OP Ast(r)i nascenti
Open SwissStandard
27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Asti, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1623, and top seed was Luca Meng Rainero (🇮🇹 ITA, 1795).
Gael Giardina (🇮🇹 ITA, 1562) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Saverio Galano (5.0) and Ludovico Giorgio Florio (4.5). Giardina took the lead from round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Mattia Mancuso (1489) beat Luca Meng Rainero (1795), a +306-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Asti, Italy
Dates
31 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×25
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsGael Giardina led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Jun
Gael Giardina takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Gael Giardina beat Saverio Galano (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Gael Giardina 3 wins (R4–R6)Saverio Galano 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gael Giardina | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Saverio Galano | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Ludovico Giorgio Florio | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Nikolay Andonov Ivanov | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giardina, Gael | 1562 | ITA | +10N | +17B | =3N | +2B | +5N | +6B | 5.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 21.25 | 1992 | +79.2 |
| 2 | Galano, Saverio | 1621 | ITA | +24B | +12N | +11B | −1N | +8B | +5B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 15.00 | 1751 | +26.4 |
| 3 | Florio, Ludovico Giorgio | 1717 | ITA | +19B | +4N | =1B | +11N | −6B | +13N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 15.25 | 1694 | -3.6 |
| 4 | Ivanov, Nikolay Andonov | 0 | ITA | +15N | −3B | +25N | =7N | +19B | +14B | 4.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 11.00 | 1672 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mancuso, Mattia | 1489 | ITA | +18N | +25B | +13B | +6N | −1B | −2N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 1535 | +5.6 |
| 6 | Rainero, Luca Meng | 1795 | ITA | +23B | +22N | +7B | −5B | +3N | −1N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1602 | -19.4 |
| 7 | Talia, Edoardo | 1640 | ITA | +14N | +21B | −6N | =4B | =9N | +10B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 12.00 | 1463 | -18.4 |
| 8 | Roselli, Alessandro | 1512 | ITA | −12B | +24N | +10B | +16N | −2N | +15B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 10.00 | 1640 | +19.2 |
| 9 | De Maria, Simone | 1517 | ITA | F | F | +23B | +12N | =7B | +11N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.50 | 1875 | +37.6 |
| 10 | Maccagno, Lucrezia | 0 | ITA | −1B | +?B | −8N | +22N | +16B | −7N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Livara, Earl John | 1718 | ITA | +26N | +20B | −2N | −3B | +18N | −9B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1373 | -71.2 |
| 12 | Mancuso, Monica | 0 | ITA | +8N | −2B | +20N | −9B | −15N | +21B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Rogina, Enrico Eugenio Giovanni | 0 | ITA | F | +15B | −5N | +20B | +14N | −3B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 8.00 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Labis, Tommaso | 0 | ITA | −7B | +?N | +22B | +19N | −13B | −4N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Florio, Gianmarco | 1659 | ITA | −4B | −13N | +26B | +27N | +12B | −8N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 656 | -30.4 |
| 16 | Monticone, Filippo | 0 | ITA | −20N | +26B | +21N | −8B | −10N | +24B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Vercelli, Matteo | 0 | ITA | +?N | −1N | −19B | +21B | −?N | +20B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Matteoni, Erik | 0 | ITA | −5B | =23N | =?B | +24N | −11B | +19N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1353 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Cocito, Edoardo | 0 | ITA | −3N | +27B | +17N | −14B | −4N | −18B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 917 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Caliego, Paolo | 1409 | ITA | +16B | −11N | −12B | −13N | +27B | −17N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 924 | -2.8 |
| 21 | FIDE 552009025 | 0 | — | +?B | −7N | −16B | −17N | +23B | −12N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Airasca, Jacopo | 0 | ITA | +27N | −6B | −14N | −10B | +26N | −?B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 930 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Arndt, Nikita | 0 | ITA | −6N | =18B | −9N | +25B | −21N | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 856 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ma, Alessandro | 0 | ITA | −2N | −8B | F | −18B | +25N | −16N | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zhou, Federico | 0 | ITA | F | −5N | −4B | −23N | −24B | +26B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 552009017 | 0 | — | −11B | −16N | −15N | −?B | −22B | −25N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Talarico, Luigi | 0 | ITA | −22B | −19N | F | −15B | −20N | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Giardina, GaelITA+79.25.5 pts · #1
- 2De Maria, SimoneITA+37.63.5 pts · #6
- 3Galano, SaverioITA+26.45.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Livara, Earl JohnITA-71.23.0 pts · #12
- 2Florio, GianmarcoITA-30.43.0 pts · #20
- 3Rainero, Luca MengITA-19.44.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R4+306 Elo gap
- R6+233 Elo gap
- R6+201 Elo gap