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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Trieste, Italy. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1881, and top seed was Nejc Herega (🇸🇮 SLO, FM, 2244).
Pietro Vertechi (🇮🇹 ITA, 2099) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Matteo Fausto Marusich (4.0) and Leonardo Simone Deschi (3.5). Vertechi took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Matteo Fausto Marusich (1672) beat Alisher Akhmedov (1823), a +151-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Pietro Vertechi takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Vertechi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).
Matteo Fausto Marusich 3 wins (R1–R3)Leonardo Simone Deschi 3 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pietro Vertechi | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Matteo Fausto Marusich | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Leonardo Simone Deschi | ½ | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Gregor Markovcic | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertechi, Pietro | 2099 | ITA | +12N | +10B | =6N | +5B | =3N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 10.25 | 2096 | +2.0 |
| 2 | Marusich, Matteo Fausto | 1672 | ITA | +19N | +5B | +10N | −3B | +11N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 2018 | +35.8 |
| 3 | Deschi, Leonardo Simone | 1936 | ITA | +18N | +4B | F | +2N | =1B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 10.50 | 2096 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Markovcic, Gregor | 1698 | SLO | +17B | −3N | +11B | +8N | =6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1918 | +31.6 |
| 5 | Akhmedov, Alisher | 1823 | ITA | +8B | −2N | +7B | −1N | +13B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1689 | -11.6 |
| 6 | Camana, Filippo | 2048 | ITA | +15B | +9N | =1B | F | =4N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1970 | -3.6 |
| 7 | Sansone, Enrico | 1670 | ITA | −16N | +14B | −5N | +10B | +15N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1763 | +5.4 |
| 8 | Jazbec, Artur | 0 | SLO | −5N | +19B | +18N | −4B | =9B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Paoletti, Silvio | 1739 | ITA | +20N | −6B | +12N | −15B | =8N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1832 | +3.8 |
| 10 | Usaj, Benjamin | 1772 | SLO | +13B | −1N | −2B | −7N | +19B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1014 | -56.4 |
| 11 | Stevic, Massimiliano | 1778 | ITA | +14N | −16B | −4N | +12B | −2B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1595 | -20.4 |
| 12 | Palladino, Luca | 1613 | ITA | −1B | +13N | −9B | −11N | +17B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1041 | -28.0 |
| 13 | Laccheo, Davide | 0 | ITA | −10N | −12B | +20N | +14B | −5N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 936 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kragelj, Rok | 0 | SLO | −11B | −7N | +17B | −13N | +18N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 920 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Camilla, Giulio | 0 | ITA | −6N | +20B | F | +9N | −7B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1694 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Herega, NejcFM | 2244 | SLO | +7B | +11N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2644 | +6.4 |
| 17 | Scapin, Valeria | 0 | ITA | −4N | =18B | −14N | +20B | −12N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 856 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Cicciarella, Mathias | 0 | ITA | −3B | =17N | −8B | =19N | −14B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1137 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Sulcic, Aljaz | 0 | SLO | −2B | −8N | F | =18B | −10N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 922 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Markovcic, Masa | 0 | SLO | −9B | −15N | −13B | −17N | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 939 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Marusich, Matteo FaustoITA+35.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Markovcic, GregorSLO+31.63.5 pts · #6
- 3Deschi, Leonardo SimoneITA+11.83.5 pts · #3
- 1Usaj, BenjaminSLO-56.42.0 pts · #18
- 2Palladino, LucaITA-28.02.0 pts · #15
- 3Stevic, MassimilianoITA-20.42.0 pts · #7
- R2+151 Elo gap
- R5+106 Elo gap
- R4+102 Elo gap