OP 2 Under 1800
50 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 08 Feb 2026 in Bologna, Italy. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1714, and top seed was Marco Grudina (🇮🇹 ITA, 1774).
Diego Raffaele (🇮🇹 ITA, 1675) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Daniele Toma (4.0) and Christian Pizzasegola (4.0). Raffaele broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Salvatore Amico (1477) beat Enrico Mantovani (1752), a +275-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsDiego Raffaele led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Diego Raffaele never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Diego Raffaele 5 wins (R1–R5)Daniele Toma 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Diego Raffaele | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Giuseppe Zagari | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Daniele Toma | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Davide Morigi | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raffaele, Diego | 1675 | ITA | +28N | +23B | +3N | +8B | +2B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 2429 | +87.6 |
| 2 | Toma, Daniele | 1696 | ITA | +27N | +16B | +9N | +14B | −1N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 11.50 | 1855 | +38.4 |
| 3 | Pizzasegola, Christian | 1612 | ITA | +48B | +7N | −1B | +29N | +13N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 1863 | +26.6 |
| 4 | Morigi, Davide | 1658 | ITA | +30N | =5B | +39N | =6B | +15N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 1802 | +34.4 |
| 5 | Frangella, Nicolo` | 1532 | ITA | +37N | =4N | +25B | =13B | +18N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 1913 | +98.0 |
| 6 | Zagari, Giuseppe | 1695 | ITA | +43B | =38N | +10B | =4N | +16B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 10.25 | 1841 | +34.8 |
| 7 | Mihir Jain | 1681 | IND | +50N | −3B | +31N | +27B | +14N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1786 | +12.2 |
| 8 | Donati, Niccolo` | 1704 | ITA | +45B | +21N | +15B | −1N | =9N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1741 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Minei, Giovanni | 1637 | ITA | +31N | +34N | −2B | +17N | =8B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1818 | +24.6 |
| 10 | Calzi, Swami | 1590 | ITA | +33N | =13B | −6N | +28B | +25B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.00 | 1818 | +60.8 |
| 11 | Foracchia, Luca | 1716 | ITA | =12B | −17N | +26B | +38N | +23B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1757 | +6.0 |
| 12 | Mei, Nicola | 1572 | ITA | =11N | +33B | −13N | +39B | +24N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 1832 | +70.4 |
| 13 | Spada, Vittoria | 1663 | ITA | +26B | =10N | +12B | =5N | −3B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1629 | -8.8 |
| 14 | Minerba, Tommaso | 1592 | ITA | +17B | +29N | +19B | −2N | −7B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1765 | +47.2 |
| 15 | Biancolini, Matteo | 1470 | ITA | +18N | +24B | −8N | +19N | −4B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.50 | 1736 | +70.4 |
| 16 | Onda, Arturo | 1620 | ITA | +44B | −2N | +20B | +34N | −6N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1649 | +3.2 |
| 17 | Grudina, Marco | 1774 | ITA | −14N | +11B | +28N | −9B | +27N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1677 | -11.8 |
| 18 | Zerba, Fabio | 1656 | ITA | −15B | +30N | +38B | +21N | −5B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1615 | -4.8 |
| 19 | Marzetti, Alessandro | 1654 | ITA | +20N | +32B | −14N | −15B | +30N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1502 | -15.8 |
| 20 | Bozzarelli, Flavio | 1466 | ITA | −19B | +40B | −16N | +32B | +37N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1633 | +34.4 |
| 21 | Turrini, Davide | 1630 | ITA | +46N | −8B | +42N | −18B | +31N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1473 | -12.2 |
| 22 | Bonucchi, Samuele | 1518 | ITA | −32N | −42B | +46N | +47B | +29B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 2462 | +27.6 |
| 23 | Foletti, Alberto | 1608 | ITA | +42N | −1N | +35B | =24B | −11N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1536 | -16.4 |
| 24 | Boschiero, Andrea | 1649 | ITA | +35B | −15N | +43B | =23N | −12B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1525 | -16.6 |
| 25 | Marroni, Valerio | 1707 | ITA | +49N | =39B | −5N | +37B | −10N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1601 | -14.4 |
| 26 | Ruani, Sergio | 1480 | ITA | −13N | =37B | −11N | +42B | +40N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1572 | +8.6 |
| 27 | Bertelli, Sofia | 1552 | ITA | −2B | +41N | +44B | −7N | −17B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 1451 | -21.2 |
| 28 | Mariani, Daniele | 1526 | ITA | −1B | +47N | −17B | −10N | +44B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 879 | -36.0 |
| 29 | Torricelli, Lorenzo | 1662 | ITA | +36N | −14B | +32N | −3B | −22N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1367 | -31.2 |
| 30 | Amico, Salvatore | 1477 | ITA | −4B | −18B | +33N | +44N | −19B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1487 | +0.6 |
| 31 | Valenti, Stefano | 1433 | ITA | −9B | +45N | −7B | +43N | −21B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1533 | +24.4 |
| 32 | Giordani, Alessandro | 0 | ITA | +22B | −19N | −29B | −20N | +43B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1494 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Mantovani, Enrico | 1752 | ITA | −10B | −12N | −30B | +45N | +41B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1451 | -38.2 |
| 34 | Piccagli, Lorenzo | 1738 | ITA | +40N | −9B | +36N | −16B | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1587 | -31.6 |
| 35 | Magri, Emma | 1454 | ITA | −24N | +49B | −23N | −36B | +42N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1392 | -11.6 |
| 36 | Caprari, Marco | 1515 | ITA | −29B | +48N | −34B | +35N | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1492 | -2.2 |
| 37 | Sinigaglia, Lorenzo | 1681 | ITA | −5B | =26N | +45B | −25N | −20B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1398 | -74.8 |
| 38 | Tringale, Giacomo | 1612 | ITA | +47N | =6B | −18N | −11B | F | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1416 | -27.2 |
| 39 | Parolin, Fabio | 1637 | ITA | +41B | =25N | −4B | −12N | F | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1504 | -29.2 |
| 40 | Baraldo, Lorenzo | 1578 | ITA | −34B | −20N | =41B | +49N | −26B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1387 | -25.6 |
| 41 | Silvagni, Samuele | 1427 | ITA | −39N | −27B | =40N | +48B | −33N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1308 | -19.6 |
| 42 | Tomeo, Francesco Paolo | 0 | ITA | −23B | +22N | −21B | −26N | −35B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1298 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Corbari, Giovanni | 1558 | ITA | −6N | +46B | −24N | −31B | −32N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 793 | -49.6 |
| 44 | Curella, Paolo | 0 | ITA | −16N | +50B | −27N | −30B | −28N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1302 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Magri, Mattia | 1550 | ITA | −8N | −31B | −37N | −33B | +48N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 843 | -60.4 |
| 46 | Contri, Veronica | 0 | ITA | −21B | −43N | −22B | F | +47N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Labanti, Daniele | 0 | ITA | −38B | −28B | +49N | −22N | −46B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1363 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Saretta, Edoardo | 0 | ITA | −3N | −36B | F | −41N | −45B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 725 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Alberghini, Marco | 1568 | ITA | −25B | −35N | −47B | −40B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 779 | -58.4 |
| 50 | Giovetti, Valerio | 1539 | ITA | −7B | −44N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 881 | -6.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Frangella, Nicolo`ITA+98.04.0 pts · #5
- 2Raffaele, DiegoITA+87.65.0 pts · #1
- 3Biancolini, MatteoITA+70.43.0 pts · #13
- 1Sinigaglia, LorenzoITA-74.81.5 pts · #28
- 2Magri, MattiaITA-60.41.0 pts · #44
- 3Alberghini, MarcoITA-58.40.0 pts · #46
- R3+275 Elo gap
- R5+215 Elo gap
- R1+186 Elo gap