FE 29 Grand Hotel Adriatico - A

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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Montesilvano, Italy. 14 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2349, and top seed was Paulius Pultinevicius (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2529).

Paulius Pultinevicius (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2529) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sebastian Poltorak (7.0) and Edoardo Di Benedetto (6.5). Pultinevicius won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Luca Ferraro (1945) beat Jorge Proietti Cobas (FM, 2144), a +199-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Montesilvano, Italy

Dates

07 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇹GMPaulius Pultinevicius2529

Avg top 10

2,349

Participants

Titled players · 14

GM×5

IM×2

FM×4

WIM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇹Italy×15

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇵🇹Portugal×2

🇦🇹Austria×2

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMPaulius Pultinevicius
🇱🇹LTU·2529
7.5pts·2568perf+5.7
🥈
IMSebastian Poltorak
🇵🇱POL·2405
7.0pts·2456perf+8.4
🥉
IMEdoardo Di Benedetto
🇮🇹ITA·2436
6.5pts·2480perf+7.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Paulius Pultinevicius led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Pultinevicius7.5Poltorak7Di Benedetto6.5Glek6Horvath6Sirin5.5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Paulius Pultinevicius held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Paulius Pultinevicius lost to IM Sebastian Poltorak (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Paulius Pultinevicius won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMPaulius Pultinevicius	*	0	½	1
2IMSebastian Poltorak	1	*	½	0
3IMEdoardo Di Benedetto	½	½	*	½
4GMIgor Glek	0	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pultinevicius, PauliusGM	2529	LTU	+24B	+14N	+11B	+4N	+23B	−2N	=3B	+5N	+7B	7.5	43.5	46.5	36.25	2568	+5.7
2	Poltorak, SebastianIM	2405	POL	=22N	+30B	+6N	=3B	+7N	+1B	−5N	+12B	+8N	7.0	44.5	46.0	34.75	2456	+8.4
3	Di Benedetto, EdoardoIM	2436	ITA	+8B	+13N	=4B	=2N	=12B	+11N	=1N	+6B	=5B	6.5	46.0	50.5	35.00	2480	+7.4
4	Horvath, CsabaGM	2477	HUN	+16N	+7B	=3N	−1B	−5N	+24B	=6N	+17B	+13N	6.0	44.0	47.0	27.50	2394	-6.1
5	Glek, IgorGM	2429	BEL	F	+27N	+21B	=12N	+4B	+8N	+2B	−1B	=3N	6.0	43.0	43.0	30.00	2464	+6.4
6	Kovacevic, BlazimirGM	2379	CRO	+27B	+18N	−2B	+13N	=8B	=12N	=4B	−3N	+11B	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.25	2307	-5.9
7	Kalyani SirinWIM	2163	IND	+25B	−4N	+18B	+11N	−2B	+23N	=12B	+14N	−1N	5.5	41.5	44.5	21.75	2330	+71.8
8	Silva, MarianaWFM	2023	POR	−3N	+26B	+9N	+15B	=6N	−5B	=17N	+23B	−2B	5.0	42.0	44.5	20.25	2262	+48.4
9	Caruso, Augusto	2138	ITA	=15B	=31N	−8B	+22N	=20B	=25N	=13B	=16N	+19B	5.0	33.5	35.0	19.00	2046	-22.0
10	Kinberg, Ofer	1990	ISR	−14N	−24N	=29B	+27N	+15B	−16B	+19N	=20B	+17N	5.0	31.0	33.0	18.00	2075	+20.0
