CIS 2026 - Serie B Gironi 23 e 24
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49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Vittoria, Italy. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2252, and top seed was Gabriel Quispe Arteaga (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2424).
Ritvars Reimanis (🇱🇻 LAT, IM, 2356) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gabriel Quispe Arteaga (4.5) and Aaron Alonso Garcia (4.5). Reimanis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Raffaele Merlino (1800) beat Daniel Milekic (FM, 2173), a +373-point gap.
Location
🇮🇹Vittoria, Italy
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 9
IM×3
FM×4
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇹Italy×40
🇲🇹Malta×2
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇲🇪Montenegro×1
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇱🇻Latvia×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMReimanis, Ritvars | 🇱🇻LAT | 2356 | 4.5 | 2085 | 2451 | +5.5 |
| 4 | FMQuispe Arteaga, Gabriel | 🇪🇸ESP | 2424 | 4.5 | 2112 | 2478 | +3.0 |
| 2 | IMAlonso Garcia, Aaron | 🇪🇸ESP | 2423 | 4.5 | 2142 | 2508 | +4.2 |
| 3 | Ganci, Alberto | 🇮🇹ITA | 2071 | 4.5 | 1849 | 2215 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Montalto, Federica | 🇮🇹ITA | 1848 | 4.0 | 1857 | 2097 | +31.4 |
| 7 | FMSzustakowski, Antoni | 🇵🇱POL | 2369 | 3.5 | 2172 | 2321 | -3.6 |
| 9 | Bottini, Paolo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1921 | 3.5 | 1963 | 2112 | +25.4 |
| 10 | FMGenovese, Maurizio | 🇮🇹ITA | 2083 | 3.5 | 2146 | 2295 | +27.6 |
| 6 | FMMilekic, Daniel | 🇧🇦BIH | 2173 | 3.5 | 1920 | 2069 | -9.6 |
| 8 | Bianchi, Marco | 🇮🇹ITA | 2000 | 3.5 | 1922 | 2071 | +9.6 |
| 14 | Licari, Nicolo` | 🇮🇹ITA | 1857 | 3.0 | 1899 | 1971 | +30.4 |
| 20 | Cammalleri, Elena | 🇮🇹ITA | 1937 | 3.0 | 1909 | 1981 | +12.4 |
| 19 | Di Martino, Paolo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1856 | 3.0 | 1881 | 1953 | +13.4 |
| 15 | IMLekic, Dusan | 🇲🇪MNE | 2224 | 3.0 | 2013 | 2085 | -8.0 |
| 12 | Corsino, Gianluca | 🇮🇹ITA | 2125 | 3.0 | 1922 | 2115 | -1.0 |
| 21 | Santoro, Danilo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1872 | 3.0 | 1809 | 2002 | +13.4 |
| 17 | Plances, Giuseppe Natanaele | 🇮🇹ITA | 1932 | 3.0 | 1901 | 1973 | +11.2 |
| 18 | Lo Pinto, Giovanni | 🇮🇹ITA | 2044 | 3.0 | 2043 | 2115 | +9.8 |
| 13 | Cambria, Chiara | 🇮🇹ITA | 1820 | 3.0 | 1822 | 1894 | +20.4 |
| 16 | Taormina, Antonino | 🇮🇹ITA | 1911 | 3.0 | 1845 | 1917 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Giaconia, Giorgio | 🇮🇹ITA | 1769 | 3.0 | 1899 | 2092 | +33.8 |
| 23 | Mazza, Pierfrancesco Joseph | 🇮🇹ITA | 1933 | 2.5 | 2087 | 2087 | +32.0 |
| 25 | CMNovak, Attila Robert | 🇲🇹MLT | 2135 | 2.5 | 2197 | 2197 | +7.2 |
| 24 | Grimaldini, Riccardo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1924 | 2.5 | 1964 | 1964 | +4.6 |
| 26 | Blanda, Daniele | 🇮🇹ITA | 1926 | 2.5 | 2041 | 2136 | +39.6 |
| 22 | Guccione, Cristoforo | 🇮🇹ITA | 2013 | 2.5 | 2059 | 2059 | +5.8 |
| 28 | CMPace, Colin | 🇲🇹MLT | 2132 | 2.0 | 2176 | 2104 | -5.2 |
| 31 | Merlino, Raffaele | 🇮🇹ITA | 1800 | 2.0 | 2041 | 1969 | +35.6 |
| 30 | Maida, Federico | 🇮🇹ITA | 1970 | 2.0 | 1818 | 1818 | -16.0 |
| 33 | Buffa, Elena | 🇮🇹ITA | 1923 | 2.0 | 2087 | 2015 | +9.4 |
| 27 | Giannusa, Marco | 🇮🇹ITA | 1676 | 2.0 | 1891 | 1819 | +16.8 |
| 32 | Puliafito, Vito | 🇮🇹ITA | 1761 | 2.0 | 1877 | 1877 | +12.2 |
| 29 | Miceli, Emanuele Beniamino | 🇮🇹ITA | 1785 | 2.0 | 1908 | 1908 | +13.0 |
| 35 | Sardo, Gabriele | 🇮🇹ITA | 2162 | 1.5 | 2186 | 2037 | -17.6 |
| 36 | Bertino, Giacomo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1869 | 1.5 | 1931 | 1782 | -11.8 |
| 40 | Gitto, Salvatore Graziano | 🇮🇹ITA | 1907 | 1.5 | 2111 | 1962 | +3.8 |
| 34 | D`Angelo, Giovanni | 🇮🇹ITA | 1882 | 1.5 | 1892 | 1743 | -18.8 |
| 39 | Chieffalo, Christian | 🇮🇹ITA | 1892 | 1.5 | 1794 | 1645 | -66.0 |
| 38 | Montalto, Davide | 🇮🇹ITA | 2058 | 1.5 | 2028 | 1879 | -50.0 |
| 37 | Puleio, Bernardo | 🇮🇹ITA | 1859 | 1.5 | 1777 | 1628 | -30.8 |
| 45 | Del Vivo, Marco | 🇮🇹ITA | 1803 | 1.0 | 1909 | 1669 | -16.2 |
| 43 | Savarino, Matteo Pio | 🇮🇹ITA | 1929 | 1.0 | 2084 | 1844 | -9.8 |
| 44 | Bozbiyik, Tunca | 🇹🇷TUR | 1773 | 1.0 | 1888 | 1648 | -14.4 |
| 41 | Melograni, Francesco | 🇮🇹ITA | 1904 | 1.0 | 1970 | 1730 | -23.4 |
| 42 | Lo Piccolo, Antonino | 🇮🇹ITA | 1983 | 1.0 | 1768 | 1575 | -41.6 |
| 46 | Amico, Rosario | 🇮🇹ITA | 1898 | 0.5 | 2025 | 1659 | -23.8 |
| 49 | Agnello, Giuseppe | 🇮🇹ITA | 1843 | 0.0 | 2088 | 1288 | -17.4 |
| 48 | Tripodo, Roberto | 🇮🇹ITA | 1797 | 0.0 | 1916 | 1116 | -21.2 |
| 47 | Lombardo, Antonio | 🇮🇹ITA | 1892 | 0.0 | 1882 | 1082 | -20.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Blanda, DanieleITA+39.62.5 pts · #26
- 2Merlino, RaffaeleITA+35.62.0 pts · #31
- 3Giaconia, GiorgioITA+33.83.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Chieffalo, ChristianITA-66.01.5 pts · #39
- 2Montalto, DavideITA-50.01.5 pts · #38
- 3Lo Piccolo, AntoninoITA-41.61.0 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R3+373 Elo gap
- R1+222 Elo gap
- R3+216 Elo gap