Semifinale CIA 2025

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51 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Galatina, Italy. 17 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2277, and top seed was Francesco Bettalli (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2440).

Andrea Favaloro (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2413) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Claudio Paduano (7.0) and Francesco Bettalli (6.5). Favaloro shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Filippo Cugia (1888) beat Claudio Emanuele Costantino (CM, 2150), a +262-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Galatina, Italy

Dates

20 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 20 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹IMFrancesco Bettalli2440

Avg top 10

2,277

Participants

Titled players · 17

IM×3

FM×8

CM×1

WFM×5

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×51

Top 3

🥇
IMAndrea Favaloro
🇮🇹ITA·2413
7.0pts·2409perf+0.9
🥈
FMClaudio Paduano
🇮🇹ITA·2249
7.0pts·2387perf+30.6
🥉
IMFrancesco Bettalli
🇮🇹ITA·2440
6.5pts·2335perf-8.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Paduano7Favaloro7Bettalli6.5Giordani6Romagno6Titze6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Favaloro takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Claudio Paduano lost to IM Andrea Favaloro (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Claudio Paduano 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Andrea Favaloro 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMClaudio Paduano	*	0	—	½
2IMAndrea Favaloro	1	*	½	—
3IMFrancesco Bettalli	—	½	*	1
4Luca Giordani	½	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Favaloro, AndreaIM	2413	ITA	+10N	+12B	+8N	+2B	=4N	=7B	=3N	+16B	=6N	7.0	47.5	53.0	41.00	2409	+0.9
2	Paduano, ClaudioFM	2249	ITA	+37B	+46N	+21B	−1N	+20B	=4B	+6N	+7B	=5N	7.0	43.5	46.0	33.00	2387	+30.6
3	Bettalli, FrancescoIM	2440	ITA	=38B	+34N	+5B	−17N	+37B	+24N	=1B	=4B	+7N	6.5	41.5	45.0	31.75	2335	-8.1
4	Titze, Leo	2213	ITA	+6N	+9B	=7N	+11B	=1B	=2N	=25B	=3N	=13N	6.0	48.5	53.0	35.00	2353	+33.2
5	Giordani, Luca	2074	ITA	+13N	=17B	−3N	+27B	+11N	+16B	−7N	+10B	=2B	6.0	46.0	50.5	32.50	2328	+58.8
6	Romagno, Pasquale	2069	ITA	−4B	+29N	+46B	=14N	+18B	+17N	−2B	+25N	=1B	6.0	44.5	47.0	27.75	2326	+114.4
7	Palozza, ChristianFM	2270	ITA	+22B	+18N	=4B	=20N	+17B	=1N	+5B	−2N	−3B	5.5	47.5	52.0	29.50	2294	+6.6
8	Pellizzieri, Fabio Angelo	2109	ITA	+49B	+15N	−1B	=24N	+14B	−21N	=22B	+26N	=9B	5.5	41.5	43.5	24.75	2233	+29.8
9	Martire, Ruggiero	2071	ITA	+29B	−4N	+18B	=21N	=26B	=15N	+24B	=13B	=8N	5.5	41.0	45.5	26.75	2271	+48.4
10	Pulvirenti, Davide	2081	ITA	−1B	+41N	+34B	+15N	−24B	=26N	+17B	−5N	+21B	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.75	2221	+63.5
11	Montorsi, Matteo	2132	ITA	=19B	+48N	+23B	−4N	−5B	=34N	+32B	=15N	+24B	5.5	40.0	42.5	23.25	2156	+7.2
12	Floris, Federico	2113	ITA	+41B	−1N	+19B	=37N	=21B	=22N	=26B	=14N	+23B	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.25	2197	+19.6
13	Urbani, GabrielFM	2302	ITA	−5B	−37N	+41B	+19N	=23B	+38N	+21B	=9N	=4B	5.5	38.5	42.0	24.50	2162	-29.4
14	Ferrante, MarcoFM	2150	ITA	−43N	+32B	+40N	=6B	−8N	=30B	+31N	=12B	+27N	5.5	38.5	41.5	25.00	2146	-1.1
15	Yao, StefanoFM	2274	ITA	+40N	−8B	+43N	−10B	+47N	=9B	=27N	=11B	+33N	5.5	37.5	40.0	21.25	2154	-26.0
16	Zuttioni, Federico	2160	ITA	−23B	+42N	=22B	+44N	+38B	−5N	+37B	−1N	+25B	5.5	37.0	40.0	20.25	2192	+7.4
17	Corvi, MarcoFM	2190	ITA	+42B	=5N	+38B	+3B	−7N	−6B	−10N	=23N	+34B	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.75	2158	-7.8
18	Varvaglione, Antonio	2135	ITA	+31N	−7B	−9N	+40B	−6N	+39B	=30N	=28B	+22B	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.50	2104	-7.8
19	Tondi, Aurelio	2020	ITA	=11N	=35B	−12N	−13B	+36N	+47B	=33N	+30B	=20N	5.0	38.5	41.0	20.50	2170	+35.2
20	Fargetta, Vittorio	2141	ITA	+47B	=23N	+44B	=7B	−2N	−25N	+34B	=22N	=19B	5.0	38.0	40.5	19.25	2129	-5.7
21	Liloni, Francesco Mattia	2151	ITA	+36N	+39B	−2N	=9B	=12N	+8B	−13N	=27B	−10N	4.5	43.0	46.5	20.75	2107	-20.9
22	Maglioni, Leonardo	2071	ITA	−7N	+31B	=16N	=33B	+28N	=12B	=8N	=20B	−18N	4.5	41.0	45.5	22.00	2107	+17.1
23	Cocchi, AndreaFM	2066	ITA	+16N	=20B	−11N	=30B	=13N	=33B	+43N	=17B	−12N	4.5	41.0	44.0	20.75	2143	+18.6
24	Marzaduri, Riccardo	2168	ITA	+32N	=43B	=28N	=8B	+10N	−3B	−9N	+38B	−11N	4.5	41.0	44.0	20.00	2105	-15.8
25	Musso, Andrea	2103	ITA	=28N	=27B	=39N	=43B	+31N	+20B	=4N	−6B	−16N	4.5	39.5	42.5	20.25	2060	-10.4
26	Vairo, Rocco Enrico	2118	ITA	=27N	−28B	+51N	+39B	=9N	=10B	=12N	−8B	=31N	4.5	39.0	39.0	16.25	2015	-24.4
27	Frigerio, Riccardo	1999	ITA	=26B	=25N	=45B	−5N	+29B	+46N	=15B	=21N	−14B	4.5	38.0	40.5	18.00	2148	+69.6
28	Lobina, Riccardo Marco	1911	ITA	=25B	+26N	=24B	−38N	−22B	+44N	=29B	=18N	=32B	4.5	35.5	38.5	19.00	2117	+88.9
29	Casadio, Niccolo`FM	2249	ITA	−9N	−6B	=36N	+51B	−27N	+41B	=28N	=35B	+38N	4.5	35.5	35.5	13.25	2023	-49.6
30	Canella, Jacopo	2093	ITA	−34B	=47N	+48B	=23N	=32B	=14N	=18B	−19N	+37B	4.5	34.5	37.0	17.00	2039	-12.6
31	Cassi, ElisaWFM	2023	ITA	−18B	−22N	+42B	+49N	−25B	+45N	−14B	+44N	=26B	4.5	33.5	35.5	13.75	2086	+15.6
32	Brunetti, Alessandro	2067	ITA	−24B	−14N	=49B	+50N	=30N	+35B	−11N	+43B	=28N	4.5	33.5	35.0	14.00	2060	-2.4
33	Marzatico, Luca	2104	ITA	=48B	−44N	+50B	=22N	=34B	=23N	=19B	+37N	−15B	4.5	32.5	34.0	15.25	2033	-17.4
34	Cugia, Filippo	1888	ITA	+30N	−3B	−10N	+35B	=33N	=11B	−20N	+39B	−17N	4.0	40.5	44.0	17.00	2085	+84.0
35	Costantino, Claudio EmanueleCM	2150	ITA	=44B	=19N	−37B	−34N	+48B	−32N	+45B	=29N	=41N	4.0	31.0	33.5	13.50	1999	-66.5
36	Zito, EnricaWFM	2066	ITA	−21B	=45N	=29B	−46N	−19B	+49N	−44B	+50N	+47N	4.0	27.0	28.5	9.75	2027	-17.1
37	Sala, GiuliaWFM	2070	ITA	−2N	+13B	+35N	=12B	−3N	+43B	−16N	−33B	−30N	3.5	43.0	46.0	15.25	2105	+9.9
38	Iafelice, Vincenzo	2081	ITA	=3N	+51B	−17N	+28B	−16N	−13B	+47N	−24N	−29B	3.5	38.5	38.5	10.25	2067	-5.6
39	Di Stasio, Giuseppe Danilo	1969	ITA	+45B	−21N	=25B	−26N	=44B	−18N	=46B	−34N	+50B	3.5	31.0	32.5	9.50	1987	+3.4
40	Duraccio, Walter Mattia	2073	ITA	−15B	+49N	−14B	−18N	−45B	=42N	F	+48B	+43N	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.25	2040	-8.0
41	Brunetti, Alberto Fakhri	1995	ITA	−12N	−10B	−13N	F	+50B	−29N	+51B	+46N	=35B	3.5	29.0	29.0	6.00	2056	+10.6
42	Rubinshtein, KamillaWFM	2068	ITA	−17N	−16B	−31N	=48N	F	=40B	=50B	+49N	+44B	3.5	27.5	27.5	8.75	1996	-16.0
43	Viti, GretaWFM	2052	ITA	+14B	=24N	−15B	=25N	+46B	−37N	−23B	−32N	−40B	3.0	36.0	38.5	12.50	1995	-25.8
44	La Ricca, Silvio	2064	ITA	=35N	+33B	−20N	−16B	=39N	−28B	+36N	−31B	−42N	3.0	35.5	39.0	12.25	1941	-29.2
45	Toniolo, Samuel	2111	ITA	−39N	=36B	=27N	−47B	+40N	−31B	−35N	F	+46B	3.0	29.0	29.0	10.25	1966	-32.6
46	Simonelli, Mattia	2106	ITA	+50N	−2B	−6N	+36B	−43N	−27B	=39N	−41B	−45N	2.5	34.5	36.0	7.25	1882	-103.0
47	Martorelli, AntonioIM	2041	ITA	−20N	=30B	F	+45N	−15B	−19N	−38B	+51N	−36B	2.5	30.5	30.5	5.25	1940	-10.8
48	Ciampi, Vincenzo	1915	ITA	=33N	−11B	−30N	=42B	−35N	F	=49B	−40N	+51B	2.5	27.5	27.5	5.00	1914	-1.2
49	Marletta, Simone	1958	ITA	−8N	−40B	=32N	−31B	+51N	−36B	=48N	−42B	F	2.0	28.0	28.0	3.50	1830	-51.6
50	Garau, Francesca	1926	ITA	−46B	F	−33N	−32B	−41N	+51B	=42N	−36B	−39N	1.5	26.0	26.0	1.75	1779	-27.8
51	Costantino, Gaia	1861	ITA	F	−38N	−26B	−29N	−49B	−50N	−41N	−47B	−48N	0.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	1235	-90.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Romagno, PasqualeITA
+114.4
6.0 pts · #5
2Lobina, Riccardo MarcoITA
+88.9
4.5 pts · #25
3Cugia, FilippoITA
+84.0
4.0 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Simonelli, MattiaITA
-103.0
2.5 pts · #48
2Costantino, GaiaITA
-90.8
0.0 pts · #51
3Costantino, Claudio EmanueleCMITA
-66.5
4.0 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R4+262 Elo gap
Cugia, Filippo1888 beat CMCostantino, Claudio Emanuele2150
R4+250 Elo gap
FMCorvi, Marco2190 beat IMBettalli, Francesco2440
R5+250 Elo gap
Frigerio, Riccardo1999 beat FMCasadio, Niccolo`2249