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"Good afternoon to the viewers from Giovanniland and elsewhere! We are just starting our Chess Report that happens every three days, and today we will cover the results of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship's Semifinals. I am your host Vanessa Desniana and together with my colleague Karlo Nakamura-Edrense, I'll present the match results and brackets, as well as some highlights from the weekend." GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 4 (1/2) - 4 (1 1/2) GM Guillermo Uryde-Amorino, 2541 GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 5 1/2 - 1/2 Amanda Gilvano Valli, 2301 "Here are the results from the two the matches played yesterday and today!" said Vanessa. "We can see that they have pretty different results. On one side of the bracket, there was a duel of Grandmasters between Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Guillermo Uryde-Amorino. Like all semifinal matches in the Championship's recent history, they played eight classical games, four on each day. Karlo won the first two, followed by three draws, a point at which spectators said it was unlikely for Guillermo to come back. However, he managed to win the following game, draw the penultimate one, and win the last one, ending the eight games with four points for each. The rapid game tiebreakers resulted in a draw at first, but Guillermo also won the latter one and thus advanced to the finals. She then commented on the other game: "In the other side of the bracket, a match between Grandmaster Raffella Quadrigaro and Amanda Gilvano Valli was played, with a ELO rating difference of nearly 500 points. Therefore, it was unsurprising to see that Raffella easily won the match, drawing only one game and winning five others. The fact she snatched this early win meant that not all games needed to be played. Raffella then earned the other spot on the finals, while Amanda will play the 3rd place match." Karlo then talked about the updated bracket: "After the semifinals, we await for the last set of matches starting in two days. Two Grandmasters out of the three competing in the semifinals won their matches and thus earned a spot on the grand final. These two players are Guillermo Uryde-Amorino, a seventeen year old rising star in Giovannilandian chess that even managed to defeat the defending champion Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone during the group stage; and Raffella Quadrigaro, former champion and the player with the highest rating in this tournament." "Meanwhile, on the battle for the 3rd place, Grandmaster Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Amanda Gilvano Valli will have a chance to rebound from their semifinal losses, in a match that has a fair ELO rating advantage for Karlo, but still one worth seeing, given the fact that Amanda has achieved some upsets during this tournament. Both matches will contain 10 classical-style games and then rapid game tiebreakers if needed. I am sure you are all awaiting for these two last matches, so don't forget to watch them!"