The Italian Blind Chess Association (ASCI) organized, from July 26th to August 1st 2014, the 42nd Italian Chess Championship for blind and visually impaired players. Venue for the Championship was the Ritz Hotel, a nice and welcoming hotel in front of the renoned beach of Senigallia, a beautiful town near Ancona, on the Adriatic Sea.

From a combative pool of 22 players (2 women), came out, first time Champion, Claudio Gasperoni, from Viterbo, after a great performance (6 points over 7 games, +5 =2). Second was Mauro Fratini (MC) and third Marco Casadei (FC). Bersan Vrioni, last year’s champion, came out on the fourth place. During the championship an exhibition was held in the town center, where two players from the tournament played a so called “blindfolded” game without touching (nor seeing) the board. All players, with friends and relatives, were very happy with the warm welcome and help they received at the Ritz Hotel. So they asked us, the Organizers, to keep it in mind when organizing new events.

 

Final standings

Pos	ID	T	Name	Rtg	PRtg	Pts	Buc1	BucT	ARO
1	4	1N	GASPERONI Claudio	1855	2083	6.0	27.5	30.5	1774.0
2	2	CM	FRATINI Mauro	1905	1925	5.5	27.5	31.0	1694.6
3	5	1N	CASADEI Marco	1782	1868	5.5	26.0	28.0	1638.1
4	3	1N	VRIONI Bersan	1884	1804	4.5	27.5	30.0	1701.9
5	1	1N	BADANO Giancarlo	1940	1820	4.5	27.0	30.0	1718.3
6	7	1N	PUGLIESE Giuseppe	1741	1739	4.0	25.0	26.0	1688.6
7	9	CM	MURGIA Stefano	1707	1698	4.0	24.5	24.5	1648.3
8	11	2N	DAMIANI Lorenzo	1560	1672	4.0	23.5	26.5	1621.7
9	21	3N	SOMMADOSSI Roberto	1367	1660	4.0	22.5	25.0	1610.4
10	8	1N	PAPA Pasquale	1711	1639	3.5	25.0	28.0	1638.7
11	6	1N	MELLE Ezio	1760	1492	3.5	23.5	24.5	1491.7
12	10	2N	AVANZI Gioni	1614	1572	3.5	23.0	25.5	1571.9
13	13	3N	MARINO’ Giuseppe	1466	1555	3.5	21.5	21.5	1555.0
14	12	3N	ZAVAN Fabrizio	1492	1494	3.5	18.0	18.0	1493.9
15	15	NC	MANTELLI Luca	1440	1581	3.0	26.5	29.5	1631.3
16	19	NC	COSSALTER Maurizio	1383	1575	3.0	23.5	26.0	1624.9
17	17	NC	BRUNETTI Emilio	1428	1468	3.0	18.0	18.0	1517.6
18	22	NC	GAMBA Annamaria	1362	1417	3.0	18.0	18.0	1466.9
19	14	NC	ZENINI Simone	1455	1407	2.5	20.5	21.5	1509.0
20	16	NC	UGENTI ANTONIO	1440	1315	2.0	19.0	19.0	1473.0
21	18	NC	CICIARELLO Federico	1383	1199	1.0	18.0	18.0	1508.1
22	20	NC	TRAPLETTI Cosetta	1371	668	0.0	19.0	20.0	1468.3

We thank the whole group, with players, friends and relatives, and we are deeply grateful to our first time arbiter, Nazzareno Armandi. Hoping to meet them again on 2015, at the 43rd Championship, we send all of them our warmest arrivederci!

Claudio Gasperoni, President of A.S.C.I.