Paradiso 2days Open 2026
44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Lugano-Paradiso, Switzerland. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2163, and top seed was R. Ashwath (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2334).
Sylvain Carre (🇫🇷 FRA, 2143) won with 4.5/5, ahead of R. Ashwath (4.5) and Noe Python (4.0). Carre shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Yaroslav Kononiuk (1724) beat Oliver Herrmann (2142), a +418-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Sylvain Carre held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Carre takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Sylvain Carre 4 wins (R1–R4)FM R. Ashwath 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sylvain Carre | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2FMR. Ashwath | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Flavio Rotunno | — | — | * | — |
| 4Noe Python | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carre, Sylvain | 2143 | FRA | +15B | +18N | +11B | +7N | =3B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 14.00 | 2298 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Ashwath, R.FM | 2334 | IND | +16B | +13N | +9B | =3N | +12B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 14.00 | 2403 | +5.4 |
| 3 | Python, Noe | 2061 | SUI | +34N | +21B | +10N | =2B | =1N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 11.50 | 2281 | +29.2 |
| 4 | Anacak, Hasan Gunes | 2026 | TUR | +14B | −10B | +31N | +11N | +13B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 2120 | +14.2 |
| 5 | Rotunno, Flavio | 2133 | SUI | +17B | =19N | +20B | =12N | +16B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 11.25 | 2183 | +8.8 |
| 6 | Hajduk, Tomasz | 1868 | POL | +41B | −9N | +25B | +23N | +20B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 2172 | +29.0 |
| 7 | Szakolczai, PeterFM | 2150 | SUI | +8N | +22B | =12N | −1B | +21N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 10.00 | 2087 | -4.8 |
| 8 | Tedone, Francesco | 1780 | SUI | −7B | +14N | +38B | =18N | +19B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 2077 | +36.6 |
| 9 | Barletta, MauroCM | 2123 | ITA | +31N | +6B | −2N | =21B | =10N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 8.75 | 2070 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Zujev, OlegFM | 2215 | LTU | +25B | +4N | −3B | =19N | =9B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 2049 | -18.0 |
| 11 | Ogur, Nidal Hevi | 1828 | TUR | +26N | +40B | −1N | −4B | +18B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 2029 | +19.6 |
| 12 | Sadeghi, Hassan RogerCM | 2038 | SUI | +37B | +43N | =7B | =5B | −2N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 2064 | +4.2 |
| 13 | Zecirovic, Giacomo | 2028 | SUI | +29N | −2B | +30N | +28B | −4N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1974 | -4.2 |
| 14 | Amstalden, Julian | 1612 | SUI | −4N | −8B | +34N | +30B | +25B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1864 | +63.2 |
| 15 | Delvecchio, Davide | 1730 | SUI | −1N | =24B | =26N | +29B | +27N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.25 | 1781 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Loberti, Tommaso | 1818 | ITA | −2N | +37B | +42N | +36B | −5N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 2003 | +32.4 |
| 17 | Palazzi, Gianmarco | 1722 | ITA | −5N | −27B | +33N | +42B | +28N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1960 | +17.0 |
| 18 | Schmidig, Jean-Claude | 1879 | SUI | +24N | −1B | +27N | =8B | −11N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1749 | -14.6 |
| 19 | Gori, Riccardo | 1859 | ITA | +27N | =5B | =22N | =10B | −8N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 1915 | +2.8 |
| 20 | Qendro, LlambiIM | 2266 | ALB | =28N | +30B | −5N | +35B | −6N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1920 | -18.6 |
| 21 | Gardi, Giuseppe | 1851 | ITA | +42B | −3N | +43B | =9N | −7B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1838 | -1.0 |
| 22 | Milani, Michele | 1879 | ITA | +35B | −7N | =19B | −25N | +33B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1791 | -10.8 |
| 23 | Conti, Davide | 1734 | ITA | F | +33B | =28N | −6B | +26N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1751 | +2.8 |
| 24 | De Lucia, Christian | 1594 | SUI | −18B | =15N | +39N | =26B | =35N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.25 | 1683 | +17.2 |
| 25 | Ghisla, Ireneo | 1793 | SUI | −10N | +29B | −6N | +22B | −14N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1762 | -13.2 |
| 26 | De Maria, Samuele | 0 | SUI | −11B | +32N | =15B | =24N | −23B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 1638 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Broggi, Federico | 0 | ITA | −19B | +17N | −18B | +37N | −15B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Zuccoli, Maurizio | 1797 | ITA | =20B | +44N | =23B | −13N | −17B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1727 | -9.8 |
| 29 | Trivic, Zoran | 1618 | SUI | −13B | −25N | +32B | −15N | +37B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1696 | +7.8 |
| 30 | Kononiuk,Yaroslav | 1724 | SUI | +38B | −20N | −13B | −14N | +43B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1780 | +2.0 |
| 31 | Steiner, Remo | 1703 | SUI | −9B | +41N | −4B | +43N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1264 | -4.2 |
| 32 | Picchi, Luciano Enrico | 1664 | ITA | −40N | −26B | −29N | +39B | +42N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1623 | -5.8 |
| 33 | Cattomio, Roberto | 1588 | SUI | =36B | −23N | −17B | +44N | −22N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1508 | -7.0 |
| 34 | Szakolczai, Adam | 1650 | SUI | −3B | −38N | −14B | =41N | +44B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.25 | 1104 | -28.4 |
| 35 | Spinella, Giandomenico | 1563 | SUI | −22N | F | +44B | −20N | =24B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1539 | -3.4 |
| 36 | Miatello, Alberto | 2026 | ITA | =33N | +39B | F | −16N | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1690 | -22.2 |
| 37 | Hajduk, Mariia | 1633 | SUI | −12N | −16N | +41B | −27B | −29N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 1023 | -34.4 |
| 38 | Herrmann, Oliver | 2142 | GER | −30N | +34B | −8N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1630 | -34.8 |
| 39 | Ruggiero, Marco | 1560 | SUI | F | −36N | −24B | −32N | +41B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 940 | -35.6 |
| 40 | Boschetti, Claudio | 2067 | SUI | +32B | −11N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1748 | -14.4 |
| 41 | Benet Gomis, Anton | 0 | ESP | −6N | −31B | −37N | =34B | −39N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Capitanio, Giulio | 0 | SUI | −21N | F | −16B | −17N | −32B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 964 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 12000680 | 0 | — | F | −12B | −21N | −31B | −30N | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1029 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 552024075 | 0 | — | F | −28B | −35N | −33B | −34N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Amstalden, JulianSUI+63.23.0 pts · #8
- 2Tedone, FrancescoSUI+36.63.5 pts · #7
- 3Loberti, TommasoITA+32.43.0 pts · #19
- 1Ruggiero, MarcoSUI-35.61.0 pts · #44
- 2Herrmann, OliverGER-34.81.0 pts · #32
- 3Hajduk, MariiaSUI-34.41.0 pts · #42
- R1+418 Elo gap
- R5+398 Elo gap
- R3+362 Elo gap