WE 4 Chess trophy - B
28 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 02 Jun 2026 in Montevecchia, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 1786, and top seed was Marco Simone (🇮🇹 ITA, 1868).
Emanuele Hali (🇮🇹 ITA, 1762) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Marco Simone (5.0) and Luca Andreoli (5.0). Hali won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Graziano Gonella (1408) beat Ambrogio Maurizio Spreafico (1551), a +143-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Marco Simone held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Hali takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).
Marco Simone lost to Emanuele Hali (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marco Simone | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Emanuele Hali | 1 | * | — | 0 |
| 3Luca Andreoli | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Daniele Zangheratti | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hali, Emanuele | 1762 | ITA | +19N | +6B | −4N | +9B | +11N | +2B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 18.00 | 2027 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Simone, Marco | 1868 | ITA | +25B | +14N | +8B | +4N | +5B | −1N | 5.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 16.00 | 2035 | +23.2 |
| 3 | Andreoli, Luca | 1730 | ITA | +15B | −4B | +23N | +11N | +8B | +10N | 5.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 14.00 | 1963 | +34.0 |
| 4 | Zangheratti, Daniele | 1845 | ITA | +10B | +3N | +1B | −2B | +12N | =5N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 18.50 | 1933 | +13.0 |
| 5 | Maffeis, Fabio | 1717 | ITA | +27N | +7B | =9N | +16B | −2N | =4B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1826 | +15.8 |
| 6 | Boria, Leonardo Maria | 1698 | ITA | +24B | −1N | +14B | −8N | +22N | +12B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1765 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Giganti, Marco | 1768 | ITA | +18B | −5N | −11B | +28N | +21B | +16N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1683 | -10.2 |
| 8 | Giannini, Mario | 1824 | ITA | +23N | +12B | −2N | +6B | −3N | =9B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 9.75 | 1806 | -2.0 |
| 9 | Colombo, Luca | 1852 | ITA | =13N | +21B | =5B | −1N | +18B | =8N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1729 | -16.4 |
| 10 | Negri, Sergio | 1646 | ITA | −4N | +19B | =20N | +13B | +16N | −3B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 9.25 | 1695 | +6.6 |
| 11 | Pandini, Giuseppe | 1711 | ITA | =16N | +22B | +7N | −3B | −1B | =13N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 8.75 | 1640 | -8.2 |
| 12 | Salvago, Vincenzo | 1715 | ITA | +26B | −8N | +28N | +20B | −4B | −6N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 1671 | -5.8 |
| 13 | Martorana, Alessio | 1649 | ITA | =9B | −17N | +27B | −10N | +23B | =11B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1669 | +3.4 |
| 14 | Chiesa, Giuseppe | 1758 | ITA | +28B | −2B | −6N | +17N | +24B | F | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1712 | -4.8 |
| 15 | Stucchi, Tommaso | 1484 | ITA | −3N | −20B | −25B | +26N | +27B | +21N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1573 | +13.6 |
| 16 | Bosi, Gabriele Angelo | 0 | ITA | =11B | +25N | +17B | −5N | −10B | −7B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Russo, Luca | 1731 | ITA | =21N | +13B | −16N | −14B | −20N | +23N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1648 | -10.8 |
| 18 | Gobetti, Fabio | 1578 | ITA | −7N | =27B | =24N | +19B | −9N | =22B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1566 | -3.0 |
| 19 | Carmona, Enrico Maria | 1552 | ITA | −1B | −10N | +26B | −18N | +28B | =24N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1517 | -5.0 |
| 20 | Rabbiosi, Carlo | 1701 | ITA | F | +15N | =10B | −12N | +17B | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1739 | +4.0 |
| 21 | Beretta, Omar | 1499 | ITA | =17B | −9N | =22N | +23B | −7N | −15B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 1544 | +6.8 |
| 22 | Sala, Simone | 0 | ITA | F | −11N | =21B | +27N | −6B | =18N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Tentori, Bruno | 1632 | ITA | −8B | +26N | −3B | −21N | −13N | −17B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 1.00 | 1367 | -38.4 |
| 24 | Dell`oro, Riccardo | 0 | ITA | −6N | F | =18B | F | −14N | =19B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Silini, Riccardo | 1663 | ITA | −2N | −16B | +15N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1676 | +0.6 |
| 26 | Gonella, Graziano | 1408 | ITA | −12N | −23B | −19N | −15B | F | +28N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1347 | -7.6 |
| 27 | Ruggeri, Gabriele | 1439 | ITA | −5B | =18N | −13N | −22B | −15N | F | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.25 | 1285 | -13.0 |
| 28 | Spreafico, Ambrogio Maurizio | 1551 | ITA | −14N | F | −12B | −7B | −19N | −26B | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 840 | -38.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Hali, EmanueleITA+38.85.0 pts · #2
- 2Andreoli, LucaITA+34.05.0 pts · #3
- 3Simone, MarcoITA+23.25.0 pts · #1
- 1Spreafico, Ambrogio MaurizioITA-38.40.0 pts · #28
- 2Tentori, BrunoITA-38.41.0 pts · #24
- 3Colombo, LucaITA-16.43.5 pts · #6
- R6+143 Elo gap
- R4+133 Elo gap
- R6+106 Elo gap