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"Hello there to all viewers in Giovanniland and elsewhere! Welcome to another edition of the Giovannilandian Chess Report! In this program, me and my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi will continue to present information about the Giovannilandian Chess Championship, namely the 3rd place match and the final. I'll present the match results, while Ottavio will talk about the final results and overall ranking of players!" 3rd Place Match GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 5 - 3 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301 Final GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 4 (2) - 4 (3) GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 "Here are the results from the two matches played yesterday and today!" said Vanessa. "The 3rd place match featured a close result—Amanda initially won two games, followed by one Karlo win and two draws. However, Karlo was able to turn the tables towards the end of the match, winning the last three games and thus earning 3rd place in the competition. This was a very good result for Amanda nevertheless, because she never got past the group stage in almost all championships she played—her best result before was a round of 16 finish in 1417. For Karlo, 3rd place was also his best result, as his debut in the 1420 tournament was ended by that year's champion Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone on the quarter finals." "Meanwhile, the final was played between two Grandmasters. Raffella Quadrigaro had a higher rating and was regarded as the favorite to win the match, especially due to being a three times former champion. However, the other player Guillermo Urido-Amorino defeated higher ranked players so his performance could not be underestimated. In a very close match, the eight classical games played resulted in three wins for each side, and two other draws, requiring rapid tiebreakers. After four draws, Guillermo was able to win the fifth rapid game, thus winning the match and the tournament. This was Guillermo's debut, and a very successful one, as no other champion in the tournament's history has won in the same year as their debut (except for the first ever champion). On the other hand, Raffella wasn't able to add another championship wins to her tally that includes the 1405, 1413 and 1414 championships, with her 2nd place finish equalling the previous year, in which she lost to Lavinia." Rank Player Group Points W D L 1 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino D 6 1/2 5 3 1 2 GM Raffella Quadrigaro F 7 6 2 1 3 GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa C 6 1/2 4 5 0 4 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli A 4 1/2 3 3 3 Quarterfinals 5 GM Gustavo Takeda B 6 1/2 6 1 0 6 GM Dezeno Purparboni E 5 4 2 1 7 CM Tommaso Kunelli E 4 1/2 3 3 1 8 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano D 4 4 0 3 Round of 16 9 GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba A 4 1/2 3 1 2 10 Amando Nevio-Karpo D 4 4 0 2 11 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina F 3 1/2 2 3 1 12 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi F 3 1/2 2 3 1 13 IM Ioseppa Oselliano C 3 1/2 2 3 1 14 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli C 3 1 4 1 15 GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano B 3 2 2 2 16 CM Artorio Flavio Silva A 2 1/2 2 1 3 Group stage 17 GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone D 2 1/2 2 1 2 18 GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia A 2 1/2 2 1 2 19 Valeria Fenestella B 2 1/2 2 1 2 20 GM Severo Spindola Giordano E 2 1/2 1 3 1 21 IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio A 2 1/2 1 3 1 22 CM Serena Agrikola C 2 1/2 0 5 0 23 IM Markia Allamore B 2 2 0 3 24 CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino B 2 1 2 2 25 CM Raffello Sondagini E 2 1 2 2 26 CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia F 2 1 2 2 27 IM Filippo Ottaviano E 2 0 4 1 28 IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio F 1 1/2 1 1 3 29 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino C 1 1/2 1 1 3 30 Elvidio Prasino D 1 1/2 1 1 3 31 Felige Numeriana-Velio E 1 1/2 0 3 2 32 Sebastiana Glendora F 1 1 0 4 33 CM Lorentia Gavioni B 1 0 2 3 34 Iordano Hettori C 1 0 2 3 35 Gabriella Ambroso A 1/2 0 1 4 36 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro D 0 0 0 5 Ottavio then presented the final ranking: "With the tournament coming to an end, we can finally present the final ranking! It's worth noting some important details. For the players who advanced to the knockout stage, their wins, draws and losses on this part of the competition are also added to their record—and note that matches decided in tiebreakers are counted as draws. Therefore it was possible for some players to end the tournament undefeated, for example Gustavo Takeda, who lost his quarterfinal match against Raffella Quadrigaro after a close tiebreaker." "Secondly, there are some interesting aspects here. One of them is the fact that the winner, Guillermo Urido-Amorino, has half a point less than the runner-up Raffella Quadrigaro, due to their previous matches' results. The highest number of points was achieved by Raffella, with seven points, while the lowest goes to Candidate Master Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, who did not win or draw any game. This is all for today and for our coverage of the 1421 Chess Championship; the leaderboard is publicly available for anyone who wants to search it to find out about more specific records."