WE 5 Citta' di Amelia - A
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53 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Amelia, Italy. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2218, and top seed was Francesco Bettalli (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2440).
Francesco Bettalli (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2440) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Neven Hercegovac (4.5) and Marco Corvi (4.0). Bettalli shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Marco Valli (1810) beat Neri D`antonio (2224), a +414-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Amelia, Italy
Dates
11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 8
IM×1
FM×5
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇹Italy×49
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇦🇷Argentina×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
22
11
5
2
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bettalli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Francesco Bettalli drew with FM Neven Hercegovac (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Francesco Bettalli 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Neven Hercegovac 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMFrancesco Bettalli | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2FMNeven Hercegovac | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Giovanni Sorbera | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMMarco Corvi | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bettalli, FrancescoIM | 2440 | ITA | +42B | +12N | +7B | +3N | =2B | 4.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 14.75 | 2504 | +2.7 |
| 2 | Hercegovac, NevenFM | 2215 | ITA | +44N | +18B | +19N | +5B | =1N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2477 | +26.6 |
| 3 | Corvi, MarcoFM | 2190 | ITA | +24B | +30N | +9B | −1B | +11N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 11.50 | 2294 | +14.2 |
| 4 | Sorbera, Giovanni | 2146 | ITA | =14B | +29N | +6B | =10N | +16B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 12.00 | 2263 | +14.4 |
| 5 | Giordani, Luca | 2074 | ITA | +45B | +25N | +10B | −2N | =6B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 8.75 | 2230 | +20.8 |
| 6 | Laneve, Giulio | 2061 | ITA | +52N | +13B | −4N | +17B | =5N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 2194 | +36.4 |
| 7 | Campos, Maria JoseWIM | 2174 | ARG | +37N | +26B | −1N | +23B | =12N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 9.25 | 2230 | +7.8 |
| 8 | Pellizzieri, Fabio Angelo | 2109 | ITA | +43N | =17B | +14N | =11B | =9N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2068 | -3.8 |
| 9 | Valli, Marco | 1810 | ITA | +36N | +15B | −3N | +30N | =8B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.25 | 2262 | +54.6 |
| 10 | Palozza, ChristianFM | 2270 | ITA | +47N | +21B | −5N | =4B | +26N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 2186 | -8.2 |
| 11 | Adell Corts, Francisco | 2072 | ESP | +38B | +22N | +41B | =8N | −3B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 2213 | +19.0 |
| 12 | Proietti Cobas, JorgeFM | 2072 | ITA | +50N | −1B | +42N | +22B | =7B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 2225 | +35.7 |
| 13 | Petcu, GabrielFM | 2212 | ITA | +32B | −6N | +20B | =25N | +24B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 2112 | -20.8 |
| 14 | Blagoveshchenskiy, Roman | 1883 | FID | =4N | +36B | −8B | +51N | +30B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 2166 | +74.0 |
| 15 | D`antonio, Neri | 2224 | ITA | =29B | −9N | +34B | +27N | +25B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 2030 | -17.8 |
| 16 | Centomani, Lorenzo | 1992 | ITA | =31N | +33B | =17N | +19B | −4N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 2018 | +4.4 |
| 17 | Bione, Alessandro | 1951 | ITA | +34B | =8N | =16B | −6N | +48B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.25 | 2025 | +10.4 |
| 18 | Calandri, Fausto | 2056 | ITA | +27B | −2N | −24B | +31B | +37N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 2000 | -6.2 |
| 19 | D`angerio, Alessandro | 2073 | ITA | +39N | +46B | −2B | −16N | +32B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 2007 | -6.4 |
| 20 | D Andrea, Stefano | 1945 | ITA | =33N | +31B | −13N | +28B | =21N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 2002 | +7.4 |
| 21 | Rubinshtein, KamillaWFM | 2068 | ITA | +35B | −10N | +32B | =24N | =20B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 2047 | -2.4 |
| 22 | Nassa, Nicolas | 1965 | ITA | +51N | −11B | +46N | −12N | +35B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1967 | +3.2 |
