2025 Open championship of TESS Thessalias
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51 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Trikala, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1957, and top seed was Neoklis Dristellas (🇬🇷 GRE, 2119).
Nikolaos Gkonelas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1949) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Vasilios Krommidas (5.0) and Ioannis Tetepoulidis (4.5). Gkonelas shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Dimosthenis Karanasios (1607) beat Klearhos Gountras (1974), a +367-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Trikala, Greece
Dates
14 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×43
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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2
3
1
2
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Nikolaos Gkonelas held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Gkonelas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Nikolaos Gkonelas 3 wins (R1–R3)Vasilios Krommidas 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikolaos Gkonelas | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Vasilios Krommidas | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ioannis Tetepoulidis | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Neoklis Dristellas | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gkonelas, Nikolaos | 1949 | GRE | +34N | +16B | +28N | =7B | +4N | =3B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 16.75 | 2068 | +16.6 |
| 2 | Krommidas, Vasilios | 1769 | GRE | +26N | −28B | +34N | +22B | +10N | +7B | 5.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 16.00 | 1855 | +9.0 |
| 3 | Tetepoulidis, Ioannis | 2101 | GRE | +12B | =20N | +5B | =8N | +19B | =1N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 17.50 | 1950 | -14.8 |
| 4 | Kountrias, Kosmas Ioannis | 1861 | GRE | +24B | +35N | =19B | +6N | −1B | +14B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 14.50 | 2011 | +40.8 |
| 5 | Koutroupas, Emmanouil | 1573 | GRE | +47N | +13B | −3N | +11B | =8B | +19N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 1926 | +86.8 |
| 6 | Dristellas, Neoklis | 2119 | GRE | +18N | +32B | =8N | −4B | +29B | +13N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 14.00 | 1959 | -33.2 |
| 7 | Konstantelias, Konstantinos | 1955 | GRE | +25B | +15N | +40B | =1N | =9B | −2N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 1899 | -5.4 |
| 8 | Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1761 | GRE | +48B | +21N | =6B | =3B | =5N | =9N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 12.75 | 1920 | +19.2 |
| 9 | Koutroupas, Konstantinos | 1898 | GRE | =27N | +31B | =22N | +28B | =7N | =8B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 12.00 | 1825 | -5.2 |
| 10 | Karanasios, Dimosthenis | 1607 | GRE | +33N | =14B | +43B | =17N | −2B | +32N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1927 | +77.6 |
| 11 | Tsarouchas, Athanasios | 1610 | GRE | +36B | −40N | +24B | −5N | +25B | +21N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 11.00 | 1611 | +2.4 |
| 12 | Tsakiris, Sotirios | 1536 | GRE | −3N | +41B | −13N | +33B | +23N | +28B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1652 | +6.2 |
| 13 | Bokias, Petros | 1823 | GRE | +51B | −5N | +12B | =29N | +20B | −6B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 8.25 | 1690 | -33.2 |
| 14 | Tsekouras, Vasilios | 1908 | GRE | +30B | =10N | +20B | =19N | =15B | −4N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 10.75 | 1696 | -26.0 |
| 15 | Arampatzis, Christos | 1648 | GRE | +38N | −7B | +37N | +23B | =14N | −17B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 8.75 | 1668 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis | 1652 | GRE | +39B | −1N | +30B | F | +22N | =31B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 8.75 | 1681 | +1.4 |
| 17 | Georgoulias, Dionisios | 1959 | GRE | F | F | +21B | =10B | +27N | +15N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.50 | 1871 | -3.8 |
| 18 | Papageorgiou, Antonios G | 1540 | GRE | −6B | −46N | =26N | +42B | +48N | +29B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1748 | +18.0 |
| 19 | Antoniadis, Nikolaos | 1732 | GRE | +41N | +29B | =4N | =14B | −3N | −5B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 1729 | -2.6 |
| 20 | Dristellas, Nikolaos | 1656 | GRE | +23N | =3B | −14N | +36B | −13N | =27B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 8.75 | 1656 | -1.0 |
| 21 | Papathanasiou, Konstantinos Arg | 1544 | GRE | +50N | −8B | −17N | +26B | +24N | −11B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 965 | -29.2 |
