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