| 23 | Delprato, Uberto | 2024 | ITA | +53B | −41N | +35B | −7N | +38B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2053 | +4.6 |
| 24 | Buffoni, Luca | 1895 | ITA | −3N | +48B | +18N | =21B | −13N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 2073 | +21.6 |
| 25 | Albini, Federico | 2003 | ITA | +28N | −5B | +37N | =13B | −15N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.25 | 2041 | +4.8 |
| 26 | Menichelli, Alessandro | 1984 | ITA | +40B | −7N | =51B | +33N | −10B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1954 | -4.2 |
| 27 | Bianco, Paolo | 1842 | ITA | −18N | +49B | =43N | −15B | +40B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1973 | +30.4 |
| 28 | Gambardella, Pierluigi | 1810 | ITA | −25B | =45N | +29B | −20N | +51B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1898 | +11.8 |
| 29 | Marino, Giovanni | 1910 | ITA | =15N | −4B | −28N | +39B | =34N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1889 | -4.8 |
| 30 | Stirpe, Claudio | 2055 | ITA | +48N | −3B | +47N | −9B | −14N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1855 | -26.4 |
| 31 | Corti, Mauro | 1804 | ITA | =16B | −20N | +45B | −18N | =33B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1849 | +4.8 |
| 32 | Pizzoferrato, Mattia | 1909 | ITA | −13N | +52B | −21N | +43B | −19N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1944 | +3.2 |
| 33 | Scatolini, Lorenzo | 1755 | ITA | =20B | −16N | +44B | −26B | =31N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1855 | +24.8 |
| 34 | Iatrino, Vincenzo | 1767 | ITA | −17N | =39B | −15N | +45N | =29B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1876 | +11.8 |
| 35 | Pratelli, Aron | 1855 | ITA | −21N | +44B | −23N | +42B | −22N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1910 | +13.6 |
| 36 | Sassi, Ettore | 2000 | ITA | −9B | −14N | +50B | −38N | +49B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1790 | -56.8 |
| 37 | D`ippolito, Nilo Alessandro | 1884 | ITA | −7B | +53N | −25B | +46N | −18B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1880 | -4.0 |
| 38 | Colom Riera, Marc | 1856 | ESP | −11N | −47B | +52N | +36B | −23N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1899 | +5.0 |
| 39 | Di Pietro, Vincenzo | 1857 | ITA | −19B | =34N | =40B | −29N | +44B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1820 | -5.6 |
| 40 | Bonifazi, Gioele | 1800 | ITA | −26N | =43B | =39N | +49B | −27N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1822 | +2.6 |
| 41 | Dobboletta, Alex | 2198 | ITA | +49N | +23B | −11N | F | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 2125 | -5.0 |
| 42 | Miola, Daniel | 1945 | ITA | −1N | +50B | −12B | −35N | =43N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 1853 | -14.8 |
| 43 | Rizzo, Guido | 1881 | ITA | −8B | =40N | =27B | −32N | =42B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1772 | -29.6 |
| 44 | Pastore, Cosmas | 1910 | ITA | −2B | −35N | −33N | +52B | −39N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 1665 | -31.8 |
| 45 | De Carolis, Massimo | 1857 | ITA | −5N | =28B | −31N | −34B | =52N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1620 | -30.0 |
| 46 | Turin, Lorenzo | 1702 | ITA | F | −19N | −22B | −37B | +47N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1767 | +9.2 |
| 47 | Bonghi, Alessandro | 1915 | ITA | −10B | +38N | −30B | −48N | −46B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1704 | -27.6 |
| 48 | Gambardella, Piero | 1838 | ITA | −30B | −24N | F | +47B | −17N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1761 | -7.4 |
| 49 | Bempensante, Andrea | 1905 | ITA | −41B | −27N | +53B | −40N | −36N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1693 | -54.4 |
| 50 | Gargiulo, Tristano | 1856 | ITA | −12B | −42N | −36N | +53B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1767 | -9.2 |
| 51 | Marino, Fabio | 1773 | ITA | −22B | F | =26N | −14B | −28N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 1588 | -15.6 |
| 52 | Grasso, Giuseppe | 1844 | ITA | −6B | −32N | −38B | −44N | =45B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 1553 | -60.0 |
| 53 | Urzi`, Silvio | 1823 | ITA | −23N | −37B | −49N | −50N | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1118 | -29.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Blagoveshchenskiy, RomanFID+74.03.5 pts · #13
- 2Valli, MarcoITA+54.63.5 pts · #9
- 3Laneve, GiulioITA+36.43.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Grasso, GiuseppeITA-60.00.5 pts · #52
- 2Sassi, EttoreITA-56.82.0 pts · #37
- 3Bempensante, AndreaITA-54.41.0 pts · #48
Biggest upsets
- R2+414 Elo gap
- R4+245 Elo gap
- R5+213 Elo gap