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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 Karlo Nakamura-Edrense 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 Karlo will talk about the final results and overall ranking of players!" 3rd Place Match GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 6 - 4 Amanda Gilvano Valli, 2301 Final GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 5 (2) - 5 (3) GM Guillermo Uryde-Amorino, 2541 "Here are the results from the two matches played yesterday and today!" said Vanessa. "Firstly, I'll talk about the 3rd place match. In this match, Karlo Neurino-Sousa played against Amanda Gilvano Valli, both coming from a loss in the semifinals. It was indeed a match worth watching, with a very close result—Amanda initially won two games, followed by one Karlo win and four 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 Uryde-Amorino defeated higher ranked players so his performance could not be underestimated. In a very close match, the ten classical games played resulted in three wins for each side, and four 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, of course, for the winner of the 1st championship Taide Hesterno-Verdi. 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 Uryde-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 Valli A 4 1/2 3 3 3 Quarterfinals 5 GM Gustavo Takeda B 6 1/2 6 1 0 6 GM Giovanni Amdo-Gyasso E 5 4 2 1 7 CM Tommaso Koliva E 4 1/2 3 3 1 8 IM Gepelle 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 Giuliana Flaviano-Emina F 3 1/2 2 3 1 12 IM Aurelio Vindemia Orfeo F 3 1/2 2 3 1 13 IM Gioseppa Opiternio C 3 1/2 2 3 1 14 GM Giulietta Quintana-Altada 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 Gianna Superbo-Legia A 2 1/2 2 1 2 19 Vanessa Tiberiano Edrense B 2 1/2 2 1 2 20 GM Severo Spindola Giordano E 2 1/2 1 3 1 21 IM Gratia Frigiva-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 Volturrio-Suevio 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 Pietro Maldonato-Violeto F 1 1/2 1 1 3 29 Vittor Urbano-Allamore C 1 1/2 1 1 3 30 Elvidio Violeto 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 Gavione B 1 0 2 3 34 Giordano Feragi C 1 0 2 3 35 Gabriella Ambroso A 1/2 0 1 4 36 CM Flavia Altokastro D 0 0 0 5 Karlo then presented the final ranking of all players: "With the tournament coming to an end, we can finally present the final ranking! Firstly, 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 were some interesting features of this ranking. One of them is the fact that the winner, Guillermo Uryde-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 Altokastro, 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."