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WE 3 Piccola fenice - Torneo di carnevale - A

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Trieste, Italy. 4 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2089, and top seed was Yi Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2372).

Yi Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2372) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Vadim Cernov (4.0) and Henrik Cernov (3.5). Liu shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Urs Egli (1924) beat Paolo Vezzosi (IM, 2123), a +199-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Trieste, Italy
Dates
13 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMYi Liu2372
Avg top 10
2,089
Participants
16
Titled players · 4
IM×2
FM×2
Federations · 7 represented
🇮🇹Italy×10
🇦🇷Argentina×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMYi Liu
    🇦🇺AUS·2372
    4.5pts·2448perf+8.0
  • 🥈
    IMVadim Cernov
    🇷🇴ROU·2291
    4.0pts·2315perf+3.0
  • 🥉
    FMHenrik Cernov
    🇩🇪GER·2187
    3.5pts·2244perf+9.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Yi Liu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Liu takes lead
Liu4.5Cernov4Cernov3.5Litrico3Bianchini3Vezzosi3
R5 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

FM Yi Liu takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Yi Liu drew with IM Vadim Cernov (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Henrik Cernov won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMYi Liu*
½
1
—
2IMVadim Cernov
½
*
½
—
3FMHenrik Cernov
0
½
*—
4Paolo Litrico———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Liu, YiFM2372AUS+14N+8B=2N+7B+3N4.512.513.511.502448+8.0
2Cernov, VadimIM2291ROU+15B+11N=1B=3N+4B4.013.014.010.002315+3.0
3Cernov, HenrikFM2187GER+12N+7B+13N=2B−1B3.513.014.58.002244+9.0
4Bianchini, Giulio1894ITA=9B=13N+11B+12B−2N3.010.512.06.002115+55.2
5Vezzosi, PaoloIM2123ITA−13B=9N=16B+11N+10B3.08.59.06.002015-6.5
6Litrico, Paolo1878ITA−8N+14B−7N+15B+12N3.08.09.04.002027+20.4
7Benassi, Valentino1962ITA+16B−3N+6B−1N=8N2.513.514.04.752053+20.0
8Sirena, Gianni1988ITA+6B−1N=10B=9N=7B2.512.515.06.752032+3.8
9Tona, Leonardo2088ITA=4N=5B−12N=8B+14N2.510.511.55.251979-28.8
10Tavano, Leonardo1860ITA−11B+15N=8N+13B−5N2.59.010.03.751991+34.0
11Deschi, Leonardo Simone1983ITA+10N−2B−4N−5B+13N2.012.514.04.001947-6.4
12Artola Pola, Gerardo1928ARG−3B+16N+9B−4N−6B2.012.012.53.001908-3.8
13Egli, Urs1924SUI+5N=4B−3B−10N−11B1.512.014.04.501861-9.4
14Gregori, Giuliano1960ITA−1B−6NF+16N−9B1.010.510.50.501852-13.2
15Conzon, Gianluca1934ITA−2N−10BF−6N+16B1.010.010.00.501778-36.0
16Milic, Marko Ambroz1855MEX−7N−12B=5N−14B−15N0.58.59.51.501616-47.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets