WE 8 Vesuvio chess festival - B

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60 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Boscotrecase, Italy. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1837, and top seed was Savino Di Lascio (🇮🇹 ITA, 1871).

Luca Pugliese (🇮🇹 ITA, 1856) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Cristian Manni (4.5) and Antonio Panico (4.5). Pugliese shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Elena Veropalumbo (1583) beat Mario Radice (1835), a +252-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

🇮🇹Savino Di Lascio1871

Avg top 10

1,837

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇮🇹Italy×59

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Luca Pugliese
🇮🇹ITA·1856
4.5pts·2098perf+23.6
🥈
Cristian Manni
🇮🇹ITA·1821
4.5pts·2088perf+53.6
🥉
Antonio Panico
🇮🇹ITA·1805
4.5pts·2089perf+28.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Manni4.5Panico4.5Pugliese4.5Spina4Di Lascio4Lentini4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/5. Pugliese takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Cristian Manni 3 wins (R3–R5)Luca Pugliese 3 wins (R3–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pugliese, Luca	1856	ITA	+18B	=10N	+13B	+15B	+8N	4.5	13.5	16.5	14.75	2098	+23.6
2	Manni, Cristian	1821	ITA	+49B	=22N	+23B	+11N	+12B	4.5	12.0	13.5	12.25	2088	+53.6
3	Panico, Antonio	1805	ITA	+55N	+24B	=7N	+22B	+9N	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.25	2089	+28.8
4	Lentini, Alessandro	1832	ITA	+21B	=23N	=10B	+25N	+14B	4.0	12.0	14.5	11.50	1898	+12.4
5	Di Lascio, Savino	1871	ITA	+57N	−7B	+19B	+39N	+16B	4.0	11.5	11.5	8.00	1945	+7.4
6	Spina, Giovanni	1799	ITA	+30B	−14N	+46B	+38N	+15B	4.0	10.5	12.0	9.00	1891	+10.2
7	Agamennone, Alessio	1758	ITA	+27B	+5N	=3B	−8N	+23B	3.5	14.5	17.0	11.25	1907	+20.2
8	Dinamo, Giulio	1820	ITA	+42N	+32B	=11N	+7B	−1B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1894	+9.8
9	Colucci, Stefano	1842	ITA	+20B	+41N	+25B	=12N	−3B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	1840	-0.4
10	De Simone, Raffaele	1761	ITA	+58N	=1B	=4N	=26B	+24N	3.5	13.5	13.5	8.00	1904	+39.2
11	Cangiano, Federico	1767	ITA	+51B	+38N	=8B	−2B	+22N	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	1863	+13.0
12	Monaco, Lorenzo	1775	ITA	+50B	+46N	+14B	=9B	−2N	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	1872	+26.0
13	Giordano, Vittorio	1740	ITA	=47N	+45B	−1N	+29B	+26N	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.25	1820	+11.4
14	Guarnaccia, Roberto	1689	ITA	+40N	+6B	−12N	+17B	−4N	3.0	14.5	16.5	9.00	1816	+35.2
15	Di Lauro, Marco	1668	ITA	+35B	+16N	+39B	−1N	−6N	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.50	1887	+58.8
16	Simeoli, Daniele	1798	ITA	+29N	−15B	+31N	+41B	−5N	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1778	-4.8
17	Vassallo, Vincenzo	1801	ITA	+44B	−25N	+20B	−14N	+27B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.50	1832	+3.0
18	Vassallo, Paolo	1671	ITA	−1N	+58B	−26N	+44B	+40N	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1749	+21.2
19	De Marco, Mattia	1679	ITA	=45N	+28B	−5N	=40B	+38N	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.25	1697	+5.6
20	Granaldi, Samuele	1668	ITA	−9N	+60B	−17N	+48B	+39B	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1778	+30.4
21	Scola, Enrico	1663	ITA	−4N	−48B	+58N	+52B	+41N	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1719	+8.0
22	Gravina, Pasquale	1706	ITA	+36B	=2B	+33N	−3N	−11B	2.5	15.0	17.5	7.25	1747	+5.8
23	Fasanella, Vito	1710	ITA	+48N	=4B	−2N	+47B	−7N	2.5	13.5	15.0	5.00	1709	+0.4
24	Lamberti, Valerio	1685	ITA	+56B	−3N	=27B	+37N	−10B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.75	1657	-3.8
25	Slack, Samuel	0	USA	+59N	+17B	−9N	−4B	=31N	2.5	13.0	13.0	4.25	1732	0.0
26	Di Muccio, Lindoro	1812	ITA	−38B	+51N	+18B	=10N	−13B	2.5	12.0	13.5	6.25	1679	-17.4
27	Divano, Matteo	1583	ITA	−7N	+57B	=24N	+33B	−17N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1675	+17.2
28	D`andrea, Federico	1604	ITA	=33B	−19N	+36B	−34N	+45B	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.25	1671	+16.0
29	Coppola, Mirco	1600	ITA	−16B	=35N	+45B	−13N	+54N	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.25	1745	+18.4
30	Petruzziello, Michele	1601	ITA	−6N	=40B	=52N	+46B	=32N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.50	1640	+10.4
31	Vannelli, Vittorio	1657	ITA	+34B	−39N	−16B	+56N	=25B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.75	1728	+7.6
32	Fontana, Alessandro	1697	ITA	+43B	−8N	−38B	+55N	=30B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1638	-7.8
33	Riga, Raffaele	1800	ITA	=28N	+47B	−22B	−27N	+50B	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.25	1615	-24.0
34	Gambardella, Piero	1830	ITA	−31N	+53B	=37N	+28B	F	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.25	1718	-11.2
35	Cocchia, Umberto	1847	ITA	−15N	=29B	+50N	+42B	F	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.75	1723	-12.2
36	Petruzzo, Giordana	1542	ITA	−22N	=42B	−28N	+49N	+55B	2.5	8.5	9.5	3.50	1646	+28.4
37	Telesca, Vito	1621	ITA	F	+43N	=34B	−24B	+47N	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.75	1748	+25.2
38	Fico, Tommaso	1637	ITA	+26N	−11B	+32N	−6B	−19B	2.0	13.0	15.5	5.00	1679	+5.6
39	Cataldo, Antonio	1773	ITA	+53N	+31B	−15N	−5B	−20N	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.00	1621	-21.0
40	Sciacca, Luca	1510	ITA	−14B	=30N	+49B	=19N	−18B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	1586	+18.8
41	De Marco, Christian	1732	ITA	+60B	−9B	+48N	−16N	−21B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.50	1611	-33.2
42	Loffredo, Gennaro	1647	ITA	−8B	=36N	+56B	−35N	=43B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.25	1574	-10.4
43	Casalvieri, Giuseppe	1515	ITA	−32N	−37B	=53N	+57B	=42N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.75	1450	-12.4
44	Tangredi, Francesco	1616	ITA	−17N	+59B	F	−18N	+56B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1627	+2.0
45	Paduano, Vincenzo	1505	ITA	=19B	−13N	−29N	+53B	−28N	1.5	11.5	13.0	3.00	1496	-3.2
46	Labanca, Carmine	1663	ITA	+54B	−12B	−6N	−30N	=48B	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.25	1564	-27.6
47	Veropalumbo, Elena	1583	ITA	=13B	−33N	+54B	−23N	−37B	1.5	11.0	12.5	3.25	1593	+1.2
48	Della Porta, Ciro	1549	ITA	−23B	+21N	−41B	−20N	=46N	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.75	1538	-3.6
49	Vitiello, Giulio	1651	ITA	−2N	=52B	−40N	−36B	+60N	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	1443	-56.0
50	Russo, Giuseppe	1597	ITA	−12N	=54N	−35B	+59B	−33N	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1608	0.0
51	Melisi, Riccardo	1593	ITA	−11N	−26B	+57N	−54B	=52N	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1414	-30.8
52	Iannuzzi, Alberto	1530	ITA	F	=49N	=30B	−21N	=51B	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1539	+0.8
53	Sarnataro, Salvatore	1597	ITA	−39B	−34N	=43B	−45N	+59N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1481	-33.2
54	Radice, Mario	1835	ITA	−46N	=50B	−47N	+51N	−29B	1.5	7.0	8.5	2.25	1458	-48.4
55	Aulisio, Nicole	1617	ITA	−3B	−56N	+60N	−32B	−36N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1382	-60.8
56	Argo, Simone	1508	ITA	−24N	+55B	−42N	−31B	−44N	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.00	1405	-22.8
57	Bisceglia, Riccardo	0	ITA	−5B	−27N	−51B	−43N	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	839	0.0
58	Saffioti, Giuseppe	1591	ITA	−10B	−18N	−21B	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	898	-21.4
59	Stoduto, Francescantonio	1529	ITA	−25B	−44N	F	−50N	−53B	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	805	-23.6
60	Petruzzo, Cristiano	1577	ITA	−41N	−20N	−55B	F	−49B	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	868	-56.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Di Lauro, MarcoITA
+58.8
3.0 pts · #11
2Manni, CristianITA
+53.6
4.5 pts · #1
3De Simone, RaffaeleITA
+39.2
3.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Aulisio, NicoleITA
-60.8
1.0 pts · #54
2Petruzzo, CristianoITA
-56.8
0.0 pts · #59
3Vitiello, GiulioITA
-56.0
1.5 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R3+252 Elo gap
Veropalumbo, Elena1583 beat Radice, Mario1835
R5+235 Elo gap
Coppola, Mirco1600 beat Radice, Mario1835
R4+217 Elo gap
Divano, Matteo1583 beat Riga, Raffaele1800