Sayantan Das wins 1st Bella Italia Masters 2022, Diptayan third

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/09/2022

IM Sayantan Das scored 7/9 to win 1st International Festival Bella Italia of Lignano Sabbiadoro Masters 2022. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Four players - IM Francesco Sonis (ITA), GM Diptayan Ghosh, GM Visakh N R and Aaron Deepak (USA) scored 6.5/9 each. They were placed second to fourth according to tie-breaks. Only Diptayan remained undefeated among the top ten finishers. WIM Mounika Akshaya was the sole woman among the top ten. She scored 5.5/9 to finish ninth. The top three prizes were €1500 and a trophy, €1000 and €600 each respectively. Sayantan's rating is now 2489 which means he is 11 points away from becoming India's next Grandmaster.

Sayantan Runner-up in Blitz, Priyanka Nutakki third

Italy's very own GM Francesco Sonis won the Blitz event 6/7. His only loss was against the eventual second runner-up WGM Priyanka Nutakki 5.5/7. She remained undefeated. The winner of the Classical event, IM Sayantan Das scored 6/7 to finish second on tie-breaks.

Champion - IM Sayantan Das 7/9

IM Sayantan Das scored 7/9, rebounded well after fourth round loss as he scored 4.5/5 in the second half

Second Runner-up - GM Diptayan Ghosh 6.5/9 | Photo: FT FA Mirko Trasciatti

4th GM Visakh N R 6.5/9 | Photo: FT FA Mirko Trasciatti

9th WIM Mounika Akshaya 5.5/9

Blitz Runner-up - IM Sayantan Das 6/7 | Photo: FT FA Mirko Trasciatti

Blitz Second Runner-up WGM Priyanka Nutakki 5.5/7 | Photo: FT FA Mirko Trasciatti

A total of 46 players including 5 GMs, 2 IMs, 2 WGMs and a WIM took part from ten countries in the Master (>2000) section. The tournaments were organized by Lignano Scacchi in four different rating categories and also a Blitz event from 17th to 23rd August 2022 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. The time control was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment for the Classical event.

Final standings in Masters

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	IM	Das Sayantan	IND	2459	7	45	48,5
2	1	GM	Sonis Francesco	ITA	2543	6,5	47,5	51
3	3	GM	Ghosh Diptayan	IND	2538	6,5	47	50,5
4	2	GM	Visakh N R	IND	2542	6,5	46	50,5
5	11		Aaron Deepak	USA	2263	6,5	44	47,5
6	4	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2477	6	46	49,5
7	23		Player Edmund C	ENG	2158	6	41	44,5
8	12	FM	Cappelletto Joshuaede	ITA	2256	6	38	40
9	28	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	IND	2087	5,5	44	48
10	13	FM	Bettalli Francesco	ITA	2249	5,5	40,5	43

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Final standings in Blitz

Pos	N	T	NAME	Rtg	PRtg	Fed	Pts	Buc1	BucT	ARO.
1	1	GM	Sonis Francesco	2543	2516	ITA	6.0	29.5	31.5	2207.0
2	4	IM	Das Sayantan	2459	2270	IND	6.0	27.0	29.0	1961.4
3	5	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2309	2391	IND	5.5	30.5	33.5	2160.9
4	6	FM	LOIACONO Leonardo	2291	2293	ITA	5.5	29.0	32.5	2062.7
5	2	GM	Visakh N R	2542	2357	IND	5.5	29.0	32.0	2127.0
6	8	FM	Bettalli Francesco	2249	2206	ITA	5.5	28.5	31.5	1975.7
7	3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2477	2248	IND	5.0	30.0	33.0	2089.9
8	28	1N	LAVORGNA Filippo	1841	2198	ITA	5.0	28.5	30.0	2040.3
9	46		Costalonga Riccardo	1625	2238	ITA	5.0	28.0	31.5	2080.1
10	9		Massironi Marco	2200	2007	ITA	5.0	26.5	30.0	1848.7