WE 39 Lazio Scacchi - Torneo della Befana - B

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53 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Roma, Italy. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1636, and top seed was Michele Penza (🇮🇹 ITA, 1654).

Pierfederico Iannamorelli (🇮🇹 ITA, 1641) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Luca Rispoli (4.5) and Marco Meli (4.5). Iannamorelli shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nicole Masone (1495) beat Aldo Vetere (1645), a +150-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Roma, Italy

Dates

03 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹Michele Penza1654

Avg top 10

1,636

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇮🇹Italy×51

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Pierfederico Iannamorelli
🇮🇹ITA·1641
5.0pts·1809perf+22.8
🥈
Luca Rispoli
🇮🇹ITA·1593
4.5pts·1682perf+22.4
🥉
Marco Meli
🇮🇹ITA·1551
4.5pts·1702perf+24.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Pierfederico Iannamorelli led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Iannamorelli5Matarazzo4.5Rispoli4.5Meli4.5Caruso4.5Bonini4— ex-leaders:Pipitoneled R3, #15

R6 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jan

Pierfederico Iannamorelli takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

Pierfederico Iannamorelli went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Filippo Massimo Pipitone held the sole lead at R3 but finished #15.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Pierfederico Iannamorelli	*	—	1	—
2Filippo Matarazzo	—	*	—	—
3Luca Rispoli	0	—	*	—
4Marco Meli	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Iannamorelli, Pierfederico	1641	ITA	+25B	+28N	=13B	+2N	=7B	+6B	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.25	1809	+22.8
2	Rispoli, Luca	1593	ITA	+42N	+21B	=11N	−1B	+20N	+17B	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.25	1682	+22.4
3	Meli, Marco	1551	ITA	=12N	=30B	+33N	+8B	+14N	=7B	4.5	17.5	20.0	15.00	1702	+24.0
4	Caruso, Stefano	1524	ITA	+32N	−11B	+48N	+19B	=15N	+16B	4.5	16.5	18.0	12.75	1581	+9.6
5	Matarazzo, Filippo	1640	ITA	+51N	=40B	+12N	+16B	−6N	+15B	4.5	16.5	17.0	12.00	1671	+8.4
6	Pipitone, Filippo Massimo	1508	ITA	+46B	+31N	+18B	−7N	+5B	−1N	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.00	1700	+26.4
7	Talotta, Gabriele	1609	ITA	+34B	F	+19N	+6B	=1N	=3N	4.0	19.5	19.5	14.75	1731	+24.8
8	Syniuta, Zakhar	0	UKR	+38N	−13N	+28B	−3N	+25B	+11B	4.0	17.5	20.0	12.00	1577	0.0
9	Rattazzi, Giovanni	1416	ITA	=22N	=33B	+30N	+40B	=11N	=24B	4.0	15.5	17.5	11.00	1714	+94.0
10	Bonini, Giorgio	1600	ITA	=35N	−12B	+49N	=23B	+40N	+26B	4.0	14.5	16.0	9.50	1728	+30.8
11	Colella, Massimo	1646	ITA	+50B	+4N	=2B	=13N	=9B	−8N	3.5	20.5	21.0	11.00	1658	+4.0
12	Criscimanni, Davide	0	ITA	=3B	+10N	−5B	=27N	+39N	=23B	3.5	19.5	22.0	12.00	1593	0.0
13	Guazzo, Andrea	1534	ITA	+48N	+8B	=1N	=11B	−16N	=22B	3.5	19.5	21.0	11.50	1543	+1.2
14	Bono, Leonardo	0	ITA	+23N	=16B	+22N	=17B	−3B	=18N	3.5	18.5	22.0	12.25	1623	0.0
15	Masone, Nicole	1495	ITA	+17B	−18N	+52B	+31N	=4B	−5N	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.25	1612	+41.2
16	Ruggiero, Benedetta	1637	ITA	+47B	=14N	+41B	−5N	+13B	−4N	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.75	1598	-9.6
17	Vetere, Aldo	1645	ITA	−15N	+53B	+25N	=14N	+21B	−2N	3.5	18.0	18.0	8.25	1499	-15.8
18	Niculae, Sebastian	1621	ITA	+37N	+15B	−6N	=20B	=26N	=14B	3.5	17.5	20.0	11.00	1582	-8.8
19	Li, Kevin	0	ITA	+27B	+29N	−7B	−4N	=36B	+31N	3.5	17.0	19.5	9.75	1578	0.0
20	Durukan, Mehmet Bilgehan	0	TUR	+26N	F	+29B	=18N	−2B	+36N	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.25	1600	0.0
21	Fiengo, Lorenzo	0	ITA	+45N	−2N	+36B	=26B	−17N	+37B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.50	1561	0.0
