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WE 11 I due alfieri - A

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Palermo, Italy. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Davide Pulvirenti (🇮🇹 ITA, 2236).

Alessandro Santagati (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2199) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Davide Pulvirenti (3.5) and Federico Noto (3.5). Santagati won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Luca Polito (1707) beat Elena Buffa (1923), a +216-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Palermo, Italy
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Davide Pulvirenti2236
Avg top 10
2,048
Participants
18
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇹Italy×17
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Alessandro Santagati led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Alessandro Santagati held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

FM Alessandro Santagati went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAlessandro Santagati*
½
½
2Federico Noto*
3Marco Barna
½
*
0
4Davide Pulvirenti
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Santagati, AlessandroFM2199ITA+8N+15B=2N+9B=5N4.012.513.510.002279+9.8
2Pulvirenti, Davide2236ITA+12B+5N=1B4N+9B3.513.515.510.002183-9.6
3Noto, Federico2153ITA+6B=11N=9N+7B=4B3.512.514.510.502073-15.2
4Ganci, Alberto2071ITA+17N9B+15N+2B=3N3.510.511.57.252193+34.0
5Barna, Marco2025ITA+16N2B+17N+14B=1B3.510.011.05.502095+21.6
6Renaux, Osmin1906FRA3N=16B+13N+11N+12B3.59.510.56.502049+18.8
7Dominici, Matteo1757ITA9N+8B+16N3N+11B3.011.012.06.002017+65.2
8Zito, EnricaWFM1917ITA1B7N+10B+15B+14N3.011.012.05.001973+7.6
9Valguarnera, Girolamo1952ITA+7B+4N=3B1N2N2.514.517.58.252083+16.4
10Serio, Vittorio1779ITA15N=13B8N+16B+17B2.57.08.03.001857+18.8
11Cammalleri, Elena1937ITA+13N=3B=14N6B7N2.012.013.54.501777-42.4
12Buffa, Elena1923ITA2N14B+18B+17N6N2.09.59.51.001811-16.2
13Calcara, Giuseppe1720ITA11B=10N6B+18N=16B2.09.09.01.751755+4.2
14Polito, Luca1707ITAF+12N=11B5N8B1.510.510.53.001863+14.2
15Catanzaro, Claudio2063ITA+10B1N4B8NF1.013.013.02.501799-27.0
16Giaconia, Giorgio1769ITA5B=6N7B10N=13N1.012.514.52.751598-21.2
17Di Fede, Umberto1817ITA4B+18N5B12B10N1.011.511.50.001669-37.2
18D`angelo, Giovanni1747ITAF17B12N13BF0.05.05.00.001020-48.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets