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CP Ferrara 2026

Open SwissStandard

25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Ferrara, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1925, and top seed was Alessandro Menichelli (🇮🇹 ITA, 2014).

Lorenzo Demeio (🇮🇹 ITA, 1940) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Maurizio Occari (4.0) and Luca Zavarise (4.0). Demeio shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Osama Elatfi (1644) beat Luca Maietti (1919), a +275-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Ferrara, Italy
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Alessandro Menichelli2014
Avg top 10
1,925
Participants
25
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Lorenzo Demeio led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Demeio takes lead
Demeio4.5Occari4Zavarise4Giugliano3.5Dann3.5Franco3
R5 · LEADER CHANGE18 Jan

Lorenzo Demeio takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lorenzo Demeio beat Maurizio Occari (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Maurizio Occari 3 wins (R1–R3)Luca Zavarise 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lorenzo Demeio*
1
1
½
2Maurizio Occari
0
*—
1
3Luca Zavarise
0
—*—
4Summer Giugliano
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Demeio, Lorenzo1940ITA+11B+3N=4B+2N+6B4.514.517.015.252195+26.0
2Occari, Maurizio1945ITA+24N+7B+13N−1B+4B4.013.513.59.002057+13.2
3Zavarise, Luca1859ITA+23N−1B+8N+12B+7N4.013.014.09.501982+15.4
4Giugliano, Summer1761ITA+22N+6B=1N+5B−2N3.515.016.09.752005+65.2
5Dann, Timothy2005ITA=15B+9N+12B−4N+11B3.511.513.59.001905-8.6
6Franco, Alessandro P.1911ITA+16B−4N+15B+14N−1N3.012.514.56.501827-9.6
7Reggiani, Marco1791ITA+21B−2N+16B+18N−3B3.012.013.05.001836+14.4
8Carlino, Alessandro1752ITA+9B−13N−3B+17N+20B3.011.513.06.501926+44.8
9Menichelli, Alessandro2014ITA−8N−5B+25N+16B+13N3.011.011.04.501819-18.0
10Merusi, Luigi1892ITA+17B−12N−11B+21N+15B3.09.010.05.001696-22.0
11Brombin, Alessio1667ITA−1N+23B+10N=13B−5N2.513.514.55.251863+46.4
12Elatfi, Osama1644ITA+20B+10B−5N−3N=14B2.513.014.55.751888+58.8
13Binder, Andrea1898ITA+19N+8B−2B=11N−9B2.512.514.56.251795-12.2
14Rondelli, Roberto1766ITAF+17N+21B−6B=12N2.58.58.54.251762+0.2
15Dentale, Antonio1696ITA=5N=18B−6N+19B−10N2.011.513.54.751782+9.4
16Foletti, Alberto1613ITA−6N+25B−7N−9N+21B2.010.010.01.001619-4.4
17Chiarelli, Massimo1584ITA−10N−14B+24N−8B+22N2.09.59.51.001646+7.0
18Maesano, Marco1870ITAF=15N+20B−7B=19N2.08.58.53.501750-12.0
19Petrini, Roberto1592ITA−13B=20N+22B−15N=18B2.08.09.02.751701+11.0
20Maietti, Luca1919ITA−12N=19B−18N+24B−8N1.59.59.51.001563-45.2
21Vignoli, Sergio1533ITA−7N+24B−14N−10B−16N1.010.510.50.001511-3.2
22Spiandorello, Edoardo1480ITA−4BF−19N+23N−17B1.08.58.51.001435-9.6
23Zucchini, Massimo1578ITA−3B−11NF−22B+25N1.07.57.50.00869-23.4
24Solinas, Roberto1696ITA−2B−21N−17B−20NF0.08.58.50.00945-35.8
25FIDE 5520223660—F−16N−9BF−23B0.06.06.00.009350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets