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WE 3 Citta' di Tempio Pausania - A

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in Tempio Pausania, Italy. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1915, and top seed was Camelia-Adriana Ciobanu (🇮🇹 ITA, WIM, 2099).

Giancarlo Buchicchio (🇮🇹 ITA, 2012) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Camelia-Adriana Ciobanu (5.5) and Gianluca Mameli (5.0). Buchicchio took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Luigi Ardu (1792) beat Gianluca Mameli (2031), a +239-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Tempio Pausania, Italy
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹WIMCamelia-Adriana Ciobanu2099
Avg top 10
1,915
Participants
20
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇹Italy×19
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Buchicchio takes lead
Buchicchio5.5Ciobanu5.5Mameli5Ventrice4.5Oliinyk4Piga4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jan

Giancarlo Buchicchio takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Buchicchio takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Giancarlo Buchicchio beat WIM Camelia-Adriana Ciobanu (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Giancarlo Buchicchio*
1
½
½
2WIMCamelia-Adriana Ciobanu
0
*
½
—
3Gianluca Mameli
½
½
*
1
4Lorenzo Ventrice
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Buchicchio, Giancarlo2012ITA+18B=6N+9N+2B+5B=3N=4N5.526.528.021.252139+22.0
2Ciobanu, Camelia-AdrianaWIM2099ITA+14B+7N+5B−1N=3B+9N+6B5.526.029.021.002121+5.0
3Mameli, Gianluca2031ITA+17N−9B+10N+4B=2N=1B+5N5.026.528.519.502053+6.6
4Ventrice, Lorenzo1915ITA=12B+8N=6B−3N+11B+7N=1B4.526.029.518.001949+15.2
5Cugia, Filippo1993ITA+15N+11B−2N+14B−1N+8B−3B4.026.529.513.501932-18.0
6Oliinyk, Oleh1775UKR+20N=1B=4N=9B=7B+14N−2N4.026.027.012.751914+24.8
7Piga, Matteo1857ITA+19N−2B=11N+10B=6N−4B+9B4.024.526.012.251865+2.8
8Di Giacomo, Francesco1833ITA=10N−4B+15B=11N+20B−5N+12B4.022.023.011.001814-3.0
9Ardu, Luigi1792ITA+13B+3N−1B=6N+12B−2B−7N3.527.531.014.001884+15.0
10Sotgiu, Roberto1700ITA=8B+12N−3B−7N=13N+16B=14B3.523.026.011.751821+21.4
11Moretti, Lorenzo1700ITA+16N−5N=7B=8B−4N+17B=13B3.523.025.010.751841+50.4
12Malu, Marcello1717ITA=4N−10B+17N+13B−9N+15B−8N3.522.024.010.751773+10.4
13Zicconi, Antonello1690ITA−9N=17B+16N−12N=10B+18B=11N3.519.020.59.001751+11.2
14Isaia, Daniele1774ITA−2N+19B+20B−5N=17N−6B=10N3.020.521.55.251754-5.6
15Pannella, Antonello1726ITA−5B+16B−8N−20N+18B−12N+19B3.017.518.56.001728-0.6
16Buchicchio, Alessandro1844ITA−11B−15N−13B+18N+19B−10N+20N3.016.517.54.001647-37.2
17Scanu, Nicolo`1752ITA−3B=13N−12B+19N=14B−11N−18N2.020.021.54.751610-27.4
18Gagliani, Stefano1749ITA−1NF=19B−16B−15N−13N+17B1.518.518.52.751596-24.2
19Filigheddu, Mauro Sebastiano1714ITA−7B−14N=18N−17B−16N+20B−15N1.516.517.51.751526-31.8
20Battasi, Antonio Domenico1595ITA−6BF−14N+15B−8N−19N−16B1.018.518.53.001505-11.8

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WE 3 Citta' di Tempio Pausania - A (2026) — Tempio Pausania, Italy | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats