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WE Fast classic - A

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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Caltagirone, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza (🇮🇹 ITA, 1933).

Gabriele Consoli (🇮🇹 ITA, 1809) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Sebastiano Quattropani (3.5) and Michele Fracasso Pezzolato (3.5). Consoli shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sebastiano Quattropani (1783) beat Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza (1933), a +150-point gap.

Location
🇮🇹Caltagirone, Italy
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹Pierfrancesco Joseph Mazza1933
Avg top 10
1,790
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇹Italy×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
3
3
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Consoli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Michele Fracasso Pezzolato drew with Sebastiano Quattropani (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Michele Fracasso Pezzolato went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Michele Fracasso Pezzolato*
½
½
—
2Sebastiano Quattropani
½
*
½
½
3Gabriele Consoli
½
½
*
1
4Roberto Annaloro—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Consoli, Gabriele1809ITA+9N+4B=2N=3B=5N3.512.514.09.251970+43.2
2Quattropani, Sebastiano1783ITA+5B+8N=1B=4N=3N3.512.514.09.001988+55.2
3Fracasso Pezzolato, Michele1816ITA+7B=6N+5B=1N=2B3.511.513.08.501960+19.2
4Annaloro, Roberto1902ITA+8B−1N+7B=2B=6N3.010.512.05.751843-7.6
5Mazza, Pierfrancesco Joseph1933ITA−2N+9B−3N+6B=1B2.512.514.05.251780-40.4
6Cannella, Carlo Umberto1818ITA+10N=3BF−5N=4B2.09.59.53.751844+3.0
7Sileci, Salvatore1711ITA−3N+10B−4N=9B−8N1.59.510.01.251620-12.4
8Motta, Mattia Stefano1731ITA−4N−2B=10NF+7B1.58.58.51.751693-10.0
9Schembri, Roberto1671ITA−1B−5NF=7N+10B1.58.08.01.251707+2.8
10Saitta, Emiliano Nunzio1723ITA−6B−7N=8BF−9N0.56.56.50.751411-58.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
WE Fast classic - A (2026) — Caltagirone, Italy | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats