CP Catanzaro 2026
15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Catanzaro, Italy. Top 10 Elo average was 997, and top seed was Maurizio Leone (🇮🇹 ITA, 1779).
Maurizio Leone (🇮🇹 ITA, 1779) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Giuseppe Costanzo (3.0) and Gioele Battaglia (3.0). Leone won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Miriam Zangari (1522) beat Maurizio Leone (1779), a +257-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 6 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
6 players finish on 3.0/5. Leone takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
Maurizio Leone lost to Cristian De Zerbi (White).
Cristian De Zerbi 3 wins (R1–R4)Miriam Zangari 3 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maurizio Leone | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Cristian De Zerbi | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Miriam Zangari | 1 | — | * | — |
| 4Giuseppe Costanzo | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leone, Maurizio | 1779 | ITA | +13B | −6N | +3N | −4B | +2B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1539 | -19.0 |
| 2 | Costanzo, Giuseppe | 1705 | ITA | +11N | +9B | F | +5B | −1N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1691 | -5.6 |
| 3 | Battaglia, Gioele | 0 | ITA | F | +11B | −1B | +8N | +7B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 4 | De Zerbi, Cristian | 1695 | ITA | +7B | F | +9N | +1N | F | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2579 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Inglese, Gabriele | 1603 | ITA | +12B | F | +7B | −2N | +13B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 946 | -12.4 |
| 6 | Zangari, Miriam | 1522 | ITA | +15N | +1B | F | +12N | F | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2579 | +31.6 |
| 7 | Procopio, Stefano | 0 | ITA | −4N | +?B | −5N | +11B | −3N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Zangari, Emanuele | 0 | ITA | F | −14N | +10B | −3B | +11N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 861 | -9.2 |
| 9 | Silvestro, Salvatore | 0 | ITA | +14B | −2N | −4B | F | +?N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 23435003 | 0 | — | F | F | −8N | +15N | +12B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 23486317 | 0 | — | −2B | −3N | +15B | −7N | −8B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 552037886 | 0 | — | −5N | F | +?B | −6B | −10N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mazzei, Vania | 0 | ITA | −1N | +15B | F | F | −5N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 891 | -17.2 |
| 14 | Rubino, Giovanni | 1661 | ITA | −9N | +8B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2248 | +4.6 |
| 15 | FIDE 23479671 | 0 | — | −6B | −13N | −11N | −10B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 750 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zangari, MiriamITA+31.63.0 pts · #5
- 2De Zerbi, CristianITA+24.43.0 pts · #4
- 3Rubino, GiovanniITA+4.61.0 pts · #3
- 1Leone, MaurizioITA-19.03.0 pts · #2
- 2Mazzei, VaniaITA-17.21.0 pts · #11
- 3Inglese, GabrieleITA-12.43.0 pts · #15
- R2+257 Elo gap