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WE 8 Vesuvio chess festival - A

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Boscotrecase, Italy. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2172, and top seed was Gabriel Petcu (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2271).

Claudio Paduano (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2243) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gabriel Petcu (3.5) and Walter Mattia Duraccio (3.5). Paduano won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Piero Serpini (1968) beat Giuseppe D`auria (2162), a +194-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Boscotrecase, Italy
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹FMGabriel Petcu2271
Avg top 10
2,172
Participants
24
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇹Italy×21
🇹🇳Tunisia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Claudio Paduano led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Paduano4.5Brunetti3.5Petcu3.5Vuelban3.5Duraccio3.5Djuric3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Claudio Paduano never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Claudio Paduano beat Alessandro Brunetti (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Claudio Paduano 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Gabriel Petcu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMClaudio Paduano*
1
1
—
2Alessandro Brunetti
0
*—
½
3FMGabriel Petcu
0
—*
1
4IMVirgilio Vuelban—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Paduano, ClaudioFM2243ITA+22B+5N+9B+2N=3B4.513.514.512.752504+26.4
2Petcu, GabrielFM2271ITA+19N+10B+4N−1B=8N3.514.015.09.002298+6.8
3Duraccio, Walter Mattia2058ITA−11N+16B+14N+7B=1N3.512.514.59.752189+17.2
4Vuelban, VirgilioIM2208PHI+12B+15N−2B+6N=5B3.512.514.59.252260+3.9
5Brunetti, Alessandro2097ITA+17N−1B+19N+13B=4N3.512.013.06.752249+40.8
6Abbes, AliCM2201TUN+18N+14B=7N−4B=10N3.012.013.57.002137-7.6
7Lombardi, Mariano2111ITA+16B=11N=6B−3N+15B3.011.013.06.752096-1.6
8D`auria, Giuseppe2162ITA−15B+12N=11B+18N=2B3.010.512.07.002105-13.2
9Djuric, StefanGM2228SRB+23N+13B−1N+11BF3.010.010.05.502257+1.8
10Messina, Enrico2079ITA+20B−2N=18B+17N=6B3.09.510.54.752139+8.0
11Pugliese, Guido1936ITA+3B=7B=8N−9N=13B2.512.515.07.752122+24.0
12Cordi`, Domenico2020ITA−4N−8B+16N=14B+20N2.511.012.04.252044+2.8
13Granaldi, Alessandro2050ITA+21B−9N+15B−5N=11N2.511.012.04.252014-4.8
14Bellincampi, StefanoCM1955ITA+24B−6N−3B=12N+17B2.510.510.52.752069+14.8
15Serpini, Piero1968ITA+8N−4B−13N+19B−7N2.012.013.04.002044+9.2
16Foti, Antonella1955ITA−7N−3N−12B+23B+21N2.010.010.51.501939-4.8
17Slobodyan, Arseniy1949ITA−5B+22N=21B−10B−14N1.510.011.01.501853-25.6
18Di Stasio, Giuseppe Danilo1972ITA−6BF=10N−8B+19N1.510.010.02.502036+6.0
19Mingrone, Agostino2050ITA−2B+20N−5B−15N−18B1.010.511.51.001810-61.2
20Santoro, Antonio1941ITA−10N−19BF+21N−12B1.07.57.51.001805-13.8
21Perrotta, Nicola1840ITA−13N=23B=17N−20B−16B1.07.07.51.001744-10.8
22Cinque, Antonio2038ITA−1N−17B+23NFF1.06.56.50.501948-7.6
23Guccione, Matteo Francesco2026ITA−9B=21N−22B−16NF0.57.07.00.501694-31.2
24Falanga, Andrea2115ITA−14NFFFF0.02.52.50.001155-28.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets