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WE 8 Savoia - A

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Trieste, Italy. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2136, and top seed was Neven Hercegovac (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2339).

Kenneth Terence Solomon (🇿🇦 RSA, GM, 2258) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Carlo Barlocco (4.0) and Leonardo Simone Deschi (3.5). Solomon won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Leonardo Simone Deschi (1948) beat Nicolas Perossa (FM, 2312), a +364-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Trieste, Italy
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹FMNeven Hercegovac2339
Avg top 10
2,136
Participants
26
Titled players · 6
GM×2
IM×1
FM×3
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇹Italy×15
🇸🇮Slovenia×4
🇭🇷Croatia×4
🇷🇸Serbia×2
🇿🇦South Africa×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Kenneth Terence Solomon led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Solomon4.5Barlocco4Lalic3.5Mimica3.5Hercegovac3.5Deschi3.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Kenneth Terence Solomon held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Kenneth Terence Solomon drew with FM Carlo Barlocco (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Kenneth Terence Solomon 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Carlo Barlocco 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKenneth Terence Solomon*
½
—
1
2FMCarlo Barlocco
½
*
½
—
3GMBogdan Lalic—
½
*—
4Matija Mimica
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Solomon, Kenneth TerenceGM2258RSA+17N+3B+4N+6B=2N4.514.516.514.502416+8.4
2Barlocco, CarloFM1901ITA=5B+7N+23B+20N=1B4.013.014.010.002329+51.2
3Deschi, Leonardo Simone1948ITA+11B−1N+22B+15N=5B3.513.014.58.252244+35.0
4Hercegovac, NevenFM2339ITA+14B+23N−1B=8N+13B3.512.513.57.502187-13.6
5Lalic, BogdanGM2320CRO=2N=18B+21N+9B=3N3.512.014.09.252086-10.4
6Mimica, Matija2167CRO+26B+10N=9B−1N+20B3.511.511.55.752126-5.6
7Genzo, Enrico1936ITA=19N−2B+12N+17B=8B3.011.513.57.001956+3.0
8Zuzek, Bor2011SLO=24B=22N+10B=4B=7N3.010.511.57.002021+1.6
9Mihic, Adam1976SLO+12B=15B=6N−5N=14B2.512.014.56.752106+28.8
10Zacchigna, Davide1844ITA+16B−6B−8N+23N=12B2.511.512.54.752004+39.6
11Mihic, Peter1812SLO−3N=17B+16B−13N+18B2.510.512.55.501922+29.2
12Pallini, Tommaso1823ITA−9N+25N−7B+21B=10N2.510.011.04.251905+22.0
13Soncin, Denis1959ITA−18N+26B=19N+11B−4N2.510.010.03.501928-6.2
14Botica, Viseslav1909CRO−4N−21B+26N+22B=9N2.59.59.52.751963+8.6
15Perossa, NicolasFM2312ITA+25B=9NF−3B+19N2.59.09.04.252032-22.4
16Srebrnic, Vojko1996SLO−10N=19B−11N+26B+25N2.58.08.02.001845-20.0
17Soncin, Riccardo1891ITA−1B=11N=24B−7N+26N2.011.011.01.751875-9.2
18Cicogna, Luca1815ITA+13B=5N−20N=19B−11N2.010.512.55.251870+4.6
19Tuniz, Alessandro Luigi1795ITA=7B=16N=13B=18N−15B2.010.512.55.001908+12.4
20Peric, SlavisaIM1926SRBF+24N+18B−2B−6N2.010.510.53.001933+0.2
21Di Maso, Riccardo1875ITA−23B+14N−5B−12N+24B2.09.510.53.501904+2.8
22Markovic, Nikola D1774SRBF=8B−3N−14N+23B1.510.010.02.501886+10.4
23Sosic, Zvan2023CRO+21N−4B−2N−10B−22N1.012.013.52.001707-81.6
24Bembich, Corrado1850ITA=8N−20B=17N−25B−21N1.09.010.02.501679-20.8
25Velluti, Alberto1892ITA−15N−12BF+24N−16B1.08.58.51.001797-12.0
26Gregorig, Marco1880ITA−6N−13N−14B−16N−17B0.011.013.00.001184-36.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets