WE 4 Halloween chess - C
Open SwissStandard
26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Roma, Italy. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1554, and top seed was Raphaele Oehme (🇦🇹 AUT, 1580).
Nando Abuhamdieh (🇮🇹 ITA, 1518) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Federico Maietta (4.0) and Gabriele Talotta (4.0). Abuhamdieh took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Stefano Caruso (1421) beat Massimo Chiappinelli (1542), a +121-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Roma, Italy
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇹Italy×25
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNando Abuhamdieh led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
11
5
1
1
1
R4 · LEADER CHANGE02 Nov
Nando Abuhamdieh takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Nando Abuhamdieh drew with Gabriele Talotta (Black).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Federico Maietta won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nando Abuhamdieh | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Gabriele Talotta | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Federico Maietta | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Francesco Maietta | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abuhamdieh, Nando | 1518 | ITA | +24N | +6B | =3N | +2B | +8N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 13.00 | 1881 | +33.2 |
| 2 | Maietta, Federico | 1521 | ITA | +16B | +7N | +8B | −1N | +4B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 11.50 | 1734 | +44.0 |
| 3 | Talotta, Gabriele | 1571 | ITA | +22B | +17N | =1B | =4N | +5B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 9.75 | 1729 | +38.0 |
| 4 | Fortunato, Michele | 1564 | ITA | =15N | +26B | +9N | =3B | −2N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 1522 | -9.6 |
| 5 | Gallo, Fausto | 1467 | ITA | −13N | +12B | +6N | +9B | −3N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 1626 | +21.8 |
| 6 | Oehme, Raphaele | 1580 | AUT | +11B | −1N | −5B | +17N | +13N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1567 | -2.8 |
| 7 | Maietta, Francesco | 1571 | ITA | +18N | −2B | +13N | +11B | −10N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.50 | 1590 | +5.2 |
| 8 | Paolucci, Dario | 1525 | ITA | +20N | +23B | −2N | +18B | −1B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1490 | -4.0 |
| 9 | Cancellieri, Loredana | 1516 | ITA | +19B | +10N | −4B | −5N | +14B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 1391 | -10.0 |
| 10 | Buffoni, Emilia | 1540 | ITA | F | −9B | +22N | +14N | +7B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1646 | +20.8 |
| 11 | Attanasi, Giovanni | 1507 | ITA | −6N | +20B | +23N | −7N | +22B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1516 | +1.6 |
| 12 | Chiappinelli, Massimo | 1542 | ITA | −17B | −5N | +25N | +23B | +18N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1539 | -0.2 |
| 13 | Rispoli, Luca | 1563 | ITA | +5B | =14N | −7B | +16N | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 6.75 | 1415 | -24.0 |
| 14 | Giannasca Testa, Daniel | 0 | ITA | +25N | =13B | +15N | −10B | −9N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 15 | De Vito, Maurizio | 1472 | ITA | =4B | +21N | −14B | −22N | +20B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1529 | +4.2 |
| 16 | Piredda, Jacopo Teo | 0 | ITA | −2N | =25B | +26N | −13B | +21B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Caruso, Stefano | 1421 | ITA | +12N | −3B | −18N | −6B | +25N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1469 | +12.8 |
| 18 | Colapietro, Oberdan | 1485 | ITA | −7B | +19N | +17B | −8N | −12B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1318 | -17.2 |
| 19 | Spano, Giulio | 0 | ITA | −9N | −18B | F | +24B | +23N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Pagliuca, Giuseppe | 0 | ITA | −8B | −11N | =21B | +26N | −15N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1189 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Di Leo, Claudio | 1551 | ITA | −23N | −15B | =20N | +25B | −16N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1357 | -31.2 |
| 22 | Donato, Michel | 1474 | ITA | −3N | F | −10B | +15B | −11N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1325 | -15.0 |
| 23 | Tamburrini, Andrea | 1436 | ITA | +21B | −8N | −11B | −12N | −19B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1334 | -20.4 |
| 24 | Ragno, Giorgia | 0 | ITA | −1B | F | F | −19N | +26B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Attanasi, Alessandro | 1529 | ITA | −14B | =16N | −12B | −21N | −17B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 704 | -64.0 |
| 26 | Vaccaro, Alessandro | 0 | ITA | F | −4N | −16B | −20B | −24N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Maietta, FedericoITA+44.04.0 pts · #5
- 2Talotta, GabrieleITA+38.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Abuhamdieh, NandoITA+33.24.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Attanasi, AlessandroITA-64.00.5 pts · #25
- 2Di Leo, ClaudioITA-31.21.5 pts · #16
- 3Rispoli, LucaITA-24.02.5 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R1+121 Elo gap
- R1+115 Elo gap
- R3+113 Elo gap