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FE Verona 2026 - A

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Verona, Italy. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2040, and top seed was Andrei M. Kossarev (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2277).

Andrei M. Kossarev (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2277) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Sebastiano Grassi (5.0) and Timofey Bodrov (5.0). Kossarev won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ruben Puechler (1808) beat Riccardo Marco Lobina (2079), a +271-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Verona, Italy
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹FMAndrei M. Kossarev2277
Avg top 10
2,040
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇹Italy×18
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Andrei M. Kossarev led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Kossarev6.5Grassi5Bodrov5Zanchetta5Terletskyi4.5Arsenijevic4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Andrei M. Kossarev never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Andrei M. Kossarev drew with Sebastiano Grassi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Andrei M. Kossarev 5 wins (R1–R5)Timofey Bodrov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAndrei M. Kossarev*
½
1
—
2Sebastiano Grassi
½
*
½
½
3Timofey Bodrov
0
½
*
½
4Nicola Zanchetta—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kossarev, Andrei M.FM2277ITA+19B+8N+5B+3N+6B=2N+9B6.526.529.026.502407+12.8
2Grassi, Sebastiano2022ITA=6N+17B+9N=4B+7N=1B=3B5.028.531.020.752174+56.8
3Bodrov, Timofey2123UKR+13N+7B+11N−1B+12N=4B=2N5.027.530.519.002148+7.2
4Zanchetta, Nicola2083ITA+16B−5N+15B=2N+11B=3N+6B5.024.527.017.502079+1.4
5Terletskyi, Oleh Mykola1933ITA+14N+4B−1N−7B=8N+11B+13N4.526.029.016.502075+26.2
6Arsenijevic, Matija1837SRB=2B+22N+8B+9N−1N=7B−4N4.028.529.013.002079+86.0
7Schiatti, Piero1910ITA+18B−3N+16B+5N−2B=6N=8B4.025.027.513.501993+16.0
8Vujicic, Luigi2003ITA+20B−1B−6N+15N=5B+12B=7N4.025.027.012.251985-3.6
9Bevilacqua, Maurizio2033ITA+21B+15N−2B−6B+20N+13B−1N4.023.025.09.501986-8.2
10Lobina, Riccardo Marco2079ITA=17N−11B+20N−13B=14N+16B+15N4.017.019.09.751900-60.4
11Puechler, Ruben1808ITA+22B+10N−3B=12B−4N−5N+18B3.524.525.08.751979+29.6
12Addante, Francesco1925ITA−15B+21N+18B=11N−3B−8N+17B3.520.022.08.751893-12.8
13Baeza Escudero, Javier1903ESP−3B−18N+21B+10N+17B−9N−5B3.022.524.58.501901-1.4
14Pieropan, Giorgio1830ITA−5B−16N=22B+19N=10B+20NF3.016.016.06.751927+15.6
15Righi, Francesco1830ITA+12N−9B−4N−8B+21N=19B−10B2.523.025.06.751880+7.4
16Litrico, Paolo1893ITA−4N+14B−7N−20B+18B−10N=19N2.521.023.06.751818-15.6
17Peretti, Eva1850ITA=10B−2N=19B=18N−13N+22B−12N2.520.521.05.001834-8.8
18Gneo, Marco1795ITA−7N+13B−12N=17B−16N+21B−11N2.519.021.06.251774-4.0
19Fanchin, Matteo1908ITA−1N−20B=17N−14B+22B=15N=16B2.519.019.54.251817-20.2
20Gasperi, Fosco1835ITA−8N+19N−10B+16N−9B−14B−21N2.020.022.05.001783-10.8
21Rizzati, Aldo1844ITA−9N−12B−13N+22N−15B−18N+20B2.017.518.02.501733-21.2
22Camponovo, David1917SUI−11N−6B=14N−21B−19N−17NF0.517.517.51.501445-61.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets