WE 40 Lazio Scacchi - Torneo di marzo - A

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30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Roma, Italy. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Danilo Brozzi (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2282).

Danilo Brozzi (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2282) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Davide Cappai (4.0) and Paolo Capitelli (4.0). Brozzi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Andrea Taccia (1770) beat Riccardo Mesca (1923), a +153-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Roma, Italy

Dates

07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹FMDanilo Brozzi2282

Avg top 10

2,048

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×30

Top 3

🥇
FMDanilo Brozzi
🇮🇹ITA·2282
4.0pts·2197perf-12.0
🥈
Davide Cappai
🇮🇹ITA·2134
4.0pts·2181perf+7.8
🥉
Paolo Capitelli
🇮🇹ITA·1967
4.0pts·2176perf+26.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

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

Co-leaders

Brozzi4Capitelli4Cappai4Santarcangelo3.5Bione3.5Bonaposta3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Brozzi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Danilo Brozzi drew with Paolo Capitelli (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Davide Cappai won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDanilo Brozzi	*	½	½	—
2Paolo Capitelli	½	*	—	—
3Davide Cappai	½	—	*	½
4Gabriel Santarcangelo	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Brozzi, DaniloFM	2282	ITA	+10B	+25N	=3B	=2N	+14B	4.0	13.5	15.0	11.00	2197	-12.0
2	Cappai, Davide	2134	ITA	+21N	+8B	+13N	=1B	=6N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.25	2181	+7.8
3	Capitelli, Paolo	1967	ITA	+23B	+27N	=1N	=4B	+7N	4.0	12.5	13.0	9.25	2176	+26.8
4	Bonaposta, Fabrizio	2031	ITA	=17B	+19N	+16B	=3N	=5B	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.25	2047	+2.6
5	Bione, Alessandro	2010	ITA	+15N	−13B	+14N	+10B	=4N	3.5	11.5	14.0	9.75	2031	+3.4
6	Santarcangelo, Gabriel	1777	ITA	−7N	+29B	+18N	+13B	=2B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.50	2039	+65.6
7	Puglia, Francesco	2000	ITA	+6B	=16N	+9B	=8N	−3B	3.0	13.5	16.0	9.25	1979	-2.4
8	Castelfranchi, Carlo	1931	ITA	+20B	−2N	+28B	=7B	=9N	3.0	12.0	12.5	5.50	1967	+6.0
9	Menichelli, Alessandro	1973	ITA	+11N	=14B	−7N	+17N	=8B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1940	-3.8
10	Di Lascio, Savino	1835	ITA	−1N	+22B	+27B	−5N	+23N	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.50	1939	+12.4
11	Taccia, Andrea	1770	ITA	−9B	+26N	=19B	+25N	=13B	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.75	1933	+21.8
12	Bitossi, Massimo	1957	ITA	=18N	−24B	=20N	+27B	+17N	3.0	8.0	8.5	4.50	1880	-7.8
13	Guido Guerriero, Samuele Francesco	1912	ITA	+30B	+5N	−2B	−6N	=11N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.00	1880	-8.8
14	Marino, Giovanni	1849	ITA	+26B	=9N	−5B	+19N	−1N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.50	1946	+10.6
15	D`antrassi, Luca	1782	ITA	−5B	+30N	=25B	−16N	+18B	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1851	+8.8
16	Buffoni, Luca	1885	ITA	+29N	=7B	−4N	+15B	F	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.00	1967	+9.0
17	Bogacheva, Nikol	1788	ITA	=4N	=18B	+21N	−9B	−12B	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.75	1826	+7.6
18	Matarazzo, Filippo	1730	ITA	=12B	=17N	−6B	+20B	−15N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.50	1735	+1.6
19	Carulli, Emanuele	1839	ITA	+28N	−4B	=11N	−14B	=22N	2.0	11.0	11.5	3.00	1730	-15.0
20	Pizzala, Luca	1730	ITA	−8N	=21B	=12B	−18N	+26B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.50	1742	+1.6
21	Corvi, Maddalena	1801	ITA	−2B	=20N	−17B	=26N	+29N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1725	-22.8
22	Lustro, Edoardo	1721	ITA	−25B	−10N	=26B	+30N	=19B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.50	1720	-1.6
23	Aceto, Andrea	1767	ITA	−3N	F	+30B	+28N	−10B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1788	+2.0
24	Lelli, Adriano	2195	ITA	F	+12N	F	+29B	F	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2676	+5.6
25	Mesca, Riccardo	1923	ITA	+22N	−1B	=15N	−11B	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	1802	-30.0
26	Senko, Stoel	1656	ITA	−14N	−11B	=22N	=21B	−20N	1.0	9.5	11.5	2.00	1535	-28.4
27	Rispoli, Luca	1602	ITA	F	−3B	−10N	−12N	=28B	0.5	10.5	10.5	0.25	1528	-14.8
28	Compagna, Caterina	1636	ITA	−19B	F	−8N	−23B	=27N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.25	1463	-30.8
29	Constantin, Nicola Gabriele	1677	ITA	−16B	−6N	F	−24N	−21B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1085	-40.0
30	Sbaraglia Sampson, Alessandro	1710	ITA	−13N	−15B	−23N	−22B	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	996	-61.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Santarcangelo, GabrielITA
+65.6
3.5 pts · #4
2Capitelli, PaoloITA
+26.8
4.0 pts · #2
3Taccia, AndreaITA
+21.8
3.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Sbaraglia Sampson, AlessandroITA
-61.6
0.0 pts · #30
2Constantin, Nicola GabrieleITA
-40.0
0.0 pts · #29
3Compagna, CaterinaITA
-30.8
0.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R4+153 Elo gap
Taccia, Andrea1770 beat Mesca, Riccardo1923
R4+135 Elo gap
Santarcangelo, Gabriel1777 beat Guido Guerriero, Samuele Francesco1912