FE 2 Trinakria - B

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29 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Palermo, Italy. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1805, and top seed was Benny Todts (🇧🇪 BEL, 1871).

Riccardo Campanella (🇮🇹 ITA, 1816) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Riccardo Grimaldini (7.0) and Samuele Ruggia (6.0). Campanella won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Samuele Ruggia (1633) beat Emanuele Passiglia (1850), a +217-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Palermo, Italy

Dates

27 Jul 2025 → 03 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪Benny Todts1871

Avg top 10

1,805

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇹Italy×25

🇿🇦South Africa×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Riccardo Campanella
🇮🇹ITA·1816
7.5pts·2004perf+39.6
🥈
Riccardo Grimaldini
🇮🇹ITA·1740
7.0pts·1980perf+109.2
🥉
Samuele Ruggia
🇮🇹ITA·1633
6.0pts·1883perf+119.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Riccardo Campanella led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Campanella7.5Grimaldini7Ruggia6Giaconia5.5Passiglia5.5Badenhorst5.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Riccardo Campanella held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Riccardo Campanella drew with Riccardo Grimaldini (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Riccardo Campanella won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Riccardo Campanella	*	½	—	—
2Riccardo Grimaldini	½	*	—	½
3Samuele Ruggia	—	—	*	1
4Giorgio Giaconia	—	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Campanella, Riccardo	1816	ITA	+23B	+27N	+13B	=5N	=16B	+4B	=2N	+17N	+10B	7.5	38.5	40.5	32.25	2004	+39.6
2	Grimaldini, Riccardo	1740	ITA	+14B	=7N	+15B	=6N	+13B	+5N	=1B	=4N	+17B	7.0	43.0	47.0	35.00	1980	+109.2
3	Ruggia, Samuele	1633	ITA	−16B	+9N	=18B	+27N	−17B	+15N	=5B	+6N	+4B	6.0	38.0	40.0	27.25	1883	+119.6
4	Passiglia, Emanuele	1850	ITA	+9B	+16N	=6B	+7N	=5B	−1N	+18B	=2B	−3N	5.5	46.0	50.0	27.50	1829	-3.8
5	Mauro, Gabriele	1816	ITA	+29N	+20B	+19N	=1B	=4N	−2B	=3N	+7B	−6N	5.5	45.0	45.0	23.00	1799	-5.2
6	Giaconia, Giorgio	1648	ITA	+26N	+8B	=4N	=2B	−7N	=14B	+13N	−3B	+5B	5.5	44.0	46.5	26.50	1827	+42.0
7	Todts, Benny	1871	BEL	+10N	=2B	+25N	−4B	+6B	+16N	−17B	−5N	+13B	5.5	41.0	43.5	25.00	1816	-11.8
8	Badenhorst, Daniel	1753	RSA	+24B	−6N	+27B	−13N	+19B	−17N	=22B	+15N	+14B	5.5	33.5	35.5	19.75	1763	+5.2
9	Collesano, Giorgio	1689	ITA	−4N	−3B	+26N	=11B	=25N	=20B	+21N	=14B	+18B	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.50	1757	+15.8
10	Picone Chiodo, Luigi	1693	ITA	−7B	−14N	=24B	=23N	+27B	+19N	+25B	+16N	−1N	5.0	34.0	36.0	15.50	1760	+36.0
11	Ginebri, Aldo	1604	ITA	=12N	−25B	=14B	=9N	=22B	+23N	−15B	+19N	+16B	5.0	33.5	36.0	20.00	1748	+68.8
12	Serio, Vittorio	1698	ITA	=11B	−13N	+28B	−18N	=23B	−22N	+24B	+25N	+20B	5.0	29.5	29.5	13.50	1709	+5.2
13	Scolaro, Antonio	1630	ITA	+21N	+12B	−1N	+8B	−2N	=18N	−6B	+22B	−7N	4.5	44.0	47.5	20.00	1749	+28.2
14	Di Liberto, Daniel	1613	ITA	−2N	+10B	=11N	+25B	=18B	=6N	=16B	=9N	−8N	4.5	41.0	43.5	19.25	1712	+48.4
15	Lombardo, Antonio	1846	ITA	+22N	−19B	−2N	+20B	=21N	−3B	+11N	−8B	+25B	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.00	1687	-57.4
16	Calcara, Giuseppe	1753	ITA	+3N	−4B	+20N	+21B	=1N	−7B	=14N	−10B	−11N	4.0	43.0	47.0	20.00	1673	-19.2
17	Apostolou, Nikolaos	1742	GRE	−20N	F	F	+19B	+3N	+8B	+7N	−1B	−2N	4.0	39.5	39.5	21.00	1774	+6.6
18	Mancin, Michele	1774	ITA	−19N	+22B	=3N	+12B	=14N	=13B	−4N	=20B	−9N	4.0	38.5	42.0	18.00	1630	-34.6
19	Genualdi, Loreto	1641	ITA	+18B	+15N	−5B	−17N	−8N	−10B	+28N	−11B	+23B	4.0	36.5	36.5	11.50	1678	+21.6
20	Sposito, Francesco	1622	ITA	+17B	−5N	−16B	−15N	+24B	=9N	+26B	=18N	−12N	4.0	35.0	37.5	14.00	1709	+41.6
21	Lo Manto, Emiliano	1748	USA	−13B	+24N	+23B	−16N	=15B	−25N	−9B	+28N	=22N	4.0	30.0	30.0	10.00	1655	-22.2
22	Di Fede, Umberto	1682	ITA	−15B	−18N	F	+28B	=11N	+12B	=8N	−13N	=21B	3.5	32.5	32.5	12.25	1664	-12.0
23	Grasso, Giuseppe	1669	ITA	−1N	+26B	−21N	=10B	=12N	−11B	=27N	=24B	−19N	3.0	36.0	38.0	10.00	1579	-21.0
24	Gigliotti, Vitaliano	1641	ITA	−8N	−21B	=10N	=26B	−20N	+28B	−12N	=23N	=27B	3.0	31.0	31.0	6.25	1574	-16.0
25	Virga, Enrico	1761	ITA	F	+11N	−7B	−14N	=9B	+21B	−10N	−12B	−15N	2.5	38.5	38.5	11.50	1578	-78.4
26	Rumore, Davide	1814	ITA	−6B	−23N	−9B	=24N	+28N	+27B	−20N	F	F	2.5	22.5	22.5	3.50	1552	-100.0
27	Cottone, Salvatore	1698	ITA	+28N	−1B	−8N	−3B	−10N	−26N	=23B	F	=24N	2.0	32.5	32.5	3.00	1509	-39.2
28	Norrito, Salvatore	1605	ITA	−27B	F	−12N	−22N	−26B	−24N	−19B	−21B	F	0.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	903	-51.8
29	Muscarella, Salvatore	1651	ITA	−5B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1015	-5.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ruggia, SamueleITA
+119.6
6.0 pts · #3
2Grimaldini, RiccardoITA
+109.2
7.0 pts · #2
3Ginebri, AldoITA
+68.8
5.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Rumore, DavideITA
-100.0
2.5 pts · #25
2Virga, EnricoITA
-78.4
2.5 pts · #26
3Lombardo, AntonioITA
-57.4
4.5 pts · #13

Biggest upsets

R9+217 Elo gap
Ruggia, Samuele1633 beat Passiglia, Emanuele1850
R6+213 Elo gap
Ruggia, Samuele1633 beat Lombardo, Antonio1846
R2+205 Elo gap
Genualdi, Loreto1641 beat Lombardo, Antonio1846