WE Pavia 2025 - Master

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35 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Pavia, Italy. 12 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2281, and top seed was Ilia Martinovici (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2439).

Ilia Martinovici (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2439) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Neven Hercegovac (4.0) and Edoardo Fulgentini (4.0). Martinovici won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Francesco Mattia Liloni (2105) beat Francesco Bettalli (IM, 2408), a +303-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Pavia, Italy

Dates

17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩IMIlia Martinovici2439

Avg top 10

2,281

Participants

Titled players · 12

IM×3

FM×5

CM×2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇹Italy×31

🇲🇩Moldova×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
IMIlia Martinovici
🇲🇩MDA·2439
4.5pts·2594perf+6.8
🥈
FMNeven Hercegovac
🇮🇹ITA·2287
4.0pts·2468perf+22.2
🥉
Edoardo Fulgentini
🇮🇹ITA·2170
4.0pts·2453perf+70.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Ilia Martinovici led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Martinovici4.5Hercegovac4Fulgentini4Botta4Boraso3.5Vincenti3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Ilia Martinovici held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Ilia Martinovici beat FM Neven Hercegovac (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Ilia Martinovici 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Neven Hercegovac 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMIlia Martinovici	*	1	—	—
2FMNeven Hercegovac	0	*	—	—
3Edoardo Fulgentini	—	—	*	0
4FMMassimiliano Botta	—	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Martinovici, IliaIM	2439	MDA	+31N	+19B	+9N	+2B	=6N	4.5	12.5	13.5	11.75	2594	+6.8
2	Hercegovac, NevenFM	2287	ITA	+12B	+33N	+5B	−1N	+11B	4.0	14.0	15.0	10.50	2468	+22.2
3	Fulgentini, Edoardo	2170	ITA	+8N	+29B	−4N	+16B	+9N	4.0	13.0	14.0	10.00	2453	+70.8
4	Botta, MassimilianoFM	2226	ITA	+22B	=17N	+3B	=11N	+10B	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.75	2394	+20.4
5	Boraso, AlessioFM	2236	ITA	+25N	+16B	−2N	+13B	=7N	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.75	2294	+8.0
6	Vincenti, LeonardoFM	2300	ITA	−16N	+25B	+15N	+19B	=1B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	2336	+5.4
7	Vuelban, VirgilioIM	2194	PHI	=27B	+30N	+17B	=10N	=5B	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.50	2275	+5.5
8	Bosi, Clint	2067	ITA	−3B	=23N	+30B	+26N	+18N	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.00	2273	+27.8
9	Paduano, ClaudioFM	2253	ITA	+35B	+20N	−1B	+12N	−3B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	2250	-0.2
10	Tirelli, Mauro	2261	ITA	=18N	+13B	+21N	=7B	−4N	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.00	2199	-7.6
11	Gonella, Daniele	2204	ITA	+28N	=21B	+18N	=4B	−2N	3.0	12.5	14.0	7.00	2227	+3.4
12	Liloni, Francesco Mattia	2105	ITA	−2N	+24B	+29N	−9B	+19N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	2331	+59.6
13	Rubinshtein, KamillaWFM	2033	ITA	+23B	−10N	+33B	−5N	+25B	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.50	2253	+29.4
14	Massironi, MarcoCM	2152	ITA	−17B	+35N	−20B	+22N	+21B	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	2149	-0.2
15	Treccozzi, Riccardo	2116	ITA	−29N	+34B	−6B	+32N	+20B	3.0	7.5	8.5	4.00	2249	+34.4
16	Lo Presti, Giulio	2113	ITA	+6B	−5N	+26B	−3N	=17B	2.5	13.5	15.0	6.25	2188	+20.0
17	Dettori, Jan	2047	ITA	+14N	=4B	−7N	=21B	=16N	2.5	13.0	15.0	7.25	2152	+28.0
18	De Nardi, Riccardo	2104	ITA	=10B	+27N	−11B	+20N	−8B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.00	2137	+4.4
19	Beretta, Giulio	2168	ITA	+32B	−1N	+22B	−6N	−12B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	2125	-6.8
20	Frigerio, Riccardo	2071	ITA	+24N	−9B	+14N	−18B	−15N	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.00	2089	+4.4
21	Di Bartolomeo, Adrian Mikail	2076	ITA	+26B	=11N	−10B	=17N	−14N	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	2098	+4.8
22	Marzatico, Luca	2087	ITA	−4N	+31B	−19N	−14B	+28N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	2080	-1.2
23	Colonetti, Fabio	2152	ITA	−13N	=8B	=32N	=28B	=24N	2.0	10.0	11.0	4.00	2012	-19.2
24	Baldeschi, Niccolo`	2180	ITA	−20B	−12N	+27B	=25N	=23B	2.0	8.5	10.0	3.25	2030	-41.6
25	Giretti Kanev, Jasen Pavlov	2100	ITA	−5B	−6N	+31N	=24B	−13N	1.5	12.0	13.0	2.00	2027	-10.0
26	Carrideo, Simone	2187	ITA	−21N	+28B	−16N	−8B	=34N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.00	1930	-69.2
27	Di Liberto, Michele	2080	ITA	=7N	−18B	−24N	=34B	=30B	1.5	9.0	10.0	2.75	1959	-32.4
28	Sholpanbek, ZhansayaWCM	2083	KAZ	−11B	−26N	+35B	=23N	−22B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1998	-16.5
29	Bettalli, FrancescoIM	2408	ITA	+15B	−3N	−12B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	2005	-15.1
30	Tona, Leonardo	2007	ITA	F	−7B	−8N	=31B	=27N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.25	1925	-16.4
31	Quaranta, Cristiano	2131	ITA	−1B	−22N	−25B	=30N	=32B	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.00	1898	-30.2
32	Lo Pinto, Giovanni	2055	ITA	−19N	F	=23B	−15B	=31N	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1949	-10.8
33	Shah Moradi, MohammadCM	2158	IRI	+34N	−2B	−13N	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1999	-12.8
34	Lucchi, Alessandro	2054	ITA	−33B	−15N	F	=27N	=26B	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1942	-22.0
35	Marcenaro, Alessandro	2103	ITA	−9N	−14B	−28N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1363	-25.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fulgentini, EdoardoITA
+70.8
4.0 pts · #3
2Liloni, Francesco MattiaITA
+59.6
3.0 pts · #9
3Treccozzi, RiccardoITA
+34.4
3.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Carrideo, SimoneITA
-69.2
1.5 pts · #25
2Baldeschi, Niccolo`ITA
-41.6
2.0 pts · #23
3Di Liberto, MicheleITA
-32.4
1.5 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R3+303 Elo gap
Liloni, Francesco Mattia2105 beat IMBettalli, Francesco2408
R2+238 Elo gap
Fulgentini, Edoardo2170 beat IMBettalli, Francesco2408
R1+187 Elo gap
Lo Presti, Giulio2113 beat FMVincenti, Leonardo2300