WE 4 Halloween chess - A
22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Roma, Italy. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2148, and top seed was Gabriel Petcu (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2296).
Emanuele Pacilli (🇮🇹 ITA, 2088) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Neri D`antonio (4.5) and Vincenzo Carlomagno (3.5). Pacilli shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vincenzo Carlomagno (2007) beat Gabriel Petcu (FM, 2296), a +289-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. Pacilli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Emanuele Pacilli drew with Neri D`antonio (Black).
Emanuele Pacilli 3 wins (R1–R3)Neri D`antonio 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Emanuele Pacilli | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Neri D`antonio | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Vincenzo Carlomagno | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4FMGabriel Petcu | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacilli, Emanuele | 2088 | ITA | +21N | +7B | +10N | =2N | +4B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 11.25 | 2449 | +39.4 |
| 2 | D`antonio, Neri | 2220 | ITA | +16N | +15B | +5N | =1B | +10B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.75 | 2448 | +21.8 |
| 3 | Carlomagno, Vincenzo | 2007 | ITA | +6N | −10B | =15N | +13B | +11N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 2247 | +31.6 |
| 4 | Amonov, Daler | 1962 | ITA | +8B | −5N | +14B | +7B | −1N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.50 | 2201 | +64.0 |
| 5 | Costantino, Claudio EmanueleCM | 2100 | ITA | +19N | +4B | −2B | =8N | =9B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 2109 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Petcu, GabrielFM | 2296 | ITA | −3B | +18N | +9B | =10N | =8B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 2108 | -37.1 |
| 7 | Vuelban, VirgilioIM | 2194 | PHI | +17B | −1N | +12B | −4N | +16B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 2062 | -7.8 |
| 8 | Pulvirenti, Davide | 2153 | ITA | −4N | +19B | +11N | =5B | =6N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 2148 | +0.4 |
| 9 | Lamagna, Paolo | 1931 | ITA | =11N | +22B | −6N | +15B | =5N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 2178 | +31.4 |
| 10 | Pellizzieri, Fabio Angelo | 2130 | ITA | +18B | +3N | −1B | =6B | −2N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 2114 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Bonaposta, Fabrizio | 2100 | ITA | =9B | +13N | −8B | +17N | −3B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1990 | -14.4 |
| 12 | Delle Rose, Giovanni | 1913 | ITA | −15N | +16B | −7N | +21B | =14B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 2060 | +37.2 |
| 13 | Chieppa, Giuseppe | 1872 | ITA | =20N | −11B | +22N | −3N | +19B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1996 | +16.6 |
| 14 | Francario, Felice Maria | 2110 | ITA | =22N | =20B | −4N | +19B | =12N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1950 | -40.3 |
| 15 | Proietti Cobas, JorgeFM | 2091 | ITA | +12B | −2N | =3B | −9N | =17B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1940 | -41.2 |
| 16 | Brunetti, Alberto Fakhri | 1999 | ITA | −2B | −12N | +21N | +20B | −7N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1977 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Sirena, Gianni | 1989 | ITA | −7N | =21B | +20N | −11B | =15N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1989 | -0.6 |
| 18 | Bogacheva, Nikol | 1959 | ITA | −10N | −6B | −19N | +22B | +20N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1988 | +3.3 |
| 19 | Vertuccio, Roberto | 1921 | ITA | −5B | −8N | +18B | −14N | −13N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1799 | -15.0 |
| 20 | D`ippolito, Nilo Alessandro | 2011 | ITA | =13B | =14N | −17B | −16N | −18B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1746 | -66.8 |
| 21 | Di Resta, Flavio | 1908 | ITA | −1B | =17N | −16B | −12N | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1675 | -40.4 |
| 22 | Mariani, Claudio Martin Vicente | 1942 | ITA | =14B | −9N | −13B | −18N | F | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1646 | -27.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Amonov, DalerITA+64.03.0 pts · #6
- 2Pacilli, EmanueleITA+39.44.5 pts · #1
- 3Delle Rose, GiovanniITA+37.22.5 pts · #13
- 1D`ippolito, Nilo AlessandroITA-66.81.0 pts · #20
- 2Proietti Cobas, JorgeFMITA-41.22.0 pts · #17
- 3Di Resta, FlavioITA-40.40.5 pts · #21
- R1+289 Elo gap
- R4+232 Elo gap
- R1+191 Elo gap