Lorenzo Lodici
{{Short description|Italian chess grandmaster (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Lorenzo Lodici
|image = Lodici,Lorenzo_2019_Radenci.jpg
|caption = Lorenzo Lodici in 2019
|country = {{ITA}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|4|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Brescia, Italy
|title = Grandmaster (2021)
|peakrating = 2575 (October 2024)
|FideID = 884189
}}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.scacchierando.it/evidenza/chennai-2022-turni-7-11/|title=44esime Olimpiadi degli scacchi: Chennai 2022|language=Italian|access-date=19 August 2022}} and 2024,{{cite web|url=https://results.fide.com/olymp2024/olymp.php?&67&team=28|title=Olympiad 2024 Italy Team Info|language=English|access-date=2 October 2024}} and at Online Chess Olympiads in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.scacchierando.it/olimpiadi-2020/olimpiadi-online-le-convocazioni-dellitalia/|title=Olimpiadi online: convocazioni Italia|language=Italian|access-date=19 August 2022}}
Career
Lodici was born in Brescia, but he grew up in Chioggia, a town near Venice.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/scacchi_lorenzo_lodici_gran_maestro_chioggia-6234775.html|title=Lorenzo a 21 anni diventa Gran maestro di scacchi|date=4 October 2021 |language=Italian|access-date=19 August 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.scacchierando.it/campionato-italiano-assoluto/finale-del-cia-2018/|title=Lorenzo Lodici Campione Italiano 2018!|access-date=19 August 2022|language=Italian}} 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.scacchierando.it/tornei-in-italia/festival-holiday-la-marca/|title=Festival Holiday La Marca - Lodici supera quota 2500 e realizza la 2ª Norma GM! Dal 2/7 WE con Valsecchi|date=30 June 2021|access-date=19 August 2022|language=Italian}} the second at Italian Team Chess Championship in Montesilvano in September.{{cite web|url=https://www.scacchierando.it/titoli-e-norme/lorenzo-lodici-grande-maestro/|title=Lorenzo Lodici Grande Maestro!|access-date=19 August 2022|language=Italian}} 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,{{cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr653631.aspx?lan=1&art=21&flag=30|title=44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Open - Board-prizes|access-date=19 August 2022}} 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.
References
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External links
- {{Fide|884189}}
- {{chessgames player|id=152827}}
- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Lorenzo_Lodici Lorenzo Lodici] chess games at 365Chess.com
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Category:Italian chess players