22	Barteanu, Vlad	1596	ITA	=9B	+44N	−14B	=41N	+30B	=13N	3.5	15.5	17.5	9.25	1612	+4.4
23	De Gregorio, Alessandro	1561	ITA	−14B	=47N	+43B	=10N	+41B	=12N	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.50	1637	+12.0
24	Penza, Michele	1654	ITA	=30N	+35B	=40N	F	+27B	=9N	3.5	14.0	14.0	9.75	1622	-3.4
25	Orsolini Cencelli, Valentino	1490	ITA	−1N	+32B	−17B	+52N	−8N	+33B	3.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1513	+3.6
26	Orsolini Cencelli, Alberto	1538	ITA	−20B	+37N	+46B	=21N	=18B	−10N	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.50	1560	+6.8
27	Buffoni, Emilia	1508	ITA	−19N	=49B	+35N	=12B	−24N	+42B	3.0	15.0	16.5	7.00	1572	+13.6
28	Bogachev, Filippe	1500	ITA	+52N	−1B	−8N	−32B	+53N	+38B	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1662	+26.0
29	Mohamed, Aisha	1567	ITA	+49N	−19B	−20N	=34B	=42B	+41N	3.0	13.5	15.0	5.75	1626	+10.8
30	Nini, Fabio	1497	ITA	=24B	=3N	−9B	+44N	−22N	=39B	2.5	18.0	20.0	7.25	1477	-3.8
31	Toso, Alberto	1635	ITA	+53N	−6B	+34N	−15B	=32N	−19B	2.5	16.0	16.0	3.75	1471	-34.0
32	Foglietta, Matteo	0	ITA	−4B	−25N	F	+28N	=31B	+34B	2.5	15.5	15.5	6.75	1518	0.0
33	Cudritchii, Daniele	1628	ITA	=41B	=9N	−3B	=46N	+47B	−25N	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.25	1407	-58.8
34	Moreno, Giovanni	1450	ITA	−7N	+45B	−31B	=29N	+46B	−32N	2.5	14.0	15.5	5.00	1497	+4.4
35	Artissi, Sabrina	1431	ITA	=10B	−24N	−27B	−43N	+50B	+46N	2.5	14.0	14.5	4.00	1477	+3.8
36	Talone, Massimo	1509	ITA	F	+42B	−21N	+48B	=19N	−20B	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.25	2210	+7.2
37	Santoro, Lino	1460	ITA	−18B	−26B	=51N	+49B	+43N	−21N	2.5	13.5	14.0	3.75	1423	-9.6
38	Tiraboschi, Umberto	1499	ITA	−8B	=43N	=44B	=47N	+52B	−28N	2.5	12.5	12.5	2.75	1338	-13.0
39	Barteanu, David	1581	ITA	=44B	−41N	=47B	+50N	−12B	=30N	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.50	1468	-29.6
40	Paolucci, Dario	1523	ITA	+43B	=5N	=24B	−9N	−10B	−44N	2.0	18.0	20.0	6.00	1304	-52.8
41	Donato, Michel	1460	ITA	=33N	+39B	−16N	=22B	−23N	−29B	2.0	16.0	18.5	5.50	1470	+1.6
42	Urbinati, Arianna	1413	ITA	−2B	−36N	=50B	+51B	=29N	−27N	2.0	13.5	14.0	2.25	1400	-2.8
43	Guazzo, Albert	0	ITA	−40N	=38B	−23N	+35B	−37B	=45N	2.0	13.0	15.0	4.75	1374	0.0
44	Imbrighi, Giorgio Maria	1412	ITA	=39N	−22B	=38N	−30B	F	+40B	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1465	+13.6
45	Quagliani, Federico	1526	ITA	−21B	−34N	+53B	F	=48N	=43B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.75	1459	-3.8
46	Meloni, Federico	0	ITA	−6N	+51B	−26N	=33B	−34N	−35B	1.5	14.5	15.0	1.75	1310	0.0
47	Sarrica, Irene	1480	ITA	−16N	=23B	=39N	=38B	−33N	F	1.5	14.5	14.5	4.25	1431	-12.4
48	Ferrante, Giulia	0	ITA	−13B	+50N	−4B	−36N	=45B	−49N	1.5	14.0	14.5	1.50	1307	0.0
49	Massari, Leonardo	1412	ITA	−29B	=27N	−10B	−37N	F	+48B	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.00	1212	-34.0
50	Del Gaudio, Stefano	1495	ITA	−11N	−48B	=42N	−39B	−35N	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1194	-56.0
51	Fiorenza, Valerio	1488	ITA	−5B	−46N	=37B	−42N	F	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1230	-19.0
52	Sarcia`, Alida	0	ITA	−28B	F	−15N	−25B	−38N	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	687	0.0
53	De Vito, Maurizio	1471	ITA	−31B	−17N	−45N	F	−28B	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	777	-28.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rattazzi, GiovanniITA
+94.0
4.0 pts · #3
2Masone, NicoleITA
+41.2
3.5 pts · #18
3Bonini, GiorgioITA
+30.8
4.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Cudritchii, DanieleITA
-58.8
2.5 pts · #26
2Del Gaudio, StefanoITA
-56.0
0.5 pts · #49
3Paolucci, DarioITA
-52.8
2.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R1+150 Elo gap
Masone, Nicole1495 beat Vetere, Aldo1645
R4+140 Elo gap
Masone, Nicole1495 beat Toso, Alberto1635
R6+138 Elo gap
Orsolini Cencelli, Valentino1490 beat Cudritchii, Daniele1628