WE 3 Piccola fenice - Torneo di carnevale - B
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Trieste, Italy. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1781, and top seed was Daniele Cecotti (🇮🇹 ITA, 1818).
Ivano Lin (🇮🇹 ITA, 1794) won with 4.0/5, ahead of David Despeyroux (4.0) and Daniele Cecotti (3.5). Lin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Enrico Sansone (1676) beat Fabio Tiozzo (1813), a +137-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Lin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
David Despeyroux drew with Ivano Lin (White).
Daniele Cecotti won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David Despeyroux | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Ivano Lin | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Daniele Cecotti | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Massimiliano Stevic | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lin, Ivano | 1794 | ITA | +12B | +5B | =2N | =4B | +6N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 2002 | +50.8 |
| 2 | Despeyroux, David | 1760 | ITA | +9B | +8N | =1B | =5N | +4B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 10.25 | 2032 | +69.2 |
| 3 | Cecotti, Daniele | 1818 | ITA | =4B | −6N | +8B | +11N | +5B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1926 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Stevic, Massimiliano | 1765 | ITA | =3N | +7B | +6B | =1N | −2N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 8.75 | 1836 | +11.6 |
| 5 | Cai, Shenghui William | 1803 | ITA | +11B | −1N | +9B | =2B | −3N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1787 | -4.4 |
| 6 | Pallini, Tommaso | 1775 | ITA | =7N | +3B | −4N | +10B | −1B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1753 | -5.6 |
| 7 | Sansone, Enrico | 1676 | ITA | =6B | −4N | −11N | +9B | +8B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1779 | +14.2 |
| 8 | Zangrilli, Leonardo | 1802 | MLT | +10N | −2B | −3N | +12B | −7N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1669 | -36.8 |
| 9 | Tiozzo, Fabio | 1813 | FRA | −2N | +11B | −5N | −7N | +12B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1670 | -19.2 |
| 10 | Monai, Cesare | 1729 | ITA | −8B | F | =12N | −6N | +11B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1676 | -12.8 |
| 11 | Sabadin, Gaddo | 1753 | ITA | −5N | −9N | +7B | −3B | −10N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1527 | -56.0 |
| 12 | Narduzzo, Marco | 1721 | ITA | −1N | F | =10B | −8N | −9N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1462 | -46.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Despeyroux, DavidITA+69.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Lin, IvanoITA+50.84.0 pts · #2
- 3Cecotti, DanieleITA+14.43.5 pts · #3
- 1Sabadin, GaddoITA-56.01.0 pts · #11
- 2Narduzzo, MarcoITA-46.40.5 pts · #12
- 3Zangrilli, LeonardoMLT-36.82.0 pts · #8
- R4+137 Elo gap
- R5+126 Elo gap