| 22 | Siakavaras, Konstantinos | 1511 | GRE | =43B | +49N | =9B | −2N | −16B | +30N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 6.25 | 1615 | +13.6 |
| 23 | Ntougkos, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −20B | +25N | +35B | −15N | −12B | +37N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Moutzouris, Ioannis | 0 | GRE | −4N | +33B | −11N | +50B | −21B | +38N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Stefanis, Stefanos G | 1478 | GRE | −7N | −23B | +38N | +41B | −11N | +33B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 934 | -16.8 |
| 26 | Douka, Anastasia | 0 | GRE | −2B | =42N | =18B | −21N | +36N | +47B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Stylianou, Dimitrios Iason | 0 | GRE | =9B | −43N | +46B | +35N | −17B | =20N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1746 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Zaires Karanasios, Konstantinos | 1574 | GRE | +44B | +2N | −1B | −9N | =30B | −12N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 7.75 | 1595 | -0.4 |
| 29 | Siskou, Georgia | 1570 | GRE | +42B | −19N | +50B | =13B | −6N | −18N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 1441 | -22.4 |
| 30 | Vangias, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | −14N | +38B | −16N | +37B | =28N | −22B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 5.25 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Mantzanas, Konstantinos | 1588 | GRE | −49B | −9N | +39B | F | +34N | =16N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1581 | -0.8 |
| 32 | Lelentzi, Eleftheria | 1662 | GRE | +46B | −6N | F | +48B | =45N | −10B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1035 | -26.4 |
| 33 | Plakias, Ilias | 0 | GRE | −10B | −24N | +51B | −12N | +35B | −25N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Karampelas, Anastasios | 0 | GRE | −1B | +39N | −2B | +47N | −31B | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 967 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Siskos, Vasileios P | 1581 | GRE | +37N | −4B | −23N | −27B | −33N | +46B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1059 | -7.2 |
| 36 | FIDE 541013255 | 0 | — | −11N | F | +42B | −20N | −26B | +44N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Stefanis, Georgios | 0 | GRE | −35B | +51N | −15B | −30N | +41N | −23B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 541000714 | 0 | — | −15B | −30N | −25B | +51N | +50N | −24B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Oikonomou, Georgios K L | 0 | GRE | −16N | −34B | −31N | =44B | +42N | =41B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Tzamtzis, Konstantinos | 1841 | GRE | +45N | +11B | −7N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1774 | -3.2 |
| 41 | Kalimeris, Marios Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | −19B | −12N | +44B | −25N | −37B | =39N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 541004787 | 0 | — | −29N | =26B | −36N | −18N | −39B | +50B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Gountras, Klearhos | 1974 | GRE | =22N | +27B | −10N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1398 | -26.4 |
| 44 | FIDE 541000331 | 0 | — | −28N | −45B | −41N | =39N | +51B | −36B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Alexakos, Konstantinos Christos | 0 | GRE | −40B | +44N | F | F | =32B | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Nakis, Vasileios | 0 | GRE | −32N | +18B | −27N | F | −47B | −35N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 541013271 | 0 | — | −5B | −48N | F | −34B | +46N | −26N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 541013247 | 0 | — | −8N | +47B | F | −32N | −18B | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 854 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Prapas, Efthymios Alkiviadis | 0 | GRE | +31N | −22B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1547 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 541011988 | 0 | — | −21B | F | −29N | −24N | −38B | −42N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 541013239 | 0 | — | −13N | −37B | −33N | −38B | −44N | F | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1022 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Koutroupas, EmmanouilGRE+86.84.5 pts · #5
- 2Karanasios, DimosthenisGRE+77.64.0 pts · #9
- 3Kountrias, Kosmas IoannisGRE+40.84.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Dristellas, NeoklisGRE-33.24.5 pts · #2
- 2Bokias, PetrosGRE-33.23.5 pts · #12
- 3Papathanasiou, Konstantinos ArgGRE-29.23.0 pts · #44
Biggest upsets
- R3+367 Elo gap
- R4+258 Elo gap
- R2+250 Elo gap