OP Ippogrifo under 1800 - Scacchi di maggio
51 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 10 May 2026 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was Alessandro Togni (🇮🇹 ITA, 1777).
Simone Facchini (🇮🇹 ITA, 1710) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Luca Foracchia (4.5) and Giovanni Tabanelli (4.5). Facchini won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Michele Bizzocchi (1514) beat Giuseppe Ferraroni (1704), a +190-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
3 players finish on 4.5/5. Facchini takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).
Simone Facchini drew with Luca Foracchia (Black).
Simone Facchini 3 wins (R1–R3)Luca Foracchia 3 wins (R1–R3)Giovanni Tabanelli 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Simone Facchini | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Luca Foracchia | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Giovanni Tabanelli | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Alessandro Togni | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Facchini, Simone | 1710 | ITA | +26B | +6N | +15B | =2N | +8B | 4.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 14.75 | 1957 | +48.4 |
| 2 | Foracchia, Luca | 1711 | ITA | +49N | +7B | +13N | =1B | +16N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2006 | +30.6 |
| 3 | Tabanelli, Giovanni | 1744 | ITA | +28B | +18N | +5B | +12N | =4B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 14.00 | 2028 | +59.2 |
| 4 | Togni, Alessandro | 1777 | ITA | +24N | +10B | =9N | +13B | =3N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 13.00 | 1891 | +26.8 |
| 5 | Cappellari, Mario | 1677 | ITA | +44N | +17B | −3N | +27B | +11N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1778 | +10.0 |
| 6 | Bardelli, Paolo | 1555 | ITA | +20N | −1B | +44N | +29B | +14N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1760 | +32.8 |
| 7 | Naoui, Omar | 1591 | ITA | +43B | −2N | +26B | +32N | +12B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1762 | +13.8 |
| 8 | Verrelli, Antonio | 1537 | ITA | +21N | =14B | +42N | +9B | −1N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 9.50 | 1776 | +50.8 |
| 9 | Bricherasio, Tyler | 1692 | ITA | +33N | +11B | =4B | −8N | +24B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 1702 | +2.6 |
| 10 | Pelloni, Lorenzo | 1620 | ITA | +19B | −4N | +28B | =24N | +25B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 1601 | -3.2 |
| 11 | Lipari, Alessandro | 1535 | ITA | +22B | −9N | +31B | +15N | −5B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1550 | +2.8 |
| 12 | Zagari, Giuseppe | 1705 | ITA | +25N | +27B | +29N | −3B | −7N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1599 | -11.4 |
| 13 | Giuliano, Emanuele | 1685 | ITA | +31B | +35N | −2B | −4N | +28B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1638 | -4.8 |
| 14 | Montorsi, Giacomo | 1673 | ITA | +41B | =8N | =32B | +30N | −6B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.25 | 1541 | -21.2 |
| 15 | Cuccu, Maria | 1657 | ITA | +45N | +34B | −1N | −11B | +38N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1428 | -18.0 |
| 16 | Mantovani, Enrico | 1714 | ITA | F | +39N | +17B | +35N | −2B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1791 | +7.8 |
| 17 | Bergamaschi, Matteo | 1522 | ITA | +40B | −5N | −16N | +46B | +34N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 896 | -21.6 |
| 18 | Ferrazza, Chiara | 1646 | ITA | +47N | −3B | −25N | +43B | +31N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 944 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Kuimov, Igor | 0 | ITA | −10N | −24B | +33N | +36B | +27N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 552046095 | 0 | — | −6B | −26N | +41B | +39N | +37B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 552036944 | 0 | — | −8B | +41N | −30B | +26N | +35B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Rossi, Paolo | 0 | ITA | −11N | +33B | −27N | +44B | +29N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Oleari, Iaures | 0 | ITA | −27N | −25B | +45N | +42B | +30B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Bizzocchi, Michele | 1514 | ITA | −4B | +19N | +36N | =10B | −9N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 6.75 | 1611 | +17.6 |
| 25 | Arduini, Matteo | 0 | ITA | −12B | +23N | +18B | =37N | −10N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bruni, Alessandro | 1494 | ITA | −1N | +20B | −7N | −21B | +46N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 851 | -11.8 |
| 27 | Biancolini, Matteo | 1539 | ITA | +23B | −12N | +22B | −5N | −19B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 6.00 | 891 | -23.6 |
| 28 | Caprari, Marco | 1513 | ITA | −3N | +47B | −10N | +48B | −13N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 883 | -16.6 |
| 29 | Nuti, Pietro | 1521 | ITA | +50N | +42B | −12B | −6N | −22B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1511 | -1.6 |
| 30 | Torri, Sandro | 1531 | ITA | −34N | +45B | +21N | −14B | −23N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 873 | -12.4 |
| 31 | Banci, Lorenzo | 0 | ITA | −13N | +48B | −11N | +40B | −18B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 819 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Moltrasio, Renzo | 0 | ITA | +37N | =36B | =14N | −7B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Cadioli, Enrico Maria | 1404 | ITA | −9B | −22N | −19B | +50N | +48B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 892 | -3.2 |
| 34 | Zanni, Filippo | 0 | ITA | +30B | −15N | =39B | =38N | −17B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Saracino, Ivan | 1549 | ITA | +48N | −13B | +46N | −16B | −21N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 900 | -12.0 |
| 36 | Ferraroni, Giuseppe | 1704 | ITA | =38B | =32N | −24B | −19N | +43B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1271 | -43.6 |
| 37 | Auteri, Diego | 1550 | ITA | −32B | +51N | =38B | =25B | −20N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1414 | -7.2 |
| 38 | Caprara, Tiziano | 1414 | ITA | =36N | =46B | =37N | =34B | −15B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1512 | +12.8 |
| 39 | Fagandini, Davide | 1608 | ITA | =46N | −16B | =34N | −20B | +45N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 914 | -14.4 |
| 40 | FIDE 552046117 | 0 | — | −17N | −44B | +47N | −31N | +50B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 23488522 | 0 | — | −14N | −21B | −20N | +47B | =42N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Bizzocchi, Luciano | 1649 | ITA | +51B | −29N | −8B | −23N | =41B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 729 | -26.4 |
| 43 | FIDE 552037584 | 0 | — | −7N | =49B | +50B | −18N | −36N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.25 | 1287 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 552037711 | 0 | — | −5B | +40N | −6B | −22N | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 552037088 | 0 | — | −15B | −30N | −23B | +51N | −39B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Kuimov, Ivan | 0 | ITA | =39B | =38N | −35B | −17N | −26B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 552046109 | 0 | — | −18B | −28N | −40B | −41N | +51B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Nuti, Lorenzo | 0 | ITA | −35B | −31N | +51B | −28N | −33N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Paterlini, Fabio | 1502 | ITA | −2B | =43N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 911 | -9.2 |
| 50 | FIDE 552037118 | 0 | — | −29B | F | −43N | −33B | −40N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 552037096 | 0 | — | −42N | −37B | −48N | −45B | −47N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 800 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tabanelli, GiovanniITA+59.24.5 pts · #3
- 2Verrelli, AntonioITA+50.83.5 pts · #9
- 3Facchini, SimoneITA+48.44.5 pts · #1
- 1Ferraroni, GiuseppeITA-43.62.0 pts · #31
- 2Bizzocchi, LucianoITA-26.41.5 pts · #47
- 3Biancolini, MatteoITA-23.62.0 pts · #42
- R3+190 Elo gap
- R4+155 Elo gap
- R2+128 Elo gap