Festival Internazionale di Bratto 2010, including Open A and B, Italian Junior and Italian Women Championships, was held on 20-28 August in Castione della Presolana, Bergamo, Italy.

78 players participated in the main Open A, which was ultimately won by the Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Burmakin who collected 7.0 points from nine games. Local player Sabino Brunello, finishing with 6.0 points, earned his final Grandmaster norm.

Italian Women Chess Championship was also played over 9 rounds Swiss system. 30 players took participation and the new champion is 22-years old WFM Maria De Rosa from Naples. This is her second national title, earlier she was champion back in 2003.

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The 1th edition of the International Chess Tournament Fermo-Porto San Giorgio was held on 21-29th August, 2010, at the Astoria Hotel in Fermo (5 minutes from Porto San Giorgio on the sea).

About 250 players competed in four Groups. In the Master Open, six players shared the first place with 7.0 points each: IM Salvador Roland 2498 PHI, GM Epishin Vladimir 2598 RUS, GM Prohaszka Peter 2526 HUN, GM Meijers Viesturs 2474 LAT, GM David Alberto 2622 LUX and GM Leon Hoyos Manuel 2556 MEX.

IM Salvador from Philippines fulfilled his third and final GM norm.

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