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CP Novara e Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 2026

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Briga Novarese, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1779, and top seed was Simone Perano (🇮🇹 ITA, 1888).

Giuseppe Mantovan (🇮🇹 ITA, 1785) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Pietro Cernusco (3.5) and Lorenzo Isotta (3.5). Mantovan won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nicole Pambieri (1492) beat Stefano Cerri (1792), a +300-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Briga Novarese, Italy
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Simone Perano1888
Avg top 10
1,779
Participants
27
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Giuseppe Mantovan led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Mantovan4.5Zanello3.5Isotta3.5Perano3.5Cerri3.5Cernusco3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Giuseppe Mantovan never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Giuseppe Mantovan drew with Gabriel Zanello (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Giuseppe Mantovan 4 wins (R1–R4)Gabriel Zanello 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Giuseppe Mantovan*
½
——
2Gabriel Zanello
½
*——
3Lorenzo Isotta——*
½
4Simone Perano——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mantovan, Giuseppe1785ITA+26N+23B+9N+2B=4B4.511.011.09.252052+27.2
2Cernusco, Pietro1746ITA+17N+14B+7N−1N=3B3.513.515.59.251761+1.4
3Isotta, Lorenzo1651ITA=6N=5B+24N+7B=2N3.513.514.59.251923+72.4
4Zanello, Gabriel1834ITAF+12N+16B+9B=1N3.512.012.09.751994+25.6
5Perano, Simone1888ITA=12B=3N+8B=11N+15B3.511.513.59.251856-3.2
6Cerri, Stefano1792ITA=3B−16N+26B+18N+11B3.59.59.55.751740-4.6
7Rossi, Emanuele1677ITA+18B+11N−2B−3N+12B3.012.013.56.501725+5.2
8Pontiroli, Luca1701ITA=13N+21B−5N+17B=10N3.011.012.56.251673-2.6
9Gandolfi, Attilio1698ITA+27B+19N−1B−4N+21N3.011.011.03.001644-5.0
10Silini, Riccardo1653ITA−11B+20N+19B=15N=8B3.09.010.55.501758+14.4
11Mancuso, Mattia1848ITA+10N−7B+23N=5B−6N2.513.014.05.751716-33.2
12Salvini, Elia1656ITA=5N−4B+13N+16B−7N2.512.514.56.251673+2.0
13Vlase, Luca Cristian1470ITA=8B=15N−12B=22N+26N2.59.09.03.251656+48.0
14Mazzucchetti, Andrea0ITA+20B−2N−15B+19N=22B2.58.510.03.7516560.0
15Pambieri, Victor1683ITAF=13B+14N=10B−5N2.011.511.55.251545-21.6
16Pambieri, Nicole1492ITAF+6B−4N−12N+23B2.010.510.54.501713+41.6
17Dago, Lorenzo1548ITA−2BF+25N−8N+18B2.08.58.52.001600+7.2
18Sacchi, Paolo Luigi0ITA−7N=25B+20N−6B−17N1.510.010.51.7515380.0
19Mancuso, Monica1521ITA+25N−9B−10N−14B=20N1.510.010.51.251604+17.2
20De Regibus, Giuseppe1686ITA−14N−10B−18B+25N=19B1.58.59.01.251631-4.4
21Genco, Ginevra1444ITAF−8N=22B+23N−9B1.58.58.51.751568+22.4
22Zara, Giorgio1655ITAFF=21N=13B=14N1.56.56.53.251458-10.2
23Cavagna, Marco1568ITA+24N−1N−11B−21B−16N1.010.511.51.001428-17.8
24Basaglia, Paolo1766ITA−23B+27N−3BFF1.04.54.50.00810-28.4
25Riva, Carlo1728ITA−19B=18N−17B−20BF0.56.56.50.75783-41.2
26Vercelli, Andrea1584ITA−1BF−6NF−13B0.010.510.50.00882-22.6
27Combattelli, Franco0ITA−9N−24BFFF0.04.04.00.009320.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
CP Novara e Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 2026 — Briga Novarese, Italy | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats