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18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - B

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142 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Jul 2025 to 26 Jul 2025 in Paleochora, Greece. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1813, and top seed was Ioannis Maris (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 1870).

Vasileios Polyzos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1793) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ioannis Maris (7.5) and Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (7.0). Polyzos won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Maximus Pento (1598) beat Ioannis Maris (FM, 1870), a +272-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Paleochora, Greece
Dates
19 Jul 2025 → 26 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷FMIoannis Maris1870
Avg top 10
1,813
Participants
142
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇷Greece×84
🇦🇲Armenia×9
🇩🇪Germany×8
🇧🇬Bulgaria×6
🇮🇹Italy×3
🇵🇱Poland×3
🇮🇱Israel×3
🇬🇧England×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
61
25
11
3
5
2
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Ioannis Maris held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Polyzos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ioannis Maris beat Vasileios Polyzos (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMIoannis Maris*
1
2Vasileios Polyzos
0
*
1
3Lida Batsi*
4Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Polyzos, Vasileios1793GRE+45B+81N+74B+3N=13B+6N2B+27N+12B7.547.551.541.001938+32.2
2Maris, IoannisFM1870GRE+34B39N+94N+25B+74N+16B+1N+9B=8N7.546.550.041.751894+6.6
3Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp1631GRE+104N+88B+27N1B+43N+18B=14N=4B+39N7.046.049.535.501803+70.0
4Nteneketzis, Paraskevas1610GRE+124B=40N+26B=5N=77B+33N+44B=3N+14B7.045.047.536.001927+82.7
5Batsi, Lida1642GRE+100N=32B+131N=4B+39N=28B+25N=14B+15N7.044.046.534.501797+34.8
6Luo, Chenyu1579CHN+125N+21B+17N=15B+20N1B+7N=22B=9N6.550.553.036.251846+113.6
7Sargsyan, Mikayel Sh.1717ARM+24B+14N+42B+18B12N=9N6B+53N+27B6.547.552.036.251781+31.2
8Kasinyan, Lilit1674ARM+48N+43B=41N=28B+37NF+10B+13N=2B6.546.049.537.001890+86.0
9Dallas, Nikolaos Alexandros1703GRE+89N+90B=108N+37B+29N=7B+13B2N=6B6.545.549.033.251814+27.0
10Nikolopoulos, Nikolaos S1629GRE+68N=131B+96N+41B=15N+17B8N=19B+35N6.543.045.531.751755+53.6
11Alevizakis, Panagiotis1791GER+46N41B+66N43B+54N+60B=16N+25B+28N6.541.045.532.501706-14.6
12Tobor, Mick1866GER+91N+36B+78B=29N+7B13N=28N+18B1N6.046.550.531.501785-16.2
13Vardaka, Styliani1790GRE+66N+69B+75N+50B=1N+12B9N8B=16N6.046.550.530.7517850.0
14Kotovos, Konstantinos1578GRE+116N7B+85N+30B+99N+15B=3B=5N4N6.046.549.529.001735+51.8
15Mileiko, Juris1675LAT+23B+86N+39B=6N=10B14N+42B+74N5B6.046.050.030.501712+9.4
16Volani, Olga1629GRE+133B+105N=31B=20B+49N2N=11B+57N=13B6.044.546.527.001704+19.5
17Bakalis, Konstantinos1633GRE+136B+58N6B+34N+31B10N+30N39B+43N6.044.046.028.001700+28.0
18Christodoulakis, Michail Em1611GRE+106N+109B+77B7N+21B3N+76B12N+44B6.042.045.025.501787+67.7
19Pento, Nestor1578ENG+57B77N+92B=82N+40B+21N=26B=10N=22N6.041.545.530.501714+35.6
20Svoboda, Petr1679CZE+71B=25N+63B=16N6B=58N=46B+94N+41B6.041.545.028.001662-7.2
21Galmidi, Ram1791ISR+53B6N+109N+61B18N19B+79B+58N+42B6.041.044.025.501678-45.2
22Kalligeris, Ioannis1654GRE+54B31N83B+121N+79B+63N+45B=6N=19B6.040.043.027.251616-10.9
23Samvelyan, Hamlet1428ARM15N+116B=36N+69B80N+38B+75N=47B+76N6.038.541.526.251783+132.0
24Stepanyan, Artyom1444ARM7N+126B+76N74B+84N=37B+56B+55N=30N6.038.541.025.001762+121.2
25Sivaropoulos, Georgios1578GRE+110N=20B+56B2N+82B+55N5B11N+62B5.544.547.523.501661+22.4
26Smith, Paul1816FRA=73N+64B4N+138B+32N+36B=19N=28BF5.544.046.025.501686-21.4
27Tzovani, Dimitra1586GRE+122B+44N3B+97N=55N+75B+35N1B7N5.543.546.523.251708+22.2
28Tzavara, Eleni1619GRE+137B=102N+40B=8N+95B=5N=12B=26N11B5.543.545.524.751660+10.0
29Rizos, Dimitrios Chania1638GRE+85N+51B+38N=12B9B=42N=53B+59NF5.542.546.526.751710+29.6
30Seretaki, Myrto1819GRE+79B38N+45B14N+94B+31N17B+61N=24B5.542.546.025.501609-63.6
31Matthaiou, Theodoros1559GRE+114N+22B=16N=99B17N30B=65N+103B+67N5.539.542.524.001603+14.4
32Bakalis, Efthymios1569GRE+62B=5N47B+133N26B=40N=68B+100N+57B5.539.541.522.751548-3.2
33Schlee, Ulrich1797GER=64N+65B=80N+84B=75N4B+43N37B+60N5.539.043.024.251640-28.6
34Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios1506GRE2N+106B+127N17B=97N+70B+103N35B+56B5.538.541.020.251545+2.8
35Mercurio, Joe M1798USAF+134N+46B=86N+102B+53N27B+34N10B5.538.040.022.501651-45.2
36Wojciechowski, Tomasz1606POL+98B12N=23B+101N+86B26N59B+129N+53B5.537.540.021.001686+15.2
37Makropoulos, Andreas1609GRE+135N+138B+55B9N8B=24N+54B+33NF5.537.537.521.501699+17.8
38Ahn, Juyong1593KOR+117N+30B29B95N=46B23N+101B+96N+59B5.537.040.022.501591+0.4
39Pento, Maximus1598ENG+115N+2B15NF5B+95N+99B+17N3B5.043.545.523.501680+25.6
40Prapas, Efthymios Alkiviadis0GRE+87N=4B28N+52B19N=32B=60N+64B=51N5.043.047.024.5015740.0
41Anemogianni, Savvina1599GRE+120B+11N=8B10N+103B=77N=47B=44N20N5.043.046.023.251640+14.4
42Gaffka, Mateusz1614POL+142N+94B7N=54B+48N=29B15N+49B21N5.042.042.018.501538-14.6
43Potikha, Shelley1572ISR+111B8N+98B+11N3B+132N33B+109N17B5.041.043.018.001539-10.4
44Capdevila Lopez, Ferran1728ESP+67N27B=138N+64B+87N+80B4N=41B18N5.040.542.520.501539-38.4
45Rompanos, Alexandros1470GRE1N+115B30N+110B+78N+50B22N76B+75N5.039.042.019.001632+58.4
46Vergini, Maria Eirini1466GRE11B+122N35N+141B=38N+97B=20N+99B47N5.038.539.516.751609+22.0
47Kakaletris, Panagiotis1646GRE=96BF+32N108B=60N+49B=41N=23N+46B5.038.039.025.001566-28.0
48Burvanov, Yulian1425BUL8B=62N+140B+56N42B+102N=58B+86N74B5.036.537.517.501606+66.0
49Sivaropoulos, Stefanos0GRE123B+137N+79B+81N16B47N+63B42N+88B5.035.537.518.5015570.0
50Stratoudakis, Alexandros1630GRE+92B+123N+61B13N53B45N94B+111N+109B5.033.536.517.501482-52.4
51Diakoloukas, Theodosios1544GRE+70B29N103B=59N=98B+104N=95B+124N=40B5.033.536.018.75836-14.8
52Fraidakis, Matthaios Ioannis1655GRE101B+124N53B40N+118B=129N+132B=54N+79B5.029.531.515.001383-42.0
53Lampousakis, Michail1464GRE21N+117B+52N+78B+50N35B=29N7B36N4.543.046.019.751623+32.8
54Volanis, Vasileios1421GRE22N+110B+90N=42N11B+69B37N=52B=61B4.541.044.018.751575+59.6
55Rabiti, Roberto1677ITAF+84B37N+105N=27B25B+67N24B+72N4.539.041.519.251580-19.2
56Frosinos, Ioannis1651GRE=65N+130B25N48B+96N+66B24N+68B34N4.539.041.517.251366-53.0
57Nomikos, Marios0GRE19N+67B=87N60B+73N+?B+80N16B32N4.539.039.015.0015000.0
58Zielinska, Maja1544POL+127N17B+125N77N+71B=20B=48N21B=65N4.538.541.017.251477-37.2
59Grigoryan, Mark0ARM75N+93B84N=51B+72N+90B+36N29B38N4.538.042.020.5015380.0
60Medvedev, Anton Il1522ARM+97B78N=119B+57N=47B11N=40B+98N33B4.537.540.518.001393-20.8
61Lange, Jakob1570GER+141N+76B50N21N83B+85B+71N30B=54N4.537.538.515.751561-5.6
62Petrosyan, Alisa0ARM32N=48B+73N87B=64N+89B+105N=75B25N4.537.040.518.7515160.0
63Anastasopoulou, Stavroula1546GRE+113N=99B20N=65B+89N22B49N=71B+104N4.537.040.016.751484-13.6
64Theodoroglaki, Varvara1472GRE=33B26N+113B44N=62B=98N+82B40N+95B4.536.539.517.251507+3.6
65Filippoglou, Ioannis1418GRE=56B33N+128B=63N+123B76N=31B=80N=58B4.535.538.017.001553+45.2
66Pidakev, Vladimir1462BUL13B+112N11B+111N=81B56N=78B=107N+98B4.535.038.015.251448-4.4
67Moysidis, Dimitrios1447GRE44B57N+118B=70N+140B+81N55B+97N31B4.534.535.513.751444-1.2
68Eden, Agnes0FRA10B97N112B+120N+111B+88B=32N56N+105B4.533.536.516.2515850.0
69Angelov, Veselin1594BUL+118B13N=101B23N+92B54N129B+119N+100B4.533.536.015.251295-94.0
70Rompanos, Paschalis0GRE51N100B+106N=67B+101B34N+102B78N+96B4.533.036.516.2514480.0
71Kloka, Aliki1430GRE20N125B+115N+127B58N+114B61B=63N+107B4.531.534.014.251263-27.6
72Chilingaryan, Ariana1508ARM+82B74N97B=98N59B+140N+128B+95N55B4.530.031.012.75856-24.4
73Tripias, Angelos1477GRE=26B96N62B+113N57B128N+140B+102N+124B4.529.530.512.751583+14.0
74Alexandrakis, Venizelos1618GREF+72B1N+24N2B+83NF15B+48N4.044.544.519.501646+4.3
75Galmidi, Ester1615ISR+59B+101N13B+83N=33B27N23B=62N45B4.041.044.517.001458-54.7
76Stoimenidis, Markos1655GREF61N24B+85B+91N+65B18N+45N23B4.040.040.017.501485-70.0
77Balaskas, Stefanos1684GRE+83N+19B18N+58B=4N=41BFFF4.036.536.520.501692+0.8
78Sloan, Cecil1627IRLF+60B12N53N45B=100B=66N+70B+89N4.036.536.517.001480-28.2
79Androulakis, Radamanthys Pavlos1491GRE30N+135B49N+125B22N+115B21N+110B52N4.036.038.010.50899-36.0
80Alexandrakis, Alexios1605GRE=130NF=33B=103N+23B44N57B=65B+83N4.035.538.018.0015810.0
81Schneider, Hanne1582GER+126N1B+100N49B=66N67B96N=91B+110N4.035.538.013.251392-30.8
82Vladan, Sonni0BEL72N+142B+91N=19B25N84B64N=87B+112N4.035.535.512.0013850.0
83Tiuca, Emma1431GER77B+111N+22N75B+61N74B86B+93N80B4.034.537.517.501497+17.2
84Latos, Dimitrios1576GRE+95B55N+59B33N24B+82N109B113N+111B4.034.037.015.00799-75.6
85Gagani, Elli1402GRE29B+107N14B76N+112B61N+116B88N+132B4.033.535.511.50796-50.4
86Triantafyllaki, Sofia1576GRE+139N15B+104N=35B36N=138B+83N48BF4.033.533.513.251440-47.2
87Hentschel, Christoph1556GER40B+120N=57B+62N44B103N98B=82N+114B4.033.036.014.75928-10.8
88Xenakis, Charles1543GRE+107B3N95B+124N132B68N+112N+85B49N4.033.035.013.001516-1.4
89Trelakas, Andreas1440GRE9B95N+122B+107N63B62N+125B+132N78B4.032.034.011.00817-33.2
90Scafe`, Stefano1580ITA+112B9N54B+104NF59N100B+101N+113B4.032.032.013.001304-28.6
91Ouzounstefanis, Ioannis1494GRE12B+118N82B+112N76B=124N97B=81N+128B4.030.032.511.751428-17.2
92Christodoulaki, Antonia Em0GRE50N+114B19N=?B69N=113B110N+117B+127N4.030.030.010.0012700.0
93Skytte, Amanda0DEN105B59N124B+134N115N+142B+117N83B+120N4.025.525.58.006850.0
94Antonakis, Lykourgos1475GREF42N2B+116B30N+125B+50N20B=99N3.541.043.512.251510+10.4
95Papikyan, Levon0ARM84N+89B+88N+38B28N39B=51N72B64N3.538.042.016.0014620.0
96Scafe, Alessandro1418ITA=47N+73B10B102N56B+127N+81B38B70N3.538.040.513.501483+20.4
97Stathopoulou, Athanasia Ismini0GRE60N+68B+72N27B=34B46N+91N67B?N3.538.038.015.7513810.0
98Lavdakis, Michail0GRE36N+?B43N=72B=51N=64B+87N60B66N3.537.537.511.0014540.0
99Ekimov, Ivan1638BUL+121B=63N+102B=31N14BF39N46N=94B3.536.539.513.251470-70.8
100Seferlis, Vasileios1406GRE5B+70N81B132N+119B=78N+90N32B69N3.536.538.513.501406-8.4
101Psarianos, Emmanouil1425GRE+52N75B=69N36B70N+130B38N90B+126N3.535.538.012.251393-10.4
102Dimakis, Evangelos1514GRE+119N=28B99N+96B35N48B70N73B+130N3.535.037.511.751368-46.4
103Ntertilis, Panagiotis0GRE+?N108B+51N=80B41N+87B34B31NF3.535.035.011.0015160.0
104Burvanova, Niya0BUL3B+132N86B90B+110N51B+114N=105N63B3.534.036.09.7511640.0
105Pentoti, Anna1531GRE+93N16B+141N55B+114NF62B=104B68N3.533.534.59.751466-10.4
106FIDE 42189250018B34N70B+122N+107B123N111B=126N+125B3.531.033.510.257290.0
107FIDE 541000307088N85B+135N89B106N+118N+133B=66B71N3.529.531.59.2510890.0
108Kartsakis, Ioannis1612GRE+134B+103N=9B+47NFFFFF3.523.523.513.751868+27.2
109Bakali, Anastasia1458GREF18N21B114B+117N+116B+84N43B50N3.035.035.010.001391-16.0
110Ouzounstefanis, Nikolaos0GRE25B54N+137B45N104B+120N+92B79N81B3.033.535.59.006990.0
111Patrinos, Filippos0GRE43N83B+142N66B68N+135B+106N50B84N3.032.532.55.507320.0
112Moysidi, Danai0GRE90N66B+68N91B85N+134N88B+136N82B3.031.033.08.507060.0
113Psarakis, Kyriakos0GRE63B=133N64N73BF=92N+115B+84B90N3.030.530.510.0012820.0
114Pokki, Kalle0FIN31B92N+134B+109N105B71N104B+133N87N3.030.032.07.0012680.0
115Mantikou, Eleni0GRE39B45N71B+?N+93B79N113N127B+136B3.030.030.06.006860.0
116Ntagkounakis, Charalampos0GRE14B23N+?B94N+136B109N85N120B+140B3.028.528.53.006630.0
117Maragkoudakis, Georgios0GRE38B53N121B+137N109B+136N93B92N+133B3.028.030.06.006990.0
118Maragkoudakis, Alexandros0GRE69N91B67N+142B52N107B+?N+121N119B3.027.527.53.0012650.0
119Stathopoulou, Maria Melina0GRE102BF=60N131B100N=133N+126B69B+118N3.026.026.08.7511550.0
120FIDE 42189381041N87B?N68B+142N110B+137B+116N93B3.025.525.55.007780.0
121Schneider, Reinhart1405GER99N139B+117N22B125N126B+135N118B+134N3.024.526.57.00841-8.2
122FIDE 42154154027N46B89N106B134BF+142N+135B+137N3.024.024.04.007000.0
123Melegkos, Konstantinos1541GRE+49N50B139N+126B65N+106BFFF3.022.522.511.00717-34.4
124Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos0GRE4N52B+93N88BF=91B+?N51B73N2.534.534.56.0013160.0
125Nerantzakis, Dimitrios0GRE6B+71N58B79N+121B94N89N=130B106N2.533.536.08.7513200.0
126FIDE 42143365081B24N+136B123N129B+121N119N=106B101B2.528.530.56.7511890.0
127FIDE 42171806058B+?N34B71NF96B=130N+115N92B2.527.527.54.256840.0
128Psilopoulou, Anna Maria0GREFF65N+130B138N+73B72N=?B91N2.526.026.07.0013020.0
129Adrakta, Maria1429GREFFFF+126N=52B+69N36BF2.525.525.59.501578+24.4
130FIDE 5520111780=80B56N133B128N+?B101N=127B=125N102B2.525.025.04.507320.0
131Tzempelikou, Christina1538GRE+132B=10N5B+119NFFFFF2.518.518.58.251443-9.6
132Skarla, Maria Eleni0GRE131N104BF+100B+88N43B52N89B85N2.031.531.57.5013370.0
133Ekimova, Diana0BUL16N=113B+130N32B?N=119B107N114B117N2.029.529.55.507900.0
134FIDE 421738920108N35B114N93B+122N112B136B+140N121B2.027.028.04.008040.0
135FIDE 42172403037B79N107B136N+137B111N121B122N+?B2.026.026.02.006930.0
136FIDE 541007476017N141B126N+135B116N117B+134N112B115N2.024.525.54.007520.0
137FIDE 541010990028N49B110N117B135N+?B120N+142B122B2.024.524.50.008190.0
138Tsigkogiannis, Panagiotis1438GREF37N=44B26N+128B=86NFFF2.022.522.57.001492+6.0
139Pariotakis, Georgios0GRE86B+121N+123BFFFFFF2.015.015.06.0015040.0
140Psilopoulou, Aikaterini Viktoria0GREFF48N+?B67N72B73N134B116N1.028.528.50.006640.0
141Pavlidou, Evgenia0GRE61B+136N105B46NFFFFF1.017.517.52.00725-51.6
142FIDE 541014790042B82N111B118N120B93N122B137NF0.027.027.00.008140.0

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