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CP La Spezia 2026

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41 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Sarzana, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1825, and top seed was Matteo Rotoni (🇮🇹 ITA, 2067).

Riccardo Mergoni (🇮🇹 ITA, 1840) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Pietro Franchi (4.0) and Sergio Pagano (3.5). Mergoni broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Antonio Di Martino (1444) beat Giuseppe Pandini (1725), a +281-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Sarzana, Italy
Dates
13 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Matteo Rotoni2067
Avg top 10
1,825
Participants
41
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×38
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Riccardo Mergoni led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
16
5
1
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Riccardo Mergoni held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Riccardo Mergoni won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Riccardo Mergoni*
1
1
2Pietro Franchi*
3Alessandro Del Canale
0
*
4Sergio Pagano
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mergoni, Riccardo1840ITA+29B+9N+6B=4N+3B4.514.016.014.252113+27.8
2Franchi, Pietro1735ITA=24N+31B=5N+22B+18N4.010.012.09.251881+17.8
3Pagano, Sergio1808ITA+19B+15N=10B+13N1N3.513.516.010.001880+10.0
4Loberti, Tommaso1818ITA+22N+26B=8N=1B=7N3.513.515.59.751930+29.6
5Foroni, Francesco1759ITA+36B=11N=2B+12N=9B3.513.514.59.251845+8.8
6Del Canale, Alessandro1791ITA+28N+20B1N=7B+19N3.513.015.08.751825+5.0
7Scroglieri, Manuel1645ITA=10B+39N+11B=6N=4B3.513.013.58.501831+29.2
8Rotoni, Matteo2067ITA+12B+14N=4B+18NF3.512.012.010.2520700.0
9Viola, Giacomo1680ITA+41N1B+26N+23B=5N3.512.012.05.751871+41.2
10Caleffi, Cesare1882ITA=7N+33B=3N=20B=13N3.012.514.07.751778-12.8
11Zambon, Valerio0ITA+16N=5B7N=33B+30N3.012.013.57.5016940.0
12Franco, Alessandro1648ITA8N+37B+21N5B+23N3.011.512.55.501782+12.2
13Cosci, Andrea1753ITA+32N=25B+27N3B=10B3.010.512.56.501702-4.2
14Marchini, Emilio Giuseppe1685ITA+40N8B22N+25B+24N3.09.59.54.001656-4.6
15Amadei, Alessandro1573ITA+23N3B33N+41B+26N3.09.09.04.001735+17.2
16Cappellari, Mario1666ITA11B+34N23B+35N+27B3.08.510.05.001743+8.0
17Pandini, Giuseppe1725ITA25N=28B+31N=24B+33N3.08.09.55.501615-13.2
18Lasio, Millo1764ITA+37N=27B+25N8B2B2.511.512.54.001655-13.2
19Canossa, Elena1609ITA3N+40B=30N+28B6B2.511.011.03.001630+2.8
20Rossi, Roberto1701ITA+38B6N+35B=10NF2.59.09.04.001701+0.6
21Bertolini, Marcello0ITA27B+36N12B=34N+22N2.58.59.53.7515620.0
22Nocerino, Francesco1620ITA4B+38N+14B2N21B2.013.014.04.001621+0.2
23Ferrari, Nicolo`1772ITA15B+24B+16N9N12B2.012.514.55.001540-61.2
24Mazzucchelli, Riccardo1508ITA=2B23N+29B=17N14B2.012.014.05.501639+17.2
25Di Martino, Antonio1444ITA+17B=13N18B14N=29B2.011.513.55.501641+44.8
26Shadram, Eshagh1736ITA+34B4N9B+36N15B2.011.512.52.501554-24.4
27Giovine, Massimiliano1481ITA+21N=18N13B=30B16N2.011.013.04.751523+3.4
28Di Canosa, Matteo1588ITA6B=17N+39B19N=32B2.011.011.53.001472-24.0
29Gnetti, Pietro1640ITA1N=32B24N+38B=25N2.010.511.53.001386-26.4
30Pinarelli, Giuseppe1680ITA=39B=35N=19B=27N11B2.09.09.53.251506-13.4
31Zampolini, Dario1567ITAF2N17B+40N+34B2.08.58.51.501534-5.6
32Perini Tavaroni, Alessandro1538ITA13B=29N36B+39N=28N2.08.08.52.501438-20.0
33Sanna, Mario1624ITAF10N+15B=11N17B1.512.012.04.501601-2.4
34Busani, Stefano1517ITA26N16B+37N=21B31N1.59.510.52.251437-8.0
35Cecconi, Fabrizio1430ITAF=30B20N16B+41N1.57.57.51.001409-1.2
36Fontana, Matteo1544ITA5N21B+32N26BF1.010.010.02.001552+0.2
37Pedroni, Jacopo1551ITA18B12N34BF+39N1.07.57.50.50843-46.0
38FIDE 552025772020N22BF29N+40B1.06.56.50.008540.0
39Serra, Giordano0ITA=30N7B28N32B37B0.59.510.51.0012340.0
40FIDE 552018695014B19NF31B38N0.08.58.50.008200.0
41FIDE 55201873309BFF15N35B0.08.08.00.007600.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets