48th IKAROS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURN. 2025 - AEGEAN OPEN A
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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Ikaria, Greece. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2259, and top seed was Evaggelos Patrelakis (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2442).
Vasileios Fragkos (🇬🇷 GRE, CM, 2206) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Evaggelos Patrelakis (7.5) and Ioannis Tetepoulidis (6.0). Fragkos took the lead from round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Giannis Ter-Gevorkian (1884) beat Lampros Giannoulakis (FM, 2318), a +434-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Ikaria, Greece
Dates
12 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 8
GM×2
IM×1
FM×3
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇷Greece×41
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsCM Vasileios Fragkos led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE17 Jul
CM Vasileios Fragkos takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Vasileios Fragkos beat IM Evaggelos Patrelakis (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Vasileios Fragkos 5 wins (R5–R9)IM Evaggelos Patrelakis 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Spyridon Kapnisis 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMVasileios Fragkos | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2IMEvaggelos Patrelakis | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3GMSpyridon Kapnisis | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Ioannis Tetepoulidis | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fragkos, VasileiosCM | 2206 | GRE | +45B | +15N | =7B | =4N | +21B | +6N | +2N | +3B | +5N | 8.0 | 46.0 | 47.5 | 41.75 | 2515 | +63.2 |
| 2 | Patrelakis, EvaggelosIM | 2442 | GRE | +10B | +14N | +3B | =6N | +4B | +12N | −1B | +7N | +15B | 7.5 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 40.75 | 2471 | +4.8 |
| 3 | Tetepoulidis, Ioannis | 2110 | GRE | +17N | +30B | −2N | +36B | =7B | +11N | =6B | −1N | +12B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 28.00 | 2229 | +29.0 |
| 4 | Kapnisis, SpyridonGM | 2378 | GRE | +29N | +5B | F | =1B | −2N | +22B | +14N | +6B | =8N | 6.0 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 31.75 | 2342 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Gimenez Menchon, CesarCM | 2061 | ESP | +28B | −4N | +16B | −11N | +32B | +27N | +12B | +13N | −1B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 26.50 | 2112 | +13.8 |
| 6 | Naoum, Spyridon | 2376 | GRE | +26B | +19N | +21B | =2B | +8N | −1B | =3N | −4N | =7B | 5.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 28.00 | 2259 | -20.4 |
| 7 | Velicka, PetrGM | 2345 | CZE | +44N | +13B | =1N | =8B | =3N | +9B | =21N | −2B | =6N | 5.5 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 27.25 | 2213 | -11.6 |
| 8 | Gazis, EfstathiosFM | 2100 | GRE | +39B | +38N | +12B | =7N | −6B | =15N | −13B | +16N | =4B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 24.25 | 2145 | +13.2 |
| 9 | Kalyva, Kyriaki | 1897 | GRE | +27B | −12N | +20B | =43N | +16B | −7N | =15B | +33N | =13B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 23.00 | 1991 | +20.2 |
| 10 | Sampsonoglou, Vasilios | 1848 | GRE | −2N | +24B | =48N | =19B | −18N | =17B | +43N | +30B | +20N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 20.50 | 1994 | +31.4 |
| 11 | Kesoglou, Konstantinos | 1892 | GRE | −36N | +41N | +27B | +5B | =22N | −3B | =25N | =20B | +26N | 5.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 23.25 | 1942 | +12.8 |
| 12 | Rosol, PhilipFM | 2231 | POL | +34N | +9B | −8N | +18B | +33N | −2B | −5N | +25B | −3N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 22.00 | 2046 | -71.6 |
| 13 | Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios | 1990 | GRE | +20B | −7N | F | =26B | +17N | +33B | +8N | −5B | =9N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 23.25 | 2040 | +9.6 |
| 14 | Rosol, Alexander | 2050 | AUT | +24N | −2B | +31N | −33B | +26N | +36B | −4B | −15N | +29B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 19.50 | 1984 | -16.0 |
| 15 | Poullas, Antonis | 1859 | GRE | +46N | −1B | F | +41N | +43B | =8B | =9N | +14B | −2N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 2029 | +32.4 |
| 16 | Ter-Gevorkian, Giannis | 1884 | GRE | +40N | +48B | −5N | =22B | −9N | +37B | =20N | −8B | +31N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 16.00 | 1984 | +21.2 |
| 17 | Triantaphylidis, Alexandros I | 1819 | GRE | −3B | +42N | +19B | −21N | −13B | =10N | +41N | +37B | =22B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 17.50 | 1938 | +27.4 |
| 18 | Routsi, Efthimios-Alexandros | 1891 | GRE | =32B | =33N | +38B | −12N | +10B | −21N | =36N | =31B | +28N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 19.50 | 1902 | +1.0 |
| 19 | Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis | 1932 | GRE | +23N | −6B | −17N | =10N | =39B | +28B | −26N | =32B | +36N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 17.50 | 1858 | -20.2 |
| 20 | Penesis, Dimitrios | 1773 | GRE | −13N | +44B | −9N | =37B | +35N | +43B | =16B | =11N | −10B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 14.25 | 1862 | +21.4 |
| 21 | Sidiropoulos, Vasilis | 2080 | GRE | +47N | +36B | −6N | +17B | −1N | +18B | =7B | F | F | 4.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 17.25 | 2131 | +11.4 |
| 22 | Ter-gevorkian, Aram | 1939 | GRE | F | =43B | +45N | =16N | =11B | −4N | +27B | =26B | =17N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 16.25 | 1922 | -4.8 |
| 23 | Karvountzis, Ioannis Chrysostomos | 1771 | GRE | −19B | −26N | +34N | =31B | =29N | +35B | =30N | =36B | =25N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 16.75 | 1851 | +40.0 |
| 24 | Stathakopoulos, Panagiotis | 1780 | GRE | −14B | −10N | +44N | =35B | −37N | +46B | −31N | +34B | +32N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 12.25 | 1836 | +13.2 |
| 25 | Chalioris, Stefanos-Anthimos | 1866 | GRE | −43N | +47B | −36N | =28B | +38N | +41B | =11B | −12N | =23B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 14.00 | 1810 | -15.0 |
| 26 | Kapsoulis, Georgios | 1839 | GRE | −6N | +23B | F | =13N | −14B | +42N | +19B | =22N | −11B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 16.25 | 1934 | +17.8 |
| 27 | McKenzie, Kyriakos | 1767 | SCO | −9N | +34B | −11N | +45B | +30N | −5B | −22N | −29N | +37B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 12.00 | 1847 | +38.4 |
| 28 | Bania, Eleni | 1799 | GRE | −5N | =29B | =39B | =25N | =34B | −19N | +42B | +38N | −18B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 13.00 | 1803 | +0.6 |
| 29 | Hrisafis, Argirios | 1848 | GRE | −4B | =28N | −41B | +42N | =23B | +32N | −33N | +27B | −14N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 14.25 | 1779 | -18.6 |
| 30 | Zamit, Kyriakos | 1862 | GRE | +42B | −3N | F | =32N | −27B | +39N | =23B | −10N | +35B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 13.00 | 1823 | -8.8 |
| 31 | Gioras, Ioannis | 1836 | GRE | −48N | +40B | −14B | =23N | −41B | +47N | +24B | =18N | −16B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 13.75 | 1821 | -5.6 |
| 32 | Christou, Lambros | 1735 | GRE | =18N | =37B | =35N | =30B | −5N | −29B | +44B | =19N | −24B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 12.00 | 1803 | +14.2 |
| 33 | Kotsiopoulos, Panagiotis | 1729 | GRE | F | =18B | +37N | +14N | −12B | −13N | +29B | −9B | F | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.50 | 1951 | +37.4 |
| 34 | Mavrogeorgos, Ilias | 1834 | GRE | −12B | −27N | −23B | +44B | =28N | −38N | +40B | −24N | +42B | 3.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 9.50 | 1729 | -56.0 |
| 35 | Teskos, Georgios | 1882 | GRE | −38B | =39N | =32B | =24N | −20B | −23N | +46N | +43B | −30N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 9.00 | 1671 | -51.2 |
| 36 | Chatzipanagiotou, Asimenia | 1761 | GRE | +11B | −21N | +25B | −3N | F | −14N | =18B | =23N | −19B | 3.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 14.75 | 1862 | +16.4 |
| 37 | Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos | 1855 | GRE | =41B | =32N | −33B | =20N | +24B | −16N | =38B | −17N | −27N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 11.25 | 1635 | -52.6 |
| 38 | Diakoumeas, Aristofanis | 1701 | GRE | +35N | −8B | −18N | =39N | −25B | +34B | =37N | −28B | −44N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 10.00 | 1750 | +7.0 |
| 39 | Makryniotis, Konstantinos | 1813 | GRE | −8N | =35B | =28N | =38B | =19N | −30B | F | −40N | +46N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 9.00 | 1745 | -16.6 |
| 40 | Iatros, Aristidis | 1722 | GRE | −16B | −31N | F | =46B | −44N | =45B | −34N | +39B | +43N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1706 | -4.8 |
| 41 | Chatzinikolaou, Emmanouil | 1641 | GRE | =37N | −11B | +29N | −15B | +31N | −25N | −17B | F | F | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.50 | 1751 | +17.6 |
| 42 | Koutsompinas, Georgios | 1662 | GRE | −30N | −17B | +47N | −29B | +45N | −26B | −28N | =46B | −34N | 2.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 3.75 | 1642 | -4.6 |
| 43 | Fragkos, Konstantinos | 1672 | GRE | +25B | =22N | F | =9B | −15N | −20N | −10B | −35N | −40B | 2.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.50 | 1655 | -8.0 |
| 44 | Mastoras, Ilias I. | 1838 | GRE | −7B | −20N | −24B | −34N | +40B | F | −32N | F | +38B | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 6.00 | 1670 | -34.6 |
| 45 | Jorritsma, Wander | 1822 | NED | −1N | +46B | −22B | −27N | −42B | =40N | −47B | F | F | 1.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.00 | 1590 | -42.6 |
| 46 | Haldaiakis, Vasilios | 1644 | GRE | −15B | −45N | F | =40N | =47B | −24N | −35B | =42N | −39B | 1.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.50 | 1542 | -19.2 |
| 47 | Selimov, Ruslan | 1804 | BEL | −21B | −25N | −42B | F | =46N | −31B | +45N | F | F | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.25 | 1625 | -28.2 |
| 48 | Giannoulakis, LamprosFM | 2318 | GRE | +31B | −16N | =10B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1918 | -25.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fragkos, VasileiosCMGRE+63.28.0 pts · #1
- 2Karvountzis, Ioannis ChrysostomosGRE+40.04.5 pts · #20
- 3McKenzie, KyriakosSCO+38.44.0 pts · #30
Top rating losers
- 1Rosol, PhilipFMPOL-71.65.0 pts · #12
- 2Mavrogeorgos, IliasGRE-56.03.5 pts · #35
- 3Ornithopoulos, NikolaosGRE-52.63.0 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R2+434 Elo gap
- R4+321 Elo gap
- R7+236 Elo gap