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Italian Chess Championship 2009 - Round Six

GM Lexy Ortega is a sole leader

The 69th Italian Chess Championship is taking place from 23rd November until 4th December, in Sarre, Aosta Valley. Twelve players compete over eleven rounds of berger system for the title of Italian Champion and prize fund of 14.000 EUR.

Six rounds have been played before the rest day on Sunday and GM Lexy Ortega is a sole leader with 4.5 points. Make sure to replay (bellow) his beautiful win against FM Rombaldoni. Five time Italian champion GM Michele Godena also won in round six and is now half a point behind Ortega, sharing the second place with IM Carlo D'Amore. GM Daniele Vocaturo suffered another defeat, this time against the youngest participant, 16-years old Andrea Stella. Round 7 is on Monday.

Ita Stella

Andrea Stella

In the meantime, the best Italian player Fabiano Caruana is storming through the World Chess Cup, having eliminated the Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev, another member of the 2700-club.

Round 6 results:
Stella Andrea - Vocaturo Daniele 1 - 0
D'Amore Carlo - Valsecchi Alessio ½ - ½
Rombaldoni Denis - Garcia Palermo Carlos ½ - ½
Godena Michele - Bruno Fabio 1 - 0
Brunello Sabino - Genocchio Daniele ½ - ½
Ortega Lexy - Rombaldoni Axel 1 - 0

Round 6 standings:
1. GM Ortega Lexy 2459 - 4.5
2. GM Godena Michele 2537 - 4.0
3. IM D'Amore Carlo 2489 - 4.0
4. GM Vocaturo Daniele 2500 - 3.5
5. IM Bruno Fabio 2460 - 3.0
6. IM Brunello Sabino 2507 - 3.0
7. IM Rombaldoni Denis 2504 - 3.0
8. GM Garcia Palermo Carlo 2475 - 2.5
9. FM Genocchio Daniele 2464 - 2.5
10. FM Stella Andrea 2346 - 2.5
11. FM Valsecchi Alessio 2336 - 2.0
12. FM Rombaldoni Axel 2442 - 1.5

Round 7 pairings:
Rombaldoni Axel (1.5) - Stella Andrea (2.5)
Genocchio Daniele (2.5) - Ortega Lexy (4.5)
Bruno Fabio (3.0) - Brunello Sabino (3.0)
Garcia Palermo Carlos (2.5) - Godena Michele (4.0)
Valsecchi Alessio (2.0) - Rombaldoni Denis (3.0)
Vocaturo Daniele (3.5) - D'Amore Carlo (4.0)

Ita playing hall

The playing hall, photo by A. Scalfi

Round 3 report

More information on the official website