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WE 8 Del Levante ligure - A

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in La Spezia, Italy. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2160, and top seed was Luca Ballotti (🇮🇹 ITA, CM, 2257).

Luca Ballotti (🇮🇹 ITA, CM, 2257) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Gojko Laketic (4.0) and Federico Massazza (3.5). Ballotti won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Riccardo Frigerio (1994) beat Aditya Kunal Patil (CM, 2208), a +214-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹La Spezia, Italy
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹CMLuca Ballotti2257
Avg top 10
2,160
Participants
22
Titled players · 6
IM×1
FM×1
CM×3
WIM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇹Italy×18
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Laketic takes lead
Laketic4Ballotti4Massazza3.5Datteri3Lu3Mazzini3— ex-leaders:Frigerioled R3, #7
R4 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec

IM Gojko Laketic takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Ballotti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Gojko Laketic 3 wins (R2–R4)CM Luca Ballotti 3 wins (R3–R5)Federico Massazza 3 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMGojko Laketic*—
½
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2CMLuca Ballotti—*——
3Federico Massazza
½
—*—
4Matteo Datteri———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ballotti, LucaCM2257ITA=9B=10N+6B+14N+4N4.011.013.010.502316+6.8
2Laketic, GojkoIM2249SRB=12N+15B+5N+13B=3B4.010.512.59.752285+2.2
3Massazza, Federico2165ITA+17B+16NF+4B=2N3.510.010.08.002390+36.8
4Frigerio, Riccardo1994ITA+11B+21B+7N−3N−1B3.013.014.06.502217+58.4
5Lu, LillianWIM1945AUS=6B+9N−2B+10N=11B3.012.014.57.752202+33.6
6Mazzini, Mauro2106ITA=5N+18B−1N+12B=7N3.012.013.06.002090-1.4
7Datteri, Matteo1928ITA+19N+13B−4B=8N=6B3.011.012.06.002151+30.0
8Toniolo, Samuel2113ITA−16B=20N+17N=7B+14B3.08.09.05.002085-3.2
9Giraldi, Edoardo2045ITA=1N−5B=15N+18B=12N2.511.012.05.002029-2.6
10Passerotti, PierluigiFM2084ITA=18N=1B=12N−5B+17N2.510.011.04.502031-7.0
11Scotto, Marco2167ITA−4N+19B−13N+15B=5N2.510.011.04.502022-19.2
12Rossi, Gabriele Valerio2045ITA=2B=14N=10B−6N=9B2.012.014.05.502055+1.6
13Annoni, Riccardo2083ITA+22B−7N+11B−2N−16B2.011.511.52.501973-15.0
14Varvaglione, Antonio2153ITA=15N=12B+16N−1B−8N2.011.013.04.002004-20.4
15Glover, Sharon1986ITA=14B−2N=9B−11N+20N2.011.012.03.252053+15.6
16Mazzi, Leonardo1979ITA+8N−3B−14BF+13N2.010.510.55.002129+31.6
17Vitale, Romualdo1994ITA−3NF−8B+19N−10B1.010.010.01.001923-6.8
18Tazzini, Marco1914ITA=10B−6N=20B−9N−19B1.09.010.01.751829-9.6
19Donati, Roberto2101ITA−7B−11NF−17B+18N1.07.57.51.001808-30.6
20Teh, Wee ZhunCM2010MAS−21N=8B=18NF−15B1.07.07.02.001862-15.2
21Aditya Kunal PatilCM2208IND+20B−4NFFF1.04.04.01.002002-21.2
22De Gaspari, Cristian1903ITA−13NFFFF0.02.02.00.001283-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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