FE Caravel Cup - B
12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Roma, Italy. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1601, and top seed was Andrei V. Ionescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1697).
Claudia Sofia Heise Hidalgo (🇨🇱 CHI, 1665) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Roman-Valeriu Brasoveanu (6.5) and Andrei V. Ionescu (6.5). Heise Hidalgo took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Nando Abuhamdieh (1517) beat Mattia Musolesi (1679), a +162-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Claudia Sofia Heise Hidalgo takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
3 players finish on 6.5/9. Heise Hidalgo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).
Roman-Valeriu Brasoveanu lost to Andrei V. Ionescu (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roman-Valeriu Brasoveanu | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Andrei V. Ionescu | 1 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Claudia Sofia Heise Hidalgo | 1 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Lorenzo Barbieri | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heise Hidalgo, Claudia Sofia | 1665 | CHI | +8B | −5N | +3N | +2B | =4N | +6B | +10B | +9N | −7B | 6.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 26.00 | 1731 | +27.2 |
| 2 | Brasoveanu, Roman-Valeriu | 0 | ROU | +4B | +7N | +5B | −1N | +6B | +9N | −3B | +10N | =8N | 6.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 22.75 | 1679 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ionescu, Andrei V. | 1697 | ROU | +10B | =6N | −1B | +9N | −5N | +12B | +2N | +4N | +11B | 6.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 21.00 | 1709 | +2.6 |
| 4 | Barbieri, Lorenzo | 1571 | ITA | −2N | =8B | +11B | +10N | =1B | +5N | =6N | −3B | =9B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 16.00 | 1677 | +44.8 |
| 5 | Piccagli, Lorenzo | 1576 | ITA | +9B | +1B | −2N | −6N | +3B | −4B | +11N | =7B | F | 4.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 19.00 | 1705 | +50.4 |
| 6 | Marinelli, Cesare Federico | 1648 | ITA | +11N | =3B | =10N | +5B | −2N | −1N | =4B | =8B | F | 4.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 14.50 | 1641 | -1.0 |
| 7 | Musolesi, Mattia | 1679 | ITA | =12N | −2B | +8N | F | F | −11B | +9B | =5N | +1N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 14.00 | 1674 | -0.6 |
| 8 | Pipitone, Filippo Massimo | 1539 | ITA | −1N | =4N | −7B | −11B | F | −10N | +12B | =6N | =2B | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 9.25 | 1442 | -18.4 |
| 9 | Chekanov, Amir Mar | 1452 | FID | −5N | F | =12B | −3B | +11N | −2B | −7N | −1B | =4N | 2.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 5.25 | 1450 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Sorbara, Emilio | 1567 | ITA | −3N | F | =6B | −4B | =12N | +8B | −1N | −2B | F | 2.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 5.25 | 1487 | -24.8 |
| 11 | Abuhamdieh, Nando | 1517 | ITA | −6B | F | −4N | +8N | −9B | +7N | −5B | F | −3N | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.50 | 1435 | -15.4 |
| 12 | Denozza, Mauro | 1550 | ITA | =7B | F | =9N | F | =10B | −3N | −8N | F | F | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 1436 | -15.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Piccagli, LorenzoITA+50.44.5 pts · #5
- 2Barbieri, LorenzoITA+44.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Heise Hidalgo, Claudia SofiaCHI+27.26.5 pts · #3
- 1Sorbara, EmilioITA-24.82.0 pts · #10
- 2Pipitone, Filippo MassimoITA-18.42.5 pts · #8
- 3Denozza, MauroITA-15.61.5 pts · #12
- R6+162 Elo gap
- R5+121 Elo gap