WE 3 Piacenza chess festival - B

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39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Piacenza, Italy. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1886, and top seed was Gaetano Grasso (🇮🇹 ITA, 1989).

Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges (🇳🇿 NZL, 1911) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Mark Avetisyan (4.5) and Giuseppe Dilena (4.5). De Maupeou D`ableiges won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Nino Poncini (1650) beat Pavel Poddubskiy (1837), a +187-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

🇮🇹Gaetano Grasso1989

Avg top 10

1,886

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇮🇹Italy×33

🇦🇲Armenia×2

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges
🇳🇿NZL·1911
6.0pts·2658perf+42.8
🥈
Mark Avetisyan
🇦🇲ARM
4.5pts·1885perf0.0
🥉
Giuseppe Dilena
🇮🇹ITA·1906
4.5pts·2037perf+40.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

De Maupeou D`ableiges6Avetisyan4.5Dilena4.5Calvigioni4Serban4De Simone4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges beat Mark Avetisyan (Black).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandre De Maupeou D`ableiges	*	1	1	—
2Mark Avetisyan	0	*	—	—
3Giuseppe Dilena	0	—	*	—
4Matteo Calvigioni	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	De Maupeou D`ableiges, Alexandre	1911	NZL	+23N	+7B	+2N	+3B	+17N	+4B	6.0	20.0	23.0	23.00	2658	+42.8
2	Avetisyan, Mark	0	ARM	+15B	+20N	−1B	+8N	+19B	=5N	4.5	20.5	23.5	15.50	1885	0.0
3	Dilena, Giuseppe	1906	ITA	+29B	=5N	+16B	−1N	+24B	+17N	4.5	19.0	21.0	13.00	2037	+40.8
4	Serban, Sara Annamaria	1801	ITA	+32N	=11B	=14N	+7B	+18N	−1N	4.0	20.0	22.0	12.50	1930	+42.0
5	Aulehla, Jacopo	1815	ITA	+30N	=3B	−17N	+25B	+12N	=2B	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.50	1995	+24.0
6	De Simone, Alessandro	1748	ITA	F	=25B	+13N	+9B	=11N	+10B	4.0	17.0	17.0	14.00	2040	+74.4
7	Sargsyan, Mher	1813	ARM	+38B	−1N	+28B	−4N	+29B	+18B	4.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	1896	+13.0
8	Leoni, Fabrizio	1833	ITA	+37N	−10B	+27N	−2B	+30N	+11B	4.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	1980	+17.6
9	Calvigioni, Matteo	1805	ITA	=36B	=18N	+34B	−6N	+28B	+19N	4.0	13.5	14.5	8.50	1862	+8.8
10	Rizzi, Giacomo	1673	ITA	+22B	+8N	=12N	−17B	+20B	−6N	3.5	17.5	20.5	11.75	1895	+35.2
11	Merusi, Luigi	1856	ITA	+31B	=4N	=19B	+29N	=6B	−8N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.50	1856	+0.6
12	Romeo, Giovanni Maria	1801	ITA	+34B	+14N	=10B	−19N	−5B	+24N	3.5	16.5	18.0	9.25	1840	+7.4
13	Di Maulo, Alessandra	1829	ITA	=18B	=28N	−6B	+31N	+22B	=16N	3.5	15.5	17.5	9.25	1814	-1.8
14	D`Agostino, Maurizio	1894	ITA	+21N	−12B	=4B	−24N	+34B	+26N	3.5	15.5	17.0	9.00	1815	-11.8
15	Poncini, Nino	1650	ITA	−2N	−21B	=26N	+32B	+27N	+25B	3.5	15.0	17.0	8.25	1902	+33.6
16	Mrad, Anahid	1812	ITA	=35N	+39B	−3N	=30B	+21N	=13B	3.5	14.0	14.0	6.25	1815	+3.6
17	Grasso, Gaetano	1989	ITA	F	+24N	+5B	+10N	−1B	−3B	3.0	20.5	20.5	10.00	1885	-12.4
18	Losi, Paolo	1703	ITA	=13N	=9B	+22B	+20N	−4B	−7N	3.0	18.5	21.5	9.75	1818	+18.6
19	D`Angelo, Giovanni	1885	ITA	=27N	+35B	=11N	+12B	−2N	−9B	3.0	18.0	19.0	7.50	1853	-4.0
20	Sacchetti, Andrea	1856	ITA	+26N	−2B	+21N	−18B	−10N	+30B	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1790	-8.4
21	Oteri, Aldo	1766	ITA	−14B	+15N	−20B	+37N	−16B	+28N	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.50	1776	+1.4
22	Kammann, Thomas	1802	GER	−10N	+26B	−18N	+35B	−13N	+32B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.50	1715	-14.2
23	Carlino, Alessandro	1780	ITA	−1B	−34N	+38B	−28N	+35B	+29N	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1747	-11.2
24	Kosakowski, Szymon	1761	POL	+33N	−17B	=25N	+14B	−3N	−12B	2.5	17.0	19.0	6.75	1830	+10.0
25	Poddubskiy, Pavel	1837	GER	=28B	=6N	=24B	−5N	+39B	−15N	2.5	16.0	16.0	4.25	1672	-54.4
26	Decarli, Giuseppe	1748	ITA	−20B	−22N	=15B	+33N	+31B	−14B	2.5	15.0	17.0	5.75	1750	-0.2
27	Canossa, Elena	1760	ITA	=19B	=36N	−8B	=34N	−15B	+39N	2.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	1674	-29.6
28	Fersini, Maurizio	1733	ITA	=25N	=13B	−7N	+23B	−9N	−21B	2.0	17.5	20.0	6.00	1680	-8.0
29	Mantovani, Enrico	1778	ITA	−3N	+37B	+32N	−11B	−7N	−23B	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	1662	-18.6
30	Ferrari, Giuseppe	1701	ITA	−5B	=31N	+36B	=16N	−8B	−20N	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.75	1666	-10.0
31	Tagliaferri, Valerio	1749	ITA	−11N	=30B	+39N	−13B	−26N	=33B	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1656	-14.8
32	Torricelli, Lorenzo	1652	ITA	−4B	+38N	−29B	−15N	+37B	−22N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1616	-5.4
33	Nunnari, Massimo	1893	ITA	−24B	F	=35N	−26B	+38N	=31N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1657	-31.6
34	Di Iasio, Alessandro	1672	ITA	−12N	+23B	−9N	=27B	−14N	F	1.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1659	-2.0
35	Boschiero, Andrea	1684	ITA	=16B	−19N	=33B	−22N	−23N	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.75	1594	-20.4
36	Pannone, Alessandro	1680	ITA	=9N	=27B	−30N	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.25	1629	-4.0
37	Vendramini, Ivano	1714	ITA	−8B	−29N	F	−21B	−32N	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	958	-35.4
38	Armani, Dong Hao Paolo	1699	ITA	−7N	−32B	−23N	F	−33B	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	985	-62.4
39	Cominelli, Mario	1666	ITA	F	−16N	−31B	F	−25N	−27B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	989	-53.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1De Simone, AlessandroITA
+74.4
4.0 pts · #6
2De Maupeou D`ableiges, AlexandreNZL
+42.8
6.0 pts · #1
3Serban, Sara AnnamariaITA
+42.0
4.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Armani, Dong Hao PaoloITA
-62.4
0.0 pts · #39
2Poddubskiy, PavelGER
-54.4
2.5 pts · #27
3Cominelli, MarioITA
-53.6
0.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R6+187 Elo gap
Poncini, Nino1650 beat Poddubskiy, Pavel1837
R5+183 Elo gap
Rizzi, Giacomo1673 beat Sacchetti, Andrea1856
R2+160 Elo gap
Rizzi, Giacomo1673 beat Leoni, Fabrizio1833