2019-01-02

Vergani Cup Elite 2019

Vergani Cup Le Terrazze - Elite Open is held in Villorba, Italy between 2nd and 5th of January 2019
42 players - representing 17 countries, participated in the event. There were 12 GMs among the participants. Famous chess players Alexey Dreev and Georgia's best player Baadur Jobava were among the participants of the tournament.
Time control: 90' + 30" bonus
The first 10 players in the start list
No. Name                                     FED         Rtg
1 GM Dreev Aleksey RUSSIAN 2670
2 GM Jobava Baadur          GEO 2629
3 GM Andriasian Zaven     ARM 2604
4 GM Buhmann Rainer          GIVE 2574
5 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel           ARM 2574
6 GM Epishin Vladimir    RUSSIAN 2563
7 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy             UKR 2550
8 GM Basso Pier Luigi SO 2522
9 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2509
10 IN THE Gazik Viktor SVK 2504

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Schedule in UTC:

 Round 1   02th January 10:00
 Round 2   02th January 16:00
 Round 3   03th January 9:00
 Round 4   03th January 15:00
 Round 5   04th January 9:00
 Round 6   04th January 15:00
 Round 7   05th January 9:00
 Round 8   05th January 15:00
 Round  9   06th January  9:00


The Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Armenia scored 6.5 points out of 9 and solely became winner of the tournament. 4 players shared 2-5 places with 6 points apiece. Due to higher tie-break Vitaliy Bernandskiy of Ukraine came second and Alexey Dreev finished the tournament on 3rd place.

Watch the games of the Vergani Cup Elite 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.