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WE 11 Lignano Sabbiadoro - A

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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1966, and top seed was Bogdan Lalic (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2304).

Leonardo Simone Deschi (🇮🇹 ITA, 1999) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Bogdan Lalic (3.5) and Sofia Timagina (2.5). Deschi won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Riccardo Di Maso (1850) beat Cristian Gagliardi (2150), a +300-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇷GMBogdan Lalic2304
Avg top 10
1,966
Participants
10
Titled players · 2
GM×1
IM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇹Italy×7
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇭🇷Croatia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Leonardo Simone Deschi led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Deschi4.5Lalic3.5Pallini2.5Timagina2.5Peric2.5Radice2.5
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Leonardo Simone Deschi never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Leonardo Simone Deschi drew with GM Bogdan Lalic (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Leonardo Simone Deschi won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Leonardo Simone Deschi*
½
—
1
2GMBogdan Lalic
½
*—
½
3Tommaso Pallini——*—
4Sofia Timagina
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Deschi, Leonardo Simone1999ITA+8B+4N+3B+7N=2B4.510.512.510.752401+43.6
2Lalic, BogdanGM2304CRO=3B+8N=7B+5N=1N3.511.513.59.002131-8.0
3Timagina, Sofia1914SLO=2N+9B−1N−4N+10B2.512.513.54.751998+18.4
4Radice, Luca1956ITA+10N−1B=5N+3B−6N2.512.013.04.751902-7.4
5Peric, SlavisaIM1941SRB+6B=7N=4B−2B=9N2.510.512.55.752024+4.5
6Pallini, Tommaso1818ITA−5N+10B−9N=8B+4B2.59.010.04.501895+21.2
7Gagliardi, Cristian2150ITA+9N=5B=2N−1B−8N2.012.514.55.001925-28.6
8Di Maso, Riccardo1850ITA−1N−2B=10N=6N+7B2.012.513.53.751939+16.4
9Litrico, Paolo1891ITA−7B−3N+6B=10N=5B2.09.510.54.251860-5.0
10Calamelli, Raffaele1838ITA−4B−6N=8B=9B−3N1.09.511.52.001646-47.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets