WE 10 I due alfieri - Hotel Villa D'Amato - B
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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Palermo, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1701, and top seed was Loreto Genualdi (🇮🇹 ITA, 1768).
Gianluca Stella (🇮🇹 ITA, 1758) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Samuele Lanza (3.5) and Giovanni Bosco (3.5). Stella won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Erasmo Croce (1547) beat Loreto Genualdi (1768), a +221-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Palermo, Italy
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×20
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGianluca Stella led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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2
1
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1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Gianluca Stella never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Gianluca Stella 4 wins (R1–R4)Francesco Sposito 3 wins (R3–R5)Giovanni Bosco 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gianluca Stella | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Francesco Sposito | — | * | — | — |
| 3Giovanni Bosco | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Manfredi Viscuso | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stella, Gianluca | 1758 | ITA | +3N | +8B | +6N | +9B | =2B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 13.25 | 2027 | +26.6 |
| 2 | Lanza, Samuele | 1589 | ITA | +4B | =7B | =14N | +6B | =1N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 1850 | +35.4 |
| 3 | Bosco, Giovanni | 1632 | ITA | −1B | +12N | +19B | +14B | =4N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 1795 | +42.8 |
| 4 | Viscuso, Manfredi | 1700 | ITA | −2N | +15B | +18N | +7B | =3B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 1752 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Sposito, Francesco | 1666 | ITA | =11B | −10N | +16N | +17B | +7N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.25 | 1804 | +36.8 |
| 6 | Vesco, Tommaso | 1686 | ITA | +18N | +19B | −1B | −2N | +9N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1708 | +7.6 |
| 7 | Agoglitta, Martin | 1695 | ITA | +15B | =2N | +11B | −4N | −5B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.25 | 1610 | -11.6 |
| 8 | Giannusa, Marco | 1684 | ITA | +12B | −1N | =17B | =10N | =11B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1624 | -8.0 |
| 9 | Picone Chiodo, Luigi | 1719 | ITA | +17B | =14N | +10B | −1N | −6B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1673 | -12.4 |
| 10 | Patatu, Giovanni | 1649 | ITA | =16N | +5B | −9N | =8B | =13N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1669 | +6.0 |
| 11 | Croce, Erasmo | 1547 | ITA | =5N | +16B | −7N | =18B | =8N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1675 | +16.8 |
| 12 | Renzi, Marco | 1552 | ITA | −8N | −3B | =15N | +20B | +17N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1628 | +21.2 |
| 13 | Scalia, Santo | 1508 | ITA | −14B | −17N | +20B | +19N | =10B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1629 | +16.4 |
| 14 | Muscarella, Salvatore | 1663 | ITA | +13N | =9B | =2B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1612 | -5.4 |
| 15 | Callari, Dario | 1553 | ITA | −7N | −4N | =12B | =16B | +18N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1584 | +10.8 |
| 16 | Genualdi, Loreto | 1768 | ITA | =10B | −11N | −5B | =15N | +19B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1518 | -66.0 |
| 17 | Zito, Alessandro | 1618 | ITA | −9N | +13B | =8N | −5N | −12B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1477 | -37.6 |
| 18 | Vallone, Giorgio | 1553 | ITA | −6B | +20N | −4B | =11N | −15B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 1479 | -22.4 |
| 19 | Mascali, Antonio Michail | 1550 | ITA | +20B | −6N | −3N | −13B | −16N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1412 | -32.8 |
| 20 | Fontana, Francesco | 1669 | ITA | −19N | −18B | −13N | −12N | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 743 | -106.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bosco, GiovanniITA+42.83.5 pts · #3
- 2Sposito, FrancescoITA+36.83.5 pts · #2
- 3Lanza, SamueleITA+35.43.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Fontana, FrancescoITA-106.80.0 pts · #20
- 2Genualdi, LoretoITA-66.02.0 pts · #14
- 3Zito, AlessandroITA-37.61.5 pts · #17
Biggest upsets
- R2+221 Elo gap
- R3+161 Elo gap
- R1+119 Elo gap