CR Sicilia 2025

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76 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 May 2025 to 02 Jun 2025 in Castelbuono, Italy. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2062, and top seed was Vittorio Fargetta (🇮🇹 ITA, 2164).

Alessandro Santagati (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2149) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Federico Noto (5.0) and Giuseppe Fabiano (5.0). Santagati clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Irene Sarrica (1457) beat Giuseppe Bellinvia (1850), a +393-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Castelbuono, Italy

Dates

31 May 2025 → 02 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹Vittorio Fargetta2164

Avg top 10

2,062

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×73

Top 3

🥇
FMAlessandro Santagati
🇮🇹ITA·2149
5.5pts·2354perf+21.6
🥈
Federico Noto
🇮🇹ITA·2031
5.0pts·2233perf+61.6
🥉
FMGiuseppe Fabiano
🇮🇹ITA·2029
5.0pts·2194perf+25.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Alessandro Santagati led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Santagati5.5Miosi5Noto5Verga5Fabiano5Toscano4.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jun

FM Alessandro Santagati takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Alessandro Santagati 3 wins (R1–R3)Marco Miosi 3 wins (R1–R3)Federico Noto 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAlessandro Santagati	*	—	1	1
2Marco Miosi	—	*	—	—
3Federico Noto	0	—	*	—
4Francesco Verga	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Santagati, AlessandroFM	2149	ITA	+57B	+13N	+4B	=6N	+7B	+2B	5.5	23.0	25.0	22.75	2354	+21.6
2	Noto, Federico	2031	ITA	+47B	+11N	+12B	+8N	+3B	−1N	5.0	22.5	25.0	19.50	2233	+61.6
3	Fabiano, GiuseppeFM	2029	ITA	+36B	+25N	+17B	+5B	−2N	+10N	5.0	21.5	24.5	19.50	2194	+25.4
4	Verga, Francesco	1982	ITA	+45N	+48B	−1N	+11B	+24N	+8B	5.0	19.5	22.0	16.50	2156	+52.4
5	Miosi, Marco	2072	ITA	+65B	+31N	+9B	−3N	+30B	+13N	5.0	19.0	20.5	15.50	2157	+12.6
6	Genovese, MaurizioFM	2069	ITA	+39N	+16B	+21N	=1B	−8N	+9N	4.5	21.0	24.0	17.25	2141	+13.8
7	Toscano, Giuseppe	2031	ITA	=56N	+51B	+46N	+14B	−1N	+45B	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.50	1967	-3.6
8	Fargetta, Vittorio	2164	ITA	+34N	+19B	+15N	−2B	+6B	−4N	4.0	22.5	25.5	15.50	2072	-23.2
9	Barna, Marco	1972	ITA	+29N	+37B	−5N	+16B	+34N	−6B	4.0	20.0	23.0	13.50	1968	+3.6
10	Pulvirenti, Davide	2115	ITA	+33N	−14B	+57N	+23B	+19N	−3B	4.0	19.5	21.5	12.50	1972	-34.0
11	Merlino, Raffaele	1827	ITA	+68N	−2B	+27N	−4N	+41B	+34B	4.0	19.5	21.0	11.00	1896	+24.4
12	Montalto, Davide	1932	ITA	+40B	+22N	−2N	+35B	=15N	=21B	4.0	19.0	22.0	13.25	1966	+14.4
13	Gitto, Salvatore Graziano	1858	ITA	+52N	−1B	+56N	+44B	+21N	−5B	4.0	19.0	21.0	10.50	1955	+16.2
14	Cammalleri, Elena	1854	ITA	+55B	+10N	=30B	−7N	=18B	+40N	4.0	18.5	21.0	13.00	1931	+27.2
15	Catanzaro, Claudio	1973	ITA	+62B	+50N	−8B	+41N	=12B	=20N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.50	1989	+8.4
16	Furnari, Francesco	1796	ITA	+58B	−6N	+36B	−9N	+38B	+30N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.00	1932	+22.0
17	Mauro, Gabriele	1868	ITA	+60B	+38N	−3N	−24B	+35N	+37B	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.00	1893	+8.8
18	Sorce, Gaetano	1605	ITA	=23N	+42B	=35N	=37B	=14N	+31B	4.0	16.5	19.5	12.75	1962	+108.8
19	Isgro`, Andrea Fortunato	1859	ITA	+66B	−8N	+47B	+38N	−10B	+32N	4.0	16.5	18.0	10.00	1938	+24.4
20	Buffa, Elena	1920	ITA	=44N	=56B	+33N	=22B	+46N	=15B	4.0	15.5	17.5	11.50	1853	-8.2
21	Valguarnera, Girolamo	1941	ITA	+32B	+41N	−6B	+50N	−13B	=12N	3.5	18.5	21.0	10.50	1894	-5.4
22	Dominici, Matteo	1734	ITA	+54N	−12B	+59N	=20N	=26B	=23B	3.5	17.5	19.5	10.00	1843	+27.2
23	Taormina, Antonino	1908	ITA	=18B	+53N	+49B	−10N	=32B	=22N	3.5	17.0	19.5	10.25	1817	-11.4
24	Agnello, Mario	1730	ITA	+73B	=49N	=63B	+17N	−4B	=26N	3.5	17.0	18.0	9.00	1898	+22.0
25	Lorito, Francesco	1794	ITA	+75N	−3B	−44N	+61B	=27N	+33B	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.75	1725	-9.2
26	Agnello, Giuseppe	1865	ITA	=59N	=44B	+39N	=45B	=22N	=24B	3.5	15.0	17.0	10.00	1718	-20.8
27	Zangla, Giuseppe	1626	ITA	−30B	+72N	−11B	+64N	=25B	+50N	3.5	14.5	15.5	6.75	1758	+16.4
28	Conti Gennaro, Mirko	1503	ITA	−31N	−39B	=54N	+71B	+65N	+46B	3.5	12.5	14.0	6.75	1727	+44.0
29	Grasso, Giuseppe	1631	ITA	−9B	−64N	+72B	=58N	+68B	+49N	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.00	1660	+1.8
30	Messina, Giuseppe Ottavio	1934	ITA	+27N	=35B	=14N	+48B	−5N	−16B	3.0	19.5	22.0	9.50	1816	-17.8
31	Miosi, Francesco	1838	ITA	+28B	−5B	−45N	+53B	+56N	−18N	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.00	1677	-23.8
32	Ciraulo, Basilio Vladimir	1630	ITA	−21N	+54B	=37N	+42B	=23N	−19B	3.0	17.0	19.5	8.75	1802	+39.6
33	Serio, Vittorio	1683	ITA	−10B	+55N	−20B	+60N	+43B	−25N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1797	+33.2
34	Blanda, Daniele	1725	ITA	−8B	+60N	+40B	+63N	−9B	−11N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.00	1837	+30.4
35	Agostino Ninone, Hermann Jacopo	1759	ITA	+70B	=30N	=18B	−12N	−17B	+58N	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.00	1694	-17.2
36	Picone Chiodo, Luigi	1644	ITA	−3N	+69B	−16N	=52B	+53N	=42B	3.0	17.0	18.5	6.75	1704	+10.0
37	Ciraulo, Silvia	1767	ITA	+72B	−9N	=32B	=18N	+62B	−17N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.50	1669	-26.8
38	Licari, Nicolo`	1731	ITA	+74N	−17B	+51N	−19B	−16N	+61B	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.50	1656	-20.4
39	Giuffrida, Francesco	1668	ITA	−6B	+28N	−26B	=66N	=58B	+59N	3.0	15.5	17.0	7.25	1683	-0.2
40	Motta, Mattia Stefano	1606	ITA	−12N	+74B	−34N	+57B	+48N	−14B	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.50	1731	+29.2
41	Manzitto, Sergio	1764	ITA	+76N	−21B	+61N	−15B	−11N	+56B	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.00	1725	-11.6
42	Occhipinti, Massimo	1892	ITA	=53B	−18N	+64B	−32N	+66B	=36N	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.75	1591	-42.0
43	Bellinvia, Giuseppe	1850	ITA	−51N	=59B	=52N	+67B	−33N	+44B	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.25	1593	-74.8
44	Scolaro, Antonio	1605	ITA	=20B	=26N	+25B	−13N	=50B	−43N	2.5	18.0	20.5	8.50	1786	+25.2
45	Fargetta, Chiara	1638	ITA	−4B	+58N	+31B	=26N	F	−7N	2.5	18.0	18.0	6.75	1841	+46.0
46	Marino, Andrea	1734	ITA	+71B	=63N	−7B	+49N	−20B	−28N	2.5	16.5	18.0	5.00	1697	-10.0
47	Franceschino, Luca	1658	ITA	−2N	+75B	−19N	−59B	+52N	=48B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.75	1662	-2.4
48	Napoli Costa, Antonello	1790	ITA	+64B	−4N	+62B	−30N	−40B	=47N	2.5	15.5	17.0	4.75	1655	-21.2
49	Nobile, Giancarlo	1873	ITA	+61N	=24B	−23N	−46B	+59N	−29B	2.5	15.0	17.0	5.75	1640	-36.0
50	Zerilli, Amos Giacomo	1771	ITA	+69N	−15B	+67N	−21B	=44N	−27B	2.5	15.0	16.5	4.25	1600	-45.6
51	Sarrica, Irene	1457	ITA	+43B	−7N	−38B	−62N	+60B	=57B	2.5	14.5	16.5	6.00	1684	+42.4
52	Geraci, Daniele	1568	ITA	−13B	=65N	=43B	=36N	−47B	+71N	2.5	14.0	15.5	5.25	1587	+0.8
53	Balistreri, Luigi	1596	ITA	=42N	−23B	+65B	−31N	−36B	+64N	2.5	14.0	15.5	4.50	1680	+10.2
54	La Face, Giuseppe	0	ITA	−22B	−32N	=28B	−68N	+70B	+66N	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1442	0.0
55	Scalia, Santo	1546	ITA	−14N	−33B	+76N	−56B	=57N	+67B	2.5	12.5	12.5	2.50	1549	-1.0
56	Gervasi, Giulia	1644	ITA	=7B	=20N	−13B	+55N	−31B	−41N	2.0	18.5	21.0	6.75	1701	+11.6
57	Cottone, Salvatore	1723	ITA	−1N	+66B	−10B	−40N	=55B	=51N	2.0	17.5	19.0	4.00	1623	-19.2
58	D`angelo, Giovanni	1490	ITA	−16N	−45B	+74N	=29B	=39N	−35B	2.0	16.0	17.0	4.25	1458	-7.6
59	Ginebri, Aldo	1587	ITA	=26B	=43N	−22B	+47N	−49B	−39B	2.0	15.5	18.0	5.75	1651	+16.0
60	Croce, Erasmo	1593	ITA	−17N	−34B	+69N	−33B	−51N	+73B	2.0	14.0	15.0	2.50	898	-29.6
61	Serio, Angela	1596	ITA	−49B	+73N	−41B	−25N	+72B	−38N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.00	991	-40.8
62	Catalano, Luca Antonino	1637	ITA	−15N	+76B	−48N	+51B	−37N	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1570	-7.6
63	Grech, Gerlando	1900	ITA	+67N	=46B	=24N	−34B	F	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1696	-20.8
64	Di Liberto, Gabriel	1464	ITA	−48N	+29B	−42N	−27B	=67N	−53B	1.5	15.0	16.5	4.25	1491	+3.2
65	Fasino, Salvatore	1673	ITA	−5N	=52B	−53N	F	−28B	+69B	1.5	15.0	15.0	2.75	1363	-31.0
66	D`ignoti, Nicolo`	1578	ITA	−19N	−57N	+70B	=39B	−42N	−54B	1.5	14.5	16.0	3.00	1462	-20.0
67	Berendino, Giacomo	1600	ITA	−63B	+70N	−50B	−43N	=64B	−55N	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.25	1340	-27.4
68	Parra, Francesco	1499	ITA	−11B	F	=71N	+54B	−29N	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	928	-18.0
69	Princiotta, Lorenzo Calogero	1418	ITA	−50B	−36N	−60B	=70N	+73B	−65N	1.5	10.5	11.5	1.75	870	0.0
70	Di Grado, Mattia	0	ITA	−35N	−67B	−66N	=69B	−54N	+72N	1.5	10.0	11.0	1.75	847	0.0
71	Piazza, Claudio	0	ITA	−46N	F	=68B	−28N	+76B	−52B	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1253	0.0
72	FIDE 23485221	0	—	−37N	−27B	−29N	+74B	−61N	−70B	1.0	13.5	14.5	1.00	855	0.0
73	FIDE 23476150	0	—	−24N	−61B	−75N	+76B	−69N	−60N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	799	0.0
74	Sciortino, Salvatore	0	ITA	−38B	−40N	−58B	−72N	F	+76N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	809	0.0
75	Pampanini, Giovanni	1475	ITA	−25B	−47N	+73B	F	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	926	-7.8
76	FIDE 23485256	0	—	−41B	−62N	−55B	−73N	−71N	−74B	0.0	10.0	11.0	0.00	847	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sorce, GaetanoITA
+108.8
4.0 pts · #20
2Noto, FedericoITA
+61.6
5.0 pts · #3
3Verga, FrancescoITA
+52.4
5.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Bellinvia, GiuseppeITA
-74.8
3.0 pts · #27
2Zerilli, Amos GiacomoITA
-45.6
2.5 pts · #57
3Occhipinti, MassimoITA
-42.0
3.0 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R1+393 Elo gap
Sarrica, Irene1457 beat Bellinvia, Giuseppe1850
R2+287 Elo gap
Sorce, Gaetano1605 beat Occhipinti, Massimo1892
R4+262 Elo gap
Ciraulo, Basilio Vladimir1630 beat Occhipinti, Massimo1892