CP Siracusa 2026 - Memorial Edoardo Loschi

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Siracusa, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1796, and top seed was Paolo Bottini (🇮🇹 ITA, 1913).

Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza (🇮🇹 ITA, 1842) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Paolo Bottini (5.0) and Sebastiano Quattropani (4.5). Mazza won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alessio Simone (1482) beat Ignazio Giuffrida (1736), a +254-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Siracusa, Italy

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹Paolo Bottini1913

Avg top 10

1,796

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×27

Top 3

🥇
Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza
🇮🇹ITA·1842
5.0pts·1952perf+31.2
🥈
Paolo Bottini
🇮🇹ITA·1913
5.0pts·1977perf+8.4
🥉
Sebastiano Quattropani
🇮🇹ITA·1741
4.5pts·1896perf+42.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Mazza5Bottini5Quattropani4.5Conti4Tondo4Minniti4— ex-leaders:Biancaled R3, #12

R5 · LEADER CHANGE18 Jan

Paolo Bottini takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Mazza takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Paolo Bottini won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza	*	—	—	—
2Paolo Bottini	—	*	½	—
3Sebastiano Quattropani	—	½	*	—
4Silvano Conti	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mazza, Pierfrancesco Joseph	1842	ITA	+12B	+14N	=11B	=4N	+6B	+9N	5.0	18.0	21.0	17.25	1952	+31.2
2	Bottini, Paolo	1913	ITA	+22B	=13N	+18B	+8N	+4B	=3N	5.0	17.5	19.5	15.75	1977	+8.4
3	Quattropani, Sebastiano	1741	ITA	+25B	+16N	−4B	+12N	+8B	=2B	4.5	18.0	19.0	12.50	1896	+42.4
4	Bianca, Salvatore	1824	ITA	+24N	+17B	+3N	=1B	−2N	=5B	4.0	21.0	22.0	12.50	1832	+0.8
5	Minniti, Paolo	0	ITA	+7B	−11N	=16B	+23N	+18B	=4N	4.0	16.5	18.0	11.25	1728	0.0
6	Tondo, Salvatore	1744	ITA	−17N	+23B	+22N	+19B	−1N	+14B	4.0	15.0	16.5	9.00	1838	+9.6
7	Conti, Silvano	1728	ITA	−5N	+28B	−19N	+22B	+13N	+12B	4.0	14.5	14.5	8.00	1751	+2.4
8	Leone, Gabriele	1894	ITA	+19N	=9B	+21N	−2B	−3N	+16B	3.5	18.0	20.5	9.25	1764	-33.6
9	Saladino, Emiliano	1635	ITA	+27B	=8N	+13B	−11N	+17B	−1B	3.5	17.5	17.5	7.25	1698	+10.8
10	Giuffrida, Ignazio	1736	ITA	+20B	−18N	−12B	+24N	=16B	+17N	3.5	13.0	14.0	7.25	1360	-19.2
11	Conigliaro, Piergiacomo	1736	ITA	+28N	+5B	=1N	+9B	F	F	3.5	12.5	12.5	10.00	1932	+10.0
12	Simone, Alessio	1482	ITA	−1N	+29B	+10N	−3B	+20N	−7N	3.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	1569	+13.6
13	Giuffrida, Francesco	1666	ITA	+15B	=2B	−9N	=16N	−7B	+18N	3.0	18.0	20.5	9.25	1532	-14.0
14	Grasso, Giuseppe	1652	ITA	+26N	−1B	−17N	+15B	+19N	−6N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.50	1579	-5.8
15	Raffa, Cesare	0	ITA	−13N	F	+27B	−14N	+24B	+22B	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1501	0.0
16	Franceschino, Luca	1623	ITA	+29N	−3B	=5N	=13B	=10N	−8N	2.5	18.5	18.5	5.25	1566	-6.0
17	Chindemi, Vincenzo	0	ITA	+6B	−4N	+14B	=18N	−9N	−10B	2.5	18.0	20.5	8.25	1646	0.0
18	Chindemi, Giuseppe	0	ITA	+21N	+10B	−2N	=17B	−5N	−13B	2.5	18.0	20.5	7.25	1779	0.0
19	Lo Iacono, Oscar	1525	ITA	−8B	+20N	+7B	−6N	−14B	=23N	2.5	17.0	18.5	7.25	1562	+2.2
20	Lo Presti, Mario	0	ITA	−10N	−19B	+29N	=21B	−12B	+24N	2.5	12.5	12.5	2.25	1315	0.0
21	Fagotto, Roberto	1803	ITA	−18B	+25N	−8B	=20N	+23B	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.75	1094	-7.6
22	Bianca, Leonardo	1559	ITA	−2N	+26B	−6B	−7N	+25B	−15N	2.0	17.0	18.0	2.00	995	-26.0
23	Tringali, Vincent Carmine	0	ITA	F	−6N	+25B	−5B	−21N	=19B	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	1418	0.0
24	Aprile, Giuseppe	0	ITA	−4B	+27N	F	−10B	−15N	−20B	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	980	0.0
25	Gallaro, Alberto	0	ITA	−3N	−21B	−23N	+27B	−22N	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	901	0.0
26	Schiavone, Andrea	0	ITA	−14B	−22N	+28N	F	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	806	0.0
27	FIDE 23455047	0	—	−9N	−24B	−15N	−25N	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	835	0.0
28	Gallo, Ivan	0	ITA	−11B	−7N	−26B	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	932	0.0
29	FIDE 552022447	0	—	−16B	−12N	−20B	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	753	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Quattropani, SebastianoITA
+42.4
4.5 pts · #4
2Mazza, Pierfrancesco JosephITA
+31.2
5.0 pts · #1
3Simone, AlessioITA
+13.6
3.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Leone, GabrieleITA
-33.6
3.5 pts · #3
2Bianca, LeonardoITA
-26.0
2.0 pts · #27
3Giuffrida, IgnazioITA
-19.2
3.5 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R3+254 Elo gap
Simone, Alessio1482 beat Giuffrida, Ignazio1736
R3+203 Elo gap
Lo Iacono, Oscar1525 beat Conti, Silvano1728
R5+153 Elo gap
Quattropani, Sebastiano1741 beat Leone, Gabriele1894