WE Le muse scacchi fest - B
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Caltagirone, Italy. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1620, and top seed was Basilio Vladimir Ciraulo (🇮🇹 ITA, 1687).
Gioele Salvatore Guarino (🇮🇹 ITA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Giuseppe Zangla (4.5) and Luca Franceschino (4.0). Guarino shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Federico Mannino (1479) beat Paolo Roccuzzo (1654), a +175-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Guarino takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Gioele Salvatore Guarino won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guarino, Gioele Salvatore | 0 | ITA | +7B | =12N | +19B | +17B | +5N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 13.00 | 1696 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Zangla, Giuseppe | 1609 | ITA | +21N | +13B | =4N | +11B | +10B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.75 | 1722 | +5.6 |
| 3 | Franceschino, Luca | 1615 | ITA | +27B | =11N | +9B | =5N | +13B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.75 | 1564 | -2.6 |
| 4 | Vinci, Domenico | 1577 | ITA | +15N | +6B | =2B | −10N | +29N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 10.25 | 1840 | +27.2 |
| 5 | Giuffrida, Francesco | 1650 | ITA | +32N | +22B | +8N | =3B | −1B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 8.50 | 1876 | +18.4 |
| 6 | Ciraulo, Basilio Vladimir | 1687 | ITA | +26B | −4N | +14B | +20N | =8B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 1672 | -2.4 |
| 7 | Chindemi, Vincenzo | 0 | ITA | −1N | +21B | =29N | +23B | +17N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.25 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Zappulla, Santo | 1605 | ITA | +31B | +28N | −5B | +22N | =6N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1617 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Quattropani, Sebastiano | 0 | ITA | +?B | =17B | −3N | +19N | +20B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Salerno, Daniele | 0 | ITA | F | +16N | +12B | +4B | −2N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mannino, Federico | 1479 | ITA | +33B | =3B | +23N | −2N | =12B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1626 | +23.6 |
| 12 | Chindemi, Giuseppe | 0 | ITA | +35N | =1B | −10N | +18B | =11N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.25 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Fazzino, Alessandro | 0 | ITA | +20B | −2N | +?B | +25B | −3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1572 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nicosia, Alessandra | 1438 | ITA | −23N | +15B | −6N | +21B | +24N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 1489 | +6.8 |
| 15 | Di Gaetano, Manfredi | 0 | ITA | −4B | −14N | +31B | +26N | +22B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chite`, Carmelo | 1496 | ITA | =30N | −10B | +33N | =24B | +25N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1716 | +11.0 |
| 17 | Micciche`, Antonio | 1603 | ITA | +29B | =9N | +24B | −1N | −7B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 2303 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Picarella, Olga | 1455 | ITA | =19B | −20N | +30B | −12N | +27B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1396 | -6.8 |
| 19 | Grasso, Gabriel | 1660 | ITA | =18N | +30B | −1N | −9B | =23N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1559 | -10.4 |
| 20 | Gallo, Fausto | 1520 | ITA | −13N | +18B | +32N | −6B | −9N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1649 | +10.2 |
| 21 | Biondo, Giuseppe | 0 | ITA | −2B | −7N | +34B | −14N | +31B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 22 | D`ignoti, Nicolo` | 1501 | ITA | +36B | −5N | +28B | −8B | −15N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 827 | -28.0 |
| 23 | Roccuzzo, Paolo | 1654 | ITA | +14B | =24N | −11B | −7N | =19B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1520 | -27.6 |
| 24 | Leggio, Carmelo | 1506 | ITA | +34B | =23B | −17N | =16N | −14B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1357 | -15.0 |
| 25 | Pucci, Mauro | 1542 | ITA | −28B | +31N | +27B | −13N | −16B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 705 | -11.0 |
| 26 | Marcotrigiano, Diana | 1470 | AUS | −6N | −29B | +35N | −15B | +30N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 886 | -8.8 |
| 27 | Carfi`, Antonino | 0 | ITA | −3N | +36B | −25N | +32B | −18N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1318 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Falcone, Giuseppe | 0 | ITA | +25N | −8B | −22N | +36N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1430 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Dembitskyi, Oleksii | 0 | ITA | −17N | +26N | =7B | F | −4B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1425 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Lauricella, Simone | 0 | ITA | =16B | −19N | −18N | +33B | −26B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1202 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Carrabba, Giulia | 0 | ITA | −8N | −25B | −15N | +35B | −21N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Iacono, Giancarlo | 1411 | ITA | −5B | +34N | −20B | −27N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 785 | -11.6 |
| 33 | Montemagno, Lorenzo | 0 | ITA | −11N | F | −16B | −30N | +35B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 552016919 | 0 | — | −24N | −32B | −21N | F | +36B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 552016897 | 0 | — | −12B | −?N | −26B | −31N | −33N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 552016927 | 0 | — | −22N | −27N | F | −28B | −34N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vinci, DomenicoITA+27.23.5 pts · #16
- 2Mannino, FedericoITA+23.63.0 pts · #11
- 3Giuffrida, FrancescoITA+18.43.5 pts · #2
- 1D`ignoti, Nicolo`ITA-28.02.0 pts · #32
- 2Roccuzzo, PaoloITA-27.62.0 pts · #9
- 3Leggio, CarmeloITA-15.02.0 pts · #17
- R3+175 Elo gap
- R2+110 Elo gap