Lorenzo Lodici
| Lorenzo Lodici | |
|---|---|
 Lorenzo Lodici in 2019 | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Born | 16 April 2000 Brescia, Italy |
| Title | Grandmaster (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2564 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2565 (April 2024) |
Lorenzo Lodici (born 16 April 2000) is an Italian chess grandmaster. He is an Italian Champion in 2018 and winner of chess' Mitropa Cup in 2021. He represented the Italian Team at Chess Olympiads in 2022[1] and 2024,[2] and at Online Chess Olympiads in 2020.[3]
Career
[edit]Lodici was born in Brescia, but he grew up in Chioggia, a town near Venice.[4] After gaining the title of International Master in 2016, he won the Italian Junior Championship in Cosenza in 2017.
In 2018, he won the Italian Chess Championship for the first time in Salerno, defeating the Grandmaster Alberto David in the play-offs by 2-0.[5] Here he earned the first Grandmaster norm.
In 2021, he got the other two norms, gaining the Grandmaster title. The first at the Festival Holiday La Marca Open in Villorba in June,[6] the second at Italian Team Chess Championship in Montesilvano in September.[7] In April he won the Mitropa Cup with the Italian Team, playing in reserve board. He scored 4.5 out of 7 points.
In 2022, he participated at his first Chess Olympiad in Chennai, where he obtained the 19th performance rating in 3rd board,[8] defeating the Norwegian Super GM Jon Ludvig Hammer and drawing against the Indian child prodigy R Praggnanandhaa.
In 2024, at his second Chess Olympiad, he defeated Super GMs Anish Giri and Peter Leko.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "44esime Olimpiadi degli scacchi: Chennai 2022" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Olympiad 2024 Italy Team Info". Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Olimpiadi online: convocazioni Italia" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Lorenzo a 21 anni diventa Gran maestro di scacchi" (in Italian). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Lorenzo Lodici Campione Italiano 2018!" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Festival Holiday La Marca - Lodici supera quota 2500 e realizza la 2ª Norma GM! Dal 2/7 WE con Valsecchi" (in Italian). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Lorenzo Lodici Grande Maestro!" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Open - Board-prizes". Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Lorenzo Lodici rating card at FIDE
- Lorenzo Lodici player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Lorenzo Lodici chess games at 365Chess.com