14th Chess Festival Palmanova 2025/2026 LIVE
The 14th edition of Chess Festival Palmanova 2025/2026 will take place from December 27 to January 03 in Palmanova, Italy. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 100 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Italy, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Vladimir Baklan (2562), GM Leonardo Costa (2547), GM Yuri Solodovnichenko (2510), IM Vladyslav Larkin (2478), IM Himal Gusain (2472), IM Jakob Leon Pajeken (2463), FM Valerio Carnicelli (2454), IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2447), IM Ilia Martinovici (2447), IM Jadranko Plenca (2433), IM Nikola Kanov (2422), IM Sebastian Poltorak (2407), GM Vasilios Kotronias (2392), IM Francesco Bettalli (2388), FM Martin Horak (2364). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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14th Chess Festival Palmanova 2025/2026 Participants
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Baklan, Vladimir | UKR | 2562 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Costa, Leonardo | GER | 2547 |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Solodovnichenko, Yuri | UKR | 2510 |
| 4 | 4 | IM | Larkin, Vladyslav | UKR | 2478 |
| 5 | 5 | IM | Gusain, Himal | IND | 2472 |
| 6 | 6 | IM | Pajeken, Jakob Leon | GER | 2463 |
| 7 | 7 | FM | Carnicelli, Valerio | ITA | 2454 |
| 8 | 8 | IM | Di Benedetto, Edoardo | ITA | 2447 |
| 9 | 9 | IM | Martinovici, Ilia | MDA | 2447 |
| 10 | 10 | IM | Plenca, Jadranko | CRO | 2433 |
| 11 | 11 | IM | Kanov, Nikola | BUL | 2422 |
| 12 | 12 | IM | Poltorak, Sebastian | POL | 2407 |
| 13 | 13 | GM | Kotronias, Vasilios | GRE | 2392 |
| 14 | 14 | IM | Bettalli, Francesco | ITA | 2388 |
| 15 | 15 | FM | Horak, Martin | CZE | 2364 |
| 16 | 16 | FM | Zamengo, Fulvio | ITA | 2357 |
| 17 | 17 | FM | Cina`, Vittorio | ITA | 2350 |
| 18 | 18 | WGM | Yao, Lan | ENG | 2307 |
| 19 | 19 | FM | Herega, Nejc | SLO | 2302 |
| 20 | 20 | FM | Kozlovic, Jernej | SLO | 2301 |
| 21 | 21 | FM | Vincenti, Leonardo | ITA | 2297 |
| 22 | 22 | WFM | Piddubna, Bozhena | UKR | 2291 |
| 23 | 23 | FM | Skrbec, Leon | SLO | 2289 |
| 24 | 24 | FM | Kalosha, Zhiulien Oleksii | ITA | 2282 |
| 25 | 25 | FM | Urbani, Gabriel | ITA | 2267 |
| 26 | 26 | FM | Jake, Shanty | IND | 2252 |
| 27 | 27 | Maglioni, Leonardo | ITA | 2245 | |
| 28 | 28 | FM | Beliman, Alexandro | ITA | 2244 |
| 29 | 29 | FM | Pegno, Mattia | ITA | 2240 |
| 30 | 30 | IM | Maki-Uuro, Miikka | FIN | 2234 |
| 31 | 31 | FM | Casadio, Niccolo` | ITA | 2232 |
| 32 | 32 | FM | Vojtek, Vladimir | SVK | 2216 |
| 33 | 33 | Arsenie, Cristian Marc | SUI | 2213 | |
| 34 | 34 | FM | Belli, Giorgio | ITA | 2206 |
| 35 | 35 | Heldenbergh, Nils | BEL | 2205 | |
| 36 | 36 | IM | Bakalarz, Mietek | LUX | 2204 |
| 37 | 37 | CM | Shefer, Uri | ISR | 2199 |
| 38 | 38 | Centrih, Aleks | SLO | 2192 | |
| 39 | 39 | Gregoric, Andraz | SLO | 2188 | |
| 40 | 40 | Unterweger, Jonas | ITA | 2159 | |
| 41 | 41 | Budai, Leonardo | ITA | 2152 | |
| 42 | 42 | Bourgois, Bastien | FRA | 2146 | |
| 43 | 43 | Agolzer, Luca | ITA | 2140 | |
| 44 | 44 | Frescura, Davide | ITA | 2136 | |
| 45 | 45 | Von Schlippe, Nikolai | GER | 2131 | |
| 46 | 46 | Veselic, Maks | SLO | 2099 | |
| 47 | 47 | WFM | Grapsa, Georgia | GRE | 2097 |
| 48 | 48 | Gimenez Menchon, Cesar | ESP | 2095 | |
| 49 | 49 | Budai, Federico | ITA | 2093 | |
| 50 | 50 | Kekic, Urban | SLO | 2083 | |
| 51 | 51 | Pycha, Patrik | CZE | 2073 | |
| 52 | 52 | Grendene, Luca | ITA | 2070 | |
| 53 | 53 | Van Amerongen, Arjen | NED | 2068 | |
| 54 | 54 | Campanile, Antonio | ITA | 2060 | |
| 55 | 55 | Ortobelli Lozza, Marco | ITA | 2058 | |
| 56 | 56 | Van Amerongen-Jansen, Peggy | NED | 2054 | |
| 57 | 57 | Verga, Francesco | ITA | 2050 | |
| 58 | 58 | Lavarone, Andrea | ITA | 2045 | |
| 59 | 59 | FM | Petroff, Vlad | ROU | 2020 |
| 60 | 60 | Di Girolamo, Nicolo` | ITA | 2014 | |
| 61 | 61 | WFM | Galvan Cipriani, Viviana | ESP | 2006 |
| 62 | 62 | Schmuki, Roman | SUI | 2006 | |
| 63 | 63 | Mazzi, Leonardo | ITA | 1979 |