Open Chess Tournaments in Italy

Coming Next - 2nd Festival Francophone

Coming Next - 2nd Festival Francophone

July 3-9th, Arvier (Aosta Valley)
2nd Festival Francophone (open, 9 rounds) - official website www.scacchivda.com. Last year winner was Canadian IM Jean Hebert.
Open to all the players from about 70 countries belonging to the "Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie" (OIF), www.francophonie.org
The organizator is Mr Agostino Scalfi, email a.scalfi@scacchi.vda - phone +++(0)165-99097, mobile ++3472513645
Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines.

6th European Union Chess Championship

September 4-12th, Arvier (Aosta Valley)
6th European Union championship (open, 9 rounds) - www.scacchivda.com
Open to all players from the countries belonging to European Union, with wild card for players from Croatia, Fyrom and Turkey, but without the right to the title.
Aosta Valley is one of the most famous touristic regions in Italy, very well known for its castles, food and wines.

Livigno Open

September 10-18th, Livigno (Sondrio, Valtellina)
Open A for players rated higher than 2000 elo, Open B for players U2000 elo, Open C for unrated players
www.livignoscacchi.it - www.livigno.eu
Livigno is very well known as touristic skiing town. It is said "the little Tibet". A few kilometers from the city lies the village of Trepalle, at 2250 meters above sea level, the highest inhabited place of Europe!

Adolivio Capece
Press Officer, Italian Chess Federation