FE Caravel Cup - A

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Roma, Italy. 11 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2380, and top seed was Zaven Andriasian (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2547).

Arthur Kogan (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2474) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Muthaiah AL (6.5) and Zaven Andriasian (6.0). Kogan shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Pietro Silke Balerna (1710) beat Rocco Enrico Vairo (2094), a +384-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Roma, Italy

Dates

19 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲GMZaven Andriasian2547

Avg top 10

2,380

Participants

Titled players · 11

GM×3

IM×3

FM×3

CM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇹Italy×22

🇮🇳India×4

🇫🇷France×3

🇨🇭Switzerland×2

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
GMArthur Kogan
🇮🇱ISR·2474
7.0pts·2533perf+8.1
🥈
IMMuthaiah AL
🇮🇳IND·2432
6.5pts·2462perf+6.0
🥉
GMZaven Andriasian
🇦🇲ARM·2547
6.0pts·2505perf-1.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Arthur Kogan led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kogan7Muthaiah6.5Andriasian6Nitin6Harikrishnan.A.Ra6Petcu5.5— ex-leaders:Ballottiled R3, #8

R4 · LEADER CHANGE21 Nov

GM Zaven Andriasian takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Arthur Kogan drew with IM Muthaiah AL (White).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

GM Arthur Kogan went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMArthur Kogan	*	½	½	1
2IMMuthaiah AL	½	*	½	½
3GMZaven Andriasian	½	½	*	—
4IMS. Nitin	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kogan, ArthurGM	2474	ISR	+20N	+19B	=3N	=2B	+5N	+13N	=4B	=8B	+6N	7.0	43.5	47.5	35.75	2533	+8.1
2	Muthaiah ALIM	2432	IND	+11B	+17N	=4B	=1N	+9B	=3N	+13B	=7N	=5B	6.5	45.0	49.5	34.25	2462	+6.0
3	Andriasian, ZavenGM	2547	ARM	+10B	+13N	=1B	+8N	F	=2B	=6N	=4N	+7B	6.0	45.0	45.0	32.50	2505	-1.6
4	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2536	IND	+16N	+14B	=2N	=5B	+8N	F	=1N	=3B	+9B	6.0	44.5	44.5	31.75	2513	0.0
5	Nitin, S.IM	2337	IND	+32N	+27B	=31N	=4N	−1B	=6B	+19N	+17B	=2N	6.0	39.0	41.0	23.75	2406	+9.6
6	Petcu, GabrielFM	2271	ITA	+18B	=7N	−8B	+10N	+27B	=5N	=3B	+12N	−1B	5.5	44.0	47.0	26.25	2298	+14.4
7	Brozzi, DaniloFM	2127	ITA	+24N	=6B	−14N	+15B	+17N	=8B	+20N	=2B	−3N	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.00	2254	+55.4
8	Ballotti, LucaCM	2248	ITA	+30N	+15B	+6N	−3B	−4B	=7N	+16B	=1N	−13N	5.0	43.5	46.0	23.25	2288	+9.0
9	Pieri, Pierre-LouisCM	2231	FRA	+29N	−31B	+20N	+14B	−2N	=19B	=17N	+15B	−4N	5.0	37.0	39.5	20.25	2241	+3.0
10	Francario, Felice Maria	2087	ITA	−3N	+26B	=30N	−6B	+18N	=15B	+21N	+20B	F	5.0	34.0	34.0	19.00	2105	+9.9
11	Cardi, Jean	1981	FRA	−2N	+35B	−15N	+26B	−14N	+32B	+30N	=13B	=12B	5.0	32.5	33.5	13.25	2075	+20.4
12	Vairo, Rocco Enrico	2094	ITA	−26N	+34B	+32N	−13B	=19N	+30B	+14N	−6B	=11N	5.0	31.0	32.5	15.00	2061	-5.4
