The 1421 Giovannilandian Chess Championship

[Giovanniland]

1421 Giovannilandian Chess Championship

The 1421 edition of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship has started today! It's one of the largest and most famous tournaments in the entire country, with thousands of fans coming every year. The tournament is taking place in Sonserino, a city commonly called the national capital of chess.

In the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Amore Gile Abrenti visited the tournament venue and gave a short statement: "I hope that the 1421 edition of our national Chess Championship can be as successful as the previous ones ever since 1294, when the tournament first started. Good luck to all the players, who have already proved their chess skills in regional competitions, and will certainly show them again in the national championship! May the best chess player win, and may we hopefully see some rising chess talents. For Giovanniland!"

Following the Prime Minister's speech, each player showed up carrying a flag of their region as the crowd cheered for each of them. Finally, in the last major event of the day, the groups for the championship's group stage were announced. The 36 players were drawn into six groups of six, by selecting one player from the six ranked pots, to which players were allocated according to their rankings: 1st-6th best into the first pot, 7th-12th into the second, and so on.

After the opening ceremony, players went to their accommodations in order to have a rest and prepare for the first matches tomorrow. Starting June 18th, the Giovannilandian Chess Report will cover the results of each game every three days from 5 to 6 PM, therefore stay tuned for this special program! Thank you for watching the latest news about this interesting tournament. 

[Giovanniland]

"Good afternoon Giovannilandians and viewers from elsewhere, I am your well-known Sports Report host Vanessa Desniana and today, I am proud to announce that we start our special coverage of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship. In this program I will talk about the match results while my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi will present the group standings."

Group A	Group B	Group C
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia, 2669 1/2-1/2 Gabriella Ambroso, 2277 GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557 1/2-1/2 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301  IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio, 2483 1/2-1/2 CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 1-0 Valeria Fenestella, 2243 GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 1-0 CM Lorentia Gavioni, 2376 IM Markia Allamore, 2505 0-1  CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino, 2415	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 1-0 Iordano Hettori, 2178 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576 1-0 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino, 2311 IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479 1/2-1/2 CM Serena Agrikola, 2393
Group D	Group E	Group F
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, 2753 1/2-1/2 Elvidio Prasino, 2251 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 0-1 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487 1-0 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, 2391	GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1-0 Felige Numeriana-Velio, 2222 GM Severo Spindola Giordano, 2622 1/2-1/2 CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354 IM Filippo Ottaviano 2494 1/2-1/2 CM Raffello Sondagini, 2400	GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 1-0 Sebastiana Glendora, 2255 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 1/2-1/2 CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia, 2355 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520 1/2-1/2 IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio, 2443

"Here are the results from all the matches played yesterday and today!" said Vanessa. "I'll start talking about Group A, which was the only group to have all matches result in draws in Matchday 1. Gratia Frundoni Lukio drew with Artorio Flavio Silva, which was expected due to their similar ratings, however the lower-rated Gabriella Ambroso and Amanda Gilvano Trinelli were some of the main upsets of the day as they managed to draw with the two Grandmasters of the group. In contrast, Group B was the only group to have no draws, and the matches there were mostly normal according to ratings, except for Lukia Aquilano-Severino defeating the higher rated Markia Allamore. Group C also had most of its matches go as expected, with two wins and one draw."

She continued: "However, if the three first groups went mostly as expected, the three last ones were full of upsets. In Group D, the defending champion Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone was only able to draw the untitled player Elvidio Prasino, while the other Grandmaster of the group besides Lavinia, Guillermo Urido-Amorino, wasn't lucky either as they lost to lower-rated Amando Nevio-Karpo. In Group E, Grandmaster Severo Spindola Giordano's draw against CM Tommaso Kunelli was also an upset, just like Grandmaster Iuliana Flaviano-Emina's draw against CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia in Group F. Other matches went more as expected, and this marks the end of my comments about the matches."

Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi then presented the rankings: 

Group A	P	W	D	L	Group B	P	W	D	L	Group C	P	W	D	L
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia	1/2	0	1	0	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano	1	1	0	0	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa	1	1	0	0
GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba	1/2	0	1	0	GM Gustavo Takeda	1	1	0	0	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	1	1	0	0
IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio	1/2	0	1	0	CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino	1	1	0	0	IM Ioseppa Oselliano	1/2	0	1	0
CM Artorio Flavio Silva	1/2	0	1	0	IM Markia Allamore	0	0	0	1	CM Serena Agrikola	1/2	0	1	0
Amanda Gilvano Trinelli	1/2	0	1	0	CM Lorentia Gavioni	0	0	0	1	Vittore Ugeno Kelestino	0	0	0	1
Gabriella Ambroso	1/2	0	1	0	Valeria Fenestella	0	0	0	1	Iordano Hettori	0	0	0	1
Group D	P	W	D	L	Group E	P	W	D	L	Group F	P	W	D	L
IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	1	1	0	0	GM Dezeno Purparboni	1	1	0	0	GM Raffella Quadrigaro	1	1	0	0
Amando Nevio-Karpo	1	1	0	0	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	1/2	0	1	0	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	1/2	0	1	0
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone	1/2	0	1	0	IM Filippo Ottaviano	1/2	0	1	0	CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia	1/2	0	1	0
Elvidio Prasino	1/2	0	1	0	CM Raffello Sondagini	1/2	0	1	0	IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi	1/2	0	1	0
GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino	0	0	0	1	CM Tommaso Kunelli	1/2	0	1	0	IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio	1/2	0	1	0
CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro	0	0	0	1	Felige Numeriana-Velio	0	0	0	1	Sebastiana Glendora	0	0	0	1

Ottavio said: "We can't really see much as it's only the first day—a player in first place in their group due to only one win could turn out to be last by the time the group stage ends. If you forgot how points are calculated, a win in a chess match gives one point, a draw gives half a point, and a loss gives none. The usual tiebreakers are higher number of wins, lower number of losses, head-to-head score and finally ELO rating. Because we're on the first matchday and all the first three tiebreakers still result in a tie, players are listed by higher rating."

[Giovanniland]

"Good afternoon to the viewers from Giovanniland and elsewhere! We are just starting our Chess Report that happens every three days, in which we cover Matchday 2 of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship. I am your host Vanessa Desniana and together with my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi, we'll present the match results and group standings, as well as some highlights from the weekend."

Group A	Group B	Group C
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia, 2669 1-0 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301 GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557 1/2-1/2  IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio, 2483   CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421 1-0 Gabriella Ambroso, 2277	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 1/2-1/2 CM Lorentia Gavioni, 2376 GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 1-0 IM Markia Allamore, 2505  CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino, 2415  1/2-1/2 Valeria Fenestella, 2243	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 1-0 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino, 2311 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576 1/2-1/2 IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479 CM Serena Agrikola, 2393 1/2-1/2 Iordano Hettori, 2178
Group D	Group E	Group F
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, 2753 1-0 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 1-0 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, 2391 0-1 Elvidio Prasino, 2251	GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1/2-1/2 CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354 GM Severo Spindola Giordano, 2622 1/2-1/2 IM Filippo Ottaviano, 2494 CM Raffello Sondagini, 2400 1/2-1/2 Felige Numeriana-Velio, 2222	GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 1-0 CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia, 2355 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 1/2-1/2 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520  IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio, 2443  1-0 Sebastiana Glendora, 2255

Vanessa started presenting the results: "Eighteen matches were played yesterday, just like on the first matchday. Group A was able to get past its drawish first matchday with two wins and one draw today, going as expected according to chess ratings. In this group, all players still have good chances since the first matchday was solely composed of draws. However, Group B was more interesting, with a big upset in the match between Grandmaster Sergio Amorante-Aquilano and Candidate Master Lorentia Gavioni that resulted in a draw. This means that Lorentia and Valeria Fenestella—who drew against Lukia Aquilano-Severino—were able to recover from the previous day's loss. However, Markia Allamore, who lost against the youngest tournament member Gustavo Takeda, is now in jeopardy and must earn good results in the next few matches if they want to have a chance at winning the Championship."

"Group C had two draws and one win, the win happening on the match between Grandmaster Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Vittore Ugeno Kelestino for the former. This means that Vittore has lost twice in a row and is not in a good position, but all other members of the group are more or less fine. A similar situation happens in Group D with Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, who lost another match. That group also saw the rebounding of the defending champion Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, who won yesterday after an upset in Matchday 1 that resulted in her drawing her lower-rated opponent. Meanwhile, Group E was similar to Matchday 1's Group A, having all of its three matches resulting in a draw, including two upsets in which Grandmasters Dezeno Purparboni and Severo Spindola Giordano drew against their opponents. Finally, the matches in Group F went as expected, with twice-defeated Sebastiana Glendora now in jeopardy of being eliminated."

Group A	P	W	D	L	Group B	P	W	D	L	Group C	P	W	D	L
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Gustavo Takeda	2	2	0	0	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa	2	2	0	0
CM Artorio Flavio Silva	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	1 1/2	1	1	0
GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba	1	0	2	0	CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino	1 1/2	1	1	0	IM Ioseppa Oselliano	1	0	2	0
IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio	1	0	2	0	CM Lorentia Gavioni	1/2	0	1	1	CM Serena Agrikola	1	0	2	0
Amanda Gilvano Trinelli	1/2	0	1	1	Valeria Fenestella	1/2	0	1	1	Iordano Hettori	1/2	0	1	1
Gabriella Ambroso	1/2	0	1	1	IM Markia Allamore	0	0	0	2	Vittore Ugeno Kelestino	0	0	0	2
Group D	P	W	D	L	Group E	P	W	D	L	Group F	P	W	D	L
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Dezeno Purparboni	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Raffella Quadrigaro	2	2	0	0
Elvidio Prasino	1 1/2	1	1	0	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	1	0	2	0	IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio	1 1/2	1	1	0
Amando Nevio-Karpo	1	1	0	1	IM Filippo Ottaviano	1	0	2	0	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	1	0	2	0
GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino	1	1	0	1	CM Raffello Sondagini	1	0	2	0	IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi	1	0	2	0
IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	1	1	0	1	CM Tommaso Kunelli	1	0	2	0	CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia	1/2	0	1	1
CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro	0	0	0	2	Felige Numeriana-Velio	1/2	0	1	1	Sebastiana Glendora	0	0	0	2

Ottavio then presented the rankings: "With two matchdays finished, the bigger picture begins to unfold, and we can already see who is on the route of advancing to the knockout phase, and who could possibly be eliminated. Still, it's too early to tell for sure, there are still three matchdays left. Anyways, the players will now rest for a day and then play their next matches on June 23st and 24nd, which means our Chess Report has ended and the next one will be in three days. Stay tuned for more news about the Giovannilandian Chess Championship!"

[Giovanniland]

"Good afternoon Giovanniland! It's been three days since our last Chess Report, which means we are just starting another one today, in order to cover Matchday 3 of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship. I am your host Vanessa Desniana, and together with my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi, I'll present the match results and group standings for the games that happened during June 23rd and 24th."

Group A	Group B	Group C
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia, 2669 0-1 CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421 GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557 1-0 Gabriella Ambroso, 2277  IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio, 2483  1/2-1/2 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 1-0  CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino, 2415  GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 1-0 Valeria Fenestella, 2243 IM Markia Allamore, 2505 1-0 CM Lorentia Gavioni, 2376	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 1/2-1/2 CM Serena Agrikola, 2393 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576 1/2-1/2 Iordano Hettori, 2178 IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479 1-0 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino, 2311
Group D	Group E	Group F
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, 2753 1-0 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, 2391 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 1-0 Elvidio Prasino, 2251 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487 0-1 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296	GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1-0 CM Raffello Sondagini, 2400 GM Severo Spindola Giordano, 2622 1/2-1/2 Felige Numeriana-Velio, 2222 IM Filippo Ottaviano, 2494 0-1 CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354	GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 1-0  IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio, 2443  GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 1-0 Sebastiana Glendora, 2255 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520 1/2-1/2  CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia, 2355

Vanessa started commenting on the results: "Matchday 3 saw a higher amount of wins and a lower amount of draws compared to the previous two matchdays. Starting with Group F—this group saw two wins and one draw, with the two grandmasters reaffirming their strong position in the group by winning their matches. However, Group E saw some upsets today, such as the draw between Grandmaster Severo Spindola Giordano and Felige Numeriana-Velio, with a difference of 400 points between their ratings. Furthermore, still in the same group, the lower-rated Tommaso Kunelli was able to defeat Filippo Ottaviano. Going on to Group E, this was one of the two groups to not have any draws as I said earlier. Matches went mostly as predicted, except for the upset when Amando Nevio-Karpo defeated the higher-rated Gepello Gormo-Pasano."

She stopped for a while and then continued: "Meanwhile, Group C was also full of upsets today just like Group E. Both grandmasters of the group, Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Iulia Quintana Ampelli, were not able to win against their lower-rated opponents, instead only managing to draw. Finally, Group A saw a match called by some as the biggest upset of the tournament so far—Grandmaster Giorgia Superbo-Legia's defeat against Candidate Master Artorio Flavio Silva, with a difference of 248 points, beating the previously biggest upset. Today's match was surprising because Giorgia could not win in either game that composes a tournament match, meaning that she lost both with white and black pieces." 

Group A	P	W	D	L	Group B	P	W	D	L	Group C	P	W	D	L
CM Artorio Flavio Silva	2 1/2	2	1	0	GM Gustavo Takeda	3	3	0	0	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa	2 1/2	2	1	0
GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba	2	1	2	0	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano	2 1/2	2	1	0	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	2	1	2	0
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia	1 1/2	1	1	1	CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino	1 1/2	1	1	1	IM Ioseppa Oselliano	2	1	2	0
IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio	1 1/2	0	3	0	IM Markia Allamore	1	1	0	2	CM Serena Agrikola	1 1/2	0	3	0
Amanda Gilvano Trinelli	1	0	2	1	CM Lorentia Gavioni	1/2	0	1	2	Iordano Hettori	1	0	2	1
Gabriella Ambroso	1/2	0	1	2	Valeria Fenestella	1/2	0	1	2	Vittore Ugeno Kelestino	0	0	0	3
Group D	P	W	D	L	Group E	P	W	D	L	Group F	P	W	D	L
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone	2 1/2	2	1	0	GM Dezeno Purparboni	2 1/2	2	1	0	GM Raffella Quadrigaro	3	3	0	0
Amando Nevio-Karpo	2	2	0	1	CM Tommaso Kunelli	2	1	2	0	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	2	1	2	0
GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino	2	2	0	1	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	1 1/2	0	3	0	IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio	1 1/2	1	1	1
Elvidio Prasino	1 1/2	1	1	1	IM Filippo Ottaviano	1	0	2	1	IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi	1 1/2	0	3	0
IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	1	1	0	2	CM Raffello Sondagini	1	0	2	1	CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia	1	0	2	1
CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro	0	0	0	3	Felige Numeriana-Velio	1	0	2	1	Sebastiana Glendora	0	0	0	3

Ottavio started speaking as the rankings appeared in the screen: "Reminding everyone, in this Giovannilandian Chess Championship the top two of each group and the four best 3rd-placed players advance to the knock-out stage. In Group A, the four top players seem still capable of entering the knockout phase if things go well for them, but Amanda Gilvano Trinelli and Gabriella Ambroso are trailing behind and must fight back if they want to advance. As for Group B, Gustavo Takeda has built a clear lead and has almost surely guaranteed a spot in the next phase, but not much can be said for the rest, as only one point separates the third player from the last."

"In Group C we can see five of the six players still aiming for the coveted spots, but Vittore Ugeno Kelestino has been all but eliminated, not even able to fight for a 3rd place spot, because the currently 3rd-placed player Ioseppa Oselliano has a better win rate. The same can be said for Flavia Gimussa de Kastro and Sebastiana Glendora in Groups D and F respectively, where the other players have close point differences and still have fair chances. Finally, for Group E, it seems that every player could still qualify, although some must hope that their possible 3rd-place ranking is better than in other groups. This happens due to the highest rate of drawn matches out of any group of the tournament, only three out of nine matches haven't resulted in draws."

[Giovanniland]

"Hey there Giovanniland, guess what time it is? It's 5 PM on a Sunday, but also time for another Chess Report! I am your host Vanessa Desniana, and together with my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi, I'll present the match results and group standings for the games that happened during June 26th and 27th for Matchday 4 of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship, as the group stage soon draws to a close."

Group A	Group B	Group C
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia, 2669 1-0  IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio, 2483  GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557 1-0   CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301 1-0 Gabriella Ambroso, 2277	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 0-1 IM Markia Allamore, 2505 GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 1-0  CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino, 2415  CM Lorentia Gavioni, 2376 0-1 Valeria Fenestella, 2243	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 1/2-1/2 IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576 1/2-1/2 CM Serena Agrikola, 2393 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino, 2311 1-0 Iordano Hettori, 2178
Group D	Group E	Group F
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, 2753 0-1 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 1-0 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, 2391 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296 1-0 Elvidio Prasino, 2251	GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1/2-1/2 IM Filippo Ottaviano, 2494  GM Severo Spindola Giordano, 2622  1-0 CM Raffello Sondagini, 2400 CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354 1-0 Felige Numeriana-Velio, 2222	GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 0-1 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 1-0  IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio, 2443  CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia, 2355 0-1 Sebastiana Glendora, 2255

Vanessa started commenting on the results: "Group A was probably the only group that went totally as expected if we look at ELO ratings. In this group, Grandmaster Giorgia Superbo-Legia was able to recover after last matchday's upset, while former group leader Candidate Master Artorio Flavio Silva did not hold their position as they lost to Grandmaster Antonio Ambrosio Borba. Meanwhile, Group C had some upsets, as neither grandmaster in this group could defeat their lower-ranked opponent, something that also happened in Group E, in which Grandmaster Dezeno Purparboni drew with International Master Filippo Ottaviano. Otherwise, the other matches of these groups also went as expected."

"However, the upsets I mentioned above were nowhere close to what happened in Groups B, D and F, in which all top-ranked grandmasters of these groups lost to their lower-ranked opponents—Grandmasters Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, and Raffella Quadrigaro lost to International Masters Markia Allamore, Gepello Gormo-Pasano and Aurelio Vindemia Tassi respectively. This comes off as a surprising upset for many chess commenters and viewers, since it includes a former champion and the current defending one."

Group A	P	W	D	L	Group B	P	W	D	L	Group C	P	W	D	L
GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba	3	2	2	0	GM Gustavo Takeda	4	4	0	0	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa	3	2	2	0
CM Artorio Flavio Silva	2 1/2	2	1	1	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano	2 1/2	2	1	1	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	2 1/2	1	3	0
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia	2 1/2	2	1	1	IM Markia Allamore	2	2	0	2	IM Ioseppa Oselliano	2 1/2	1	3	0
Amanda Gilvano Trinelli	2	1	2	1	CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino	1 1/2	1	1	2	CM Serena Agrikola	2	0	4	0
IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio	1 1/2	0	3	1	Valeria Fenestella	1 1/2	1	1	2	Vittore Ugeno Kelestino	1	1	0	3
Gabriella Ambroso	1/2	0	1	3	CM Lorentia Gavioni	1/2	0	1	3	Iordano Hettori	1	0	2	2
Group D	P	W	D	L	Group E	P	W	D	L	Group F	P	W	D	L
Amando Nevio-Karpo	3	3	0	1	GM Dezeno Purparboni	3	2	2	0	GM Raffella Quadrigaro	3	3	0	1
GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino	3	3	0	1	CM Tommaso Kunelli	3	2	2	0	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	3	2	2	0
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone	2 1/2	2	1	1	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	2 1/2	1	3	0	IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi	2 1/2	1	3	0
IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	2	2	0	2	IM Filippo Ottaviano	1 1/2	0	3	1	IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio	1 1/2	1	1	2
Elvidio Prasino	1 1/2	1	1	2	CM Raffello Sondagini	1	0	2	2	Sebastiana Glendora	1	1	0	3
CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro	0	0	0	4	Felige Numeriana-Velio	1	0	2	2	CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia	1	0	2	2

Color key:

Color	Meaning
	Guaranteed qualification to knockout phase
	Achieves at least 3rd place; can be eliminated if not among the four best 3rd-placed
	Still in the fight for qualification; can be eliminated if outside top 3 of their group
	Eliminated from advancing

Ottavio began: "Here are the rankings after Matchday 4! You will notice they have some special colors, whose meanings can be seen in the color key above, indicating the status of players regarding qualification to the knockout phase. We'll start talking about Group B, which features the only player that has completely avoided elimination, Grandmaster Gustavo, who is also the only to have won every single match so far. Grandmaster Sergio from the same group is also in a good place, but should aim to win the upcoming match against Gustavo if they don't want to be relegated to third place and rely on other 3rd-placed players in case International Master Markia wins their last match. Group B is also the only group to have only one already eliminated player, as 4th place Lukia and 5th place Valeria are still in the fight to achieve one of the four best 3rd place spots."

"Moving on, we have Groups A and C, which all have the same amount of players in each category: one guaranteed to have at least 3rd place, three still in the fight for qualification, and two eliminated. Group D has a similar distribution, with defending champion Lavinia notably at the risk of being eliminated. Finally, Groups E and F have the exact same rankings by points, but some differences in the distribution of wins, draws, and losses, which means they have a different number of players in each category. Group E has three players with guaranteed 3rd place at the least, and the other three already eliminated."

"That's because if 3rd place Severo loses and 4th place Filippo wins, they would have the exact same statistics and then Severo would win due to a higher ELO rating. But that's not true for Group F, if the same happens with 3rd place Aurelio and 4th place Petro, the latter would knock the former out of the top 3 due to a higher amount of wins. Stay tuned for the Matchday 5 during June 29th and 30th, including the interesting matches between the two Grandmasters of each group!"

[Giovanniland]

"Good afternoon Giovanniland, welcome to another Chess Report! Today we'll present the match results and group standings for the Matchday 5 games of the Giovannilandian Chess Championship. How time flies... the group stage has already come to a close! Let's see what I and my colleague Ottavio have to say."

Group A	Group B	Group C
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia, 2669 0-1 GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557  IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio, 2483  1-0 Gabriella Ambroso, 2277 CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421 0-1 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 0-1 GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 IM Markia Allamore, 2505 0-1 Valeria Fenestella, 2243  CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino, 2415  1/2-1/2 CM Lorentia Gavioni, 2376	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 1/2-1/2 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576 IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479 1-0 Iordano Hettori, 2178 CM Serena Agrikola, 2393 1/2-1/2 Vittore Ugeno Kelestino, 2311
Group D	Group E	Group F
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone, 2753 0-1 GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487 1-0 Elvidio Prasino, 2251 CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro, 2391 0-1 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296	GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1-0 GM Severo Spindola Giordano, 2622 IM Filippo Ottaviano, 2494 1/2-1/2 Felige Numeriana-Velio, 2222 CM Raffello Sondagini, 2400 1-0 CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354	GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 1-0 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520 1-0 Sebastiana Glendora, 2255  IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio, 2443 1-0 CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia, 2355

Vanessa talked as the results appeared on the screen: "There isn't a better way to ending the group stage other than not only matches between the grandmasters of each group, but also lots of interesting results and upsets! Groups A, B and D had the interesting matches for this matchday, such as the lower-ranked grandmasters defeating the higher-ranked ones. This includes Grandmaster Gustavo Takeda who defeated Grandmaster Sergio Amorante-Aquilano and continues his win streak. Perhaps more eye-catching, though, was the fact that defending champion Grandmaster Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone lost to Grandmaster Guillermo Urido-Amorino, meaning that Lavinia has now lost twice in a row and has been... eliminated from the tournament! You will see more about that right now, when Ottavio presents the rankings.

Qualified Players:

Group A	P	W	D	L	Group B	P	W	D	L	Group C	P	W	D	L
GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba	4	3	2	0	GM Gustavo Takeda	5	5	0	0	GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa	3 1/2	2	3	0
Amanda Gilvano Trinelli	3	2	2	1	GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano	2 1/2	2	1	2	IM Ioseppa Oselliano	3 1/2	2	3	0
CM Artorio Flavio Silva	2 1/2	2	1	2	Valeria Fenestella	2 1/2	2	1	2	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	3	1	4	0
GM Giorgia Superbo-Legia	2 1/2	2	1	2	IM Markia Allamore	2	2	0	3	CM Serena Agrikola	2 1/2	0	5	0
IM Gratia Frundoni Lukio	2 1/2	1	3	1	CM Lukia Aquilano-Severino	2	1	2	2	Vittore Ugeno Kelestino	1 1/2	1	1	3
Gabriella Ambroso	1/2	0	1	4	CM Lorentia Gavioni	1	0	2	3	Iordano Hettori	1	0	2	3
Group D	P	W	D	L	Group E	P	W	D	L	Group F	P	W	D	L
Amando Nevio-Karpo	4	4	0	1	GM Dezeno Purparboni	4	3	2	0	GM Raffella Quadrigaro	4	4	0	1
GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino	4	4	0	1	CM Tommaso Kunelli	3	2	2	1	IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi	3 1/2	2	3	0
IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	3	3	0	2	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	2 1/2	1	3	1	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	3	2	2	1
GM Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone	2 1/2	2	1	2	CM Raffello Sondagini	2	1	2	2	CM Tiberio Serano-Bruttia	2	1	2	2
Elvidio Prasino	1 1/2	1	1	3	IM Filippo Ottaviano	2	0	4	1	IM Petro Maldonato-Kalgio	1 1/2	1	1	3
CM Flavia Gimussa de Kastro	0	0	0	5	Felige Numeriana-Velio	1 1/2	0	3	2	Sebastiana Glendora	1	1	0	4

Four Best Third Places:

Group	Group A	P	W	D	L	Notes
D	IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano	3	3	0	2	ranked by number of wins
F	GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina	3	2	2	1
C	GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli	3	1	4	0
A	CM Artorio Flavio Silva	2 1/2	2	1	2	ranked by ELO points: 2421 vs 2243
B	Valeria Fenestella	2 1/2	2	1	2
E	GM Severo Spindola Giordano	2 1/2	1	3	1	ranked by number of wins

Ottavio started presenting the rankings: "Here are the final group stage results! Sixteen players have qualified, of which nine are Grandmasters (out of 12 in the competition), three are International Masters (out of seven), two are Candidate Masters (out of eight), and the other two are players with no title (out of nine). Some unexpected results were, for example, Amanda Gilvano Trinelli recovering from early lost matches in Group A and ending up advancing instead of Grandmaster Giorgia Superbo-Legia. Meanwhile, Grandmaster Gustavo Takeda has double the points his group's second place, Grandmaster Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, cementing his achievement of being the only player in the tournament to not have drawn or lost any matches. Funnily enough, Sergio barely made it in due to having a higher rating than 3rd place Valeria Fenestella—who then missed qualifying by having a lower rating than Candidate Master Artorio Flavio Silva from Group A. After this, I present the long-awaited knockout stage brackets!"

"Here we can see each side of the bracket. One side looks a tad stronger, with five Grandmasters, two International Masters, and one Candidate Master, while the other contains one less Grandmaster and one less International Master, with those places being filled by the two players with no title that qualified for this stage. There are several matches between grandmasters, as well as some other matches with a stronger side if we go by rating, but with an unclear result given that some of the lower-ranked qualified players have successfully pulled upsets in the group stage. Watch these matches on the July 2nd and 3rd, and stay tuned for another Chess Report in three days!"

[Giovanniland]

"Hello there to all viewers in Giovanniland and elsewhere! Today, me and my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi will continue to present information about the Giovannilandian Chess Championship, and this is a special report since the first matches of the knockout phase happened yesterday and today."

GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675 2 (1 1/2) - 2 (1/2)  GM Antonio Ambrosio Borba, 2557  GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 2 1/2 - 1/2 CM Artorio Flavio Silva, 2421 GM Sergio Amorante-Aquilano, 2701 2 (0) - 2 (2) GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 IM Aurelio Vindemia Tassi, 2520 1/2 - 3 1/2 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487

IM Ioseppa Oselliano, 2479   1 1/2 - 2 1/2 Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301 GM Iuliana Flaviano-Emina, 2636 2 (1) - 2 (2) CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354 GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601 3 - 0 Amando Nevio-Karpo, 2296 GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 3 - 0 GM Iulia Quintana Ampelli, 2576

"Firstly, I'll explain the way the overall knockout stage works. Unlike in the group stage where only two games happened in each match, the round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals have four games for each match—and in the finals it increases to eight. The number of games is always even so players can have equal chances by playing with the white and black pieces. These four games are of the classical variety, taking longer to be finished. However, if the total of points reached by both players is equal, the players then break the tie by playing faster games. If one of the players reaches a total of points that is impossible for the other to overcome in the four main games, the remaining ones will not be played."

"Four matches happened in each side of the bracket and were all interesting. In the first match, Grandmasters Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Antonio Ambrosio Borba won two games each and went to a tiebreak, in which Karlo won one rapid game and the other was drawn, thus giving the quarter-finals spot to Karlo. The second match was played between Grandmaster Dezeno Purparboni and Candidate Master Artorio Flavio Silva, with Dezeno winning two games and drawing the other. Moving on, we had another duel of Grandmasters, this time Sergio Amorante-Aquilano and Guillermo Urido-Amorino. In a surprising upset, Guillermo was able to eliminate Sergio from the competition after an initial draw and a fierce tiebreaker, whose two rapid games were won by Guillermo, even though he had a disadvantage of 160 ELO points. To close off the first side of the bracket, there was a match between International Masters Aurelio Vindemia Tassi and Gepello Gormo-Pasano, with the latter winning three games and drawing the other one."

"That's not all, though! There's also the other side of the bracket, and its first match was played between International Master Ioseppa Oselliano and Amanda Gilvano Trinelli. This was another upset from today's matches, with three draws at first, and only in the last game was Amanda able to win against Gioseppa and thus earn a quarter-finals spot. She will meet the winner of the other match that resulted in a upset today, Grandmaster Iuliana Flaviano-Emina versus Candidate Master Tommaso Kunelli, in which the latter won a closely-fought tiebreaker despite having nearly 300 less ELO points. But if the two first matches of this side of the bracket were pretty close, the two others were pretty far from it. Grandmasters Gustavo Takeda and Raffella Quadrigaro both decisively won against their opponents Amando Nevio-Karpo and Grandmaster Iulia Quintana Ampelli respectively."

Ottavio was then given the floor: "Now we can see the bracket in full, with the names of the eight players that advanced to the quarter-finals! Five out of nine Grandmasters advanced, while the other three were all equally divided into the remaining categories. In the bracket we can see some interesting matches, for example the upcoming duel of Grandmasters between Gustavo Takeda and Raffella Quadrigaro—the player with an uninterrupted win streak of six matches so far, and the player with the highest ELO rating of Giovanniland. Another interesting match will be Amanda Gilvano Trinelli versus Candidate Master Tommaso Kunelli, which will ensure that at least one non-Grandmaster appears in the semifinals. Be sure to watch the quarter-finals matches on the July 5th and 6th, and stay tuned for another Chess Report in three days!"

[Giovanniland]

"Hey there Giovanniland, and welcome to the latest edition of the Giovannilandian Chess Report! I am your main host Vanessa Desniana, and here is my colleague Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi that presents this report together with me. We'll continue to present information about the Giovannilandian Chess Championship until it finishes—and today we have interesting information about the quarterfinals."

GM Dezeno Purparboni, 2678 1 1/2 - 2 1/2  GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675  GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541 3 - 1 IM Gepello Gormo-Pasano, 2487

CM Tommaso Kunelli, 2354   2 (0) - 2 (2) Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 2301 GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 2 (4) - 2 (3)  GM Gustavo Takeda, 2601

Vanessa: "In the first side of the bracket, three Grandmasters and one International Masters played their matches. Grandmasters Dezeno Purparboni and Karlo Neurino-Sousa played a close match, which was expected given that they only have a difference of three ELO points in their rating. Dezeno initially won one game and drew other three, but Karlo then turned the tables and won the two final games to achieve a spot on the semifinals. The other match was played between Grandmaster Guillermo Urido-Amorino and International Master Gepello Gormo-Pasano. Guillermo easily won, drawing the two initial games and then winning all others."

The screen then switched to the other results. "In the second side of the bracket, both matches needed tiebreaker matches. The match between Candidate Master Tommaso Kunelli and Amanda Gilvano Trinelli saw an upset by the latter after she won the two rapid games. Therefore, Amanda is the only non-Grandmaster player remaining in the tournament! Meanwhile, a duel of Grandmasters happened between Raffella Quadrigaro and Gustavo Takeda, closely watched by thousands of spectators. In an unparalleled feat within this tournament so far, Raffella and Gustavo not only drew all four classical games, but also drew six rapid games before concluding the tiebreaker. Raffella was able to win the seventh rapid game and thus advanced to the semifinals."

Ottavio then showed the updated bracket: "Four players have been eliminated in the quarterfinals, and four players remain! Let's compare the the title distribution of players between the quarterfinals and now. Firstly, three out of five Grandmasters advanced, which was the highest that could happen since two Grandmaster-only matches happened yesterday and today. However, the only one player with no title managed to stay, something that doesn't happen often. The semifinals will feature one duel of Grandmasters, namely between Karlo Neurino-Sousa and Guillermo Urido-Amorino, while in the other side of the bracket Amanda Gilvano Trinelli meets Raffella Quadrigaro. Stay tuned for these matches and our next report!

[Giovanniland]

"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 Ottavio Volseno-Edrensi, I'll present the match results and brackets, as well as some highlights from the weekend."

GM Karlo Neurino-Sousa, 2675   2 (1/2) - 2 (1 1/2) GM Guillermo Urido-Amorino, 2541

GM Raffella Quadrigaro, 2787 3 - 0   Amanda Gilvano Trinelli, 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 Urido-Amorino. Karlo won the first two, a point at which spectators said it was unlikely for Guillermo to come back. However, he managed to come back, draw the match, and then win the tiebreakers. 

She then commented on the other game: "In the other side of the bracket, a match between Grandmaster Raffella Quadrigaro and Amanda Gilvano Trinelli was played, with a ELO rating difference of nearly 500 points. Therefore, it was unsurprising to see that Raffella easily won the match and didn't need to play all the games. Raffella earned the other spot on the finals, while Amanda will play the 3rd place match."

Ottavio showed 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 Urido-Amorino, a seventeen year old rising star in Giovannilandian chess that managed to defeat the defending champion Lavinia Pasquale-Arbone during the group stage; and Raffella Quadrigaro, multiple-time 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 Trinelli 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 8 classical-style games and then rapid game tiebreakers if needed."

[Giovanniland]

"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."