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Open SwissStandard
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
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇹Italy×17
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFM Alessandro Santagati led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAlessandro Santagati | * | — | ½ | ½ |
| 2Federico Noto | — | * | — | — |
| 3Marco Barna | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Davide Pulvirenti | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santagati, AlessandroFM | 2199 | ITA | +8N | +15B | =2N | +9B | =5N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 10.00 | 2279 | +9.8 |
| 2 | Pulvirenti, Davide | 2236 | ITA | +12B | +5N | =1B | −4N | +9B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 10.00 | 2183 | -9.6 |
| 3 | Noto, Federico | 2153 | ITA | +6B | =11N | =9N | +7B | =4B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 2073 | -15.2 |
| 4 | Ganci, Alberto | 2071 | ITA | +17N | −9B | +15N | +2B | =3N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 2193 | +34.0 |
| 5 | Barna, Marco | 2025 | ITA | +16N | −2B | +17N | +14B | =1B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 2095 | +21.6 |
| 6 | Renaux, Osmin | 1906 | FRA | −3N | =16B | +13N | +11N | +12B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 2049 | +18.8 |
| 7 | Dominici, Matteo | 1757 | ITA | −9N | +8B | +16N | −3N | +11B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 2017 | +65.2 |
| 8 | Zito, EnricaWFM | 1917 | ITA | −1B | −7N | +10B | +15B | +14N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1973 | +7.6 |
| 9 | Valguarnera, Girolamo | 1952 | ITA | +7B | +4N | =3B | −1N | −2N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 8.25 | 2083 | +16.4 |
| 10 | Serio, Vittorio | 1779 | ITA | −15N | =13B | −8N | +16B | +17B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1857 | +18.8 |
| 11 | Cammalleri, Elena | 1937 | ITA | +13N | =3B | =14N | −6B | −7N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1777 | -42.4 |
| 12 | Buffa, Elena | 1923 | ITA | −2N | −14B | +18B | +17N | −6N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1811 | -16.2 |
| 13 | Calcara, Giuseppe | 1720 | ITA | −11B | =10N | −6B | +18N | =16B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1755 | +4.2 |
| 14 | Polito, Luca | 1707 | ITA | F | +12N | =11B | −5N | −8B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1863 | +14.2 |
| 15 | Catanzaro, Claudio | 2063 | ITA | +10B | −1N | −4B | −8N | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1799 | -27.0 |
| 16 | Giaconia, Giorgio | 1769 | ITA | −5B | =6N | −7B | −10N | =13N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 2.75 | 1598 | -21.2 |
| 17 | Di Fede, Umberto | 1817 | ITA | −4B | +18N | −5B | −12B | −10N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1669 | -37.2 |
| 18 | D`angelo, Giovanni | 1747 | ITA | F | −17B | −12N | −13B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | -48.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dominici, MatteoITA+65.23.0 pts · #8
- 2Ganci, AlbertoITA+34.03.5 pts · #5
- 3Barna, MarcoITA+21.63.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1D`angelo, GiovanniITA-48.40.0 pts · #18
- 2Cammalleri, ElenaITA-42.42.0 pts · #13
- 3Di Fede, UmbertoITA-37.21.0 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R2+216 Elo gap
- R5+180 Elo gap
- R4+165 Elo gap