Cyprus Adult Closed Chess Tournament (Summer 2025) 5-7
7 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Nicosia, Cyprus. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1794, and top seed was Alkis Martidis (🇨🇾 CYP, FM, 2205).
Alkis Martidis (🇨🇾 CYP, FM, 2205) won with 2.5/7, ahead of Apostolos Papapostolou (2.0) and Markellos Markides (1.0). Martidis clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Markellos Markides (1565) beat Konstantinos Karathymios (1757), a +192-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 7 · 7 roundsFM Alkis Martidis led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
FM Alkis Martidis takes the sole lead (2.5/7).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇨🇾FMMartidis, Alkis | 2205 | * | — | 1 | 1 | — | ½ | — | 2.5 | 2.25 | 2.5 | -5.2 | 2078 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Papapostolou, Apostolos | 1977 | — | * | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2.0 | +7.4 | 2499 |
| 5 | 🇨🇾Markides, Markellos | 1565 | 0 | 0 | * | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 5.0 | +11.8 | 1770 |
| 3 | 🇨🇾Kourouyiannis, Fivos | 1745 | 0 | — | — | * | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | +2.0 | 1816 |
| 4 | 🇨🇾Bryan, Mark | 1821 | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -3.4 | 1732 |
| 6 | 🇨🇾Karathymios, Konstantinos | 1757 | ½ | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | 0.5 | 1.25 | 4.5 | -6.6 | 1668 |
| 7 | 🇨🇾Zacharopoullos, Christoforos | 1487 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -6.0 | 983 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Markides, MarkellosCYP+11.81.0 pts · #5
- 2Papapostolou, ApostolosGRE+7.42.0 pts · #2
- 3Kourouyiannis, FivosCYP+2.01.0 pts · #3
- 1Karathymios, KonstantinosCYP-6.60.5 pts · #6
- 2Zacharopoullos, ChristoforosCYP-6.00.0 pts · #7
- 3Martidis, AlkisFMCYP-5.22.5 pts · #1
- R6+192 Elo gap