WE 21 Bolzano - A
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41 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Bolzano, Italy. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2183, and top seed was Francesco Seresin (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2312).
Davide Olivetti (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2219) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Francesco Seresin (4.5) and Johannes Steindl (4.0). Olivetti won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Roberta De Nisi (1750) beat Alberto Perino (2089), a +339-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Bolzano, Italy
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
FM×4
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇹Italy×29
🇦🇹Austria×7
🇩🇪Germany×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
18
7
2
1
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Olivetti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Davide Olivetti drew with FM Francesco Seresin (White).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
FM Johannes Steindl won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMDavide Olivetti | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2FMFrancesco Seresin | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3FMJohannes Steindl | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4CMThomas Bauer | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivetti, DavideFM | 2219 | ITA | +24B | +11N | =2B | +7N | +5B | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.25 | 2457 | +23.8 |
| 2 | Seresin, FrancescoFM | 2312 | ITA | +22N | +25B | =1N | +9B | +3B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 13.75 | 2454 | +13.4 |
| 3 | Steindl, JohannesFM | 2237 | AUT | +17N | +27B | +8N | +4B | −2N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 12.50 | 2376 | +17.4 |
| 4 | Bauer, ThomasCM | 2270 | AUT | +18B | +21N | +6B | −3N | +10B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 12.00 | 2322 | +7.0 |
| 5 | Steinhauer, Artur | 2138 | GER | +15N | =9B | +13N | +20B | −1N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 10.00 | 2170 | +5.0 |
| 6 | Ferrante, MarcoFM | 2195 | ITA | +10N | +32B | −4N | +17B | =8N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 9.25 | 2216 | +6.8 |
| 7 | Di Liberto, Michele | 2040 | ITA | +37N | +14B | =12N | −1B | +20N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 2163 | +33.2 |
| 8 | Bodrov, Timofey | 2123 | UKR | +31B | +26N | −3B | +28N | =6B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 7.25 | 2163 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Lombardo, Filippo | 1981 | ITA | +39B | =5N | +16B | −2N | =21B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 2071 | +12.6 |
| 10 | De Vita, Gianni | 1976 | ITA | −6B | +39N | +21B | +12B | −4N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 2127 | +21.0 |
| 11 | Sirena, Gianni | 1988 | ITA | +41N | −1B | =15N | +33B | =13N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 2013 | +4.6 |
| 12 | Unterweger, Jonas | 2159 | ITA | +28B | =20N | =7B | −10N | +26B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1996 | -36.4 |
| 13 | Rubinshtein, KamillaWFM | 2086 | ITA | =16B | +33N | −5B | +31N | =11B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 2022 | -7.0 |
| 14 | Addante, Francesco | 1925 | ITA | +36B | −7N | +24B | =27N | =16B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 2071 | +40.4 |
| 15 | Caputo, Lorenzo | 1939 | ITA | −5B | +36N | =11B | =26N | +27B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 2061 | +34.0 |
| 16 | Valente, Luca | 1893 | ITA | =13N | +35B | −9N | +32B | =14N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 2073 | +24.4 |
| 17 | Comisso, Daniele | 1978 | ITA | −3B | +38N | +41B | −6N | +25B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 2029 | +18.0 |
| 18 | Wolfmaier, Johannes Joshua | 1981 | GER | −4N | =34B | =35N | +39B | +30N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2030 | +15.2 |
| 19 | Kuti, Oliver | 2032 | AUT | −20B | −31N | +38B | +24N | +28B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1957 | -8.2 |
| 20 | Maier, Fridolin | 1877 | ITA | +19N | =12B | +25N | −5N | −7B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 2079 | +25.6 |
| 21 | Taizhanov, Aissultan | 2019 | AUT | +29N | −4B | −10N | +34B | =9N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1968 | -13.6 |
| 22 | Perli, Tommaso | 1981 | ITA | −2B | =23N | −33B | +37N | +31B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1933 | -14.0 |
| 23 | Straub, Jochen | 1731 | GER | F | =22B | =34N | =35B | +32N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 2059 | +33.2 |
| 24 | Gazzato, Nicolo` | 1977 | ITA | −1N | +29B | −14N | −19B | +33N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1873 | -28.8 |
| 25 | Billio, Atto | 2025 | ITA | +34N | −2N | −20B | +29B | −17N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1884 | -19.6 |
| 26 | Saporito, Giulio Cong Yan | 1734 | ITA | +30N | −8B | =32N | =15B | −12N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1965 | +49.2 |
| 27 | Buglisi, Massimo | 1997 | ITA | +40N | −3N | =31B | =14B | −15N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1877 | -16.0 |
| 28 | Schmidt, Florian | 1969 | AUT | −12N | +40B | +30N | −8B | −19N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1933 | -4.6 |
| 29 | De Nisi, Roberta | 1750 | ITA | −21B | −24N | +36B | −25N | +40B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1891 | +15.4 |
| 30 | Zammarchi, Massimo | 2002 | ITA | −26B | +37N | −28B | +41N | −18B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1775 | -28.8 |
| 31 | Vinci, Salvatore Mattia | 1935 | ITA | −8N | +19B | =27N | −13B | −22N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1894 | -11.6 |
| 32 | Futschik, Raphael | 1988 | AUT | +38B | −6N | =26B | −16N | −23B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1695 | -37.2 |
| 33 | Benvenuto, Alexander | 1796 | ITA | =35N | −13B | +22N | −11N | −24B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1862 | +7.2 |
| 34 | Gurschler, Gregor | 1862 | ITA | −25B | =18N | =23B | −21N | =37B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1780 | -11.0 |
| 35 | Grassi, Sebastiano | 2022 | ITA | =33B | −16N | =18B | =23N | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1763 | -55.2 |
| 36 | Perino, Alberto | 2089 | ITA | −14N | −15B | −29N | +40B | =39N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1653 | -52.6 |
| 37 | Tatulli Uva, Alberto | 1890 | ITA | −7B | −30B | =40N | −22B | =34N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1678 | -52.4 |
| 38 | Driza, Matthias | 1665 | AUT | −32N | −17B | −19N | F | +41B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1723 | +5.2 |
| 39 | Vinci, Francesco | 1634 | ITA | −9N | −10B | F | −18N | =36B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.75 | 1671 | +3.2 |
| 40 | Sartori, Samuele | 1709 | ITA | −27B | −28N | =37B | −36N | −29N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1573 | -25.2 |
| 41 | Vorsilka, Jiri | 1663 | CZE | −11B | F | −17N | −30B | −38N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1108 | -17.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Saporito, Giulio Cong YanITA+49.22.0 pts · #24
- 2Addante, FrancescoITA+40.43.0 pts · #10
- 3Caputo, LorenzoITA+34.03.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Grassi, SebastianoITA-55.21.5 pts · #32
- 2Perino, AlbertoITA-52.61.5 pts · #35
- 3Tatulli Uva, AlbertoITA-52.41.0 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R3+339 Elo gap
- R1+268 Elo gap
- R5+257 Elo gap