CP Milano 2026
38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Milano, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 2022, and top seed was Riccardo De Nardi (🇮🇹 ITA, 2108).
Niccolo` Baldeschi (🇮🇹 ITA, 2088) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Marco Armeli (4.5) and Marco Stefanetti (4.0). Baldeschi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Ieva Borroi (1496) beat Thomas Iljic Ceccato (1834), a +338-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Baldeschi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
Marco Armeli drew with Niccolo` Baldeschi (White).
Marco Armeli 4 wins (R1–R4)Niccolo` Baldeschi 4 wins (R1–R4)Marco Stefanetti 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marco Armeli | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Niccolo` Baldeschi | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Marco Stefanetti | — | — | * | — |
| 4Alessandro Marcenaro | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldeschi, Niccolo` | 2088 | ITA | +10N | +11B | +22N | +4B | =2N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.25 | 2247 | +15.8 |
| 2 | Armeli, Marco | 1993 | ITA | +19N | +18B | +16N | +5B | =1B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 13.25 | 2314 | +34.8 |
| 3 | Stefanetti, Marco | 2002 | ITA | −9B | +12N | +11B | +21N | +10B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 2053 | +6.6 |
| 4 | Marcenaro, Alessandro | 2078 | ITA | +38B | +17N | +21B | −1N | +9B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2069 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Spadoni, Marco | 1989 | ITA | +34B | =9N | +27B | −2N | +20B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1934 | -3.8 |
| 6 | Pierpaoli, Francesco | 1971 | ITA | −21B | +34N | +17B | +13N | =7B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1987 | +3.4 |
| 7 | Simonelli, Mattia | 2054 | ITA | =24N | +23B | =9N | +22B | =6N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 8.25 | 1923 | -24.0 |
| 8 | Delledonne, Francesco | 1946 | ITA | −22N | +26B | =25N | +19B | +18B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1896 | -5.0 |
| 9 | Mazzucchelli, Elio Teodoro | 1730 | ITA | +3N | =5B | =7B | +14N | −4N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 10.50 | 2077 | +85.6 |
| 10 | Codecasa, Alessandro | 1795 | ITA | −1B | +32N | +30B | +16B | −3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1996 | +50.8 |
| 11 | Gori, Riccardo | 1848 | ITA | +32B | −1N | −3N | +34B | +22N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1885 | +6.0 |
| 12 | Vitale, Romualdo | 1987 | ITA | =23N | −3B | +28N | +25B | =15N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1868 | -12.6 |
| 13 | Minelli, Samuele | 1858 | ITA | +28N | −16B | +24N | −6B | +21N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1897 | +11.6 |
| 14 | Guarnieri, Federico | 1903 | ITA | +29B | −21N | +36B | −9B | +24N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1760 | -16.8 |
| 15 | Mancuso, Mattia | 1847 | ITA | F | =29N | +33B | +27N | =12B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.25 | 1866 | +8.8 |
| 16 | De Nardi, Riccardo | 2108 | ITA | +31B | +13N | −2B | −10N | =17B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1860 | -30.0 |
| 17 | Arnold, Daniele | 1846 | ITA | +36N | −4B | −6N | +26B | =16N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1873 | +3.6 |
| 18 | Vielmi, Ismail | 1825 | ITA | +37N | −2N | =20B | +30B | −8N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1834 | +5.2 |
| 19 | Bordogna, Egidio Paolo Maria | 1731 | ITA | −2B | =33N | +37B | −8N | +27B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.25 | 1687 | -11.6 |
| 20 | Bera, Pietro | 1886 | ITA | +26N | −22B | =18N | +23B | −5N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1775 | -14.2 |
| 21 | Toscano, Niccolo` | 1692 | ITA | +6N | +14B | −4N | −3B | −13B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 6.50 | 1890 | +40.8 |
| 22 | Andreoli, Luca | 1690 | ITA | +8B | +20N | −1B | −7N | −11B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 1892 | +21.8 |
| 23 | Sartirana, Federico | 1714 | ITA | =12B | −7N | +31B | −20N | =25N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1841 | +29.2 |
| 24 | Gabellini, Alexander | 1764 | ITA | =7B | =27N | −13B | +36N | −14B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1703 | -17.2 |
| 25 | Ceccato, Thomas Iljic | 1834 | ITA | −27B | +35N | =8B | −12N | =23B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1679 | -38.0 |
| 26 | Scurati, Maria | 1653 | ITA | −20B | −8N | +35B | −17N | +28N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1700 | +8.4 |
| 27 | Borroi, Ieva | 1496 | ITA | +25N | =24B | −5N | −15B | −19N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1667 | +31.2 |
| 28 | Moneta, Gianluca | 1574 | ITA | −13B | =31N | −12B | +37N | −26B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1606 | +1.2 |
| 29 | Fiorito, Ivan | 1687 | ITA | −14N | =15B | −34N | +33B | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1661 | -3.6 |
| 30 | Loberti, Tommaso | 1868 | ITA | +35B | F | −10N | −18N | =31B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1671 | -42.4 |
| 31 | Corallo, Matteo | 1809 | ITA | −16N | =28B | −23N | =32B | =30N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1615 | -52.0 |
| 32 | Baccarin, Stefano | 1551 | ITA | −11N | −10B | F | =31N | +36B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1664 | +9.0 |
| 33 | Mancuso, Monica | 1513 | ITA | F | =19B | −15N | −29N | +37B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1599 | +13.6 |
| 34 | Orseniga, Luca | 1727 | ITA | −5N | −6B | +29B | −11N | −35N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1580 | -38.0 |
| 35 | Donetti, Igor | 1603 | ITA | −30N | −25B | −26N | F | +34B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1577 | -6.0 |
| 36 | Saracino, Ivan | 1550 | ITA | −17B | F | −14N | −24B | −32N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 968 | -19.8 |
| 37 | Persichetti, Miriam | 1479 | ITA | −18B | F | −19N | −28B | −33N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 861 | -44.8 |
| 38 | Baio, Lorenzo | 1776 | ITA | −4N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1278 | -3.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mazzucchelli, Elio TeodoroITA+85.63.0 pts · #14
- 2Codecasa, AlessandroITA+50.83.0 pts · #13
- 3Toscano, Niccolo`ITA+40.82.0 pts · #23
- 1Corallo, MatteoITA-52.01.5 pts · #32
- 2Persichetti, MiriamITA-44.80.0 pts · #38
- 3Loberti, TommasoITA-42.41.5 pts · #31
- R1+338 Elo gap
- R4+313 Elo gap
- R1+279 Elo gap