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WE Sicily chess - B

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Palermo, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1703, and top seed was Antonello Napoli Costa (🇮🇹 ITA, 1798).

Chiara Cambria (🇮🇹 ITA, 1752) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gianluca Stella (4.0) and Aldo Ginebri (4.0). Cambria broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Francesco Maria Maniscalco (1547) beat Giuseppe Grasso (1687), a +140-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Palermo, Italy
Dates
17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Antonello Napoli Costa1798
Avg top 10
1,703
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×24
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Chiara Cambria
    🇮🇹ITA·1752
    4.5pts·2018perf+52.4
  • 🥈
    Gianluca Stella
    🇮🇹ITA·1700
    4.0pts·1902perf+25.0
  • 🥉
    Aldo Ginebri
    🇮🇹ITA·1688
    4.0pts·1884perf+48.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Chiara Cambria led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
3
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Cambria4.5Ginebri4Stella4Di Paola3.5Sanfilippo3.5Scolaro3
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Chiara Cambria held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Chiara Cambria drew with Aldo Ginebri (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Chiara Cambria 3 wins (R1–R3)Aldo Ginebri 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Chiara Cambria*
½
1
1
2Aldo Ginebri
½
*—
½
3Gianluca Stella
0
—*—
4Angelo Di Paola
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cambria, Chiara1752ITA+20B+4N+2B=3N+6B4.514.516.014.002018+52.4
2Stella, Gianluca1700ITA+7N+8B−1N+5B+10N4.014.016.512.001902+25.0
3Ginebri, Aldo1688ITA+18B+19N+11B=1B=4N4.012.013.59.501884+48.0
4Di Paola, Angelo1642ITA+22N−1B+16N+8B=3B3.513.515.08.501785+40.0
5Sanfilippo, Giuseppe1712ITA=10B+24N+12B−2N+11B3.511.512.06.751766+7.4
6Sposito, Francesco1620ITA=15N=12B+21N+13B−1N3.011.513.06.251686+18.0
7Bosco, Giovanni1602ITA−2B=17N+18B+12N=13B3.011.012.56.251716+31.6
8Scolaro, Antonio1639ITA+21B−2N+19B−4N+20B3.010.512.04.501672+4.6
9Napoli Costa, Antonello1798ITAF=18N+24B=10N+15B3.06.56.54.501742-4.4
10Flaccomio, Marco1603ITA=5N+15B=13N=9B−2B2.513.015.06.501683+21.2
11Di Fede, Umberto1735ITA+14N=13B−3N+22B−5N2.512.514.05.251649-22.8
12Zito, Alessandro1564ITA+17B=6N−5N−7B+19B2.511.513.05.001626+16.8
13Motta, Mattia Stefano1681ITA+16B=11N=10B−6N=7N2.511.013.06.001622-16.4
14D`angelo, Giovanni1611ITA−11B−21N+23N=15B+22N2.57.58.53.501595-4.4
15Vallone, Giorgio1523ITA=6B−10N+20B=14N−9N2.011.012.54.251577+12.4
16Croce, Erasmo1547ITA−13N+23B−4B=19N=17B2.09.510.52.751554+0.8
17Grasso, Giuseppe1687ITA−12N=7B−22N+21B=16N2.09.010.54.001490-27.0
18Brandi, Matteo1585ITA−3N=9B−7N=23B=21N1.511.512.52.751501-23.6
19Moscarella, Claudia1509ITA+23N−3B−8N=16B−12N1.511.512.52.001462-12.0
20Balistreri, Luigi1611ITA−1N=22B−15N+24B−8N1.511.011.51.251441-23.0
21Fardella, Giulio1543ITA−8N+14B−6B−17N=18B1.510.512.03.251480-17.2
22Maniscalco, Francesco Maria1547ITA−4B=20N+17B−11N−14B1.510.512.02.751507-12.4
23Callari, Dario1617ITA−19B−16N−14B=18N=24N1.07.58.01.001307-79.2
24Bongiovanni, Riccardo1481ITAF−5B−9N−20N=23B0.59.09.00.501363-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
WE Sicily chess - B (2025) — Palermo, Italy | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats