe6 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Rff7 Ra8 38. Bxe5 Bc6 39. Bxg7 Re8 40.
Rc7 Rg8 41. Rxc6 a3 42. Bf6+ Ke8 43. Rcc7 a2 44. Rce7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Rb8 7. O-O b5 8. a3 Bd7
9. h3 e6 10. Rb1 Nge7 11. Ne2 e5 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Nexd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. c3
dxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Nh2 f5 19. Bh6 f4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf3 Qb6
22. Kh2 Rbc8 23. Qd2 Be6 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb2 Rb8 27. Qa3 Qc5 28.
Qb2 Qa7 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. Rfc1 h6 31. Qd2 Na5 32. c4 Nb3 33. cxb5 Qb6 34. Qb2
Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Qxb5 36. Qa3 Qb6 37. Rc2 Rfc8 38. Rxc8 fxg3+ 39. fxg3 Rxc8 40. d4
exd4 41. e5 Qc5 42. Qa6 Rd8 43. Qb7+ Rd7 44. Qb8 dxe5 45. Nxe5 Rc7 46. Nd3 Qd6
47. Nf4 Bf7 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Nd3 Bg6 51. Nb4 Be4 52. Qb5 Rc5 53. Qe8
Re5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bg5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qd2 d5 6. exd5 Bxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. c4 Qe6+ 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. O-O a5 14. Rad1 Na6
15. a3 c5 16. d5 Qc8 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Bf4 Nc7 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. a4 Na6 21. Qc1
Nb4 22. Bb1 Rb7 23. Be5 Bg7 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. b3 f6 26. Bb2 Qe8 27. h4 Na6 28.
Re2 Qf7 29. Rde1 Rd7 30. Nh2 Nc7 31. Ng4 Nce8 32. h5 f5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Nh6+
Bxh6 35. Qxh6 Nf6 36. Re3 Nde4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4 Re8 39. Rg4 Qh7 40. Rxg6+
Kf7 41. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. c5
Nbd7 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. Qb4
Bxe5 15. O-O-O a5 16. Qa3 Qh4 17. f3 Rfd8 18. g3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxh1 20. Qc3
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qxf3 22. Qg5 Qf2 23. Bd3 Qxc5+ 24. Kd2 Qd5 25. Kc3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15.
h3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 b4 20. Na4 Nce4 21. Bd3
Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Nf3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bd5 25. Qe5 Nd6 26. Nd4 Nb5 27. Qxb8
Rexb8 28. Nc2 a5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. f3 e5 31. e4 Be6 32. Ne3 g6 33. Kf2 Ra7 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rc5 Rab7 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Ra8 Nd7 38. Rc8 Nb8 39. Rc7 Na6 40. Rc6
Nb8 41. Rc7 Na6 42. Ra7 Nc5 43. Nxc5 Rxc5 44. h4 h5 45. Ra6 Bc8 46. Ra8 Be6 47.
Ke2 Bd7 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Ra7 Kf6 50. Ra6 Kg7 51. Nc2 g5 52. hxg5 Kg6 53. Ne1
Kxg5 54. Nd3 Rb5 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. g3 Kg7 57. Ra7 Bh3 58. Nb2 Bf1 59. Rc7 Rb6 60.
Rc1 Bb5 61. Rc5 Kf6 62. f4 exf4+ 63. Kxf4 Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kh6 65. Rd5 Kg6 66. Ke3
f6 67. Kd4 Rb8 68. Ke3 Rb7 69. Kf4 Rb6 70. Ke3 Kh6 71. Kd4 Rb8 72. Kc5 Be2 73.
Kd4 Bb5 74. Nc4 a4 75. Nd6 axb3 76. axb3 Bc6 77. Nf5+ Kg5 78. Rc5 Bd7 79. Ne3+
Kg6 80. Ng2 Bg4 81. Nf4+ Kh6 82. Rc6 Kg5 83. Nd5 Bd1 84. Rxf6 Bxb3 85. Rf5+ Kg4
86. Nf6+ Kxg3 87. Nxh5+ Kg4 88. Nf4 Bc2 89. Ng2 Kg3 90. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nf3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Re8 9. Be2 Ne5 10. O-O c6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bb8 14. Nf5 Qe6
15. Nd4 Qd6 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf5 Qc5 18. b4 Qf8 19. g4 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. g5
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bg4 Bd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Nf8 28. Bc3 Qd7 29. Ra8 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qe2 31. Re1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 f6 33. gxf6
gxf6 34. Bxf6 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Bd4 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Ng6 38. Rxa7 Nh4 39. Rxb7+
Ke6 40. Rg7 Qh3 41. Rf1 Nf3+ 42. Rxf3 exf3 43. b5 f2+ 44. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 45. Ke1
Qh4+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kc3 Qe1+ 48. Kc4 Qc1+ 49. Kb4 Qb1+ 50. Kc5 Qc2+ 51. Kb4
Qb1+ 52. Kc5 Qc2+ 53. Kb4 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cordara, Michele"]
[Black "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rxc8 Qxc8 12. Qa1 Qc5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e5 16. d3 b5 17. Nc2 Bh6 18. e3 d4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qd8 21. Bc6
a6 22. g4 Ne8 23. a4 b4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Bc5 Qxd3 26. Bxb4 Qxb3 27. Bxf8 Bxf8
28. Rc6 a5 29. Qe5 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Rb6 Qxa4 32. Rb5 Nd6 33. Rxa5 Qc6+ 34.
Qd5 Qxd5+ 35. Rxd5 f6 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Be7 38. f4 h6 39. Kf3 f5 40. Ra6 Bf8
41. Rxd6 Bxd6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. e4 Kf6 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. h4 h5 46. Kg2 Kg4 47.
f5 Be5 48. f6 Bxf6 49. Kh2 Kf3 50. Kg1 Kg3 51. Kh1 Kf2 52. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd4 f6 9. Bg2 Nh6 10. O-O Nf7 11. Na4 Rb8 12. c4 d6 13. b3 c5 14. Qe3 Bg7 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Nb2 Rfc8 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Nd3 e5
22. Rde1 Bb7 23. Nf2 Rf8 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Qd3 Rbe8 26. f5 Nd8 27. Rd1 Nc6 28.
Qxd6 Nd4 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Ba5 g5 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Rb1 Rf7 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Rdd1
Kg7 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Bc3 Nd4 37. Ba5 Be7 38. h4 h6 39. Bc3 Bd8 40. Rh1 Kf8 41.
Ng4 Kg7 42. Nxh6 Kxh6 43. hxg5+ Kg7 44. g6 Re7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rh5 Rg7 47.
Rbh1 Kf8 48. Rh8+ Ke7 49. R1h7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 e4
9. Ne1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nc3 a6 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 g5 14. Nd3 Ng6 15. f4 Ng4
16. Rf3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 gxf4 18. gxf4 Rf7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qf8
22. h3 Nf6 23. Ng3 Re8 24. Re1 Rfe7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd4 Kf7 27. Re3 Qe8 28.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Kg1 Nh4 30. Bh1 Kf8 31. Kf2 Qg7 32. Qe3 b6 33. Ne1 Qe7 34. Qxe7+
Kxe7 35. Nc2 Ne8 36. Nd4 Ng7 37. Nf3 Ng6 38. Ke3 h6 39. Bg2 Kf6 40. Bf1 Bc8 41.
Bd3 Ne7 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Nf3 Bc8 44. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. d4 Nb6 14. Ba3 Na4 15.
Qd3 Rd8 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Be4 g6 18. Rbd1 Be7 19. Bc1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 21. Qf3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 23. Nd3 Nc3 24. Re1 f5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Bb2 Ne4 27. Ne5 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landi, Andrea"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qc2 Rfb8 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Rhc1 Rb4 20. a3 Rbb8
21. Nd1 Bd4 22. Nc3 Ra7 23. Ra1 Rab7 24. Ra2 Kg7 25. a4 Rb4 26. b3 c4 27. Qd2
cxb3 28. Rb2 Rc4 29. Qd3 Bxc3 30. Qxc4 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Qe2 Qc2 33. Rxb2
Qxe2 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Locci, Damiano"]
[Black "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. e4 e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O b6 8. a3 Nc3
9. Nxc3 bxc3 10. Ng5 Ba6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nc6 14. Nxh7 Be7 15.
Qh6 Kd7 16. Qg7 Qe8 17. Be3 Na5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rxh7 21. Qxh7
Bxa3 22. Rxc3 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nb3 25. Bb2 a5 26. h4 b5 27. g4 b4
28. h5 gxh5 29. gxh5 a4 30. h6 a3 31. Ba1 Nxa1 32. Qg7 Nc2 33. h7 a2 34. h8=Q
a1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Qxh8+ 36. Qxh8 Qxd4 37. Qf6 Kc6 38. Qh8 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40.
Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kh1 Kc5 44. d4+ Kxd4 45. Qb8 Qe1+ 46.
Kg2 Ne3+ 47. Kf3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 exd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nge2 a4 12. Qb5 a3 13. bxa3 Rxa3 14. O-O Ra6
15. a4 Na8 16. a5 b6 17. d6 bxa5 18. dxc7 Qe7 19. Rxa5 Nxc7 20. Qa4 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rfa1 Re8 23. Rxa6 Nxa6 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. h4 h6 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Nec3
Ndb8 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. h5 Nc6 31. Nb6 Ncb8 32. d5 Re8 33. hxg6 fxg6
34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Nb7 Re8 36. Nxd7 Nxd7 37. Bg4 Nab8 38. Rc7 Be5 39. Bxd7 Re7 40.
Rc8+ Kg7 41. Be6 Na6 42. d6 Bxd6 43. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Ne2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Rac8 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Qc2 b5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb6
21. f5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxc4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qf2 Bc5 25. Qf3 Bf8 26. h3 Rd3 27.
Qf2 Bc5 28. Qe1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Re3 f5 14. h3 Bh5
15. c4 Nf6 16. c5 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. Qa4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 a6 21. Qd1
Qd8 22. Bc2 b5 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Ba4 Na5 25. b3 Rfc8 26. Ne5 Nc3 27. Qh5 Nxa4
28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. bxa4 Ra7 30. Rc3 Nc4 31. Rb3 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qxb3 33. Qxa7 Qxa4
34. g3 h6 35. Qf7 Qc6 36. Rb1 Rc7 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Qg8+ Kg6 39. Rf8 Re7 40.
Rf6+ Kh5 41. Qh7 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5 43. f4 gxf6 44. Qxe7 Qg8 45. Qxf6 d4 46. Qe7
Kg6 47. Qd7 Qa8+ 48. Kf2 Qe4 49. Qxe6+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf8+
Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Black "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Kf2 O-O 10. Bxf4 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Be6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rf1
b5 15. cxb5 Qd5 16. Kg1 Qxa2 17. Qc1 Qb3 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Rf4 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. Rd4 Qxb5 23. Rh4 Rab8 24. Qe1 Qd3 25. Bc1 Rbd8 26. Kf2 Rd4
27. Rh5 Qc2+ 28. Kg3 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Be6 15.
Bh3 Rb8 16. b3 Be7 17. Bg2 Qd7 18. O-O Bd8 19. Nce3 Ne7 20. Kh2 Rc8 21. Nxe7+
Bxe7 22. Nf5 Rc5 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. a3 Rb8 25. a4 Bf8 26. Ne3 g6 27. Rad1 Rd8 28.
Qe2 Bg7 29. Rd2 f5 30. Rfd1 Qe7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bd5 Kh8 33. Qh5 f4 34. Be4 h6
35. Qg6 Kg8 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. Bxf5 Rc6 38. Be4 Ra6 39. c5 Qf6 40. Qxf6 Bxf6 41.
cxd6 Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rd5 Ra7 44. Bf5 Rc7 45. Rxa5 Rc3 46. Rdd5 fxg3+ 47.
fxg3 Rxb3 48. Rdc5 e4 49. Rc8 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rxd7 51. Bxd7 Kxd7 52. Rc4 e3 53.
Rd5+ Ke6 54. Rd3 e2 55. Re4+ Kf7 56. Rde3 Ra2 57. Rxe2 b3 58. R2e3 b2 59. Rb4
Rxa4 60. Reb3 Ra1 61. Kg4 Be5 62. Rb6 Rg1 63. Kh3 b1=Q 64. Rxb1 Rxg3+ 65. Kh2
Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ricci, Marco"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Be3 d5 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Nbc6 10. Be2 d4 11. Bf2 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Bd3 Qe7 21.
Nc4 Bc5 22. Kh1 h5 23. Qd2 Rdg8 24. Na5 Bd7 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Qe2 f6 27. Bd2
Re8 28. Rae1 h4 29. h3 g5 30. Qf3 Rhf8 31. Qf5+ Bd7 32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Re2 Bd6 34.
g4 hxg3 35. Be1 Rh8 36. Kg2 Bxh3+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Black "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Qb7 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Bxb6 Qb7 19. Ba5 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Kf8 24. Bc7 Nfd7 25. Na5 Ke8 26. Ba4 Bd8 27.
Bxb8 Bxa5 28. Bxd6 Bb6+ 29. Kf1 Bd4 30. b4 Kd8 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Bc5 Bc3 33. a4
g6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Bd2 37. Ke2 Bg5 38. Kd3 Bd8 39. b6 Kc8
40. Kc4 Kb7 41. Kb5 h5 42. h3 Bf6 43. Bd6 Bd8 44. Bc7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Kf1 b6 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. f3 e6 14. Bb3 Rfd8
15. h4 Ba6 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. d5 c4 18. Ba4 Ne5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bc2 Bh6 21. f4
Ng4 22. Rh3 e5 23. Qe1 Qc5 24. Rd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rf8 26. Qg3 Bc8 27. f5 Bxd2
28. Qxg4 Kh8 29. Ng1 Qa3 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Nf3 Bg5 32. Qe1 Bf6 33. Ng5 Qe7 34.
Qe3 Kg7 35. g4 Qf8 36. Nf3 gxf5 37. exf5 Kh8 38. Rg3 Bg7 39. Qe4 Rd7 40. g5 Bb7
41. Qg4 Qa3 42. f6 Qc1+ 43. Ne1 Rf7 44. Ke2 Bf8 45. g6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Black "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. c5 bxc5
15. Rac1 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Nf8 20. Nb5 Qb8 21.
Nxa7 c5 22. Bxc5 Bf4 23. Bb5 Bxc1 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Rxc1 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Qg4 27.
f3 Bxf3 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qf2 Bd5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Qg5 32. Qc2 h5 33. Nd6
Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 f5 9. O-O a6 10. e3 b5 11. d4 Rb8 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 c4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Ne1 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Qa3 19. Nc2 Qd6 20. Qc3 Rb5 21. Qa3
Qxa3 22. Nxa3 Rb2 23. Bf1 Rxa2 24. Nxc4 Rd8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxc4 27. Bxc4
Rb8 28. h4 h5 29. Nf4 Kf8 30. Bd5 Nb4 31. Ra7 Ke7 32. Bc4 Bh6 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34.
Bxd3 Bg7 35. Bc4 Bf6 36. Kg2 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Black "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3
Re8 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Kh8 12. a5 a6 13. b4 d6 14. b5 Bd7 15. Rb1
axb5 16. cxb5 c6 17. a6 bxa6 18. bxa6 Ra8 19. Qd3 Ra7 20. Rb7 Ra8 21. Ra1 Bc8
22. Rbb1 d5 23. Nf4 Ra7 24. Rb8 Qd6 25. Qb1 Bd7 26. Rb6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "De Florio, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. c4
Nf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nd3 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16. b5 Be7 17. Nb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Bc2 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Rh3
Rfc8 22. Bb2 Nf8 23. Bc3 Be4 24. f4 Ng6 25. g4 Nh4 26. Rf2 h6 27. Qe1 h5 28. f5
exf5 29. gxh5 f4 30. Bd2 f3 31. Bd1 Rc4 32. h6 gxh6 33. Rxh4 Qxh4 34. Rg2+ fxg2
35. Qxh4 Rxd4 36. Qg4+ Kh7 37. Qxc8 Rxd2 38. Bf3 Rc2 39. Bxe4+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qb3
Ne4 9. Be5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. Qb5 Nc6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Kf1 a6 18. Nd5 Rd6 19. Rac1 Na4 20. Nxe7
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Nxb2 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nxd1 25. Kxd1 Rb8 26.
Ne5 Be4 27. Rxa6 Rb1+ 28. Kd2 Rb2+ 29. Ke1 Rb1+ 30. Kd2 Rb2+ 31. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Be3 b5 10. f4 Nge7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nd8 16. Nd4 Ra7 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Ba4 h5 19. f5 Kg8 20. Qf3 Rh6
21. Rd2 Kh7 22. Rde2 Qc4 23. Re4 Qxd5 24. Qe3 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxa7 Bxe4
27. Qe7 Ne6 28. Qxf7 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Rf6 30. Qe8 Bg6 31. Qc8 Qd2 32. Rc1 Nc5 33.
Bb3 Nxb3 34. axb3 d5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Qa1 Qa4 14. Qxc3
a5 15. b5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Bf5 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Qa1 Bb1 19. Qxb1 Qxa3 20. Kd2 Qc3+
21. Kd1 a4 22. Bd3 a3 23. Ke2 h6 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Qb4 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qb2+ 27.
Nd2 a2 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Qa7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qf3 g6 8. Nge2
Bf5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 e6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. f5 gxf5 14. g4 Nd7
15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bg5 Rg8 17. Qxf5 Bf6 18. exf6 h6 19. Ng3 Rxg5 20. Rae1+ Kd8
21. Qf4 Qxc3 22. Re7 Qb4 23. Rxf7 c5 24. Qd6 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qa4 26. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Rb1 e6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
a6 9. b4 d4 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Qc2 Ra7 12. a3 Ne7 13. e3 b5 14. Nb2 Nf5 15. a4
dxe3 16. fxe3 bxc4 17. Nxc4 c5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bb7 20. g4 Ne7 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Qxb2 Nb6 23. Nfe5 Nbd5 24. Rf2 f6 25. Rbf1 f5 26. g5 Nc8 27. h4 Nb4 28. Ng4
h5 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. gxf6 Bd5 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. e4 Ba8 34. b6 Ra6
35. Rc1 Nf7 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Rxc5 Rb8 40. Rc7+
Kxf6 41. b7 Na6 42. Rc6 Nb4 43. Rb6 Nd5 44. Rb3 Ke7 45. Rg2 Kd6 46. Rg7 Ne7 47.
Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Florio, Federico"]
[Black "Cordara, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 g6 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nd5 8. c4
Nf4 9. Ne4 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. Bb2 d5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rad1 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qc3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Na5 19. c5 e6 20. Bb4 Nc6 21.
Ne4 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Bf8 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qxe8 Qxe8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.
cxb6 axb6 28. d5 Bb4 29. Re2 Rd8 30. Rb2 Bc5 31. d6 Bd5 32. Nd4 Rxd6 33. Nb5
Rd7 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. Rc2 e5 38. Rc7 Be6 39. a4 Bb3 40.
Nd6 Kf6 41. Rc6 Bxa4 42. Nb5+ Ke7 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Rc4 b5 45. Rxd4 Bb3 46. f4
Ke6 47. Kf2 Bc4 48. g4 h5 49. h3 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Ke3 Be6 52. Kf3 Bd7 53.
g5 Bc6+ 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Rd8 Bd5 56. Kd4 Bc4 57. Ke4 Bf1 58. Re8+ Kd6 59. Kd4
Bc4 60. Re1 Be6 61. Ra1 b4 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. Ke5 Kd7 64. f5 Bxf5 65. Rb6 Be6 66.
Rb7+ Ke8 67. Rxb4 Kf8 68. Kf6 Kg8 69. Rb8+ Kh7 70. Rf8 Ba2 71. Rxf7+ Bxf7 72.
Kxf7 Kh8 73. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d3 d4 7. Nb1 Nc6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bd5 15.
Rfc1 Re8 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Rcd8 18. Rc5 e4 19. dxe4 Bxe4 20. Rb5 Qa7 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qb3 a4 23. Qd3 Rde8 24. Rc2 g6 25. Ne1 Re3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Rxb7
Qxb7 28. Bxc6 Qa7 29. Rc4 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Qe7 31. Bf3 h5 32. Rxa4 h4 33. Ra8+ Kg7
34. Kg2 Qd7 35. Ra5 g5 36. g4 Qc7 37. Rc5 Qb8 38. a4 Qh8 39. a5 h3+ 40. Kg1 Qb8
41. a6 Qa7 42. Rc6 Be5 43. b4 Bf4 44. b5 Be3+ 45. Kh1 Qe7 46. Rc5 Qe6 47. Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Black "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nh4
Bh7 9. e4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Bf2 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxf5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Bxb7 Bxb4 23. Red1 a5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. a4 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27.
Be3 f6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Bc6 Bc3 30. Rc1 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 g4+ 32. Ke4 Be5 33. Rc5
Rb4+ 34. Kd3 Rb3+ 35. Ke4 Bc7 36. Bd5 Bxd5+ 37. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Black "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b5 9. Bxb5 Rb8 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Rab1 Qc7 13. Bh2 Ne4 14. Bd3 Ndf6
15. Nc4 Ba8 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Ne1 Ng5 18. f3 Nh5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. h4 Ne6 21.
Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Nf1 f5 24. Bc4 Qc8 25. f4 Bf6 26. Nf3 Kh8 27. Rd1 Nc7
28. Rd2 e6 29. Rbd1 Bg7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Rd8 Qb7 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34.
Bxe6 Qe7 35. Bd5 Nxf4 36. Qc4 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Qxd5 Kh7 39. h5 Bg7 40.
hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Qf3 Be5 42. Ng3 Qg5 43. Qc6+ Bf6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Nh5+ Kh7 46.
Qf7+ Bg7 47. Qxg7+ Qxg7 48. Nxg7 Kxg7 49. b4 Kf6 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Kf3 cxb4 52.
cxb4 a6 53. a3 h5 54. g3 Kd5 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. a4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Black "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 c6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Qxb4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rfb1 Qe7 20. fxe4 Rac8
21. Qd3 Qh4 22. Rxb7 dxe4 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Rab1 f6 25. Nd7 Rc3 26. Nc5 Bc4 27.
Qd2 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Ra7 Bd5 30. Nxa6 Rb3 31. Rxb3 Bxb3 32. Kf2 e3+ 33.
Ke1 Bc4 34. Nc5 Rd8 35. Rd7 Ra8 36. Re7 Rd8 37. Rxe3 Rxd4 38. g3 Kf7 39. Re4
Rxe4+ 40. Nxe4 Ke6 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Ke3 Ba6 43. h4 Bc8 44. Kf4 f5 45. Ng5 h6 46.
Nf3 g6 47. a5 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Nd4+ Kf6 52. Nc6 Bb7
53. Nb4 Kg6 54. a6 Bxa6 55. Nxa6 h4 56. gxh4 Kh5 57. Kg3 f4+ 58. Kxf4 Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Black "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 a6 11. g4 Bb4 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne7 15.
