Paolo D'Augusta invites you to 18th Città di Recco Weekend Festival 2025 in Italy

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/05/2025

Paolo D'Augusta invites you to 18th Città di Recco Festival Weekend 2025. The 18th edition is offering a total prize fund of €3500. The tournament has three categories - A (≥1800), B (≥1500 to <1900) and C (<1600). The top three prizes in Master are €450 + cup, €350 and €250. A total of two IMs have registered from four countries across the world in Open A. Entry fee is €60 in Open A, €50 for Under-18. Entry is Free for GM, IM and FM with an Elo ≥ 2300. Check out the article written by the organizer Paolo D'Augusta himself to find out all details about the tournament. Photo: Paolo D'Augusta

This November, participate in a chess festival in Recco, Italy

Dear chess friends,

Our club ASD Scacchi Golfo Paradiso is organizing a chess festival in Recco, Italy from 14th to 16th November with three tournaments, A (≥1800), B (≥1500 to <1900) and C (<1600).

The total prize money is €3500, in Tournament A alone it is €2000. Further information can be found here.

18th Citta di Recco Festival Weekend will take place from 14th to 16th November 2025 | Photo: Paolo D'Augusta

Six months before the competition, nine players have already registered in Tournament A, with an average Elo of 2045. The FIDe titleholders are two IMs with 2400 Elo and a WFM. The link for registration for Tournament A is here.

This is the 18th edition of the festival. In its lifetime, it has seen on the podium both - many young people who have then established themselves (for example, Luca Moroni, Italian Champion in 2017, 2022 and 2023, had won in Recco at 14 years old, in 2014), and very well-known players, such as GM Igor Naumkin, three-time winner.

Roll of Honor | Source: Tournament circular

The territory of our club is the Golfo Paradiso (recalled in our coat of arms), very interesting for the landscapes, the gastronomy, the nearby tourist locations.

ASD Scacchi Golfo Paradiso | Photo: Paolo D'Augusta

The Golfo Paradiso includes both Recco (a small town of 10000 inhabitants) and Camogli, where from 20th to 22th February 2026 we will organize again the Dragonara Festival, which was a great success in 2025.

Recco is 30 minutes by car from Portofino, an hour by train from Cinque Terre, 25 minutes by train from the center of Genoa, a city by the sea, rich in history and palaces.