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WE Trofeo Arcomagno - A

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in San Nicola Arcella, Italy. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2094, and top seed was Fabrizio Bellia (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2397).

Virgilio Vuelban (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2197) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Fabrizio Bellia (4.5) and Agostino Mingrone (3.5). Vuelban shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Antonella Foti (1907) beat Mariano Lombardi (2144), a +237-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹San Nicola Arcella, Italy
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹IMFabrizio Bellia2397
Avg top 10
2,094
Participants
22
Titled players · 4
IM×4
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇹Italy×19
🇷🇸Serbia×2
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

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 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
4
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Vuelban4.5Bellia4.5Mingrone3.5Sirena3Granaldi3Stirpe3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Virgilio Vuelban drew with IM Fabrizio Bellia (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

IM Virgilio Vuelban went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMVirgilio Vuelban*
½
1
—
2IMFabrizio Bellia
½
*—
1
3Agostino Mingrone
0
—*
½
4Gianni Sirena—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vuelban, VirgilioIM2197PHI+6N+9B=2N+3B+4N4.514.016.514.252430+11.7
2Bellia, FabrizioIM2397ITA+10B+4N=1B+11N+5B4.513.015.513.252418+1.0
3Mingrone, Agostino2025ITA+21B+7N=5B−1N+10B3.513.013.07.002119+25.6
4Guccione, Matteo Francesco2018ITA+22N−2B+9N+6B−1B3.014.514.55.502118+8.4
5Sirena, Gianni1967ITA+20N=16B=3N+8B−2N3.013.014.06.752150+22.4
6Stirpe, Claudio1954ITA−1B+21N+13B−4N+17N3.011.511.54.002075+16.0
7Foti, Antonella1907ITA+8N−3B=12N=17B+16N3.011.012.57.002086+48.0
8Granaldi, Alessandro2057ITA−7B+14N+19B−5N+11B3.011.012.06.001990-7.0
9Taglialatela, Massimiliano1925ITA+13B−1N−4B=15N+19B2.512.513.54.751970+5.4
10Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin ZIM1960SRB−2N+20B+18N=16B−3N2.511.512.53.502040+4.2
11Fezza, Davide2053ITA=18N+17B+16N−2B−8N2.511.012.54.252069+1.4
12Delizia, Costantino1971ITA=15B=19N=7B=13N=14B2.510.511.55.751899-9.2
13Dragojlovic, AndjelkoIM2111SRB−9N+22B−6N=12B+18N2.59.59.52.751845-14.3
14Rotunno, Giuseppe1951ITA−16N−8B+22N+20B=12N2.58.58.52.251905-5.8
15Lentini, Alessandro1808ITA=12N=18B−17N=9B+21N2.58.08.03.251893+22.8
16Lombardi, Mariano2144ITA+14B=5N−11B=10N−7B2.011.013.55.251895-33.0
17Vespe, Francesco Antonio1870ITAF−11N+15B=7N−6B1.511.011.04.001843-3.6
18Tricomi, Massimo1877ITA=11B=15N−10B=19N−13B1.510.011.03.001780-13.4
19Spinelli, Antonio1717ITAF=12B−8N=18B−9N1.09.59.52.001765+3.4
20Santo, Davide1796ITA−5B−10N+21B−14NF1.08.08.00.001732-12.4
21Delizia, Michele1819ITA−3N−6B−20NF−15B0.010.010.00.001096-64.4
22Sedile, Giovanni Leonardo0ITA−4B−13N−14BFF0.08.08.00.0012270.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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