Italy at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Open

Rank 32 of 206 — 14 match points, 28.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568) — 5.5/10
Board 2: GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556) — 5.5/9
Board 3: GM Francesco Sonis (2539) — 7.5/10
Board 3: GM Sabino Brunello (2520) — 2.5/6
Board 4: IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473) — 7.5/9

Matches

Round 1: Italy 4 – 0 Myanmar
1	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1-0	CM Zaw Ye Htut (2058)	game
2	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	0-1	FM Sai Han Thiha (2099)	game
3	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	1-0	Nyan Lin Htin (1950)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	0-1	Kyaw Thiha (1655)	game
Round 2: Italy 3.5 – 0.5 Japan
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	0-1	IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)	game
2	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	FM Shou Otsuka (2314)	game
3	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	1/2-1/2	IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1-0	IM Shinya Kojima (2273)	game
Round 3: Italy 1 – 3 India
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	1/2-1/2	GM Praggnanandhaa R (2761)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1/2-1/2	GM Erigaisi Arjun (2746)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	GM Nihal Sarin (2709)	game
4	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	0-1	GM Gukesh D (2703)	game
Round 4: Italy 3 – 1 Malaysia
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	1/2-1/2	IM Jun Ying Tan (2399)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1/2-1/2	IM Kim Yew Chan (2379)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	FM Kavin Mohan (2348)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	0-1	FM Zhuo Ren Lim (2309)	game
Round 5: Italy 1 – 3 Indonesia
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	0-1	GM Susanto Megaranto (2488)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1/2-1/2	IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (2416)	game
3	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	0-1	IM Satria Duta Cahaya (2412)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1/2-1/2	IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2383)	game
Round 6: Italy 2 – 2 South Africa
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	1-0	IM Jan Karsten (2386)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	0-1	FM Banele Mhango (2354)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	0-1	Charlton Mnyasta (2236)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1-0	James Dinham (2124)	game
Round 7: Italy 3.5 – 0.5 Bolivia
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	0-1	IM Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado (2428)	game
2	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	GM Osvaldo Zambrana (2355)	game
3	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	0-1	IM Jose Daniel Gemy (2312)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1/2-1/2	CM Daniel Titichoca Daza (2138)	game
Round 8: Italy 2 – 2 Iceland
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	1/2-1/2	GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2534)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1/2-1/2	IM Hilmir Freyr Heimisson (2365)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	GM Hannes Stefansson (2425)	game
4	GM Sabino Brunello (2520)	1-0	GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (2402)	game
Round 9: Italy 3.5 – 0.5 Chile
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	1-0	GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (2457)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1/2-1/2	GM Pablo Salinas Herrera (2450)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1-0	IM Mauricio Emmanuel Marrujo Pardo (2422)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	0-1	IM Hugo Lopez Silva (2369)	game
Round 10: Italy 3.5 – 0.5 Colombia
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	0-1	IM Santiago Lopez Rayo (2431)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	1-0	IM Esteban Alb Valderrama Quiceno (2390)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	1/2-1/2	IM Manuel Campos Gomez (2428)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1-0	GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (2412)	game
Round 11: Italy 1.5 – 2.5 England
1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	0-1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	game
2	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	0-1	GM Michael Adams (2598)	game
3	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	0-1	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	game
4	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	1/2-1/2	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	game

Women

Rank 61 of 189 — 13 match points, 22.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: IM Marina Brunello (2323) — 7/10
Board 2: IM Olga Zimina (2305) — 3.5/9
Board 3: WIM Tea Gueci (2134) — 5.5/10
Board 3: WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108) — 3/8
Board 4: WFM Giulia Sala (2088) — 3.5/7

Matches

Round 1: Italy 4 – 0 Ghana
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1-0	WCM Maud Benson (1699)	game
2	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	0-1	WCM Gertrude Banini (1667)	game
3	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1-0	Ridham (1733)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	0-1	Dotse Dzidzor Esi (1531)	game
Round 2: Italy 2.5 – 1.5 Iceland
1	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	0-1	WGM Lenka Ptacnikova (2082)	game
2	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1/2-1/2	WFM Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir (1995)	game
3	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1-0	WFM Gudrun Fanney Briem (1865)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	1-0	WCM Idunn Helgadottir (1869)	game
Round 3: Italy 1 – 3 Bulgaria
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	0-1	WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1-0	WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	1/2-1/2	FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)	game
Round 4: Italy 3 – 1 Chile
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	WIM Javiera Belen Gomez Barrera (2181)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	0-1	WCM Monserrat Morales Flores (1972)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1-0	WFM Francisca Valenti Sanchez Tobar (1949)	game
4	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1/2-1/2	Rocio Contreras Suazo (1875)	game
Round 5: Italy 2.5 – 1.5 Tajikistan
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1-0	Marvorii Nasriddinzoda (2054)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	1/2-1/2	WFM Nadezhda Antonova (1913)	game
3	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1-0	Rukhshona Saidova (1892)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	1-0	Nozanin Makhmudova (1858)	game
Round 6: Italy 1 – 3 Switzerland
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2495)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	0-1	WIM Mariia Manko (2285)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1/2-1/2	WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (2254)	game
4	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	0-1	WGM Ghazal Hakimifard (2243)	game
Round 7: Italy 3 – 1 Ecuador
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	WIM Anahi Ortiz Verdezoto (2245)	game
2	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1-0	WGM Carla Heredia Serrano (2117)	game
3	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1/2-1/2	Kerly Samantha Jaramillo Rivadeneira (1937)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	1-0	WFM Arlette Guerrero Caicedo (1870)	game
Round 8: Italy 0.5 – 3.5 France
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	GM Marie Sebag (2401)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	1-0	IM Sophie Milliet (2348)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	0-1	IM Pauline Guichard (2344)	game
4	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	1-0	WIM Manon Schippke (2281)	game
Round 9: Italy 2.5 – 1.5 Uzbekistan 3
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	0-1	WIM Zilola Aktamova (2078)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	1-0	WIM Maftuna Bobomurodova (2030)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1/2-1/2	WFM Barchinoy Shokirjonova (1996)	game
4	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein (2108)	0-1	WCM Ozoda Shakhzodova (1964)	game
Round 10: Italy 2 – 2 Serbia
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1-0	IM Alina Bivol (2331)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	1-0	WGM Elif Mehmed (2325)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1-0	WIM Jovana Srdanovic (2269)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	1-0	WGM Sofia Pogorelskikh (2263)	game
Round 11: Italy 0.5 – 3.5 Ukraine
1	IM Marina Brunello (2323)	1/2-1/2	WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (2463)	game
2	IM Olga Zimina (2305)	0-1	GM Anna Ushenina (2403)	game
3	WIM Tea Gueci (2134)	1-0	IM Nataliya Buksa (2374)	game
4	WFM Giulia Sala (2088)	0-1	Tetyana Skarbarchuk (2221)	game