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