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WE 4 Dell'Epifania - A

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Battipaglia, Italy. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2037, and top seed was Fabio Angelo Pellizzieri (🇮🇹 ITA, 2129).

Piercarlo Marincolo (🇮🇹 ITA, 1953) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Mariano Lombardi (5.0) and Fabio Angelo Pellizzieri (4.5). Marincolo shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Stefano Romano (1892) beat Andrea Falanga (2087), a +195-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Battipaglia, Italy
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Fabio Angelo Pellizzieri2129
Avg top 10
2,037
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇹Italy×28
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Piercarlo Marincolo led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
3
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Marincolo takes lead
Marincolo5.5Lombardi5Pellizzieri4.5Fezza4Mazzarone4Falanga4— ex-leaders:Ferraroled R3, #15
R6 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jan

Piercarlo Marincolo takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Piercarlo Marincolo 4 wins (R3–R6)Mariano Lombardi 4 wins (R3–R6)Fabio Angelo Pellizzieri 3 wins (R3–R5)

R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Luca Ferraro held the sole lead at R3 but finished #15.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Piercarlo Marincolo*—
½
1
2Mariano Lombardi—*
1
—
3Fabio Angelo Pellizzieri
½
0
*—
4Davide Fezza
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marincolo, Piercarlo1953ITA+25N=3B+11N+4N+13B+8N5.518.019.517.252382+54.4
2Lombardi, Mariano2091ITA+15N−8B+27N+9N+14B+3B5.017.518.515.002225+18.2
3Pellizzieri, Fabio Angelo2129ITA+23B=1N+12B+13N+8B−2N4.520.021.513.752154+4.0
4Fezza, Davide2085ITA+21N+5B=8N−1B=17N+14B4.019.021.512.752051-5.4
5Mazzarone, Maurizio1904ITA+28N−4N+18B=7B=6N+17B4.018.019.011.002092+29.8
6Garofalo, Pietro2010ITA+18N=11B+24N−8B=5B+12N4.016.518.011.002014+0.4
7Falanga, Andrea2087ITA−11B+21N+23B=5N=12B+13N4.015.517.010.502032-16.0
8Lamagna, Paolo1962ITA+29B+2N=4B+6N−3N−1B3.523.023.511.502077+19.4
9Slobodyan, Arseniy1919ITA−20B+29N+16N−2B=15N+21B3.516.016.57.501959+14.4
10Brunetti, Alberto Fakhri2007ITA=12B−20N+26B=11N=16B+22N3.513.515.08.001904-15.6
11Romano, Stefano1892ITA+7N=6N−1B=10B=20N=15B3.020.022.510.501962+11.0
12Lentini, Alessandro1876ITA=10N+17B−3N+24B=7N−6B3.019.020.58.251998+37.6
13Ferraro, Luca1983ITA+22N+27B+20N−3B−1N−7B3.018.519.55.501945-5.8
14Catapano, Alberto Pasquale1921ITA=26N=16B+15N+20B−2N−4N3.017.519.07.751930+1.2
15Vertuccio, Roberto1901ITA−2B+28N−14B+27N=9B=11N3.015.516.55.251919+2.6
16Coppola, Matteo1870ITAF=14N−9B+19B=10N+20B3.015.515.58.752017+39.6
17Caputo, Piero1933ITA=24B−12N+22B+23N=4B−5N3.014.516.06.251899-11.2
18Richichi, Valerio1877ITA−6B+19B−5N−21N+27B+28N3.014.515.55.001925+15.2
19Duraccio, Walter Mattia2064ITA−27B−18N+29B−16N+23B+24B3.010.010.53.501867-30.2
20Della Rocca, Giuseppe1815ITA+9N+10B−13B−14N=11B−16N2.516.019.08.501875+8.8
21Chieppa, Giuseppe1883ITA−4B−7B=25N+18B+26N−9N2.516.017.55.251880-1.8
22Patrick, John1809AUS−13BF−17N+25B+24N−10B2.012.512.53.001844+4.4
23Mazzone, Ferruccio1903ITA−3N+25B−7N−17B−19N=29B1.516.016.51.751791-35.2
24Simeoli, Daniele1820ITA=17N+26B−6B−12N−22B−19N1.515.016.53.001725-29.6
25Gambardella, Piero1836ITA−1B−23N=21B−22NF+26B1.513.013.02.751724-15.2
26Marino, Alessandro Fabio1817ITA=14B−24N−10N+28B−21B−25N1.512.013.02.501686-40.0
27Molinari, Carlo1879ITA+19N−13N−2B−15B−18NF1.017.017.03.001743-16.4
28Tagliento, Francesco1810ITA−5B−15BF−26N+29N−18B1.012.012.00.501631-21.6
29Mazzeo, Francesco1854ITA−8N−9B−19NF−28B=23N0.512.512.50.751566-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets