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OP 8 Matti per gli scacchi

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Palermo, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1662, and top seed was Gabriele Mauro (🇮🇹 ITA, 1761).

Gabriele Mauro (🇮🇹 ITA, 1761) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Angelo Di Paola (4.0) and Gabriele D`amico (4.0). Mauro shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Martin Carlo Ruffino (1425) beat Giulio Riggio Di Fiore (1637), a +212-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Palermo, Italy
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Gabriele Mauro1761
Avg top 10
1,662
Participants
27
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
3
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Mauro4D`amico4Di Paola4Zito4Picone Chiodo3.5Giaccone3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Mauro takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gabriele D`amico 3 wins (R1–R3)Angelo Di Paola 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Gabriele Mauro*—
½
—
2Gabriele D`amico—*
½
—
3Angelo Di Paola
½
½
*—
4Alessandro Zito———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mauro, Gabriele1761ITA+8B+7N=5B+9N=2B4.014.017.013.251874+26.6
2Di Paola, Angelo1668ITA+14B+21N+9B=3B=1N4.013.514.510.501853+38.8
3D`amico, Gabriele1710ITA+19B+6N+16B=2N=5B4.013.015.011.251849+17.0
4Zito, Alessandro1578ITA+22BF+17N+15B+8N4.08.08.08.002263+41.2
5Picone Chiodo, Luigi1707ITA+17N+15B=1N=7B=3N3.513.515.59.751729+8.4
6Giaccone, Emanuele Matteo1528ITA+10N−3B+21B=13N+16B3.511.512.57.251687+17.2
7Callari, Dario1548ITA+27B−1B+22N=5N+13B3.511.011.05.251541-0.8
8Camarda, Giuseppe1509ITA−1N+25B+11B+16N−4B3.013.014.06.001685+23.6
9D`angelo, Giovanni1738ITA+20N+23B−2N−1B+18N3.012.013.05.001677-14.4
10Pirrone, Christian0ITA−6B=19N=26N+23B+24N3.07.58.03.2515110.0
11Ritondo, Marcello1619ITA−21N+26B−8N+22B+15N3.07.07.53.501461-8.2
12Riggio Di Fiore, Giulio1637ITA−15NF+27B+24B+17N3.05.05.03.001441-20.0
13Di Chiara, Giuseppe0ITA+18B−16B+23N=6B−7N2.511.012.04.7515660.0
14Boukhalfa, Omar1434ITA−2N−18N=20B+25N+23B2.59.010.03.001541+28.4
15Ruffino, Martin Carlo1425ITA+12B−5N+18B−4N−11B2.013.515.55.001550+32.4
16Parisi, Mattia1631ITA+25B+13N−3N−8B−6N2.013.014.03.501353-64.8
17Pampanini, Giovanni1468ITA−5B+27N−4B+26N−12B2.011.011.00.50841-16.6
18Croce, Erasmo1567ITA−13N+14B−15N+21B−9B2.010.011.03.501403-13.0
19Prestigiacomo, Marco1478ITA−3N=10B−24N=20N+26B2.010.010.53.001413-7.6
20Cadelo, Marcello1496ITA−9B−22N=14N=19B+21N2.08.59.53.251426-6.2
21Andria, Giorgio0ITA+11B−2B−6N−18N−20B1.012.514.53.0013350.0
22Bellina, Chiara0ITA−4N+20B−7B−11NF1.012.512.52.0013690.0
23Fardella, Giulio1526ITA+24B−9N−13B−10N−14N1.011.012.01.00785-34.4
24Rizzotto, Cristian0ITA−23NF+19B−12N−10B1.09.09.02.0014250.0
25Fazio, Mauro1409ITA−16N−8NF−14B+27N1.07.57.50.00735-45.6
26Ruvolo, Elena0ITAF−11N=10B−17B−19N0.510.010.01.507240.0
27Gentile Gentile, Luciano0ITA−7N−17B−12NF−25B0.09.59.50.007240.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets