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WE 3 Piacenza chess festival - A

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Piacenza, Italy. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2212, and top seed was Yury Piskov ( FID, GM, 2435).

Neven Hercegovac (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2287) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nikola Nikolovski (4.5) and Mauro Tirelli (4.5). Hercegovac shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Massimo Bonade (2011) beat Niccolo` Casadio (FM, 2186), a +175-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Piacenza, Italy
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
GMYury Piskov2435
Avg top 10
2,212
Participants
22
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇹Italy×18
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Neven Hercegovac led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
2
3
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Hercegovac takes lead
Hercegovac5Casadio4.5Tirelli4.5Nikolovski4.5Di Bartolomeo3.5Piskov3.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Oct

FM Neven Hercegovac takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Niccolo` Casadio won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMNeven Hercegovac*—
½
1
2FMNiccolo` Casadio—*—
½
3Mauro Tirelli
½
—*—
4IMNikola Nikolovski
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hercegovac, NevenFM2287ITA+21N+14B=5N+2B=3N+6B5.018.519.515.502440+21.6
2Nikolovski, NikolaIM2402MKD+15B+6N+10B−1N+7B=4N4.519.522.014.752388+0.2
3Tirelli, Mauro2261ITA+11B−10N+7B+15N=1B+5B4.518.020.515.002363+15.8
4Casadio, Niccolo`FM2186ITA−20N+19B+14N+8B+5N=2B4.515.516.513.252298+17.2
5Rostalnyi, Kyrylo2079UKR+18N+9B=1B+10N−4B−3N3.520.522.010.502217+45.2
6Maglioni, Leonardo2103ITA+16N−2B=8N+18B+9N−1N3.519.020.59.252207+32.8
7Piskov, YuryGM2435FID=8N+20B−3N+11B−2N+15B3.518.019.08.252208-14.0
8Di Bartolomeo, Adrian Mikail2076ITA=7B+17N=6B−4N=12B+19N3.517.018.59.002189+35.2
9Mammi, OttavioCM2182ITA+12B−5N=11B+13N−6B+16N3.516.018.510.002096-25.6
10Marzatico, Luca2087ITA+22B+3B−2N−5B=15N=12N3.018.018.07.252132+5.8
11Bergamaschi, Elia2061ITA−3N+22B=9N−7N=16B+18B3.015.515.54.502134+9.4
12Baldi, Matteo2008ITA−9N=18B=21N+14B=8N=10B3.014.015.07.002077+22.0
13Mangili, Gabriele1984ITA−14N=21B+19N−9B=17B+20N3.011.012.04.252069+28.0
14Oluka Robert McligeyoCM2090KEN+13B−1N−4B−12N+21B=17N2.518.019.05.252046-8.2
15Dionigi, Riccardo2071ITA−2N+16B+20N−3B=10B−7N2.518.019.05.002142+7.4
16Canova, Luca1998ITA−6B−15N+22N+20B=11N−9B2.513.513.52.502010+1.0
17Franza, Marco2088ITA=19N−8B−18N+21B=13N=14B2.512.013.04.501967-20.6
18Pin, Orlando1955ITA−5B=12N+17B−6N−19B−11N1.515.517.04.001859-28.4
19Tramalloni, Luca1973ITA=17B−4N−13BF+18N−8B1.515.015.02.751908-9.0
20Bonade, Massimo2011ITA+4B−7N−15B−16NF−13B1.016.016.04.501890-16.6
21Bosi, Clint2067ITA−1B=13N=12B−17N−14NF1.016.016.03.001851-27.2
22Speciale, Francesco1972ITA−10N−11N−16BFFF0.08.58.50.001249-23.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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