11	Siva Kumar, Nirish KumarFM	2239	MAS	+29N	+19B	−1N	−7B	+18N	−3B	=23N	+21B	−6N	4.5	40.5	42.5	15.75	2206	-8.2
12	Kukushkin, IvanFM	2139	BUL	=30N	+20B	+15N	=5B	=3N	=6B	=7N	−2N	F	4.5	40.5	40.5	21.00	2249	+44.0
13	Schacher, GerdFM	2193	ITA	+26N	−3B	+19N	−6B	=24N	=17B	=9N	+18B	−4B	4.5	38.0	40.5	16.50	2184	-3.0
14	Djuric, StefanGM	2235	SRB	+10B	−1B	+24N	−23N	=25B	+20N	+16B	−7B	F	4.5	36.0	36.0	18.00	2141	-8.9
15	Ferraro, Luca	1945	ITA	=9N	+17B	−12B	−8N	−10N	+26B	−18N	+24B	+23N	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.50	2077	+31.2
16	Mayorga Araya, SofiaWIM	2024	CRC	−4B	=25N	+31B	−17N	+26B	+10N	−14N	=9B	=21N	4.5	34.0	35.5	15.00	2105	+32.3
17	Unterfrauner, Albert	2140	ITA	=31B	−15N	=30B	+16B	+19N	=13N	=8B	−4N	−10B	4.0	35.0	36.5	14.75	2016	-30.4
18	Pintor, Simao	2117	POR	+28B	−6B	−7N	+31N	−11B	=21N	+15B	−13N	=20B	4.0	35.0	36.5	12.50	2054	-15.2
19	Mrozowski, Nikodem	1965	POL	+23B	−11N	−13B	+21N	−17B	+22N	−10B	+28B	−9N	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.00	2058	+43.2
20	Geraci, Sergio	1933	ITA	=21B	−12N	+27B	=25N	=9N	−14B	=22B	=10N	=18N	4.0	34.0	36.5	15.00	2038	+48.0
21	Simoli, Sergio	2124	ITA	=20N	=22B	−5N	−19B	+31N	=18B	+24N	−11N	=16B	4.0	34.0	35.5	12.75	2037	-21.6
22	Filippone, Matteo	2016	ITA	=2B	=21N	−23B	−9B	+30N	−19B	=20N	=26N	+28B	4.0	32.5	34.0	12.75	2020	-2.0
23	Proietti Cobas, JorgeFM	2144	ITA	−19N	+29B	+22N	+14B	−1N	−7B	=11B	−8N	−15B	3.5	39.5	41.5	12.75	2044	-53.2
24	Di Giacinto, Gaudio	2035	ITA	−1N	+10B	−14B	+30N	=13B	−4N	−21B	−15N	=27N	3.0	38.5	40.0	10.00	2022	-8.0
25	Sereinig, Eduard	1967	AUT	−7N	=16B	+28N	=20B	=14N	=9B	F	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	11.50	2071	+15.8
26	Lugaresi, Gabriele	1970	ITA	−13B	−8N	F	+28B	−16N	−15N	=29B	=22B	=30N	2.5	28.5	28.5	6.25	1870	-42.0
27	Fiorido, Giuseppe	2008	ITA	−6N	−5B	−20N	−10B	F	=29N	=31B	+30N	=24B	2.5	28.5	28.5	4.75	1942	-18.4
28	Tonel, Giulia	1931	ITA	−18N	F	−25B	−26N	=29N	+31B	+30B	−19N	−22N	2.5	22.5	22.5	4.00	1853	-16.4
29	Muellneritsch, Anton	2000	AUT	−11B	−23N	=10N	F	=28B	=27B	=26N	F	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.25	1922	-13.2
30	Castelfranchi, Carlo	1955	ITA	=12B	−2N	=17N	−24B	−22B	F	−28N	−27B	=26B	1.5	30.0	30.0	5.50	1823	-27.0
31	Cristiani, Cesare	1961	ITA	=17N	=9B	−16N	−18B	−21B	−28N	=27N	F	F	1.5	26.5	26.5	5.75	1839	-19.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kalyani SirinWIMIND
+71.8
5.5 pts · #6
2Silva, MarianaWFMPOR
+48.4
5.0 pts · #8
3Geraci, SergioITA
+48.0
4.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Proietti Cobas, JorgeFMITA
-53.2
3.5 pts · #23
2Lugaresi, GabrieleITA
-42.0
2.5 pts · #27
3Unterfrauner, AlbertITA
-30.4
4.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R9+199 Elo gap
Ferraro, Luca1945 beat FMProietti Cobas, Jorge2144
R2+195 Elo gap
Ferraro, Luca1945 beat Unterfrauner, Albert2140
R1+179 Elo gap
Mrozowski, Nikodem1965 beat FMProietti Cobas, Jorge2144