Ne2 b5 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Qh3 Qc7 19. Rd2 dxe4 20. Rg1 Nf5 21. Bc3 e3
22. Rd3 Nc5 23. Ng3 Qxf4 24. Nh5 Qf2 25. Rg4 e2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28.
gxf6+ Qxg4 29. Qxg4+ Kh8 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. Qh5 Rg6 32. Kb1 Bc6 33. b3 Ne4 34. Bb2
Nc5 35. Re1 Nd7 36. h4 Nb6 37. Qd1 Nd5 38. h5 Rg2 39. Rxe6 Nde3 40. Qd3 Rg1+
41. Ka2 Rg3 42. Re5 Rg2 43. Rxf5 Nxf5 44. Qxf5 Bb7 45. Qd7 Rcxc2 46. Qe8+ Rg8
47. Qxf7 Rgg2 48. Qe8+ Rg8 49. f7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. h4 Re8 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 N8d7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Ng5 c6 14. g4 d5
15. c5 Nc4 16. Rh3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qb4 18. Bc1 Na3+ 19. Ka1 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21.
Qc2 Bf8 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Qf5 Qe2 24. Rg1 Re7 25. h5 h6 26. Nf3 Re4 27. a3 Rxg4
28. Rxg4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf1+ 30. Ka2 Qc4+ 31. Kb1 Qd3+ 32. Kc1 Qc4+ 33. Kd2 Qb3
34. Ke1 Qxb2 35. Kf1 Qxa3 36. Bxh6 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Qe4 38. Qg3 Kh8 39. Rh4 Qh7 40.
Be3 f6 41. Qc7 Re8 42. Qxb7 Re4 43. Qf7 Qg8 44. Qxg8+ Kxg8 45. Rxe4 dxe4 46.
Nd2 f5 47. Nc4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nd7 13. c5 Be7 14. Bf4 Nf8
15. h3 Ng6 16. Bg3 b6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Bc8 20. Nd3 Bd7 21. Ne5
Be8 22. Qe3 bxc5 23. Rb7 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bf6 25. Nd3 c5 26. Nxc5 Bc6 27. Rc7 Qe8
28. Nd3 Bd8 29. Qxe8+ Bxe8 30. Rc5 Bd7 31. Bc7 Bf6 32. Be5 Bd8 33. Nf4 Be6 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. f4 Bf6 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Bd6+ Ke8 39. Bc5 a6 40. Rb7
Rc8 41. Rb6 Kf7 42. Rxa6 e5 43. fxe5 Bxe5 44. Kf2 Bf6 45. a3 Rd8 46. Rb6 Rd7
47. a4 Be7 48. Bxe7 Rxe7 49. a5 Re4 50. Rb4 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 Re4+ 52. Kd3 Re7 53.
a6 Kf6 54. Ra4 Ra7 55. Kc3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Na3 Nc7 8. Be2
d5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. c3 Be7 12. Nc2 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. d4 O-O-O 15.
Bc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Bb2 Kb8 18. Qd2 h5 19. g3 cxd4 20. cxd4 e4 21. Bg2 Ne6
22. h4 f5 23. Bh3 Rdf8 24. Red1 Rhg8 25. Kh1 Bxh4 26. Ne3 Qd8 27. Nxf5 Bg5 28.
Qe2 Bf6 29. Qe3 h4 30. gxh4 Bxh4 31. Rg1 Bg5 32. Qg3+ Bf4 33. Qh4 Rh8 34. Qxd8+
Ncxd8 35. Kg2 Rfg8+ 36. Ng3 Bxg3 37. Bxe6 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Black "Landi, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 g6 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf4
Nf6 9. Qd2 Nh5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rac1 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. Nd5 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. b4 Rc8 18. Be3 a6 19. Bg4 e6 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21.
Be2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 d5 23. f4 Nc6 24. e5 Be7 25. a3 Qd7 26. Bc5 Rc8 27. g3 Kg7
28. Kg2 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Ne7 30. Qc2 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 b5 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. g4 Qc6 34.
Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g5 Kd7 37. h4 Nd8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Bxh5 Kc6 40. Bf3
Kb6 41. f5 Nc6 42. g6 fxg6 43. fxg6 Ne7 44. g7 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 Nxg7 46. Kg5 Ne8
47. Bh5 Nc7 48. Kf4 a5 49. Bf7 axb4 50. axb4 Kc6 51. Kg5 Kd7 52. Kf6 d4 53. Bg6
Nd5+ 54. Kf7 Nf4 55. Be4 d3 56. Bf3 d2 57. Bg4 Kd8 58. Kf6 Kd7 59. Kf7 Kc6 60.
Bf3+ Kb6 61. Ke7 Nd5+ 62. Kxe6 Nxb4 63. Kd6 Na6 64. e6 Nc7 65. e7 b4 66. Bd1
Ne8+ 67. Kd7 Nc7 68. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ricci, Marco"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4
8. Re1 Qg6 9. Ne5 Qf5 10. d4 h5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. c3 Nf6 13. Ndf3 Ng4 14. Qe2 O-O
15. h3 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Ne5 Rfe8 19. Bd2 c5 20. Nc4 Be7 21.
Re5 Be6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Bf4 Bd8 27.
Na5 g5 28. Bh2 c6 29. Nxb7 Bb6 30. Nd6 Bd7 31. Nc4 Bd8 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. dxc6 Be4
34. f3 Bd5 35. c4 Be6 36. b3 Ba5 37. Nd3 Bc3 38. Bd6 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 g4 40. hxg4
hxg4 41. Bxc5 Ba1 42. Nf4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Kb1 b5 8. f3
Nbd7 9. e5 b4 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bf4 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qc7 13. Qa3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. h4 f5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. c3 Rb8 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Rxd6
Re1+ 22. Kc2 Qb7 23. Qxc5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxh1 25. Rd7 Qb6 26. Qd5 Qe6 27. Bc4
Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rf8 29. Be7 Rc8 30. Rxa7 f4 31. a4 Rh2 32. a5 Rxg2+ 33. Kb3 Rd2
34. Rd7 Rb8+ 35. Bb4 Kh8 36. a6 h5 37. a7 Ra8 38. Bxa8 Rxd7 39. Bb7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 N5f6 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Na4 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Nc3 O-O
15. e4 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Bf3 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. Nd1 Rac8 21. b3
cxb3 22. axb3 Rc7 23. Ne3 Bc8 24. Rc2 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Rdc8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4
Nd6 28. b4 Ncb7 29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Nxc8 31. Rxc8+ Nd8 32. Nf5 Qd7 33. Nb3
Kf8 34. Ra8 Ke8 35. Nc5 Qc7 36. Nxg7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Black "Locci, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be6 6. O-O Bd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nd6 b5
15. a4 a6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. f4 f5 18. g4 Nb6 19. gxf5 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf3 Rf5 24. Ra5 Rcf8 25. Rxb5 Rd8 26. Ra5 h6 27. h4
Kh7 28. Kh2 Rdf8 29. Qxd5 Qg6 30. Qg2 Rxf4 31. Qxg6+ Kxg6 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. d5
Rxh4+ 34. Kg3 Rd4 35. e6 Kf6 36. Rc5 g5 37. Kf3 Rd2 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kd4 Rxb2
40. Rc7 Rd2+ 41. Kc5 c3 42. Kd6 Re2 43. Rxc3 g4 44. Kd7 h5 45. Rc8 g3 46. Rg8
h4 47. Kd8 g2 48. e7 Rxe7 49. Rxg2 Rg7 50. Re2 Rg8+ 51. Kc7 Rg7+ 52. Kc6 h3 53.
Rh2 Rg3 54. d6 Rc3+ 55. Kd7 Kg5 56. Rd2 Ra3 57. Kc7 Rc3+ 58. Kb8 Rb3+ 59. Kc7
Rc3+ 60. Kd8 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Black "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nd6 cxd4 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd6 13. Qh5 f5 14. f4 Nd7
15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. b3 Rac8 21. Qf2
Ne4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Rc3 24. Rf3 Rfc8 25. Ree3 Kf7 26. Ne2 R3c7 27. h3
Kf6 28. g4 g6 29. c4 Nd2 30. Rg3 dxc4 31. bxc4 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rd3 Bb5
34. g5+ hxg5 35. fxg5+ Ke7 36. Rd2 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Re3 Bc4
40. a3 b5 41. h4 Rb2 42. h5 gxh5 43. g6+ Kf6 44. Rg3 Rb3 45. Nxh5+ Ke7 46. Rg5
Rxa3 47. g7 e5 48. Rxf5 Re3 49. Rf8 Rh3 50. Rf5 Re3 51. Rf8 a5 52. Ra8 Rh3 53.
Ra7+ Kd6 54. Nf6 Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Ra3 56. Ne4+ Kc6 57. Ra8 Kc7 58. Re8 b4 59. Rxe5
Kd7 60. Nf6+ Kd6 61. Rg5 Bf7 62. g8=Q Bxg8 63. Rxg8 b3 64. Ne4+ Ke5 65. Nc3 a4
66. Rb8 Ra1 67. Nxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. d6 exd6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 Nd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. c3 Ne6 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. f4 f5 15. Qc2
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Kh8 17. Qd3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rf5 19. Ndxb6 axb6 20. Nxd6 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 Qa5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. h4
h5 9. Nc1 b5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. a3 a6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. Nc4 O-O
16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bh6 d5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qg3+ 21. Ke2 Ng4
22. Raf1 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 e5 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bc4 exd4+ 27. Kxd4 Ne5
28. Bb3 Bg4 29. Ke3 Rad8 30. Nb7 Ra8 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Kd4 Rd8 33. Kc5 f6 34. Rf2
Nd7+ 35. Kxc6 Nb8+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Qb4
15. a3 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. d6 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bd5 Rab8 20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Rc1
b5 22. Ne2 c4 23. b4 Rb6 24. Nfd4 Nxg3 25. Nxg3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd6 27. Rdd1 Be6
28. Bb7 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nc7 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. Nc3 Rb6 33. Be4 Rd6 34.
Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Kf1 a6 36. Ke2 Bd5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. f3 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Ne6 40. a4
bxa4 41. Nxa4 Nd4 42. Nc5 Nc2+ 43. Kd2 Nxb4 44. Kc3 Nd3 45. Nxa6 Kxe4 46. Nc7
Nf4 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Black "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c4 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d4 Rfe8 12. a3 c6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qd2 Bg4
15. f3 Bh3 16. e4 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc7 19. d5 Be5 20. Rae1 Rad8 21.
Rf5 cxd5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Rde8 26. Qf3 R1e2+
27. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nxd5 29. Kd3 Ne7 30. Kc4 Kf8 31. Kc5 Nc8 32. a4 f6 33.
g4 Ke7 34. Kd5 Kd7 35. g5 Ne7+ 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. Bd4 Nc6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Bf2 a6
40. h3 h6 41. Be3 f5+ 42. Kd3 h5 43. Kc4 Ne5+ 44. Kd4 Nd7 45. Bc1 Nf6 46. Kc5
Nd5 47. Kd4 b6 48. Bd2 Ne7 49. Bf4 Nc6+ 50. Kc4 Ne5+ 51. Kd4 Nf3+ 52. Ke3 Ne5
53. Kd4 Nc6+ 54. Kc4 Na5+ 55. Kc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rc1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Rf8 15.
O-O Rad8 16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Kh1 e5 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 e6 20. Rf3 Nd4 21. Rh3 Qc7
22. Qh4 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Rd7 24. Ng1 Qd8 25. Nf3 Qe8 26. c5 Rc7 27. Rf1 Qg6 28.
cxd6 Rc2 29. Rg3 Qxe4 30. Qg5 Nh5 31. Rh3 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Re1 Re2 34. Rg1
Qd5 35. Qe7 Re3 36. d7 Rd3 37. Qh4 h6 38. Qg4 Qxd7 39. Ne5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 b5 11. Qc2 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Nxc6 Rc8 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Qxb4 a5 20. Qd2 Ne4 21.
Qd4 Bxe2 22. Rfe1 Rc2 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Bxc1 Bc4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. a4 bxa3 30. bxa3 f5 31. a4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Be2 33.
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15.
Nd5 Re8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Qc1 Ne6 19. Bh4 Rc8 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. e5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc5 24. Qd1 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe5 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Qxc4
Qb8 28. Bd7 Qxb2 29. Bxe7 Qd2 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Bxe6 Rb8 32. Bxf7+ Kg7 33. Bd5
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Black "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. h3
Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Bd8 15.
Na5 Bxa5 16. bxa5 Ra8 17. Ra4 Rfc8 18. Rb4 Ra7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Ne8 22. f3 Nc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Re1 Ra8 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Rc1 f6 28.
Rc3 Rdd7 29. Bg2 e5 30. Rcb3 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cordara, Michele"]
[Black "Valenti, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 c5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nd5 exd5 12. Nf5 dxe4 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Bh6
Kg8 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. f4 Neg4 17. Bg5 d5 18. h3 Bc5+ 19. Nd4 h6 20. Bh4 h5 21.
hxg4 hxg4 22. c3 b5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Kf1 Rxc3 25. Qd2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Black "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. h3 h6 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Rfe1 Bf4 16. Ne5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Rd5
21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. c4 Bb7 23. Re1 Bc6 24. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 f6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Bxd7 Nf6 12. Qxe5 Qxd7 13. O-O Kf7 14. Bf4
Rhe8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rb3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Kg8 18. Be5 Rf8 19. c4 Ne4 20. Rh3 Qf7
21. cxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2049"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bf5 13. e4 Qb4 14. O-O Nxe4
15. Nd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 Kg8 20. Qxf5 Nf6
21. Be5 Qd7 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qg6 Kf8 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. Qf4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd2 27.
Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bd5 b6 32. Kf1 Nc5 33.
b3 Ne6 34. Bc4 Nc7 35. a4 f6 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. f4 a6 39. Bf7 h5 40.
g3 b5 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Black "Landi, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be6 10. f4 f5 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. c3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O-O d4
15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bc4 Nxe5 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. fxe5 dxc3
21. Bxc3 f4 22. Kb1 Qe7 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Qxf4 Rf8 27.
Qe4 Qe6 28. Red1 Be7 29. Rd7 Ra6 30. Qd5 Rb8 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rdd7
Kf8 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Bc5 36. Rd7 h5 37. h3 Rg6 38. Rd2 Ke7 39. Kc2 Rg3
40. Kb3 Ke6 41. Kc4 Bg1 42. Bd4 Be3 43. Re2 Bxd4 44. Kxd4 g5 45. Ke4 a5 46. Kd4
g4 47. hxg4 Rxg4+ 48. Kc5 a4 49. b3 axb3 50. axb3 Rg8 51. b4 Rc8+ 52. Kb5 Kd5
53. e6 Rb8+ 54. Ka4 Kc4 55. Ka5 Re8 56. e7 Kd5 57. b5 Kc5 58. Ka6 Kd6 59. Kb7
1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Locci, Damiano"]
[Black "Ricci, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. f3 Kh8 13. b4 Ng8 14. Nb5 Ngf6 15. bxa5
Nc5 16. Qc2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nfxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Nxe4 20. Rb3 Nc5 21.
Rg3 Bf5 22. Qe2 c6 23. Nc3 Qxa5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. h4 Qe7 27. Bg5
Bf6 28. Qf3 e4 29. Qf2 Qg7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Re3 Qe5 32. h5 Rxa3 33. hxg6 hxg6
34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. g4 Bxg4 36. Rg3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 38. Qxg4 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qh6+
40. Bh3 Qd2+ 41. Bg2 Qd4 42. Qh4 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 d5 44. Qe1 Nd3 45. Qa5 Nf4 46.
cxd5 Qg5 47. Qd2 cxd5 48. Qb2+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3 b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Rxa4 15.
Qxa4 Be6 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Qa7 h6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Bd2 g5 20. Bg6 e6 21. Ne2 Nd5
22. Ng3 c5 23. dxc5 Nc6 24. Qa3 Nd4 25. cxd6 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Nf4 27. Bb1 Qa8 28.
Kh2 Qd5 29. Qe3 Bxb2 30. Bc3+ Bxc3 31. Qxc3+ Kg8 32. Ne4 Qf5 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34.
Rg1 Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bf3
e5 9. Nb3 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 h6 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 a5 16. Qd3 Ba6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Be2 Bb7 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 f5 21. f3 Bh4
22. Reb1 f4 23. Bf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qc7 25. c4 Nc5 26. Kg1 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Ba6 28.
Rc1 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rab8 30. Qb2 Rb4 31. Rxb4 axb4 32. Qb3 Rb8 33. Bd3 Qe3 34. Rb1
Kf7 35. h3 Qd2 36. a5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Black "De Florio, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be2 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Bf2 Bd6 13. g3 Qg5 14. Ng2 h5
15. c4 Ne7 16. f4 Qf6 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Qb3 Nf5 19. Rad1 h4 20. Qxb7 hxg3 21.
Qxc6+ Kf8 22. hxg3 Ne7 23. Qa4 Bf5 24. g4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Qg6 26. Qa5 Rb8 27. Qg5
Qxg5 28. fxg5 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Black "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Be6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. c4 c5 11. h3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 a6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Be3 Ne5 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Rd1 Kf7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. h4 Rd4 21. b3
Qc5 22. Rh3 Ke7 23. Be4 Rhd8 24. Rhd3 b6 25. g3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 f5
28. Bb7 a5 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. f4 e5 32. fxe5 Ke6 33. Kf3 Kxe5 34. h5
h6 35. Bc6 Kd6 36. Be8 Ke5 37. Bd7 Bc5 38. Bc6 Ba3 39. Bd7 Bc1 40. Bc8 Kf6 41.
Bd7 g6 42. hxg6 Kxg6 43. Be8+ Kf6 44. Bh5 Ke5 45. Bg6 Bg5 46. Be8 f4 47. gxf4+
Bxf4 48. Kg4 Bc1 49. Kh5 Kd4 50. Bf7 Kc5 51. Be8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Black "Ricci, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 b6 4. bxc5 bxc5 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Rb8 9. O-O Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qa4+ Nfd7 14. Rab1 Rxb1
15. Rxb1 Qxc4 16. Rb8 Qxc3 17. Bxe5 Qc7 18. Ra8 dxe5 19. Qxa6 Nb6 20. Qb5+ Ke7
21. Nc6+ Kf6 22. Ra7 Bb7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxe5+ Kg6 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Qf4 h5 27.
h4 e5 28. Qf5+ Kh6 29. Bf3 g6 30. Qf6 Bg7 31. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qf4 Qd6 14. Qh6 Nd7
15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bg7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Bb3 c5 21.
a4 c4 22. Ba2 a6 23. b3 Nc5 24. dxc5 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Rxd2 26. R4e2 Bc3 27. bxc4
bxc4 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. g3 Kg7 30. Bxc4 Rd4 31. Re4 Rb4 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Bxa6
Rxa4 34. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Black "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Qe2 d4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd2 Bb5
15. Nb2 Qc7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Nf6 18. Nd1 Ng4 19. g3 Ne5 20. Kg2 a5 21. a4 Ba6
22. f4 Nd7 23. Ndf2 Qb6 24. Ng1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Bc8 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28.
e5 Qb4 29. Re2 f5 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Ne4 e5 32. fxe5 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 fxe5 34. Rf1
Bh3+ 35. Kxh3 Rxf1 36. Nxc5 Raf8 37. Kg2 R1f7 38. Re2 Re7 39. Ne4 Re6 40. Nd2
Rfe8 41. Re4 Rf6 42. Re2 Rfe6 43. Nc4 c5 44. Re4 Rf8 45. Nxa5 Ref6 46. Re2 Rf3
47. Nb7 Re3 48. Rf2 e4 49. Nxc5 Rxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Re3+ 52. Kd2 exd3
53. Nxd3 Rf3 54. a5 Kf8 55. a6 Rf6 56. Nc5 Rc6 57. a7 Rc8 58. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Black "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Na5 9. Qa3 Ne4 10. b4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. b5 Na5 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Rad1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc8 17. Qb2 Be7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxf6 Qxc5 20. Qxh8+ Bf8
21. Qxh7 Ba4 22. Rd4 Nc6 23. Rf4 Nd8 24. Nd2 Bb5 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27.
Qh4 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Rxc4+ Bc6 31. Nd7 Qxe2 32. Qf4+ e5 33.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. Nxe5 Ra2 35. Rdc1 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Black "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 g6 13. Ba6 Rhf8 14. Nc5
bxc5 15. Qb5 Bxa6 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6 20. Qb5+
Ka8 21. Qe2 exd5 22. Rexd5 Rde8 23. Qg4 d6 24. Qd7 Qf4+ 25. R5d2 Qf7 26. Qc6+
Kb8 27. a4 Qb3 28. a5 Qb7 29. Qa4 a6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rb2 Re4 32. f3 Rc4 33. Rd4
Rxd4 34. cxd4 c5 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Rd2 Qb5 37. Qxb5+ axb5 38. Rd6 Kc7 39. Rb6
Rb8 40. Rf6 Rb7 41. a6 Rb6 42. a7 Rxf6 43. a8=Q Rb6 44. Qa7+ Kc6 45. Qxh7 Kd5
46. Qd7+ Kc4 47. Kd2 b3 48. Qd3+ Kb4 49. Qc3+ Ka4 50. Qxc5 Rb7 51. Kc3 b4+ 52.
Kb2 g5 53. Qc6+ Rb5 54. f4 gxf4 55. h4 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Re1+ Be7 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nxc6 Qc7 11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. d4 O-O 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14.
Ne2 Nf5 15. Nf4 Rfe8 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. a4 d4 18. a5 Qc6 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. f3 Bd5
21. Rf1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxc2 24. Bf4 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc1 f6
27. h4 Rae8 28. Rc6 R8e6 29. Rc7 Re7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Kf2 Re6 32. b4 Kf7 33.
Nc5 Rc6 34. Kf3 d3 35. h5 g5 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. Ke3 g5 38. Bh2 Kg6 39. Kxd3 f5
40. Be5 Kh5 41. Kd4 Kg4 42. Kd5 Rg6 43. Bd6 f4 44. Ne4 Kf5 45. Be7 Rg7 46. Nd6+
Kg4 47. Bf6 Rc7 48. Ne4 Rc2 49. Bxg5 Rxg2 50. Be7 f3 51. Bc5 Kf5 52. Bd4 Rc2
53. Nc5 f2 54. Bxf2 Rxf2 55. Nxa6 Rb2 56. Kc6 Rb1 57. b5 Ra1 58. b6 Rxa5 59.
Nc7 Ra1 60. b7 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Black "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. a3 Nc6
15. Nd2 Rc5 16. Be3 Re5 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Nxe5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe5 20. Qd5 Qc7
21. Bd4 gxf5 22. Qb3 e6 23. Bxa7 Nc4 24. Rfd1 Na5 25. Qb6 Qxc3 26. Qxd6 Nc6 27.
Bb6 Be5 28. Qd7 f4 29. Rab1 Qxc2 30. Rbc1 Qb2 31. Qxb7 f3 32. Rg1 Na5 33. Qe4
f5 34. Qb4 f2 35. Rgf1 Nb7 36. Bxf2 Nd6 37. Bc5 Ne4 38. Qxb2 Bxb2 39. Bxf8 Kxf8
40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. a4 Bd4 42. a5 Nd6 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rb1 Ne4 45. g3 e5 46. Rb6+
Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh5 48. Rxh7+ Kg4 49. Kg2 f4 50. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Astengo, Marcello"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Kh1 b6 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 b5 16. Qf4 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Re5 19. c5 d5 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. b3
Qa5 22. Rc1 Kg7 23. Rfd1 Qd8 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Qf2 dxe4 27. Nc4 e3
28. Qe2 Re6 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Re1 a5 31. Qc4 Nd5 32. Be2 Qf6 33. Rcd1 Ne5 34. Qc2
Re7 35. Nb2 Bc8 36. Nbc4 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Nc3 38. Rd3 Bf5 39. Nxf5+ Qxf5 40. Qb2
Qxc5 41. a3 Rbe8 42. axb4 axb4 43. h3 Qg5 44. Qc1 Qf4 45. Kg1 Re5 46. Qa1 e2
47. Qa7 R8e7 48. Qb6 c5 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Black "Gioseffi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Bb3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. Ng3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. d4 Qc7 15.
d5 exd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Bf4 Rb6 19. N3h4 c4 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. Nxg7
Rb5 22. Nh5 Rxd5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Gallucci, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 Rc5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Qc7 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bc6 21.
Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rhf1 Bd5 23. f4 f5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Rde1 c4 26. Re5 Qxe5 27.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Kb2 Rf7 29. Qa5 Rb7 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. a3 cxb3 32. cxb3 Rf7 33.
Kc3 Rf3+ 34. Kd4 a6 35. b4 Rf8 36. Qa5 Re8 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Kc5 Rf8 39. Kd6 Rf3
40. Qc8 Rd3 41. Ke7 Bc4 42. Qxa6 Rh3 43. Qa7 Kg5 44. a4 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Rxh2 46.
b5 Bd5 47. Qb4 Ra2 48. Kd6 Ra8 49. Qd2+ Kg4 50. Qe2+ Kg3 51. Qe3+ Kg4 52. Qg1+
Kf5 53. Qf2+ Ke4 54. Kc7 Ra3 55. Qe2+ Kf5 56. Qc2+ Be4 57. Qf2+ Rf3 58. Qb2 Bd5
59. b6 Ke4 60. Qc2+ Kxe5 61. Qh2+ Kd4 62. Qxh7 Rc3+ 63. Kd7 Rb3 64. Qxg6 Kc5
65. Kc7 Rc3 66. Qg7 Kb4+ 67. Kd8 Rc6 68. Qb2+ Kc5 69. b7 Rd6+ 70. Ke7 Bxb7 71.
Qa3+ Kc4 72. Kxd6 Bd5 73. Qe3 Kb4 74. Qc5+ Kb3 75. Ke5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Sibilio, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. d4 dxc4 8. e3
Bg4 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Qxc4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Rd1 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Qb3 Qb6
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Be3 b6 20. Nc3 Ndf6 21.
Rac1 Qd7 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc2 Qf5 24. Bg2 c5 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. dxc5 bxc5 27.
Rd5 Re5 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qc4 h5 30. b4 Rd8 31. bxc5 Qf5 32. Rc1 Qf3 33. c6 Be5
34. c7 Rc8 35. Qc6 Qg4 36. Qd5 Qf5 37. Bxa7 h4 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bd4 hxg3 40.
hxg3 Bxd4 41. Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Be7 6. g3 Bf6 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. Bg2 Nc8
9. Nh3 Nd6 10. b3 a5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nd3 Qe8 15. e4 a4
16. exf5 axb3 17. Ne4 Nxf5 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Ndxc5 bxc5 20. Nxc5 b2 21. Rb1 Bc8
22. Bb4 d6 23. Ne4 Bd8 24. Rxb2 Nd4 25. Re1 g5 26. h3 Qg6 27. g4 Qf7 28. Re3
Kh8 29. Bc3 Qg7 30. Rd3 Rxa3 31. Rxd4 Rxc3 32. Ra4 Rc5 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Ra8
Bd7 35. Rbb8 Qf6 36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Florio, Federico"]
[Black "Ubezio, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. g3 f6 14. Ngf3
b5 15. O-O Rbe8 16. Rfe1 Nh6 17. Rad1 Nf7 18. Nf1 Qd7 19. Ne3 Nd6 20. Nd2 Na5
21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 a5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ra2 Ra7 25. Rea1 Rfa8 26. Qd3 c6 27.
Ng2 Qe7 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Qg4 Ne4 31. Nh4 Nd6 32. Raa1 Qc8 33. Re3 g6
34. Rae1 Kf7 35. Qh3 Rae7 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. g4 Nf7 38. g5 f5 39. Ne5 Nxe5 40.
Qh6+ Kg8 41. Rxe5 Rd8 42. Qh3 Rd6 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. h4 Re8 45. h5 Rh8 46. h6 Re8
47. Ra1 Qc7 48. c4 Rdd8 49. cxb5 cxb5 50. Rc1 Qb6 51. Qd2 Rc8 52. Ree1 b4 53.
Qe3 Qd6 54. Rc5 Rxc5 55. dxc5 d4 56. cxd6 dxe3 57. fxe3 Rd8 58. Rc1 Ke8 59. Rc6
Rd7 60. Kf2 Ra7 61. e4 fxe4 62. Ke3 Kd7 63. Rb6 Kc8 64. Kxe4 Rf7 65. Ke5 Kd7
66. Rb7+ Ke8 67. Rxf7 Kxf7 68. d7 Ke7 69. d8=Q+ Kxd8 70. Kxe6 Ke8 71. Kf6 Kf8
72. f5 gxf5 73. g6 Kg8 74. Kxf5 hxg6+ 75. Kxg6 Kh8 76. h7 a4 77. bxa4 b3 78.
Kf7 Kxh7 79. a5 1-0

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ferri, Stefano"]
[Black "Lamagna, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foglia, Maurizio"]
[Black "Paglietti, Nicola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. dxc5 e5 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Qe7 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Rc1 f5 16. f4 d4 17. fxe5 dxe3 18. Nd4 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. c6 Nd2 23. cxb7 Bd5 24. b8=Q Rxb8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Re8 28. a4 Rd6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kf1 f4 33. Ke2 g5 34.
Rb1 Re8 35. h3 Ra8 36. Rb2 h6 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Kc4 Rc8+ 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Ke2 Rxc3
41. b6 Rxd4 42. b7 Rd8 43. b8=Q Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 e2 47.
Rb6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frugoli, Francesco"]
[Black "Pepino, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Bd2 Qc8 15.
Rae1 c4 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Kh1 a6 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bg5 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qh4 Rb7 24. Rf2 b4 25. Ne2 b3 26. Nc3 bxc2 27. Rxc2 Nd3 28.
Ree2 Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxc3 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Qf2 Bg7 33. Rf1 Rf8 34.
Qh4 Re8 35. Qf2 e6 36. dxe6 Rxe6 37. Qf3 Re8 38. h4 c3 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bc1 Qc4
41. Re1 d5 42. Rf1 dxe4 43. Qf4 c2 44. Re1 Re6 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qg3 Rf6 47. Kg1
Rg6 48. Qh4 Bd4+ 49. Kh1 e3 50. Qe4 Qc6 51. Qxc6 Rxc6 52. Kh2 Rg6 53. Kh3 Rg4
54. Re2 Re4 55. Kg3 f5 56. Kf3 h4 57. Rxc2 Rg4 58. Re2 Kg6 59. Bxe3 Bxe3 60.
Rxe3 Kg5 61. Kf2 Rf4+ 62. Kg1 Ra4 63. Kh2 Kg4 64. Re8 Kf4 65. Rh8 Ke3 66. Kh3
Kf2 67. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Landi, Andrea"]
[Black "Roversi, Stefano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rab1 Qa5 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Kh1 Be6 15. b3 Qb4 16. f3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Rbd1 d4 20. Nb1 Qxd2 21.
Rxd2 Ne4 22. Rdd1 c5 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. Rde1 Nc3 25. Nxc3 dxc3 26. Kg1 a5 27. Rb1
Rb4 28. a4 Bxb3 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. cxb3 Rxd3 31. Rc1 f5 32. Rc2 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6
34. Ke2 Rd4 35. Rxc3 Rxf4 36. Rxc5 Re4+ 37. Kd3 Rxe5 38. Rc8 f4 39. Kd4 Re3 40.
Rb8 Re2 41. Rf8 g5 42. Rh8 Rxg2 43. Rxh7 f3 44. Rh3 g4 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46. Ra6 f2
47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Locci, Damiano"]
[Black "Cordara, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lombardi, Mariano"]
[Black "Caprio, Guido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. g4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Nce2 Nh5 15.
Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. f4 Qa8 19. Qg2 Rfc8 20. Rd2 e5 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qxh1+ 26. Qd1 Qxd1+
27. Kxd1 e4 28. f6 Bf8 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. h3 a6 31. Bd4 Bf4 32. Be3 Be5 33. b3 h6
34. gxh6 Bxf6 35. Bc5 Bc3 36. Ke3 f5 37. Kf4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martorelli, Antonio"]
[Black "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 11. c3 Bd6 12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15.
O-O c5 16. Na3 a6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Qd2
Ra4 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qc2 Ra3 27. Re1
Qg4 28. h3 Qf4 29. Rac1 Rb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Ne4 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. Qxb3 g5
34. Qa4 h5 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. a3 Nd6 37. Qe7 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40.
Nxe5 f5 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Kg5 43. Nc5 a5 44. a4 f4 45. Nb3 Nc4 46. Nc5 Kf5
47. Ke2 Nb6 48. Nb3 Nxa4 49. Nxa5 Ke4 50. Nb3 Nc3+ 51. Kd2 Nd5 52. Ke2 Ne3 53.
Kf2 Nd1+ 54. Ke2 Ne3 55. g3 f3+ 56. Kf2 Nd1+ 57. Ke1 {...} 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Brancaleoni, Maurizio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
d3 d6 9. Bd2 f6 10. a3 a5 11. Na4 O-O 12. c3 Be6 13. b3 Qb8 14. Rb1 Qb5 15. c4
Qa6 16. Nc3 Nf7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. h3
f5 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Ne2 Re8 25. Ng3 Bh8 26. Bc3 c5 27. Qd2 Qb7 28.
Ra1 h6 29. Nh4 f4 30. Ne4 Kh7 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Kh2 Qe7 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Nfd2 Bg7
35. Qh5 Bf8 36. Nf3 Rg6 37. Nh4 Rg8 38. Nf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5+ Rg6 40. Ra8 Bg7 41.
Qc8 Bh8 42. Qf5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rettore, Ludwig"]
[Black "Borgiani, Flavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 f5 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. Bd3 Qd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 d5 12. c3 O-O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Qd3 Kb7 15.
a5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd3 21. Nd2
Rhf8 22. Bc2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 24. Kg3 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qxc2 26. e6 Qg6+ 27.
Qg4 Rd3+ 28. Kf4 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ricci, Marco"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Gianluca"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Kh1 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Qe1 Nh5 11. Bd1 Qh4 12. Nd2 g6 13. a4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
a5 Bc7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. dxe4 Nf4 19. Bc2 Rf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 O-O-O 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. Bh6 Rf6 26. Bd2 Rdf8 27. Rf3 h6
28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Bb6 30. Ra1 Ng5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Re1 Rh6 33. Re2 Bc7 34.
Rff2 g4 35. Kg1 Bb6 36. Kg2 Rfh8 37. Kf1 g3 38. hxg3 Rh1+ 39. Kg2 R1h2+ 40. Kf3
Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Bxf2 42. f6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rorato, Giovanni Riccardo"]
[Black "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. a3 b6 10. c3 Bd6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Qe2 O-O 15.
d5 Bc8 16. Rfb1 Qe7 17. Ne1 f5 18. f3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd3 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Bf5 22. c4 Be5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Bxe4 27. Qxe4
Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. d6 cxd6 30. cxd6 Rd8 31. Rxa6 Rd7 32. Rc6 Kf7 33. Kf2
Ke6 34. Rc7 g5 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. g3 fxg3+ 37. hxg3 Re6 38. g4 Rxd6 39. Rh1 Rf6+
40. Kg3 Ke6 41. Re1+ Kd5 42. Re8 Re6 43. Rd8+ Ke4 44. Rd1 Ra6 45. Re1+ Kd4 46.
Rb1 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Ke4 48. Rf1 Re3 49. Rf2 Rb3 50. Rf1 Rb6 51. Kg3 Ke3 52. Re1+
Kd2 53. Re8 Rb3+ 54. Kg2 Re3 55. Rh8 Re2+ 56. Kg3 Re6 57. Rf8 Ke1 58. Rf7 Ke2
59. Rf2+ Ke3 60. Rf1 Ke4 61. Re1+ Kd5 62. Rh1 Ke5 63. Rf1 Rf6 64. Re1+ Kd6 65.
Re2 Re6 66. Rd2+ Ke7 67. Rf2 Rf6 68. Re2+ Kf7 69. Re1 Kg7 70. Rh1 Kg6 71. Rh5
Rf1 72. Rh2 Rg1+ 73. Kf3 Ra1 74. Rh5 Rd1 75. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. h4 Na6 11. d5 Nac5 12. b4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne4 15.
Rd3 exd5 16. cxd5 a5 17. b5 f4 18. Rd4 Nd6 19. Qd3 fxg3 20. fxg3 Qe7 21. Ng5
Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 g6 23. Rf4 Re8 24. e4 h6 25. Nh3 Nf7 26. Nf2 Ne5 27. Qb3 d6 28.
Bh3 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. Qc3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Ng4 Ng6 35. Qf3+ Qf7 36. Qe3 Qe7 37. Qf3+ Kg7 38. Qf5 Nh8 39. e5 dxe5 40. Nxe5
Qd8 41. Nc6 Qf6 42. Qd7+ Nf7 43. Qxc7 Qb2+ 44. Kh3 Qxb5 45. Nd8 Qxd5 46. Nxf7
Qf5+ 47. g4 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qxf7 49. Qxb6 Qxa2+ 50. Kg3 Qd5 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qb6+
Ke7 53. Qc7+ Ke6 54. Qc8+ Ke5 55. Qh8+ Ke4 56. Qh1+ Kd4 57. Qa1+ Kd3 58. Qd1+
Kc4 59. Qc1+ Kb5 60. Qb1+ Kc6 61. Qc2+ Qc5 62. Qe4+ Qd5 63. Qc2+ Qc5 64. Qe4+
Kb5 65. Qb1+ Ka4 66. Qd1+ Kb5 67. Qb1+ Kc6 68. Qe4+ Qd5 69. Qc2+ Kb5 70. Qb1+
Ka4 71. Qa1+ Kb3 72. Qb1+ Kc3 73. Qc1+ Kb4 74. Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Puzzoni, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Qh5 Nf6 5. Qxe5+ Be7 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
Bxc6 Bd6 9. Qg5 h6 10. Qh4 bxc6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nge2 Rb8 13. b3 Ba6 14. O-O
Qa5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Qf4 Rbd8 17. Qg3 c5 18. h3 Nh5 19. Qe3 f5 20. dxc5 f4 21.
Qd4 dxc5 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Rad1 Qg6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxe4 Qf7 26. Qc6 Bb7 27.
Qxc5 Qg6 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. g4 fxg3 30. f4 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "C.to Italiano Semifinale"]
[Site "Saint Vincent - Chatillon ITA"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8
15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Qh3 g6 20. Re3 Bc5 21.
Rg3 Bf8 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Nd5 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Ng5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27. Qe1
Bxg3 28. Qxg3 Qc7 29. Qh3 f6 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe8 Re7 32. Ne6+ Rxe6 33. Qxe6
Nf4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qc5+ Qe5 38. Qf2 Kh6 39. Qe2
Qf4 40. Kg1 Bd5 41. c3 Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Qf2 Qc1+ 45. Bf1 Bc4
46. Qa7+ Kh6 47. Qf2 Bxf1 48. Qxf1 Qxb2 49. Qf4+ Kg7 50. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

