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OP Memorial Gaetano La Palombara

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Jun 2026 to 09 Jun 2026 in Napoli, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1837, and top seed was Giuseppe D`auria (🇮🇹 ITA, 2059).

Corrado Ficco (🇮🇹 ITA, 1929) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Gaetano Marasca (4.0) and Simone Banco (4.0). Ficco won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Gaetano Marasca (1755) beat Giuseppe D`auria (2059), a +304-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Napoli, Italy
Dates
01 Jun 2026 → 09 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Giuseppe D`auria2059
Avg top 10
1,837
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5D`auria takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE08 Jun

Giuseppe D`auria takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Ficco takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gaetano Marasca 3 wins (R3–R5)Simone Banco 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ficco, Corrado1929ITA+10N+2B=4B=8N+6N4.013.015.512.502064+17.6
2Marasca, Gaetano1755ITA+19B1N+12B+13N+4B4.011.512.08.001973+54.0
3Banco, Simone1627ITA4B+15N+14B+11N+8B4.010.512.59.001960+80.4
4D`auria, Giuseppe2059ITA+3N+5B=1N+6B2N3.515.518.512.501968-8.2
5Schiappoli, Dario1769ITA+12B4N=13N+18B+9N3.510.011.06.501897+16.8
6Nunziante, Dario1982ITA+18B+11N+8B4N1B3.012.513.56.001890-9.0
7Fiorenzano Fayad, Leonardo1839ITA+16N=13B=9NF+12B3.08.58.56.251829+2.4
8Guarnaccia, Roberto1730ITA+21N+9B6N=1B3N2.513.513.54.501767+5.2
9D Orta, Antonio1877ITA+14B8N=7B+15N5B2.511.013.05.501684-23.0
10Divano, Matteo1594ITA1B+19N=11B12N+14B2.510.511.03.751636+8.0
11Cavalcanti, Bruno1760ITA+20N6B=10N3B+17N2.510.511.02.751583-38.4
12Melisi, Riccardo1527ITA5N+16B2N+10B7N2.013.015.04.501614+18.4
13Di Gennaro, Antonio1668ITA+17B=7N=5B2BF2.011.511.54.251663-0.2
14Melisi, Lorenzo1480ITA9N+21B3N+16B10N2.011.011.02.001450-9.2
15Angelotti, Mario1603ITAF3B+17N9B+20N2.08.08.01.501535-6.2
16Di Giovanni, Riccardo1472ITA7B12N+21B14N+19B2.07.57.50.501389-20.0
17FIDE 552050319013NF15B+19N11B1.07.07.00.5014350.0
18Faraglia, Mario1611ITA6N+20BF5NF1.07.07.00.501618-2.8
19D`acunto, Matteo0ITA2N10B=20N17B16N0.59.510.00.251253-41.6
20Perrone, Antonio1477ITA11B18N=19BF15B0.56.06.00.251292-32.0
21Di Nocera, Alessandro0ITA8B14N16NFF0.06.56.50.007610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets