OP Crotone

Open SwissStandard

26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Crotone, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1736, and top seed was Vincenzo Esposito (🇮🇹 ITA, 1943).

Vincenzo Esposito (🇮🇹 ITA, 1943) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Giovanni Brogneri (4.0) and Luca Buffoni (4.0). Esposito shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇮🇹Crotone, Italy

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹Vincenzo Esposito1943

Avg top 10

1,736

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×22

Top 3

🥇
Vincenzo Esposito
🇮🇹ITA·1943
4.0pts·2008perf+19.6
🥈
Giovanni Brogneri
🇮🇹ITA·1894
4.0pts·1960perf+11.0
🥉
Luca Buffoni
🇮🇹ITA·1847
4.0pts·1844perf+1.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Esposito4Brogneri4Buffoni4Scrimieri3.5De Zerbi3.5Farfalla3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Esposito takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vincenzo Esposito drew with Giovanni Brogneri (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vincenzo Esposito 3 wins (R1–R3)Giovanni Brogneri 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vincenzo Esposito	*	½	1	½
2Giovanni Brogneri	½	*	—	1
3Luca Buffoni	0	—	*	—
4Gabriele Scrimieri	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Esposito, Vincenzo	1943	ITA	+10B	+7N	+3B	=2N	=5B	4.0	15.0	18.0	14.25	2008	+19.6
2	Brogneri, Giovanni	1894	ITA	+15B	+14N	+5B	=1B	=4N	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.25	1960	+11.0
3	Buffoni, Luca	1847	ITA	+16N	+6B	−1N	+17B	+9B	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.00	1844	+1.6
4	De Zerbi, Cristian	1699	ITA	+18B	+8N	=12B	=9N	=2B	3.5	13.0	15.0	10.25	1759	+12.4
5	Scrimieri, Gabriele	1913	ITA	+22N	+17B	−2N	+14B	=1N	3.5	12.5	13.5	7.50	1843	-8.0
6	Farfalla, Alessandro Paolo	1552	ITA	+25B	−3N	+11B	=12N	+13B	3.5	12.0	12.0	6.75	1765	+43.6
7	Gigliotti, Vitaliano	1644	ITA	+26B	−1B	+22N	=8N	+12B	3.5	11.0	11.0	5.25	1750	+10.2
8	Zangari, Miriam	1547	ITA	+21N	−4B	+20N	=7B	+17N	3.5	10.5	12.0	6.75	1635	+14.8
9	Ansani, Annagiulia	1545	ITA	+23B	=12N	+13B	=4B	−3N	3.0	12.5	13.0	6.00	1713	+34.4
10	Ansani, Salvatore	1497	ITA	−1N	−13N	+24B	+19B	+18N	3.0	10.5	11.0	4.50	968	-8.0
11	Scarcelli, Domenico	0	ITA	=13B	=15N	−6N	+22B	+20N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	1526	0.0
12	Ke, Tony	1671	ITA	+19N	=9B	=4N	=6B	−7N	2.5	13.5	15.5	7.00	1522	-33.2
13	Scerra, Ezio	1636	ITA	=11N	+10B	−9N	+15B	−6N	2.5	12.5	15.0	7.00	1513	-13.4
14	Dizonno, Antonio	1554	ITA	+20N	−2B	+19N	−5N	=16B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1104	-8.8
15	Buffoni, Emilia	1460	ITA	−2N	=11B	+21N	−13N	+22B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.00	1526	+6.8
16	Clausi, Antonio	0	ITA	−3B	+25N	−17N	+21B	=14N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	1536	0.0
17	Cosentino, Andrea	1562	ITA	+24B	−5N	+16B	−3N	−8B	2.0	13.5	14.0	3.00	969	-32.0
18	Fiumano`, Pietro Paolo	0	ITA	−4N	−20B	+25N	+23B	−10B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1448	0.0
19	Gaetano, Gianmarco	0	ITA	−12B	+23N	−14B	−10N	+25B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1369	0.0
20	FIDE 23476370	0	—	−14B	+18N	−8B	=24N	−11B	1.5	11.0	11.5	2.25	750	0.0
21	FIDE 23435003	0	—	−8B	+26N	−15B	−16N	=23N	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	700	0.0
22	Scrimieri, Angelo	1461	ITA	−5B	+24N	−7B	−11N	−15N	1.0	12.5	13.0	0.50	854	-34.0
23	FIDE 23463791	0	—	−9N	−19B	F	−18N	=21B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	744	0.0
24	Vaiti, Antonio	0	ITA	−17N	−22B	−10N	=20B	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	709	0.0
25	Zangari, Emanuele	0	ITA	−6N	−16B	−18B	F	−19N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	752	-18.4
26	FIDE 552021742	0	—	−7N	−21B	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	844	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Farfalla, Alessandro PaoloITA
+43.6
3.5 pts · #6
2Ansani, AnnagiuliaITA
+34.4
3.0 pts · #10
3Esposito, VincenzoITA
+19.6
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Scrimieri, AngeloITA
-34.0
1.0 pts · #19
2Ke, TonyITA
-33.2
2.5 pts · #13
3Cosentino, AndreaITA
-32.0
2.0 pts · #26