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Axel Rombaldoni
A Rombaldoni 
Photograph copyright © 2011 Adolivio Capece  

Number of games in database: 293
Years covered: 2003 to 2016
Last FIDE rating: 2531 (2488 rapid, 2466 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2567
Overall record: +116 -99 =77 (52.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (54) 
    B53 B42 B32 B33 B90
 French Defense (17) 
    C11 C02 C15 C05 C00
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    A45 D02 E00 E10
 Sicilian Kan (8) 
    B42
 French (7) 
    C11 C00
 Sicilian Taimanov (5) 
    B47 B46 B48 B45
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (46) 
    B56 B22 B62 B30 B50
 French Defense (21) 
    C03 C11 C01 C02 C13
 Grunfeld (14) 
    D85 D94 D80 D97 D79
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    D02 E00 A40 A50
 English (10) 
    A10 A16 A13 A15
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (9) 
    B62 B68 B67
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Rombaldoni vs F Bentivegna, 2012 1-0
   A Rombaldoni vs Z Andriasian, 2015 1-0
   A Rombaldoni vs J Johannsdottir, 2009 1-0
   A Yakimenko vs A Rombaldoni, 2012 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Italian Championship (2014)
   Vienna Open Group-A (2015)
   Italian Championship (2013)
   World Junior Championship (2011)
   Brescia Open (2009)
   Reykjavik Open (2015)
   Lodi Open (2005)
   Bratto Open-A (2004)
   Bratto Open-A (2007)
   European Championship (2012)
   European Championship (2008)
   European Championship (2015)
   European Team Championship (2013)
   European Team Championship (2015)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Baku Olympiad
   A Rombaldoni vs Tomashevsky (Sep-13-16) 1/2-1/2
   R Vasquez Schroeder vs A Rombaldoni (Sep-11-16) 1-0
   E Torre vs A Rombaldoni (Sep-09-16) 1-0
   A Rombaldoni vs D Ebeling (Sep-08-16) 1/2-1/2
   A Rombaldoni vs J Vang Glud (Sep-06-16) 1-0

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AXEL ROMBALDONI
(born Mar-23-1992, 33 years old) Italy

[what is this?]
International Master (2009); Grandmaster (2013).

Winner of the Italian Championships for U10, U12 (twice), U14 (twice) and U16 (twice). Gained his 3rd GM norm, and the GM title, at the Open Capo D'Orso in June 2013, which he won with 7.5/9 (+7 -1 =1). Won the 12th Kesarovski-Stanchev Memorial 2013 held in Sunny Beach in Bulgaria in September 2013 outright with 7.5/9.

Younger brother of IM Denis Rombaldoni and the son of Andrea Rombaldoni.


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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 300  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Di Caro vs A Rombaldoni  1-0232003Assisi OpenA06 Reti Opening
2. A Rombaldoni vs G Bighiu  1-0652003Assisi OpenC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
3. D Malek vs A Rombaldoni  0-1292003Assisi OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
4. F Farachi vs A Rombaldoni  ½-½432003Assisi OpenB56 Sicilian
5. A Rombaldoni vs N Aleksic  0-1332003Assisi OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. A Rombaldoni vs G Sansonetti  ½-½362003Assisi OpenB54 Sicilian
7. C Marzano vs A Rombaldoni  1-0262004Bratto Open-AD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. A Rombaldoni vs G Moncelli  1-0312004Bratto Open-AB12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. G Sardo vs A Rombaldoni  1-0462004Bratto Open-AB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. A Rombaldoni vs A Pechy  1-0422004Bratto Open-AB33 Sicilian
11. R Mantovani vs A Rombaldoni  1-0392004Bratto Open-AB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
12. A Rombaldoni vs R Bartolozzi  0-1402004Bratto Open-AC15 French, Winawer
13. C A Young vs A Rombaldoni  0-1362004Bratto Open-AD02 Queen's Pawn Game
14. A Rombaldoni vs F Agnelli  1-0232004Bratto Open-AB33 Sicilian
15. G Coratella vs A Rombaldoni  ½-½562004Bratto Open-AB56 Sicilian
16. A Rombaldoni vs R Orfei ½-½2820052° Festival BadessaC15 French, Winawer
17. A Rombaldoni vs R Orfei  ½-½382005Open Miramare di RiminiB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
18. M Bonarrigo vs A Rombaldoni  0-1172005Lodi OpenB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
19. M Vincenzi vs A Rombaldoni  0-1392005Lodi OpenB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
20. A Rombaldoni vs Y Ranola  0-1272005Lodi OpenB35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
21. C Nelli vs A Rombaldoni  0-1472005Lodi OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
22. A Rombaldoni vs N Aleksic  0-1512005Lodi OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
23. A Rombaldoni vs I Gourlay  ½-½222006Verona opB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
24. G Lettieri vs A Rombaldoni  1-0612006ITA-ch sf g/5' 1stB30 Sicilian
25. J Stocek vs A Rombaldoni  1-0282006Triest OpenA13 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Pictures of Alex, his brothers and father giving a simul in Lodi can be seen at:

http://midaschess.blogspot.com/2007...

Jul-21-10  BIDMONFA: Axel Rombaldoni

ROMBALDONI, Axel
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rombaldoni_...
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Aug-06-11  wordfunph: amazing 5/5 by IM Axel Rombaldoni in the 50th World Junior Chess Championship..

http://chess-results.com/tnr54092.a...

Aug-07-11  waustad: He won in the 6th round too.
Aug-07-11  waustad: His rating will take a serious jump.
Aug-07-11  dx9293: Just looking at his games from the World Junior...this guy has a lot of promise. I'm watching for him to be 2650 in a couple of years.
Aug-08-11  wordfunph: ohlalahhh! 3218 TPR..

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (2558) is next, possibly 7/7?

http://chess-results.com/tnr54092.a...

Aug-08-11  wordfunph: let's get ready to Rombaldoni!!!
Aug-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Slight resemblance, no?

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/...

http://www.peoples.ru/sport/chees_p...

Aug-10-11  wordfunph: from chessbase..

<Who is Axel Rombaldoni?

Axel Rombaldoni was born in Pesaro on March 23, 1992. He was taught to play by his father Andrea, an Italian Master who, when young, was one of the most promising players in the country. But his mother too, Hungarian by origin, is a good player. Axel is the second of five siblings (three boys and two girls), and the entire family plays chess! Axel completed the norms for his IM title in 2009 and the title was ratified by FIDE in January 2010. He has set a record by winning the Italian Junior Championship seven times in a row (starting with Under 10 to Under 16: U10, U12 twice, U14 twice and U16 twice!). A few weeks ago he qualified for the final of the Italian Championship, which will be played in November in the town of Perugia (he qualified last year but was not lucky on that occasion). In spite of his young age he has already won many important Italian Opens.>

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jun-16-13  Karpova: Winner of the 5th Festival Capo d'Orso 2013 with 7.5/9 ahead of Mihail Marin (also 7.5/9 but worse Bucholz) and gaining his 3rd and final GM norm.

http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId...

Jun-16-13  John Abraham: Congratulations to the Tom Cruise of chess!!
Mar-23-14  waustad: 22 is a good age. I vaguely remember it. Happy b'day!
May-02-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: The <Great> Rombaldoni.
Mar-14-20  jith1207: He was said to be cheating using computer assistance, and other players scheduled to play him were once openly boycotting games they had to face him.

Source: https://en.chessbase.com/post/romba...

So, what happened? I expected to see some discussion here about that, did he ever get actually caught?

If the players were actually revolting against him, when he was said to never move from his chair or even a particular posture during his games, how could he have received assistance?

Mar-14-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <cg.com>'s legal team will thank me for pointing out that Borislav Ivanov is meant, not the great Rombaldoni, the <Tom Cruise> of the South.
Mar-14-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: From the link cited by <jith1207>:

<....In round seven, Rombaldoni met (Borislav) Ivanov on board one and lost badly both this game – and with it the chance to earn his third GM norm, which would have allowed him to become a full-blown grandmaster....>

Is that akin to having a full-blown disease?

Mar-14-20  jith1207: He did become GM on the same year though. Looks like they couldn't find an evidence to report if he had really cheated but his own compatriots were boycotting tournament or games he participated and were encouraging others to boycott their games against him.

I'd speculate that him being from Chess family would've saved him in his country and beyond.

Mar-14-20  jith1207: Having said that, (Borislav) Ivanov himself was accused of cheating in Chess and in real life, and his FIDE card has been revoked. He's reported to be arrested for selling counterfeits as well.

So you never know whom to believe.

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