13	Paduano, ClaudioFM	2243	ITA	+34B	−3B	+16N	+12N	F	−1B	−2N	=11N	+8B	4.5	40.5	40.5	18.50	2249	+4.0
14	Albertini, Luca	2153	ITA	+28B	−4N	+7B	−9N	+11B	=16N	−12B	=19N	=23B	4.5	39.0	42.0	19.75	2093	-14.6
15	Bigonnet, Jean-Michel	2090	FRA	+21B	−8N	+11B	−7N	=23B	=10N	+24B	−9N	=16N	4.5	38.0	41.5	19.25	2003	-16.8
16	Puglia, Francesco	2029	ITA	−4B	+28N	−13B	+22N	+24B	=14B	−8N	=27N	=15B	4.5	35.0	38.0	16.50	2056	+3.4
17	Giordani, Luca	2142	ITA	+35N	−2B	+26N	F	−7B	+23N	=9B	−5N	+21B	4.5	35.0	35.0	14.50	2078	-7.0
18	Bogacheva, Nikol	1946	ITA	−6N	+24B	=23N	−19B	−10B	−21N	+34B	+30N	+25B	4.5	32.0	33.5	13.00	1916	-11.7
19	Cappai, Davide	2134	ITA	+33B	−1N	=22B	+18N	=12B	=9N	−5B	=14B	F	4.0	38.0	38.0	15.75	2149	0.0
20	Galioglu, Cem	1983	TUR	−1B	+33N	−9B	+34N	+21B	+27N	−7B	−10N	F	4.0	33.0	33.0	10.50	2014	+3.4
21	Vellone, Andrea	1700	ITA	−15N	−30B	+35N	+32B	−20N	+18B	−10B	+22N	−17N	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.50	1891	+62.0
22	Goldman, Edward	0	ENG	−31N	+29B	=19N	−16B	−30N	=25B	+26N	−21B	+24N	4.0	28.0	30.5	13.25	1867	0.0
23	Garau, Francesca	1900	ITA	F	F	=18B	+25N	=15N	−17B	=27B	+29N	=14N	4.0	27.5	27.5	14.75	2043	+26.0
24	Guerini, Leonardo	1723	ITA	−7B	−18N	+28B	+33N	−16N	+26B	−15N	=25B	−22B	3.5	32.5	34.5	9.75	1814	+21.2
25	Fasanella, Vito	1710	ITA	−27N	−32B	+29N	−23B	=34B	=22N	+28B	=24N	−18N	3.5	27.0	28.5	10.50	1795	+28.0
26	Silke Balerna, Pietro	1710	SUI	+12B	−10N	−17B	−11N	+28B	−24N	−22B	+35N	−33N	3.0	32.0	33.0	9.00	1888	+52.4
27	Bonaposta, Fabrizio	2100	ITA	+25B	−5N	F	+30B	−6N	−20B	=23N	=16B	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	10.25	1967	-23.6
28	Ardu, Luigi	1802	ITA	−14N	−16B	−24N	+29B	−26N	+35B	−25N	F	+30B	3.0	25.5	25.5	6.50	1763	-12.0
29	Zunino, Mattia	1808	ITA	−9B	−22N	−25B	−28N	+33B	+34N	+32N	−23B	−35B	3.0	25.0	26.0	5.50	1723	-18.4
30	Tudor, Marian	1893	ITA	−8B	+21N	=10B	−27N	+22B	−12N	−11B	−18B	−28N	2.5	35.5	38.5	10.50	1744	-30.2
31	Rathanvel, V SIM	2483	IND	+22B	+9N	=5B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	12.00	2477	-0.1
32	Foti, Antonella	1955	ITA	−5B	+25N	−12B	−21N	+35B	−11N	−29B	F	F	2.0	27.5	27.5	4.50	1756	-77.2
33	Colibri, Fabio	0	ITA	−19N	−20B	−34N	−24B	−29N	F	+35N	F	+26B	2.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	1692	0.0
34	Ruscitti, Simone	1823	ITA	−13N	−12N	+33B	−20B	=25N	−29B	−18N	F	F	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.75	1560	-30.8
35	Steiner, Remo	1774	SUI	−17B	−11N	−21B	F	−32N	−28N	−33B	−26B	+29N	1.0	26.5	26.5	3.00	1562	-33.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vellone, AndreaITA
+62.0
4.0 pts · #21
2Brozzi, DaniloFMITA
+55.4
5.5 pts · #7
3Silke Balerna, PietroSUI
+52.4
3.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Foti, AntonellaITA
-77.2
2.0 pts · #29
2Steiner, RemoSUI
-33.8
1.0 pts · #34
3Ruscitti, SimoneITA
-30.8
1.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R1+384 Elo gap
Silke Balerna, Pietro1710 beat Vairo, Rocco Enrico2094
R4+255 Elo gap
Vellone, Andrea1700 beat Foti, Antonella1955
R6+246 Elo gap
Vellone, Andrea1700 beat Bogacheva, Nikol1946