CP Catania 2026

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Gravina di Catania, Italy. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1891, and top seed was Enrica Zito (🇮🇹 ITA, WFM, 1944).

Salvatore Graziano Gitto (🇮🇹 ITA, 1907) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Gabriele Mauro (4.5) and Salvatore Lorenzo Mazzamuto (4.0). Gitto won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Marco Guarnaccia (1491) beat Lucio Contarino (1681), a +190-point gap.

Location

🇮🇹Gravina di Catania, Italy

Dates

01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹WFMEnrica Zito1944

Avg top 10

1,891

Participants

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇹Italy×36

Top 3

🥇
Salvatore Graziano Gitto
🇮🇹ITA·1907
4.5pts·2185perf+28.4
🥈
Gabriele Mauro
🇮🇹ITA·1902
4.5pts·2165perf+53.2
🥉
Salvatore Lorenzo Mazzamuto
🇮🇹ITA·1874
4.0pts·2063perf+24.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Mauro4.5Gitto4.5Mazzamuto4Motta4Zito3.5Marino3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Gitto takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gabriele Mauro drew with Salvatore Graziano Gitto (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Gabriele Mauro 3 wins (R1–R3)Salvatore Graziano Gitto 3 wins (R1–R3)Salvatore Lorenzo Mazzamuto 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Gabriele Mauro	*	½	—	—
2Salvatore Graziano Gitto	½	*	1	—
3Salvatore Lorenzo Mazzamuto	—	0	*	—
4Mattia Stefano Motta	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gitto, Salvatore Graziano	1907	ITA	+27N	+7B	+11N	=2B	+3N	4.5	15.0	17.0	14.75	2185	+28.4
2	Mauro, Gabriele	1902	ITA	+32B	+17N	+9B	=1N	+8B	4.5	13.0	14.0	11.75	2165	+53.2
3	Mazzamuto, Salvatore Lorenzo	1874	ITA	+20B	+13N	+5B	+16N	−1B	4.0	13.5	16.0	11.50	2063	+24.0
4	Motta, Mattia Stefano	1718	ITA	+36N	+10B	−6N	+11B	+15N	4.0	12.5	12.5	9.00	1999	+58.4
5	Zito, EnricaWFM	1944	ITA	+14N	+26B	−3N	+6B	=10N	3.5	13.5	15.5	10.00	1977	+4.8
6	Giuliano, Vincenzo	1910	ITA	+24B	=8N	+4B	−5N	+18B	3.5	13.0	15.0	10.00	1941	+4.6
7	Marino, Andrea	1810	ITA	+31B	−1N	+22B	=9N	+16B	3.5	12.0	13.0	7.00	1882	+11.4
8	Dinamo, Giulio	1810	ITA	+23N	=6B	=12N	+21B	−2N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.75	1854	+7.0
9	Annaloro, Andrea	1839	ITA	+19N	+34B	−2N	=7B	=12N	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.75	1874	+5.8
10	Bonaccorsi, Roberto	1863	ITA	+15B	−4N	+19B	=17N	=5B	3.0	13.0	15.5	8.50	1798	-13.6
11	Picone Chiodo, Luigi	1859	ITA	+25N	+38B	−1B	−4N	+17B	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1783	-14.4
12	Consoli, Gabriele	1795	ITA	+35B	=16N	=8B	=18N	=9B	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.50	1830	+13.6
13	Furnari, Francesco	1771	ITA	+37N	−3B	F	+20N	+24B	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1848	+6.2
14	Contarino, Lucio	1681	ITA	−5B	−31N	+37B	+22N	+23B	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	1632	-5.8
15	Tirenna, Francesco	1591	ITA	−10N	+36B	+38N	+28B	−4B	3.0	8.5	8.5	1.50	1557	-3.4
16	Meli, Massimo	1874	ITA	+29N	=12B	+34N	−3B	−7N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.00	1807	-8.6
17	Carmeni, Giovanni	1808	ITA	+28N	−2B	+33N	=10B	−11N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.00	1685	-12.0
18	Di Blasi, Davide	1815	ITA	F	+21B	+23N	=12B	−6N	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	1848	+4.0
19	Palermo, Gregorio	1567	ITA	−9B	+30N	−10N	+38B	=21N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	1705	+24.4
20	Battaglia, Giuseppe	1621	ITA	−3N	+37B	=28N	−13B	+29N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	1596	-4.0
21	Bonaccorso, Andrea Francesco	1763	ITA	+33B	−18N	+35B	−8N	=19B	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.25	1575	-38.8
22	Di Gaetano, Manfredi	1552	ITA	−26N	+25B	−7N	−14B	+28N	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.50	1621	+15.6
23	D`ignoti, Nicolo`	1542	ITA	−8B	+24N	−18B	+32N	−14N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1650	+26.0
24	Consoli, Alessandro Antonino	1673	ITA	−6N	−23B	+36N	+33B	−13N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	941	-50.0
25	Meli, Marco	1700	ITA	−11B	−22N	−32B	+30N	+31B	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.50	1575	-34.0
26	Schembra, Serena	1811	ITA	+22B	−5N	+31B	F	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1787	-0.2
27	Franceschino, Luca	1650	ITA	−1B	F	F	+37N	+36B	2.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1107	-3.6
28	Guarnaccia, Salvatore	1465	ITA	−17B	+32N	=20B	−15N	−22B	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.25	1492	+4.0
29	Vinci, Domenico	1621	ITA	−16B	−35N	=30B	+31N	−20B	1.5	7.5	8.5	1.75	1479	-39.2
30	Caruso, Antonino	1701	ITA	−34N	−19B	=29N	−25B	+38N	1.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1384	-30.0
31	Guarnaccia, Marco	1491	ITA	−7N	+14B	−26N	−29B	−25N	1.0	10.5	12.0	3.00	1485	-2.4
32	Giuffrida, Francesco	1632	ITA	−2N	−28B	+25N	−23B	−33N	1.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1459	-18.4
33	FIDE 552036677	0	—	−21N	F	−17B	−24N	+32B	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1526	0.0
34	Gangemi, Salvatore	1935	ITA	+30B	−9N	−16B	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1680	-20.0
35	Pampanini, Giovanni	1454	ITA	−12N	+29B	−21N	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1601	+9.2
36	Russo, Luciano	0	ITA	−4B	−15N	−24B	F	−27N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	858	0.0
37	Giuliano, Carlo	0	ITA	−13B	−20N	−14N	−27B	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	881	0.0
38	FIDE 552044190	0	—	F	−11N	−15B	−19N	−30B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	880	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Motta, Mattia StefanoITA
+58.4
4.0 pts · #9
2Mauro, GabrieleITA
+53.2
4.5 pts · #1
3Gitto, Salvatore GrazianoITA
+28.4
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Consoli, Alessandro AntoninoITA
-50.0
2.0 pts · #35
2Vinci, DomenicoITA
-39.2
1.5 pts · #21
3Bonaccorso, Andrea FrancescoITA
-38.8
2.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R2+190 Elo gap
Guarnaccia, Marco1491 beat Contarino, Lucio1681
R2+167 Elo gap
Guarnaccia, Salvatore1465 beat Giuffrida, Francesco1632
R2+167 Elo gap
Pampanini, Giovanni1454 beat Vinci, Domenico1621