CP Verona 2026

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49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Verona, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 2002, and top seed was Jacopo Gennari (🇮🇹 ITA, 2187).

Francesco Mattia Liloni (🇮🇹 ITA, 2161) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Luigi Vujicic (4.5) and Jacopo Gennari (4.0). Liloni shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Riccardo Carraro (1583) beat Michele Bortolazzi (1886), a +303-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Verona, Italy

Dates

30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹Jacopo Gennari2187

Avg top 10

2,002

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×48

Top 3

🥇
Francesco Mattia Liloni
🇮🇹ITA·2161
4.5pts·2289perf+12.6
🥈
Luigi Vujicic
🇮🇹ITA·2003
4.5pts·2159perf+14.2
🥉
Jacopo Gennari
🇮🇹ITA·2187
4.0pts·2225perf+7.0

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

Co-leaders

Vujicic4.5Liloni4.5Negro4Gennari4Zenti3.5Pieropan3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Francesco Mattia Liloni won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Luigi Vujicic	*	—	—	—
2Francesco Mattia Liloni	—	*	—	½
3Roberto Negro	—	—	*	½
4Jacopo Gennari	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Liloni, Francesco Mattia	2161	ITA	+41N	+8B	+12N	=3B	+5N	4.5	14.0	15.0	13.00	2289	+12.6
2	Vujicic, Luigi	2003	ITA	+39N	+15B	=11N	+22B	+12N	4.5	11.5	12.5	11.00	2159	+14.2
3	Gennari, Jacopo	2187	ITA	+30B	+7N	+13B	=1N	=4B	4.0	15.0	17.0	12.75	2225	+7.0
4	Negro, Roberto	2161	ITA	+42B	=6N	+14B	+11B	=3N	4.0	13.5	14.5	10.75	2113	-1.2
5	Zenti, Edoardo	1926	ITA	+28B	=14N	+32B	+17N	−1B	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.50	1910	+0.2
6	Pieropan, Giorgio	1830	ITA	+44N	=4B	=26N	+18B	=10N	3.5	12.5	13.5	8.75	1951	+17.4
7	Peretti, Eva	1850	ITA	+43N	−3B	+39N	+15B	=9N	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.75	1954	+29.2
8	Dai Zotti, Marco	1834	ITA	+47B	−1N	+42B	+13N	=11B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.50	1964	+17.8
9	Bortolazzi, Michele	1886	ITA	−26B	+37B	+34N	+16N	=7B	3.5	10.5	12.0	8.25	1714	-12.8
10	Gennari, Leone	1851	ITA	+27B	=38N	=16B	+26N	=6B	3.5	10.5	12.0	8.00	1915	+5.2
11	Marchetti, Roberto	1827	ITA	+40N	+18B	=2B	−4N	=8N	3.0	15.0	16.0	8.00	1950	+17.8
12	Fanchin, Matteo	1908	ITA	+31N	+34B	−1B	+21N	−2B	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.00	1923	+3.0
13	Cordioli, Luca	1962	ITA	+24N	+21B	−3N	−8B	+35N	3.0	13.0	15.0	7.50	1906	-5.8
14	Magnabosco, Mauro Denis	1715	ITA	+36N	=5B	−4N	+37B	=20N	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.75	1820	+6.0
15	Righi, Francesco	1830	ITA	+29B	−2N	+28B	−7N	+27B	3.0	12.0	14.0	6.00	1750	-6.6
16	Gasparato, Riccardo	0	ITA	=22N	+35B	=10N	−9B	+32B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1802	0.0
17	Bertoldi, Daniele	1647	ITA	F	+23N	+19B	−5B	+22N	3.0	11.5	11.5	8.00	2027	+78.4
18	Khachab, Ibrahim	1965	ITA	+25B	−11N	+30B	−6N	+28B	3.0	11.0	13.0	6.50	1787	-19.4
19	Adami, Antonio	1858	ITA	+33N	=26B	−17N	=20B	+30N	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	1721	-15.6
20	Gneo, Marco	1795	ITA	−38B	+33N	+27B	=19N	=14B	3.0	10.0	11.5	7.00	1848	+6.4
21	De Paoli, Emilio	1793	ITA	+45N	−13N	+29B	−12B	+31N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	1717	-5.8
22	Negro, Raffaele	1762	ITA	=16B	+48N	+38B	−2N	−17B	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.00	1592	-13.6
23	Lippa, Tommaso	1791	ITA	F	−17B	=31N	+33B	+29N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	1640	-27.2
24	Zonta, Riccardo	1633	ITA	−13B	−29N	=40N	+45B	+37N	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.00	1320	-23.8
25	Caffaratti, Paolo	1639	ITA	−18N	=40B	−37N	+47B	+46N	2.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1616	-5.6
26	Carraro, Riccardo	1583	ITA	+9N	=19N	=6B	−10B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.75	1856	+53.2
27	Fasoli, Raffaello	1514	ITA	−10N	+41B	−20N	+34B	−15N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1702	+42.8
28	Fasoli, Ernesto	1593	ITA	−5N	+36B	−15N	+40B	−18N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1589	-6.4
29	Pavoncelli, Riccardo	1410	ITA	−15N	+24B	−21N	+39B	−23B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1661	+52.4
30	Macalello, Angelo	1687	ITA	−3N	+43B	−18N	+46B	−19B	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1656	-5.8
31	Jirillo, Antonio	1589	ITA	−12B	+49N	=23B	=32N	−21B	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.25	1602	+0.6
32	Casarotto, Michele	1689	ITA	=37N	+46B	−5N	=31B	−16N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.75	1565	-6.8
33	Perotti, Mattia	1534	ITA	−19B	−20B	+44N	−23N	+40B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	1588	+8.8
34	Mezzetto, Ludovico	1707	ITA	+49B	−12N	−9B	−27N	+43B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1505	-41.6
35	Ruperto, Michele	1722	ITA	F	−16N	+45B	+38N	−13B	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1162	-4.0
36	Ghammouri, Mohamed Salah	0	ITA	−14B	−28N	F	+48N	+41B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1624	+41.2
37	Munari, Carlo	0	ITA	=32B	−9N	+25B	−14N	−24B	1.5	11.5	13.5	3.50	1563	0.0
38	Ceron, Francesco	0	ITA	+20N	=10B	−22N	−35B	F	1.5	11.0	11.0	4.75	1695	-27.2
39	Leone, Cataldo	1640	ITA	−2B	+47N	−7B	−29N	−44B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1397	-31.8
40	Bertoldi, Andrea	1407	ITA	−11B	=25N	=24B	−28N	−33N	1.0	10.0	12.0	2.50	1401	-3.6
41	Scagliarini, Gennaro	1687	ITA	−1B	−27N	F	+43B	−36N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1570	-11.4
42	Cavalli, Lorenzo	1648	ITA	−4N	+44B	−8N	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1652	-4.0
43	Orru`, Giosue` Davide	1485	ITA	−7B	−30N	+49B	−41N	−34N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	933	-32.0
44	Lovato, Alberto	1448	ITA	−6B	−42N	−33B	F	+39N	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1470	+1.6
45	Cortellino, Mauro	0	ITA	−21B	F	−35N	−24N	+47B	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1463	-20.8
46	Ottaviano, Lucio	0	ITA	F	−32N	+48B	−30N	−25B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1436	0.0
47	Veghini, Maurizio	1475	ITA	−8N	−39B	F	−25N	−45N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	904	-26.4
48	Marcon, Moreno	1500	ITA	F	−22B	−46N	−36B	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	962	-3.6
49	FIDE 23448202	0	—	−34N	−31B	−43N	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	793	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bertoldi, DanieleITA
+78.4
3.0 pts · #12
2Carraro, RiccardoITA
+53.2
2.0 pts · #24
3Pavoncelli, RiccardoITA
+52.4
2.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Mezzetto, LudovicoITA
-41.6
2.0 pts · #39
2Orru`, Giosue` DavideITA
-32.0
1.0 pts · #48
3Leone, CataldoITA
-31.8
1.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R1+303 Elo gap
Carraro, Riccardo1583 beat Bortolazzi, Michele1886
R4+230 Elo gap
Pavoncelli, Riccardo1410 beat Leone, Cataldo1640
R2+223 Elo gap
Pavoncelli, Riccardo1410 beat Zonta, Riccardo1633