WE 24 Citta' di Nichelino - A

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Nichelino, Italy. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2109, and top seed was Oleg Korneev (🇪🇸 ESP, GM, 2442).

Oleg Korneev (🇪🇸 ESP, GM, 2442) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ivan Gallo (4.5) and Samet Vatansever (3.5). Korneev shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Gabriele Pace (1912) beat Ahmed Zeyat (FM, 2211), a +299-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Nichelino, Italy

Dates

10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸GMOleg Korneev2442

Avg top 10

2,109

Participants

Titled players · 4

GM×1

IM×1

FM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇮🇹Italy×26

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇱🇾Libya×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
GMOleg Korneev
🇪🇸ESP·2442
4.5pts·2411perf-0.9
🥈
Ivan Gallo
🇮🇹ITA·2013
4.5pts·2347perf+34.2
🥉
Samet Vatansever
🇹🇷TUR·1729
3.5pts·2137perf+50.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Korneev4.5Gallo4.5Zerbin3.5Vatansever3.5Bergero3.5Madiai3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Korneev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Oleg Korneev drew with Ivan Gallo (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Oleg Korneev 3 wins (R1–R3)Ivan Gallo 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMOleg Korneev	*	½	—	—
2Ivan Gallo	½	*	—	1
3Simone Zerbin	—	—	*	0
4Samet Vatansever	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Korneev, OlegGM	2442	ESP	+31B	+8N	+4B	=2N	+7B	4.5	14.0	14.0	11.75	2411	-0.9
2	Gallo, Ivan	2013	ITA	+17B	+19N	+7B	=1B	+3N	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.25	2347	+34.2
3	Vatansever, Samet	1729	TUR	+18N	+6B	=5N	+9N	−2B	3.5	14.5	17.0	10.75	2137	+50.4
4	Bergero, Simone	2009	ITA	+23N	+15B	−1N	+19B	=5N	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	2151	+17.4
5	Madiai, Federico	2152	ITA	+24B	=20N	=3B	+8N	=4B	3.5	12.0	13.5	9.00	2055	-9.2
6	Zerbin, Simone	2006	ITA	+22B	−3N	+24B	+12N	=10B	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.00	2095	+12.8
7	Garbezza, Davide	2059	ITA	+30N	+16B	−2N	+20B	−1N	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.50	2105	+4.6
8	Peric, SlavisaIM	1964	SRB	+28B	−1B	+15N	−5B	+19N	3.0	12.5	13.5	5.50	2055	+5.1
9	De Gaspari, Cristian	1858	ITA	=11N	+26B	+21N	−3B	=13B	3.0	11.5	12.5	6.00	1922	+17.6
10	Lo Gatto, Riccardo	2124	ITA	−19N	+17B	=16N	+21B	=6N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.50	1944	-40.0
11	Passerotti, PierluigiFM	2084	ITA	=9B	+27N	=20B	=13N	=18B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.25	1950	-15.4
12	Zeyat, AhmedFM	2211	LBA	−16N	+30B	+23N	−6B	+20N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1979	-25.0
13	Catalano, Leonardo	1947	ITA	=26N	=21B	+28N	=11B	=9N	3.0	9.0	10.0	5.50	1911	-4.0
14	Fassio, Luca Cesare	1987	ITA	−15N	−23B	+30N	+27B	+22B	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1864	-14.8
15	Gatti, Matteo	1775	ITA	+14B	−4N	−8B	=17N	+24B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.75	1934	+20.6
16	Pace, Gabriele	1912	ITA	+12B	−7N	=10B	−18N	+23B	2.5	11.5	13.0	6.00	2029	+28.8
17	Bruno, Eleonora	1845	ITA	−2N	−10N	+31B	=15B	+25N	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.75	1952	+13.6
18	Di Chiara, Mauro	1932	ITA	−3B	F	+26N	+16B	=11N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	1964	+3.4
19	Martone, Gennaro	1859	ITA	+10B	−2B	+25N	−4N	−8B	2.0	14.0	15.5	4.50	1937	+9.4
20	Manni, Stefano	1941	ITA	+29B	=5B	=11N	−7N	−12B	2.0	12.5	13.0	3.75	1978	+4.0
21	Malano, Francesco	1743	ITA	+25B	=13N	−9B	−10N	=27N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.50	1842	+11.0
22	Marletta, Simone	1802	ITA	−6N	=25N	=27B	+26B	−14N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.25	1806	-0.8
23	Dinamo, Giulio	1818	ITA	−4B	+14N	−12B	=24N	−16N	1.5	12.0	13.5	3.75	1847	+1.6
24	Frenda, Leonardo Gino	1861	ITA	−5N	+29B	−6N	=23B	−15N	1.5	11.0	11.5	1.25	1750	-32.4
25	Ariaudo, Claudio	1934	ITA	−21N	=22B	−19B	+29N	−17B	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.50	1648	-38.0
26	Caprioli, Chiara	1753	ITA	=13B	−9N	−18B	−22N	=29N	1.0	10.5	11.0	1.75	1617	-32.4
27	Belliardo, Luca	1709	ITA	F	−11B	=22N	−14N	=21B	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1709	-3.6
28	Taccia, Andrea	1765	ITA	−8N	+31N	−13B	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1817	+4.0
29	Barcellona, Antonino	1744	ITA	−20N	−24N	F	−25B	=26B	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.50	1551	-16.6
30	Pohoata, Ionut-Silviu	1856	ROU	−7B	−12N	−14B	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1286	-13.4
31	Grande, Giulio	1915	ITA	−1N	−28B	−17N	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1175	-27.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vatansever, SametTUR
+50.4
3.5 pts · #4
2Gallo, IvanITA
+34.2
4.5 pts · #2
3Pace, GabrieleITA
+28.8
2.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Lo Gatto, RiccardoITA
-40.0
3.0 pts · #12
2Ariaudo, ClaudioITA
-38.0
1.5 pts · #25
3Caprioli, ChiaraITA
-32.4
1.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R1+299 Elo gap
Pace, Gabriele1912 beat FMZeyat, Ahmed2211
R2+277 Elo gap
Vatansever, Samet1729 beat Zerbin, Simone2006
R1+265 Elo gap
Martone, Gennaro1859 beat Lo Gatto, Riccardo2124