[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "De Coninck, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. Be3 0-0 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Kh8 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nc5 Bd5 15. e4 dxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. e4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. d4 Bd6 21. Kh1 Qg4 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rf2 Rde8 24. Nd4 Re5 25. Rf4 Qg6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qf7 28. Rf2 Rfe8 29. Bf3 Qd7 30. g4 Qe7 31. Qd2 Re3 32. Rc2 Qe5 33. Re2 Qf4 34. Rf2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelardi, Davide"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bb7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. f3 a6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Nd7 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Kf2 c5 23. Ke2 f6 24. g3 Kf7 25. f4 Ke6 26. Kd3 Nc8 27. Nd1 Nd6 28. Ke3 h6 29. h4 c4 30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Ba3 cxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. e5 fxe5+ 34. fxe5 b4 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Ovaskainen, Juha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 0-0 7. Ne2 Re8 8. 0-0 a5 9. d4 Bf8 10. Nec3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb8 12. e4 d6 13. f4 f6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Rc1 Na6 19. Qc2 Bg4 20. a3 h6 21. h3 Bd7 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. b3 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qe8 26. Kh2 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4 g6 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. g4 g5 36. h5 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kd3 Bc8 39. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Ba7 8. Rb1 0-0 9. b4 Nd4 10. e3 Ne6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. b5 a5 15. Ne1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bb6 18. e4 Bh3 19. Be3 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nd7 21. Rbc1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ne3 Qd8 24. Nc4 b6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Re7 27. Rcf1 Nd7 28. Ne3 Ne5 29. Nf5 Re8 30. d4 Ng6 31. R4f3 Rc8 32. h4 Nf8 33. g4 Qf6 34. g5 Qg6 35. Rg3 Qh5 36. Rf4 Ng6 37. Rfg4 Ne7 38. Ne3 Qg6 39. Ng2 Nxd5 40. Qc4 Ne7 41. d5 f5 42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. Nf4 Rf8 44. Rxg7+ Kh8 45. R7g4 Rf7 46. Qe2 Qd4+ 47. Kh2 Rcf8 48. Qd3 Qe5 49. Ne6 Rf3 50. Qd4 Qxd4 51. Nxd4 Rf2+ 52. Rg2 Rxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Ng6 54. Ne6 Rf7 55. h5 Ne5 56. Rg3 Nd7 57. Nxc7 Nc5 58. Ne6 Nxe4 59. Re3 Nf6 60. Rc3 h6 61. Rc6 Nxd5 62. Rxd6 Rf5 63. Rd8+ Kh7 64. Rd7+ Kg8 65. Kg3 Rxh5 66. Rd6 Kf7 67. Nd4 Ke7 68. Rxh6 Rxh6 69. Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Di Misa, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qxd5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. d4 e6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16. Kd3 Rac8 17. h3 Nd5 18. a3 f6 19. g3 Rc7 20. Rxc7+ Nxc7 21. e4 Rc8 22. Rc1 a6 23. a4 h5 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Kd6 27. Nd2 Kd7 28. b4 f5 29. f3 Ne8 30. Nc4 Ke7 31. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melograni, Francesco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a4 e5 13. a5 Be6 14. Bc5 Rfd8 15. exd5 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Peat, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. a4 Ngf6 15. b4 Qc7 16. a5 0-0 17. 0-0 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne4 Nxh5 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxh5 Nc4 24. Be3 e5 25. Rad1 e4 26. Qg4 Qe6 27. Qg3 Rd5 28. Bc1 f5 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Rde1 Kh8 31. f3 Qd5 32. Qh4 Rde7 33. g4 e3 34. gxf5 Qxf5 35. Qg3 Nd2 36. f4 Nc4 37. Bxe3 Qd3 38. Kf2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 5th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bijlsma, Nick"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Na4 Rb8 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rc1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nb6 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc6 20. Bf3 Qg5 21. Rfd1 h5 22. a4 Nf6 23. Rb1 Ng4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. f4 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "La Franca, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. e3 d6 8. a3 0-0 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Bb7 13. d4 f5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. c5 Ba8 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qa3 Nf7 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Ng5 Rff8 24. Ra1 Nc8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. b5 bxc5 28. dxc5 Kh7 29. Qb2 Qe7 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Ne5 Rb7 33. Ra6 Re7 34. Rda1 Kf6 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Reg7 38. b6 Rd8 39. bxa7 d4 40. c6 dxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Rd6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nb6 Nxb6 44. Rxb6 Rg8 45. Rb8 Rdd8 46. c7 Rdf8 47. Ba6 Kd7 48. Rxf8 Rxf8 49. c8Q+ Rxc8 50. Bxc8+ Kxc8 51. Rb1 Bd5 52. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galante, Benedetto"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1518"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 f5 8. h3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nd7 10. Qe2 d4 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Nc4 Bb8 13. Ne6 Rf6 14. Qg4 Rg6 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Nxg7 Rxg7 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Qb3 Qf7 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. b3 c5 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Bh6 Nb4 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qe2 Qf6 28. a3 Nc6 29. Nh4 Nf4 30. gxf4 Qxh4 31. f5 Bf7 32. Qg4+ Qxg4 33. hxg4 c4 34. b4 Be7 35. Kf1 d3 36. c3 Bg5 37. Bf3 Bd2 38. Red1 Bxc3 39. Rab1 Nd4 40. Bh1 Ne2 41. Bf3 Nf4 42. Bh1 Bd4 43. b5 c3 44. b6 c2 45. bxa7 cxd1Q+ 46. Rxd1 Bxa7 47. Rb1 Rc8 48. Ke1 b5 49. Bf3 Bc4 50. Kd2 Bxf2 51. g5 Ra8 52. f6 Rxa3 53. Rh1 Bd4 54. Rh6 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 d2+ 56. Kb1 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Spinella, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 h6 9. Bd2 a6 10. b4 Qe8 11. h4 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qb3 c6 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Be3 Be6 16. Nd5 cxd5 17. Bxa7 d4 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Nd2 Bf6 20. b5 Qd8 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Qb6 Qe7 23. Qxa6 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Nf4 25. e3 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Qxh4+ 27. Bh3 f4 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fontana, Giulio"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qf3 c6 10. g5 Qxd4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. gxf6 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 gxf6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. a3 0-0-0 17. Be2 f5 18. Rad1 b6 19. a4 e5 20. Kg2 f4 21. Bf2 f5 22. Bc4 Bc5 23. Be6 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Kc7 25. Kf3 Nf8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bc4 Ke7 28. b4 g5 29. b5 g4+ 30. Kg2 Rxh3 31. Rxh3 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Kd6 33. bxc6 Kxc6 34. Ba6 e4 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Bc8 f3 37. Ng3 Ng5+ 38. Kh2 f4 39. Nh1 e3 40. Kg1 Ne4 41. Kf1 Ng3+ 42. Nxg3 fxg3 43. Bg4 e2+ 44. Ke1 g2 45. Bxf3+ Kc5 46. Bxg2 Kb4 47. Bc6 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gutierrez Bolado, Juan Antonio"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Bg5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qb6 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. c5 Qc7 12. b4 b6 13. Ne2 a5 14. 0-0 axb4 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Rfb1 c5 17. Nc3 c4 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. a4 Nxe5 22. Be3 Qc8 23. Bb6 Rb8 24. a5 Nd7 25. Nc7+ Ke7 26. Rxb4 Nxb6 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Nxd5+ exd5 29. Rxb6 Qc7 30. Qb2 c3 31. Qb4+ Kd7 32. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Aceto, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1569"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 Bd7 8. Na4 Bb6 9. a3 Qc8 10. Re1 Nd4 11. Nxb6 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 axb6 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Be7 f5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. e3 g5 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Qd2 Qe8 19. f4 h6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 Qh5 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 4th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2013.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Toma, Katarzyna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Nde4 c6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Nce4 Nd5 17. Nc5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxg5 19. Nxd7 Nf5 20. Rf3 Nxg3 21. Kh2 Nf5 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Bh1 Rad8 24. Ne4 Nh4 25. Rf2 f5 26. Nc3 e4 27. d4 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Bg2 f4 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Castelli, Giovanni J"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bf2 Nfd7 9. h4 c5 10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. Nh3 Qg7 12. f4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. 0-0-0 Bd7 17. Nb5 0-0-0 18. c3 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nd4 Kb8 21. Kb1 e5 22. Nxc6+ Bxc6 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qd4 Rhf8 26. Bd3 Qg3 27. Ng1 Qxg2 28. Rxh6 Rf2 29. Ne2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Qxe2 31. Rdh1 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Kc7 34. Rh8 Rxh8 35. Rxh8 Bf4 36. Kb1 Bd7 37. Kc2 Bf5+ 38. Kc3 Be3 39. Re8 Be4 40. Re7+ Kc6 41. b4 Bf2 42. b5+ Kb6 43. a4 Be1+ 44. Kb3 Bd2 45. Re6+ Kc7 46. Re7+ Kc8 47. Re8+ Kc7 48. Re7+ Kb6 49. Re6+ Ka5 50. Re7 a6 51. bxa6 bxa6 52. Rd7 Be3 53. Kc3 Kxa4 54. Ra7 a5 55. Rb7 Bc1 56. Rg7 Ba3 57. Rg1 Bb4+ 58. Kb2 Kb5 59. Rd1 a4 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savalla, Pietro"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bc4 16. b3 Bd5 17. Ng5 Re8 18. c4 h6 19. Nh3 Be4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 c5 22. f3 Bc6 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. Re5 g5 25. Rxc5 Rac8 26. Nf2 Red8 27. Rce5 Re8 28. Kf1 Kf6 29. Nd3 Rcd8 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. b4 Ba8 32. Nb3 Be4 33. Rc5 Bd3+ 34. Kf2 e5 35. Rd1 Red8 36. Nc1 Bb1 37. Rxd6+ Rxd6 38. Ke2 Ra6 39. Kd2 e4 40. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 d5 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. b3 b6 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Kf1 h5 20. h3 Kg7 21. Ke2 Bf5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Be6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Kxe3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Kf6 29. Be2 Kg5 30. f3 Kf4 31. Kc3 Bd5 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Kxc4 Kxf3 34. Kd5 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spina, Simonpietro"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d3 0-0 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. b3 Nd4 10. Bb2 Bc6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne2 e5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Qb2 Qd8 21. cxd5 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. Rbd1 Rad8 25. Rd3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Rfd1 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd3 29. Re5 f6 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxd5 32. Re7 Rb5 33. f4 h5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Rd7 a6 36. Ke3 Rb4 37. Kd3 a5 38. h3 h4 39. gxh4 Rxf4 40. Rxb7 Rxh4 41. Ra7 Rxh3+ 42. Kc4 Rh5 43. b4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Gelardi, Davide"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Ne4 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d5 Bf6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 exd5 12. cxd5 Qd6 13. Bf3 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nc6 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. a3 Na5 22. Rc1 b5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 a6 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. b4 Nc6 27. e4 a5 28. e5 g6 29. g4 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 Ra4 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 dxe6 35. Bxc6 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Rxh2 37. Bxb5 Kf7 38. Bd3 Ke8 39. b5 Kd7 40. Be4 Rh5 41. Bc6+ Kc7 42. Be3 Rf5+ 43. Ke4 h5 44. Be8 h4 45. b6+ Kb7 46. Bd7 Rf1 47. Bxe6 h3 48. Bxh3 Rb1 49. Be6 Rxb6 50. Bd5+ Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Nc2 d6 10. e4 Be6 11. Ne3 Rc8 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. b3 Qd7 14. f4 Neg4 15. Ned5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne8 17. Qf3 b5 18. Rac1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 b4 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bc5 22. h3 Ngf6 23. e5 Nh5 24. Bb2 Nc7 25. g4 Ng7 26. Ng3 Nb5 27. Ne4 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qd3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Qa7 31. Qd2 a5 32. Qh6 f6 33. d6 fxe5 34. Ng5 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 exd6 36. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 3rd"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Ferrante, Filippo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Qb3 Nf8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf3 Ng6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Be3 Re8 19. Qd3 Re6 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. Qd4 b6 23. c5 b5 24. b3 Qf6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Ng6 27. Be3 h6 28. Rd7 R6e7 29. Rad1 Ne5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd6 Rd7 32. f4 Rxd6 33. cxd6 Nd7 34. Bxa7 Kf8 35. Kf3 f5 36. Bd4 Kf7 37. a4 g6 38. a5 Nb8 39. Be5 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. a6 Nd7 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Ravagnani, Tiziano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. c4 d4 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. a3 Bd6 10. Rb1 0-0 11. b4 a6 12. bxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Re1 h6 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Na1 Bc5 17. h4 e4 18. Nh2 e3 19. fxe3 dxe3 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nc2 Qd6 23. Nf1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Qc2 Bh3 27. Bf3 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Qe5 32. Kh2 Bg4 33. Qb7 Qa1 34. Nxe3 Qe1 35. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sbarra, Marco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. b5 0-0 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ra6 Rfc8 15. Be2 e5 16. 0-0 Ne8 17. b4 Bf6 18. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rfe8 12. b4 a5 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 Rad8 16. Na4 Be4 17. Qb3 Ba8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nh5 20. Ne3 f5 21. Ng2 Nhf6 22. Rd3 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. h3 Nge5 26. Rd2 Nf7 27. h4 Nd6 28. f3 Nc8 29. Rad1 Nf6 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. Nb2 h6 32. Nbd3 Nd7 33. Ne5+ Nxe5 34. Qxe5 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nh5 Rg8 38. g4 f4 39. Kf2 Rg6 40. Ke1 Rg8 41. Rd3 Rg6 42. Kd2 Rg8 43. Kc3 Rg6 44. a4 Rg8 45. Rd1 Rg6 46. Qh8 Rg8 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qe4 Kf7 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Qxh7 51. Rxh7 Rg6 52. Rc7 Ne7 53. Kd3 e5 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. Rd7 Ke6 56. Rb7 Kf7 57. Ng7 Rxg7 58. Rxb6 Rg6 59. Rxg6 Kxg6 60. Kxe5 Nc8 61. Kd5 Nb6+ 62. Kxc5 Nxa4+ 63. Kc6 Nb6 64. Kxb6 a4 65. c5 a3 66. c6 a2 67. c7 a1Q 68. c8Q 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Savalla, Pietro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d4 0-0 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Re8+ Kg7 18. Be3 c5 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Ra8 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Re7 Bf5 24. Rxf7+ Kh6 25. c4 Re8 26. f3 Re2 27. Rxb7 Rd2 28. Bg8 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Bd5 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Bf5 33. Be4 Bd7 34. Kd3 Be6 35. a3 a5 36. Kc3 Kg7 37. b4 cxb4+ 38. axb4 axb4+ 39. Kxb4 Kh6 40. c5 Kh5 41. c6 Kh4 42. c7 Kh3 43. Bb7 Kxh2 44. c8Q Bxc8 45. Bxc8 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. 0-0-0 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Ne5 11. Bb3 a6 12. Kb1 0-0 13. h3 b5 14. g4 Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. a3 e6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. h4 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Bxe4 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Kd2 d5 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Rb3 h6 27. Rf1 Be7 28. h5 g5 29. a4 b4 30. cxb4 e5 31. Nf5 Rxc2+ 32. Kd1 Bf8 33. Ng3 Bh7 34. Nf5 Rg2 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rxg4 37. b6 Bxf5 38. b7 Bd6 39. b8Q+ Bxb8 40. Rxb8+ Kg7 41. Rxf5 Re4 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Assmann, Norbert"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Nxb7 Nxb2 13. Na5 Rb8 14. Rb1 Rb4 15. Bg5 Re8 16. c5 Rb5 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bc1 Nd3 20. Be3 e5 21. Rfd1 e4 22. Bf1 Rb4 23. Na5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd5 25. Rb6 Re6 26. Rb8+ Kf7 27. Rd8 Ke7 28. Rg8 Bf6 29. Nb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rc6 31. Ra8 g5 32. f3 Nxc5 33. Bxc5+ Rxc5 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rxa6 Rc2 36. Bc4 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. Ra5 h6 39. Rd5 Bf6 40. Be2 d6 41. b4 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. b5 Be5 44. g4 Rb2 45. Ke3 Bf4+ 46. Kf2 Ke6 47. Rf5 d5 48. Rf8 Ke7 49. Rc8 Kd6 50. Rc6+ Ke5 51. Rc8 d4 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. Rd8+ Bd6 54. Ke1 d3 0-1

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Lo Piccolo, Antonino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Puleo, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
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1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Ng3 Qb6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. b3 Na6 12. Be2 Ne8 13. a3 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Qe1 Ng7 17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Bd3 Rf8 19. Nge2 Be5 20. Qh4 Rae8 21. Bg5 f5 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Qh6 Qd8 25. Ng3 f4 26. Rxf4 Be5 27. Rh4 Rf2 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Nce2 Qf6 30. Qh6 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 Kf7 32. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Terrasini Mediterranean op 3rd"]
[Site "Terrasini"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bentivegna, Francesco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d3 e6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bg6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Qb3 b6 11. Be2 Be7 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 0-0 16. Qc4 Bd6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Bg5 Kh8 19. Qh4 f6 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nd3 23. g3 c5 24. Bh5 g5 25. fxg6 Qg7 26. Bg4 Qxg6 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rb3 Ne5 30. Qh6 Qf5 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. Bc3 Bd6 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qf3 Qc2 35. Re1 Qc4 36. Rd3 Bc3 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 38. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Melograni, Francesco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c3 Bf5 8. Re1 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Re2 Qh4 16. Be1 Qf6 17. f3 Qf7 18. Bh4 Nf6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. a4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Bf4 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Bg3 Nh5 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Nd1 g5 29. g3 Ng6 30. a5 Ke6 31. Ke3 h5 32. Nf2 Ne7 33. g4 g6 34. Nd3 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ne5 c5 37. h3 c4 38. Kd2 b5 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. b3 Nc8 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Kb2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nd6 44. Ka3 Ke6 45. Nxg6 Nf7 46. Kb4 Kf6 47. Nf8 Ke7 48. Nh7 Kd6 49. Kb5 Kd7 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kc6 Nd8+ 52. Kc7 Nf7 53. Nf8+ Ke7 54. Nd7 Nd8 55. Nb6 Ne6+ 56. Kc6 Nxd4+ 57. cxd4 Ke6 58. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Cleal, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 0-0 7. Be2 a6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. b3 Qa3 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. Bc3 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bf5 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lo Piccolo, Antonino"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc2 g6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Ba4 Rf8 17. Bh6 Qb6 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 21. Rad1 Ne4 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe6 a4 26. Bd5 Rc2 27. Ng5 Rxf2 28. Kh1 e3 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Bc4 e2 31. Rb1 Ba5 32. Nh3 e1Q+ 33. Rxe1 Bxe1 34. Nxf2 Bxf2 35. Bb5 Bd4 36. Bxa4 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Piazza, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Na4 Bb6 9. a3 Qe7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. b3 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qf6 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Bf3 Bh3 18. Rfc1 Rf6 19. b4 Rd8 20. b5 Na5 21. Rc3 Be6 22. Qc2 Rh6 23. Bc1 Rf8 24. Bd2 Rg6 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rc1 Rh6 27. Qd3 Bg8 28. R3c2 Qe6 29. Bg2 Rh5 30. Bf3 Rg5 31. Bxa5 bxa5 32. c5 fxg3 33. hxg3 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Rg6 35. Bg2 Qe6 36. cxd6 cxd6 37. Rc7 Rgf6 38. Rf1 R6f7 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Rd1 Rd7 41. b6 Qb3 42. Bh3 Rd8 43. Qxb3 Bxb3 44. Rc1 Ba4 45. Rc7 Bc6 46. Bc8 Bxe4 47. Bxb7 Bxb7 48. Rxb7 h6 49. Ra7 Rb8 50. b7 Kh7 51. Kg2 Kg6 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Ke3 Ke6 54. Kd3 Kd7 55. Kc4 a4 56. Kd5 g5 57. Ra6 Rxb7 58. Rxd6+ Ke7 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Rxe5 Rb5+ 61. Kd4 Rxe5 62. Kxe5 Kg6 63. Ke4 Kf6 64. f3 h5 65. Ke3 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. Kf5 h4 68. gxh4 gxh4 69. Kg4 Ke5 70. e3 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Savalla, Gianluca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Be6 8. Rb1 h6 9. b4 a6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 d5 12. b5 axb5 13. cxb5 Nb8 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. d4 Bf5 16. Rb3 c6 17. a4 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qd6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxa4 24. Rf3 Ra6 25. Rxf5 g6 26. Rf3 Nf6 27. e4 Kh8 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Nb4 Ra5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Rfb3 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Monaco, Alessandro"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 0-0 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. 0-0 Rb8 10. h3 h6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Kh2 b5 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Qa6 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Rxb5 19. Bf1 Rb7 20. b4 f6 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Nfd2 Rd8 23. Ba3 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kf7 27. Bc1 Ke8 28. Rd5 a6 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Rxa5 Rb6 31. Be3 Rc6 32. Ra3 a5 33. Rxa5 Rxc3 34. Rb5 Rb3 35. Bc5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Kd7 37. Rc4 g6 38. Kg2 h5 39. f3 Rb2+ 40. Kg1 g5 41. g4 h4 42. Kh1 Kd6 43. Kg1 c6 44. Kh1 Kc7 45. Kg1 Kb6 46. Rc1 Rxb4 47. Rd1 Rd4 48. Rb1+ Kc5 49. Rc1+ Rc4 50. Rd1 Rd4 51. Rc1+ Kd6 52. Ra1 Rd2 53. Ra5 c5 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Kf1 Rd6 56. Ra7+ Rd7 57. Ra6 Rd6 58. Ra7+ Rd7 59. Ra6 Rc7 60. Ke2 c4 61. Kd2 Rd7+ 62. Kc3 Rd3+ 63. Kxc4 Rxf3 64. Ra7+ Ke6 65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. Ra7+ Kg6 67. Kd5 Rxh3 68. Ra8 Rb3 69. Kc4 Rb7 70. Ra3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arini, Mario"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. Re1 Bh7 9. h3 Be7 10. Nh2 e5 11. e4 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nh2 0-0 18. Ng4 Bg6 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. Nd5 f6 21. Rc1 b6 22. Qc2 Nb8 23. Qc4 Bf7 24. Kh2 Qd6 25. Ba3 Nc6 26. h4 Rfe8 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rec1 a5 29. Qb5 Rb8 30. f3 Nd4 31. Qc4 Bf8 32. Bb2 b5 33. Qc3 Ne2 34. Qxa5 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxd5 36. exd5 Qxd5 37. Qc3 Red8 38. Rd1 b4 39. Qc2 Qd6 40. Re1 Qxd3 41. Qf2 Qa6 42. Ra1 Rd7 43. Bh3 Rd6 44. Qc2 Rbd8 45. Bc1 Qd3 46. Qf2 Qc3 47. Rb1 R8d7 48. Bxd7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Castelli, Giovanni J"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b3 a6 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bb2 Nxc5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bc3 Qb5 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Ne1 Nd7 19. f4 Nf5 20. Rf3 Qb6 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qe2 Ne6 23. Bb2 Nh4 24. Rf2 Nf5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Kh2 a5 27. Nc2 Qa7 28. g4 Nd6 29. f5 Ng5 30. f6 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Ne4 32. Rd1 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Bf8 34. h4 h6 35. h5 g5 36. Qf5 Qb8 37. Ne1 Qc8 38. Qf3 Qe6 39. Qg3 c5 40. Nf3 Qa6 41. Qf2 Qe6 42. Qg3 b5 43. Kh3 a4 44. Qg1 axb3 45. axb3 Ra8 46. Qb1 b4 47. Qd3 c4 48. Qxd5 c3 49. Qxe6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nd4 a6 14. Re1 0-0 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rbd1 Qd5 19. c4 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Ba4 22. Rb1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc6 Kh8 25. Nd4 Rfd8 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxa2 28. Reb1 g6 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kg7 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Rb5 Kf6 34. f4 h5 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. h4 Rh2+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Rb7 Nc5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40. Rxf7 Nxd3 41. cxd3 Rd2 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Rf3 Rg1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Re3+ Kf5 46. Ke2 Ra1 47. d4 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Re5+ Kf6 50. Rd5 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Re5+ Kf6 53. Re4 Rd1 54. Kf3 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Rd3 57. Rf4+ Ke6 58. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Meo, Antonino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1581"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3 Ne5 9. Qd2 0-0 10. g4 Be6 11. 0-0-0 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Qg2 c6 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Bxd6 Qa5 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Kb1 b5 20. a3 Qb6 21. Qg1 Qb7 22. Qc5 Nxf3 23. Qxc6 Rxe7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. b3 Be6 26. g5 a5 27. Rd3 Bg4 28. Nd5 a4 29. b4 Re8 30. e5 Re6 31. Nc7 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Piazza, Dario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nb1 Na6 9. c3 Nc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Na3 0-0 12. b4 a6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. a5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. 0-0 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bc5 Rf7 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Re3 Ne6 24. Rf3 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qe7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Nc2 Bc7 28. Nd4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2011.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savalla, Pietro"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 Be7 12. Be3 0-0 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 Bf6 15. 0-0 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bb7 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qc5 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf1 Qxd5 22. Nc7 Qe4 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Qd3 Qd5 25. a3 Ba6 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 d3 28. Rab1 d2 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. b4 Bb7 31. Bg2 Bf4 32. Ra1 Bc6 33. Ra2 Ba4 34. Rdxd2 Bb3 35. Rdb2 Bxa2 36. Rxa2 Ra4 37. b5 d5 38. b6 Ra6 39. Rb2 Rxa3 40. b7 Bb8 41. Rc2 Ra1+ 42. Bf1 d4 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rxb8 Rb1 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "La Bella, Massimiliano"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. d4 c6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 0-0 13. Rfc1 f6 14. b4 e5 15. a4 e4 16. Nd2 f5 17. b5 Rf6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rcb1 Rg6 20. Rb7 Qg5 21. g3 Nf6 22. Rab1 h5 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Kh7 25. Kf1 Qg4 26. Qc1 h4 27. Ke1 hxg3 28. fxg3 Rh6 29. Qd1 Qg5 30. Qe2 Ng4 31. h4 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 Nxe3 33. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Isonzo, Davide"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nbd7 14. g4 d5 15. g5 d4 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Kh1 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Rab1 b5 21. Rgc1 Rfd8 22. Rb3 Qc6 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. c4 Rd7 25. c5 Rcd8 26. Rc2 h6 27. a4 Rd3 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Kg1 b4 31. Qe2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Speciale, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Nb3 e6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Qxd6 Be5 13. Qd2 Bc7 14. Qxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. f4 Nge7 18. Nd4 Rg8 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. c4 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rf3 Kf8 23. Bc5+ Kg7 24. Rd3 Bc7 25. g3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. e5 f6 28. Bd6 Bb6+ 29. c5 Bd8 30. Bf3 fxe5 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Bxe5+ Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Kd3 h6 36. Kc4 Kc8 37. g4 Kb7 38. b4 Be7 39. a4 Bh4 40. b5 axb5+ 41. axb5 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. b6 Bf2 44. Bd6 h4 45. h3 Be3 46. Kd3 Bf2 47. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lo Piccolo, Antonino"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Nb3 Bf8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. Nbd4 Ne4 17. Be3 Ndf6 18. Re2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Nb3 Nce4 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Qd3 Bf4 24. g3 Bh6 25. Nh4 Nh5 26. Ng2 Ng5 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qe3 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Cerami, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 0-0 17. Nh5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f3 Be6 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. a4 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qe2 Re7 27. Qc2 g6 28. Qc5 b6 29. Qd6 Kf7 30. Re4 Rd7 31. Qc6 Re7 32. Qd6 Rd7 33. Qb8 Qd8 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. Qe5 Qe7 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Qc5 38. Qxc5 bxc5 39. Kf2 c4 40. Bc2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Bd1 c3 44. Kxc3 Kc5 45. Be2 Bd7 46. f4 a6 47. bxa6 Bxa4 48. Bc4 Kb6 49. g4 Be8 50. g5 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. d3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Ba4 a6 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qe1 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Ne3 a4 14. Bc2 e6 15. a3 Nh5 16. f5 Ne5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ng2 g5 20. Be3 h6 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. d4 c4 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rd2 exf5 27. gxf5 f6 28. Qd1 Be8 29. h4 Qf7 30. Qe1 Qc7 31. Bd1 Bf7 32. Bf3 Re8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd1 Rcd8 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Kf2 Rh8 38. Bg4 Qe8 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. Rde2 Qc6 41. Rg1 Rh2 42. Kf1 Rh8 43. Ne1 Qe8 44. Nc2 Bf8 45. Rh1 Rxh1+ 46. Qxh1 Rd7 47. Bf3 Qd8 48. d5 Bc5 49. Rh2 Kf8 50. e5 fxe5 51. Re2 Bg8 52. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 0-0 8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. 0-0-0 Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Ne2 Be6 18. b3 Rcc8 19. Bd4 b5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc1 a5 22. Nf4 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rcc8 24. Ne2 Rc5 25. Kb2 a4 26. a3 Rb8 27. Nc3 axb3 28. cxb3 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Kf6 33. Kc2 e6 34. Kc3 Rb5 35. dxe6 Kxe6 36. b4 d5 37. Kb3 Rb8 38. Ka4 Ra8+ 39. Kb3 Rb8 40. Rc3 Kd6 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Rc5 Kd6 43. Rc2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Savalla, Pietro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1583"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 0-0 8. f3 a6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 c5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. 0-0 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 c4 19. Rfe1 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. Bg3 Re7 22. f4 Rde8 23. Bf3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 18th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pandolfo, Sergio"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. Bd3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 0-0-0 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg6 15. 0-0-0 Rhe8 16. c4 Kb8 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Bc3 Ba3+ 20. Kd2 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 Nxc3 22. Qa6 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gangemi, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 a6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Ba2 Bb7 16. e4 h6 17. Bb1 e5 18. d5 Na5 19. Nh2 Nc4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Be3 g5 25. Rec1 Bd7 26. Rc7 Red8 27. h4 Qg6 28. hxg5 Ne8 29. Rb7 hxg5 30. Qxe5 f6 31. Qg3 Ng7 32. Bb6 Nh5 33. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Agnello, Francesco Claudio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxa4 15. Bxa4 Ne8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Bb3 Nc7 19. a3 Rb8 20. Qe1 d5 21. e5 Rfc8 22. a4 Bc5 23. f4 Na8 24. f5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nb6 26. f6 g6 27. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Bertino, Giacomo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qb3 Qxd4 8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nxc3 11. Bd4 Ne4 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Rc1 0-0-0 16. Nh3 Rge8 17. Kf2 Nxc4 18. Bc3 N4e5 19. Nf4 Bxa2 20. Bb5 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. g4 b5 23. Kg3 Nd4 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rhe1 Re3 26. Rxe3 Nxe3 27. Re1 Ndc2 28. Re2 c5 29. Ba5 Re8 30. Kh4 Nd4 31. Rf2 Kb7 32. Nd3 Kc6 33. f4 f6 34. g5 fxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Qb6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nd3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. c4 c5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Nxe3 15. cxb6 Nxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxb6 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. b3 Rc7 22. Rad1 g6 23. Re5 Bc5 24. Bxb7 Kg7 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. Rd3 Kf6 27. Re2 h6 28. g3 Rb6 29. Re8 Re6 30. Ra8 Bb4 31. Kg2 Be1 32. Rd1 Bb4 33. Rb8 g5 34. h3 Re5 35. Rb6+ Kg7 36. Rb5 f6 37. Bh5 Rce7 38. Rd8 Rxb5 39. axb5 Rc7 40. Bf3 Bc5 41. Bd5 Kg6 42. Ra8 Ra7 43. Rc8 Bd4 44. c5 Rd7 45. Bc4 Re7 46. b6 1-0

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Lo Pinto, Giovanni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. a4 c5 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Nxf7 0-0 16. Ng5 dxc3 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Be3 Bc5 19. a5 Qb4 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Bb3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rae8 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 Qd2 25. e4 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxe4 27. Rad1 Bxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Erice op 1st"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fontana, Giulio"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2010.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Qb3 e6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qa3 Nc4 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. Nb5 a5 15. Nxd6+ Nxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Ke7 20. Re1 f6 21. Nd4 fxe5 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. R1xe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kd6 25. Re6+ Kd7 26. Re5 Kd6 27. Re6+ Kc5 28. Nb3+ Kc4 29. Re4+ Kb5 30. Re5 Rhd8 31. Nxa5 Ka6 32. Nb3 Rc2 33. h3 Rxb2 34. Bg5 Rd6 35. Nc5+ Ka7 36. Ne4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. f3 b6 39. Be7 Rd7 40. Bh4 Re2 41. Bf2 Rxa2 42. Re6 Rc2 43. Kg3 Ka6 44. Nc5+ Rxc5 45. Bxc5 Ka5 46. Bf2 b5 47. Re8 Ka4 48. Re4+ b4 49. Be1 Ka3 50. Bxb4+ Nxb4 51. Re3+ Kb2 52. Kg4 Kc2 53. Kg5 Nd5 54. Re8 Kd3 55. f4 Rf7 56. g3 Rf5+ 57. Kh4 Nf6 58. Re5 g5+ 59. fxg5 Rxe5 60. gxf6 Rf5 61. g4 Rxf6 62. g5 Rg6 63. Kg4 h6 64. h4 Ke4 65. Kh5 Kf5 66. gxh6 Rg8 67. h7 Rh8 68. Kh6 Kf6 69. h5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lo Bosco, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. Nf3 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qb6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Rae1 Rfe8 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 Ne5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. Re3 Ra6 22. Rg3 Rg6 23. Qf4 Rxg3 24. Qxg3 Bc8 25. Ne3 Kh8 26. Rd1 f5 27. Qf4 a4 28. Ba2 h6 29. h4 Ng6 30. Qc7 f4 31. Nd5 Be6 32. Qb6 Qg8 33. Nc7 Bxa2 34. Nxe8 Kh7 35. Rd8 Qf7 36. Nd6 Qf6 37. Qb8 Nxh4 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Cerami, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. 0-0 Qd8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 h6 15. Ne1 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Nxf4 Bg5 18. Nc2 Rg8 19. Rf3 Ncxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Bf2 Nxe5 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Bxg6 Rxg6 24. Nxd4 Qf6 25. Be3 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rd8 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Be3 Rd5 29. Qf2 Rf5 30. Qg3 Rd5 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Oddo, Salvatore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Qe1 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Rd3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Ng6 Qg5 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Rf3 f6 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ke7 25. g4 a4 26. Ba2 Ba5 27. c3 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Bc7 30. Rf3 Be6 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rfd3 Bf4 33. Rd1 Ra7 34. Rd8 Rc7 35. Kg2 c5 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 b4 38. axb4 Re7 39. Rb5 Rxe4 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. bxc5 Be5 43. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Messina, Rosario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Ng3 0-0 13. Qd2 Bc8 14. 0-0 Nh7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Ndf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Bf6 19. c3 Bg5 20. Ra5 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Nf6 22. f3 Re8 23. Rfa1 Qc8 24. Nc2 Nd7 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. Kh2 Ne5 27. Nf5 Nc6 28. R5a2 Ne7 29. Ne3 Red8 30. c4 c6 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Kh1 Qd7 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc7 36. Raa1 Ra7 37. e5 Qb7 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxa6 d5 40. Rd4 Kf8 41. Rc6 Ke7 42. Kh2 g6 43. Kg3 Rdd7 44. b4 Rd8 45. f4 Kd7 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rxd8 Kxd8 48. Rxd5+ Ke7 49. Kf3 Rc7 50. Rxb5 Rc2 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rb6+ Ke7 53. b5 Rxb2 54. Rb8 Rb3+ 55. Kg4 h5+ 56. Kh4 Ke6 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. g4 hxg4 59. hxg4 Rb4 60. Kg5 Kf8 61. Rb7 Ke8 62. f5 Re4 63. e6 fxe6 64. f6 e5 65. Rb8+ Kf7 66. Rb7+ Kf8 67. Re7 Kg8 68. b6 Rb4 69. Rxe5 Rxb6 70. Kxg6 Rb7 71. g5 Kf8 72. Ra5 Rb8 73. Ra7 Kg8 74. Kh6 Rb1 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piazza, Dario"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Re1 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Be3 0-0 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Rd2 c5 17. b3 d5 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Na4 d4 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Red1 Bc6 23. Nb2 Bb5 24. Nc4 Qxa2 25. Qf1 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bf8 27. Qd3 Qa5 28. Qe2 Be7 29. Be1 Qb5 30. Ra1 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Ra8 32. Rd2 f6 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Ra5 Bd8 35. Ra4 Kf7 36. Rd3 e5 37. c4 Rd6 38. fxe5 Re6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Bf2 Rxe5 41. b4 Bf6 42. bxc5 Re4 43. c6 a5 44. Rd3 Kf7 45. c5 Ke6 46. Bxd4 Be7 47. Re3 Rxe3 48. Bxe3 Kd5 49. c7 Bxc5 50. Bxc5 Kxc5 51. Rxa5+ Rxa5 52. c8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Trapani Province-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gigante, Giovanni"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. f4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f6 13. f5 Nxe5 14. fxe6 Qe7 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. e4 d4 18. Rad1 c5 19. c3 d3 20. Qe3 c4 21. Qc1 Bxe6 22. Ba3 Qf7 23. Bxf8 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxf8 25. Rdf1 Qb7 26. Qf4 Ng6 27. Qf3 Nh4 28. Qe3 Nxf5 29. exf5 b5 30. Rf4 Qb6 31. Kf2 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 h6 37. Rd4 d2 38. c4 a5 39. c5 Rc2 40. g4 Rxc5 41. Rxd2 Kh7 42. Rd7 Rc4 43. Ra7 a4 44. h4 Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. h5 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 a3 52. Ke4 Rb3 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Kf3 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rh3 56. Ke4 Rg3 57. Kf4 Rd3 58. Ke4 Rc3 59. Kf4 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campo, Renato"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 a5 9. Nbd2 a4 10. b4 axb3 11. Nxb3 Ba3 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c4 Nge7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qg5 18. Nd2 0-0 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Qb2 f6 23. Be2 Qh6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. f3 e5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Bg3 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. Qb3 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 h5 32. Ne3 Qg5 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Nd5 Rfd8 35. Ne7 Rd2 36. Rg1 Raxa2 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. Qb5 Bf7 39. Qd7 g6 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Bf1 Rd1 42. Qh3 Qc5 43. Nc8 Raa1 44. g4 Bc4 45. gxh5 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Di Misa, Salvatore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Qe1 e4 14. Bxf6 exd3 15. Qg3 g6 16. Qh4 Qf5 17. cxd3 Rfe8 18. g4 Qf4 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. d4 Bd5 21. Rae1 b5 22. Nc5 b4 23. Bd2 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qf4 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Nc5 Qf4 28. Nd3 Qd6 29. Nc5 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melograni, Francesco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1824"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Qh4 Qd7 11. f5 gxf5 12. h3 fxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nxe4 16. Rae1 f5 17. Ng5 e5 18. Ncxe4 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rd1 d5 21. Nxe4 Qf7 22. Qxc6 dxe4 23. Qxc5 a6 24. Qd5 e3 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rd3 Rf2 27. Rxe3 Rxc2 28. Rb3 Kf7 29. Kh2 Ke6 30. Kg3 Kd5 31. Kf3 e4+ 32. Kg3 Kd4 33. Ra3 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 Ke3 35. Rb6 b4 36. Rb7 h5 37. Kh4 Kf2 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kxg4 e3 40. Rf7+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Bocci, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nb3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 b5 11. Qf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. f5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cleal, John"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. e5 Nd7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Bc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bc3 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bc8 20. Rad1 b6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Qf1 Bb7 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Re1 Nc2 26. Re2 Qd7 27. e5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qd3 29. Qf3 b5 30. Ba5 Rd7 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Ne4 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Nc4 35. Bc7 Rd7 36. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 17th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Piazza, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1533"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. c3 0-0 8. d4 Bd6 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. f3 Qh4 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Qb3 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Be1 Qg5 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Na3 Be6 20. Qc2 a5 21. Qd3 Nb6 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Qg3 Nd7 24. Nc2 c5 25. Ne3 cxd4 26. cxd4 c6 27. Rc1 Ra6 28. Rcf1 g6 29. a3 Bb3 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg7 33. Ng5 Qg8 34. Qh4 h6 35. Ne4 Bd5 36. Rf8 Rxf8 37. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Di Via, Saverio"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Re1 0-0 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. Nbd2 c4 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. g3 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Nh4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Be7 17. Ndf3 Bf6 18. Nf5 b5 19. Bh3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Kg7 29. f4 Rf8 30. Rd6 Ne7 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Rxa7 Nf5 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. a3 Kf6 36. g4 Ne4+ 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Lo Piccolo, Antonino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 0-0 8. c4 Re8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferrante, Marco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 d6 12. a4 b6 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 f6 15. Bh3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f5 e5 18. g6 hxg6 19. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Montalto, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 Be6 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Bxe6 Nd4 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Nxe4 12. d4 Nf6 13. Re1 Be7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re1 Rf8 18. h3 h6 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. Rd1 Kc6 21. Be3 Kb7 22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Nd4 Rd7 24. c4 b4 25. Ra5 c5 26. Ne6 Re8 27. Nxc5+ Bxc5 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Rf5 Rxb2 33. Rf3 Kc6 34. Kg3 Kc5 35. Rd3 Rc2 36. Kf3 a5 37. Ke3 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Melograni, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nbd2 Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nf1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nd7 20. b3 g6 21. c4 Ng7 22. Qd2 Rf4 23. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valguarnera, Girolamo"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Be3 Be7 10. a4 Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 0-0 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rac8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. b3 e5 17. bxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qa5 21. Qd3 Qxa4 22. c5 Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. c6 bxc6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc6 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Rxb5 Rxc2 30. Rbe5 Rcc8 31. Bb2 g6 32. f5 f6 33. Re6 Kf7 34. fxg6+ hxg6 35. h4 f5 36. R1e2 f4 37. R6e4 Bd6 38. gxf4 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rc2 40. Be5 Be7 41. Ra4 Bxh4 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rxh4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sicilia Regional-ch"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Guarino, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1503"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. f3 0-0 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Qd8 20. Ne2 Kh8 21. Qh4 Rg8 22. Rhg1 Rg6 23. Qxh5 a5 24. Rg4 b4 25. Ng3 Bc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rg7 28. f6 Bxf6 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Rxd6 a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Di Via, Saverio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 Re8 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Rd1 c6 13. 0-0 Ng6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Ba2 Rac8 16. Bb1 Red8 17. Rc1 Ba8 18. e5 Nd7 19. h4 h5 20. Ng5 Ndf8 21. Qe2 Nxh4 22. Qxh5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nhg6 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Nb5 Qe7 26. Nd6 c5 27. Qg4 cxd4 28. Bxg6 Nxg6 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc8 Qb7 31. Nd6 Qd5 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxd4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oddo, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. 0-0 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 h6 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Re1 0-0 10. e4 d4 11. a4 Rc8 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ba3 dxc3 14. Qxc3 b6 15. Red1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qb2 Nc5 18. Nc4 f6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rdc1 Bb4 21. Qe2 Bc3 22. Ra2 a6 23. Qd1 Rb8 24. Na3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nb1 b4 27. Bf3 Qd7 28. g4 Qf7 29. Nd2 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Bxb3 31. Rb2 Be6 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Qxb4 Qg6 34. h3 h5 35. Kf1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. Qc4+ Kh7 38. Ke2 Bxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 Qg5+ 41. Kf3 Qh5+ 42. Kg3 Rh8 43. Qe6 Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kizov, Atanas"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. cxd5 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nf3 Nd5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15. 0-0 h6 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Rac1 Kh7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Rc7+ Kg8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. gxf3 Rb8 26. f4 a6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Kg3 b5 29. Rc6 a5 30. Rxh6 g4 31. Ra6 a4 32. Kh4 Kg7 33. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Fiducioso, Marco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bb1 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qc7 13. g3 b6 14. Kg2 Ba6 15. Be3 b5 16. Bd3 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc4 20. Qc2 N6xe5 21. Qe2 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 0-0 23. Rhc1 Qb6 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Ba3 26. bxa3 Qxb3 27. Rc3 Qb5 28. Bf4 Qb6 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. h4 f6 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rbc3 Ra7 34. Qf3 Qb6 35. h5 Qxd4 36. h6 Rf7 37. hxg7 Kxg7 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Qf3 Qc5 40. Kg1 Qe7 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Rd1 Qe7 43. Re1 Rd8 44. Qg4 e5 45. Bc1 Qd7 46. Qh5 Qe6 47. Rd1 Rc8 48. Qe2 Rfc7 49. Qd3 d4 50. Rc2 Nb2 51. Rxb2 Rxc1 52. Rb7 Rxd1+ 53. Qxd1 Qd5 54. Qb1 Rc1+ 55. Qxc1 Qxb7 56. Qd1 Qc7 57. Qh5 Qd8 58. Kf1 Qd7 59. Ke2 Kg7 60. Kf3 d3 61. Kg2 d2 62. Qd1 Qd5+ 63. Kg1 f5 64. g4 f4 65. Kf1 Qd3+ 66. Kg1 f3 67. Kh2 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Cerami, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nxf6 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. g3 Qd8 16. Kg2 a6 17. Re1 Ng4 18. Qb1 Nf6 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bc6 23. Qg4 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qb6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rf8 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kd7 29. Nf4 Rf5 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31. Nxe6 Rxe5 32. Nc7+ Kf7 33. Kf3 Bf6 34. e4 Re7 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. a4 Be7 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 b6 39. e5 Bc5 40. Ke4 h6 41. Rf1+ Kg8 42. e6 Ra7 43. Kf5 Kh7 44. Ke5 Kg8 45. Rf3 Rb7 46. h4 Ra7 47. g4 Rb7 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bf8 50. g6 Bc5 51. Rf7 Rxf7 52. exf7+ Kf8 53. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 16th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novara, Salvatore"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1549"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Rd1 0-0 12. 0-0 Nb4 13. Qd4 Bc5 14. Qe5 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh3 Ng8 18. Qh5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 f5 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Ng6+ Kg7 22. Rg3 f4 23. Nxf4+ Kh7 24. Qg4 Qf7 25. Rd1 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 28. Ke3 Rf7 29. e5 Ne7 30. Rf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Ng6 32. Rd6 Nxe5 33. f4 Nc4+ 34. Kd3 Nxd6 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Ke4 Nxb2 37. Ke5 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruno, Yama"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 e6 7. Qb3 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 g5 15. Bc7 Ndc5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc7 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qc5 Bf8 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. g3 Bh3 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Bf1 Bg4 24. Bg2 Bc7 25. b4 a6 26. Qc4 Be6 27. Qc2 Bf5 28. Qc3 Rad8 29. Red1 Bb8 30. Qc5 Bg4 31. Rf1 Bd6 32. Qc2 Bf5 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Rfe1 Re7 35. Qc4 Bb8 36. Red1 Bg4 37. Rd2 Qf5 38. Qc2 f6 39. Qxf5+ Bxf5 40. Rb2 Be4 41. Ne1 f5 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Nd3 f4 44. Nc5 Re7 45. Rb3 Rde8 46. Rcc3 Kg6 47. Kg2 h5 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxb7 Rxb7 50. Rxc6+ Kf5 51. Rxa6 Rbe7 52. Kf3 fxe3 53. Ra5+ Kg6 54. fxe3 Bxh2 55. b5 Bg1 56. d5 Rxe3+ 57. Rxe3 Bxe3 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Rc6 Bd4 60. a4 Rd8 61. d6 Ke6 62. a5 Rxd6 63. Rxd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Sgarito, Carmelo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. a3 0-0 12. b4 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 14. Bd2 axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne3 Ra4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Nc2 Qa6 22. c5 Nd5 23. Re1 Ra2 24. g3 Be7 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. h4 Qa4 27. Qxa4 Rxa4 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Nxa1 e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Nc2 Kf8 33. f4 Bf6 34. h5 g6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke4 h5 38. f5 gxf5+ 39. Kxf5 h4 40. gxh4 Bxh4 41. Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Bocci, Alessandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 e6 6. c4 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 b6 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. h3 Be5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Bb1 Nf4 18. Qe3 f5 19. f3 Rf6 20. Ne2 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rc8 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qd3 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Rc2 Qe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 f5 31. g4 Kf6 32. Rd2 Rxc4 33. gxf5 Ke5 34. Rf2 Rc6 35. f6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Kxf6 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. b3 a5 39. a4 h6 40. h4 h5 41. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morello, Guido"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxc3 Nf6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Nf3 dxe5 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Rc1 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qb6 19. Qxf7 Qf6 20. Bxe5 Qxf7 21. Rxc7+ Kb8 22. Rxb7+ Ka8 23. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonanno, Giuseppe"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1569"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Be3 Ndf6 20. Nc3 a6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. Nd2 Re6 27. Nf3 Bd6 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Ng5 R6e7 30. a3 Bf4 31. Nf3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33. Qc2 Qe7 34. Qf2 Re2 35. Rxe2 Qxe2 36. Rf1 Bg3 37. Qg1 f6 38. d5 cxd5 39. Rd1 Qe4 40. Qa7 Re7 41. Rc1 g5 42. Qc5 Kh7 43. Rd1 Rc7 44. Qg1 Rc2 45. Nd4 Rxb2 46. Qf1 Rf2 47. Qg1 g4 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 15th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Imburgia, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2007.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 d5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. Ne2 0-0-0 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 h5 14. Qa4 a6 15. Bd2 Na7 16. Qb3 Bf5 17. a4 Be4 18. Ne1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f6 20. h3 Nh6 21. f4 Rdf8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Roberti, Ignazio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 c5 15. d5 a5 16. Nf1 c4 17. Ng3 g6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Bd4 Na6 20. a4 b4 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. Rc1 Nxe4 24. Bxg7 Nxg3 25. Qxd5 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Nxc1 27. Bd4 Nb3 28. Nxb3 cxb3 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bc4 Qe7 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Be3 Re5 33. Qd4 Ne6 34. Qd3 d5 35. Bxb3 Qd6 36. g3 d4 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Qf1 Qc6 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Re4 42. Be3 h5 43. Qd3 Qe8 44. Qd5 Re5 45. Qd4 Kh7 46. Qf4 g5 47. Qf3 Kg6 48. Bd4 Rf5 49. Qd3 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. f3 gxf3 52. g4 Qe2+ 53. Qxe2 fxe2 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Bf2 Kf4 56. Be1 Ke3 57. Kg3 f5 58. Bf2+ Kd2 59. Kf4 e1Q 60. Bxe1+ Kxe1 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speciale, Francesco"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. Nbd2 f5 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nfd2 Be6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. e4 fxe4 12. dxe4 d4 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 Bf7 17. Nf3 Bc4 18. Rd3 Nb4 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Qh5+ Bf7 21. Ng6 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Kd7 23. Bh3 Kc6 24. Rc1 Kb6 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Qd1 c4 27. Nc1 c3 28. b3 Qg5 29. Nh4 Bh5 30. Qe1 Qd2 31. f6 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 gxf6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. h3 Rg8 35. Kf2 Ba3 36. g4 Be8 37. Nf3 Kc7 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Rf1 h5 40. Nh2 Ke7 41. Nf3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bh5 43. Nh2 a5 44. Kh3 Bf7 45. Nf3 Be6 46. Kg3 Rxg4+ 47. Kf2 a4 48. Ke2 Bxc1 49. Rxc1 axb3 50. axb3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melia, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1727"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. f3 d5 8. e5 Qxe5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. f4 Ne4 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Na4 c5 16. b3 Bd7 17. Nb2 0-0 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Nicolosi, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Be3 c5 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 Be6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. f4 Nb4 12. f5 Bxb3 13. cxb3 d5 14. e5 d4 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bb5 Be5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Be2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. Kh1 Red8 25. c4 h6 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Bg1 b6 28. g4 Bf4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rd1 Qd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Kg2 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Bd5 Nxd5 36. cxd5 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 f6 39. Bf2 Bh2 40. h4 Be5 41. Be3 Bg3 42. g5 h5 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Bh6 Bxh4 45. Bf4+ Kd7 46. Kd3 Bf2 47. Kc4 h4 48. Kd3 Bg3 49. Ke4 Bxf4 50. Kxf4 h3 51. Kg3 h2 52. Kxh2 Kd6 53. Kg3 Kxd5 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Kg4 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iracani, Michele"]
[Black "Messina, Damiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. c4 Ba6 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. b3 Ba6 11. Nxd4 Ne7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. Nba3 Be7 15. Kh1 0-0 16. f4 d4 17. Rb1 d3 18. Ne3 Nb4 19. Nec4 Qc7 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Re3 Rfd8 22. Rg3 Nd5 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Nac4 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Ba5 Nxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Qd7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Ne4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Nicolo La Rosa op 14th"]
[Site "Mazara del Vallo"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messina, Damiano"]
[Black "Melograni, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 h6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nh7 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Nxg5 Nxg5 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. Bc2 Rae8 16. f4 Nh7 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Bb3 c6 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bd4 Qg6 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Bc5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd3+ Qe4 32. Qxe4+ Rxe4 33. Rd7 Rb4 34. b3 Kg6 35. f5+ Kxf5 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 c5 38. Kf2 c4 39. Rd4 a5 40. Rxc4 Rxc4 41. bxc4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. h4 h5 44. g3 b6 45. a3 a4 46. Kd3 g6 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Kd4 Kg4 49. Kd5 Kxg3 50. Kc6 Kxh4 51. Kxb6 g5 52. c5 g4 53. c6 g3 54. c7 g2 55. c8Q g1Q+ 56. Ka6 Qg6+ 57. Ka5 Qg5+ 58. Ka6 Qf4 59. Qc6 Kg3 1/2-1/2

