Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Dec 2025 to 16 Dec 2025 in Caba, Argentina. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2526, and top seed was Aryan Tari (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2636).
Aryan Tari (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2636) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Ivan Cheparinov (6.0) and Alexei Shirov (5.5). Tari shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Ilan Schnaider (IM, 2402) beat Julio E Granda Zuniga (GM, 2624), a +222-point gap.
Location
🇦🇷Caba, Argentina
Dates
08 Dec 2025 → 16 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×7
IM×3
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇷Argentina×6
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
2
1
3
4
4
2
2
2
2
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Aryan Tari drew with GM Ivan Cheparinov (White).
R1–R9 · UNBEATEN
GM Aryan Tari went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇴GMTari, Aryan | 2636 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 25.25 | 39.0 | +0.9 | 2638 |
| 2 | 🇧🇬GMCheparinov, Ivan | 2625 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 23.00 | 39.0 | +2.4 | 2640 |
| 3 | 🇪🇸GMShirov, Alexei | 2610 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 23.25 | 39.5 | -0.9 | 2596 |
| 4 | 🇦🇷IMOro, Faustino | 2503 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.25 | 39.5 | +13.2 | 2608 |
| 5 | 🇦🇷GMFlores, Diego | 2567 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.00 | 39.5 | +4.7 | 2601 |
| 6 | 🇵🇪GMGranda Zuniga, Julio E | 2624 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 18.50 | 41.0 | -17.5 | 2472 |
| 7 | 🇦🇷GMMareco, Sandro | 2555 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 18.00 | 41.0 | -8.5 | 2479 |
| 8 | 🇦🇷GMSlipak, Sergio | 2374 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 14.50 | 41.5 | +9.2 | 2462 |
| 9 | 🇦🇷IMSchnaider, Ilan | 2402 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 3.0 | 12.00 | 42.0 | +0.8 | 2414 |
| 10 | 🇦🇷IMDarcyl, Tomas | 2360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2.0 | 7.25 | 43.0 | -4.3 | 2324 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Oro, FaustinoIMARG+13.25.5 pts · #4
- 2Slipak, SergioGMARG+9.23.5 pts · #8
- 3Flores, DiegoGMARG+4.75.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Granda Zuniga, Julio EGMPER-17.54.0 pts · #6
- 2Mareco, SandroGMARG-8.54.0 pts · #7
- 3Darcyl, TomasIMARG-4.32.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R6+222 Elo gap
- R4+153 Elo gap