CR Emilia-Romagna 2026

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53 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Bologna, Italy. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2146, and top seed was Leonardo Loiacono (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2324).

Boris Begelman (🇮🇹 ITA, 2273) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Angelo Damia (5.0) and Edoardo Vancini (5.0). Begelman won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Giacomo Tringale (1620) beat Riccardo Maffucci (1931), a +311-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Bologna, Italy

Dates

01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹FMLeonardo Loiacono2324

Avg top 10

2,146

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×1

FM×4

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×53

Top 3

🥇
Boris Begelman
🇮🇹ITA·2273
5.5pts·2493perf+24.8
🥈
IMAngelo Damia
🇮🇹ITA·2200
5.0pts·2268perf+5.8
🥉
FMEdoardo Vancini
🇮🇹ITA·2128
5.0pts·2265perf+22.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Boris Begelman 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

Begelman5.5Damia5Vancini5Rubini4.5Sommariva4.5Loiacono4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Boris Begelman held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Boris Begelman beat IM Angelo Damia (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Boris Begelman 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Angelo Damia 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Boris Begelman	*	1	—	1
2IMAngelo Damia	0	*	—	—
3FMEdoardo Vancini	—	—	*	—
4Alessandro Rubini	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Begelman, Boris	2273	ITA	+31B	+12N	+7B	+5N	+2B	=4N	5.5	21.5	24.5	22.25	2493	+24.8
2	Damia, AngeloIM	2200	ITA	+24N	+16B	+15N	+10B	−1N	+7B	5.0	20.0	23.0	17.50	2268	+5.8
3	Vancini, EdoardoFM	2128	ITA	+42B	+22N	=4B	+20N	=13N	+8B	5.0	18.0	20.0	16.00	2265	+22.6
4	Loiacono, LeonardoFM	2324	ITA	+25N	+21B	=3N	=13B	+15N	=1B	4.5	20.5	23.5	16.50	2267	-4.2
5	Rubini, Alessandro	2147	ITA	+26N	+11B	+6N	−1B	=10N	+14B	4.5	20.5	23.5	16.25	2115	-0.8
6	Sommariva, Christian	1951	ITA	+53B	+38N	−5B	=14N	+28B	+18N	4.5	16.5	16.5	10.25	2055	+17.2
7	Drei, AndreaFM	2083	ITA	+34N	+23B	−1N	+28N	+16B	−2N	4.0	20.0	22.5	12.00	2059	+0.2
8	Tondi, Aurelio	2078	ITA	+19B	F	+25N	+37N	+11B	−3N	4.0	17.0	17.0	12.00	2105	+4.8
9	Togni, Alessandro	1777	ITA	F	+52B	=21N	+29B	+17N	=15B	4.0	13.5	13.5	10.25	2106	+83.2
10	Paoli, Walter	1965	ITA	+30N	+39B	+17N	−2N	=5B	−13B	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.75	2035	+12.2
11	Valgimigli, Francesco Saverio	1818	ITA	+49B	−5N	+19B	+22N	−8N	=12B	3.5	18.5	19.5	9.25	1941	+39.2
12	Giovannini, Roberto	1927	ITA	+48N	−1B	+24N	−16B	+20B	=11N	3.5	18.5	19.5	8.75	1889	-5.2
13	Brancaleoni, MaurizioFM	2185	ITA	F	+36N	=20B	=4N	=3B	+10N	3.5	18.5	18.5	12.25	2167	+1.2
14	Onda, Arturo	1628	ITA	=17N	+41B	=27N	=6B	+36B	−5N	3.5	18.0	20.0	10.00	1971	+50.0
15	Cardarelli, Angelo	2010	ITA	+33B	+37N	−2B	+38N	−4B	=9N	3.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	2010	+0.8
16	Gregorig, Marco	1840	ITA	+45B	−2N	+42B	+12N	−7N	=19B	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.75	1934	+14.6
17	Scudellari, Filippo	1917	ITA	=14B	+35N	−10B	+26N	−9B	+23B	3.5	17.0	19.5	10.25	1790	-16.4
18	Albini, Federico	2033	ITA	−23N	=30B	+51N	+21B	+27N	−6B	3.5	16.5	17.5	8.50	1852	-23.8
19	Galli, Maria Vittoria	1728	ITA	−8N	+43B	−11N	+48B	+37B	=16N	3.5	15.0	16.0	6.75	1856	+19.8
20	Tringale, Giacomo	1620	ITA	+27N	+29B	=13N	−3B	−12N	=21B	3.0	18.0	21.0	9.25	1940	+87.2
21	Zanchini, Domenico Francesco	1858	ITA	+40B	−4N	=9B	−18N	+35B	=20N	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.00	1803	-18.0
22	Serpilli, Paolo	1879	ITA	+52N	−3B	+23N	−11B	=34N	=25B	3.0	17.0	17.5	6.25	1806	-11.4
23	Vaccari, Marco	1728	ITA	+18B	−7N	−22B	+40N	+38B	−17N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.50	1893	+23.6
24	Raffaele, Diego	1784	ITA	−2B	+40N	−12B	=33N	+47B	=28N	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.75	1795	+0.4
25	Vergara Meersohn, Dario Cienfuegos	1799	ITA	−4B	+53N	−8B	=34B	+39N	=22N	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.75	1887	+11.0
26	Brunaccioni, Nicolo`	1776	ITA	−5B	=45N	+35B	−17B	=32N	+37N	3.0	15.5	17.0	6.75	1826	+7.0
27	Di Michele, Rocco	1882	ITA	−20B	+33N	=14B	+47N	−18B	=31N	3.0	15.5	16.5	6.75	1718	-23.4
28	Biancoli, Gian Piero	1814	ITA	=51N	+47B	+44N	−7B	−6N	=24B	3.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1757	-8.0
29	Maffucci, Riccardo	1931	ITA	=44B	−20N	+45B	−9N	=33B	+40N	3.0	13.0	14.5	5.50	1661	-77.2
30	Pelle, Giuseppe Pantelis	1717	ITA	−10B	=18N	=32B	F	+49N	+38N	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.25	1938	+56.4
31	Conti, Federico	1787	ITA	−1N	+50B	F	=39B	+44N	=27B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1884	+11.0
32	Lugaresi, Gabriele	1947	ITA	−39N	−48B	=30N	+45B	=26B	+41N	3.0	11.5	12.5	6.50	1706	-70.0
33	Mengozzi, Andrea	1724	ITA	−15N	−27B	+46N	=24B	=29N	=39B	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.50	1762	+8.4
34	De Lerma, Andrea	1750	ITA	−7B	+49N	=36B	=25N	=22B	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.25	1839	+11.0
35	Galli, Giulia Gabriella	1522	ITA	=41N	−17B	−26N	+52B	−21N	+44B	2.5	13.0	13.5	3.00	1718	+51.2
36	Giordani, Roberto	1889	ITA	+50N	−13B	=34N	+44B	−14N	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1771	-15.4
37	Zanirato, Stefano	1854	ITA	+46N	−15B	+39N	−8B	−19N	−26B	2.0	16.0	17.5	3.50	1692	-26.0
38	Giugliano, Summer	1839	ITA	+43N	−6B	+48N	−15B	−23N	−30B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.00	1643	-61.2
39	Boschiero, Andrea	1703	ITA	+32B	−10N	−37B	=31N	−25B	=33N	2.0	15.0	17.0	5.75	1721	+2.0
40	Torricelli, Lorenzo	1606	ITA	−21N	−24B	+50N	−23B	+52N	−29B	2.0	13.0	13.5	1.50	1631	+2.2
41	Ferlan, Riccardo	1814	ITA	=35B	−14N	−47N	=51B	+43N	−32B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.75	1491	-48.4
42	Chiesa, Giuseppe	1758	ITA	−3N	+46B	−16N	+43B	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	1780	+0.8
43	Galli, Silvano	1546	ITA	−38B	−19N	+53B	−42N	−41B	+47N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1603	+7.4
44	Minei, Giovanni	1670	ITA	=29N	+51B	−28B	−36N	−31B	−35N	1.5	14.0	15.0	2.50	1554	-18.6
45	Vaccari, Luigi	1567	ITA	−16N	=26B	−29N	−32N	F	+50B	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.50	1674	+9.6
46	Bonucchi, Samuele	1605	ITA	−37B	−42N	−33B	F	=50N	+49B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.50	1551	-15.6
47	Niola, Riccardo	1516	ITA	F	−28N	+41B	−27B	−24N	−43B	1.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1528	-0.6
48	Rossi, Francesco	1657	ITA	−12B	+32N	−38B	−19N	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1667	+0.2
49	Quercio, Andrea	1545	ITA	−11N	−34B	=52N	=50B	−30B	−46N	1.0	11.5	12.0	0.75	1414	-36.4
50	Pelloni, Lorenzo	1620	ITA	−36B	−31N	−40B	=49N	=46B	−45N	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.25	1394	-66.4
51	Savini, Michelangelo	1536	ITA	=28B	−44N	−18B	=41N	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1616	+10.4
52	Bertelli, Sofia	1612	ITA	−22B	−9N	=49B	−35N	−40B	F	0.5	12.5	12.5	0.50	1300	-67.2
53	Cavallo, Christian	1711	ITA	−6N	−25B	−43N	F	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	965	-52.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tringale, GiacomoITA
+87.2
3.0 pts · #21
2Togni, AlessandroITA
+83.2
4.0 pts · #7
3Pelle, Giuseppe PantelisITA
+56.4
3.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Maffucci, RiccardoITA
-77.2
3.0 pts · #26
2Lugaresi, GabrieleITA
-70.0
3.0 pts · #30
3Bertelli, SofiaITA
-67.2
0.5 pts · #52

Biggest upsets

R2+311 Elo gap
Tringale, Giacomo1620 beat Maffucci, Riccardo1931
R1+305 Elo gap
Vaccari, Marco1728 beat Albini, Federico2033
R3+298 Elo gap
Niola, Riccardo1516 beat Ferlan, Riccardo1814