OP 8 Hotel West End

Open SwissStandard

23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Alassio, Italy. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1870, and top seed was Pierluigi Passerotti (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2084).

Pierluigi Passerotti (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2084) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Riccardo Gori (3.5) and Claudio Mercandelli (3.5). Passerotti won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Paolo Losi (1703) beat Stefano Taglione (1899), a +196-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Alassio, Italy

Dates

03 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹FMPierluigi Passerotti2084

Avg top 10

1,870

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×23

Top 3

🥇
FMPierluigi Passerotti
🇮🇹ITA·2084
4.5pts·2179perf+7.2
🥈
Riccardo Gori
🇮🇹ITA·1886
3.5pts·2012perf+16.8
🥉
Claudio Mercandelli
🇮🇹ITA·1848
3.5pts·2023perf+23.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Pierluigi Passerotti led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Passerotti4.5Gori3.5Mercandelli3.5Ariaudo3.5Montani3.5Guglielmotto3

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

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

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Pierluigi Passerotti beat Riccardo Gori (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Pierluigi Passerotti 4 wins (R1–R4)Claudio Mercandelli 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMPierluigi Passerotti	*	1	1	—
2Riccardo Gori	0	*	½	—
3Claudio Mercandelli	0	½	*	1
4Claudio Ariaudo	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Passerotti, PierluigiFM	2084	ITA	+12N	+9B	+2N	+3N	=4B	4.5	13.0	15.0	13.25	2179	+7.2
2	Gori, Riccardo	1886	ITA	+7B	+4N	−1B	+6N	=3B	3.5	14.5	17.5	11.25	2012	+16.8
3	Mercandelli, Claudio	1848	ITA	+20B	+13N	+5N	−1B	=2N	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.25	2023	+23.0
4	Montani, Riccardo	1785	ITA	+22N	−2B	+8N	+16B	=1N	3.5	12.5	12.5	6.75	1926	+19.0
5	Ariaudo, Claudio	1934	ITA	+10B	+19N	−3B	+7N	=6B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.50	1949	+2.2
6	Altieri, Danilo Mario	1880	ITA	=8N	+16B	+19N	−2B	=5N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.50	1884	+1.4
7	Guglielmotto, Graziano	1719	ITA	−2N	+22B	+12N	−5B	+15B	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1840	+16.8
8	Losi, Paolo	1703	ITA	=6B	+23N	−4B	=11N	=10B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.00	1816	+14.8
9	Caria, Giulia	1794	ITA	+17B	−1N	F	=12B	+19N	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.50	1902	+11.2
10	Ciccarelli, Marco	1740	ITA	−5N	+21B	=15N	=14B	=8N	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1764	+2.4
11	Platino, Maurizio	1775	ITA	F	=18N	+20B	=8B	=14N	2.5	7.5	7.5	4.25	1812	+2.6
12	Danesi, Lorenzo	1755	ITA	−1B	+17N	−7B	=9N	=18B	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.25	1694	-9.8
13	Nikolajevic, Tihomir	1763	ITA	+14B	−3B	−16N	=15N	=17B	2.0	9.5	11.5	4.00	1541	-22.8
14	Cirivello, Cristian	0	ITA	−13N	F	+18B	=10N	=11B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.50	1734	0.0
15	Ivaldo, Fabrizio	1781	ITA	F	+20N	=10B	=13B	−7N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.25	1731	-5.8
16	Chiesa, Giuseppe	1728	ITA	+23B	−6N	+13B	−4N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1832	+11.2
17	Redamante, Marzio	1578	ITA	−9N	−12B	+21N	=19B	=13N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.75	1680	+12.2
18	Coqueraut, Jean Dominique	1655	ITA	F	=11B	−14N	+21B	=12N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.25	1848	+15.6
19	Mongelli, Ferdinando	1812	ITA	+21N	−5B	−6B	=17N	−9B	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.00	1615	-25.8
20	Ruggeri, Claudio	1701	ITA	−3N	−15B	−11N	F	+21B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1568	-13.6
21	Scarrone, Eugenio	1634	ITA	−19B	−10N	−17B	−18N	−20N	0.0	8.0	9.0	0.00	897	-41.8
22	Carloppi, Leonardo	1487	ITA	−4B	−7N	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	952	-7.2
23	Taglione, Stefano	1899	ITA	−16N	−8B	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	915	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mercandelli, ClaudioITA
+23.0
3.5 pts · #3
2Montani, RiccardoITA
+19.0
3.5 pts · #5
3Guglielmotto, GrazianoITA
+16.8
3.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Scarrone, EugenioITA
-41.8
0.0 pts · #23
2Taglione, StefanoITA
-29.6
0.0 pts · #22
3Mongelli, FerdinandoITA
-25.8
1.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R2+196 Elo gap
Losi, Paolo1703 beat Taglione, Stefano1899
R1+171 Elo gap
Chiesa, Giuseppe1728 beat Taglione, Stefano1899