7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship

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89 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 14 Aug 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 27 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2403, and top seed was Chongsheng Zeng (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2553).

Mohamed Anees M (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2428) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Akaki Qalichava (7.0) and Yunguo Wan (7.0). M shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ioannis Ntounias (1999) beat Rosh Jain (FM, 2372), a +373-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece

Dates

08 Aug 2025 → 14 Aug 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

🇨🇳GMChongsheng Zeng2553

Avg top 10

2,403

Participants

Titled players · 27

GM×4

IM×4

FM×11

CM×4

WIM×2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇷Greece×60

🇨🇳China×5

🇧🇬Bulgaria×4

🇬🇪Georgia×3

🇮🇳India×3

🇦🇲Armenia×3

🇹🇷Turkiye×3

🇵🇱Poland×2

Top 3

🥇
IMMohamed Anees M
🇮🇳IND·2428
7.5pts·2505perf+8.8
🥈
FMAkaki Qalichava
🇬🇪GEO·2245
7.0pts·2502perf+58.6
🥉
GMYunguo Wan
🇨🇳CHN·2501
7.0pts·2521perf+3.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Mohamed Anees M led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Mohamed Anees7.5Wan7Qalichava7Zeng7Tsarsitalidis6.5Krallis6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Aug

FM Akaki Qalichava takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Mohamed Anees M drew with GM Yunguo Wan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Mohamed Anees M 3 wins (R4–R6)GM Yunguo Wan 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Akaki Qalichava 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMMohamed Anees M	*	½	0	—
2GMYunguo Wan	½	*	0	½
3FMAkaki Qalichava	1	1	*	0
4GMChongsheng Zeng	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mohamed Anees MIM	2428	IND	+73B	+15N	−2B	+37N	+36B	+26N	=3B	+7N	+8B	7.5	45.5	48.0	37.50	2505	+8.8
2	Qalichava, AkakiFM	2245	GEO	+80N	+44B	+1N	=5N	+3B	+8B	=9N	−4B	+15N	7.0	50.0	52.0	38.75	2502	+58.6
3	Wan, YunguoGM	2501	CHN	+72N	+22B	+53N	+7B	−2N	+14B	=1N	+10B	=4N	7.0	48.0	50.5	36.25	2521	+3.5
4	Zeng, ChongshengGM	2553	CHN	+27B	=36N	=37B	+47N	+11B	=10N	+5B	+2N	=3B	7.0	46.5	50.5	39.50	2491	-3.7
5	Krallis, ChristosIM	2390	GRE	+25N	+60B	+26N	=2B	−14N	+17B	−4N	+22B	+9N	6.5	46.0	49.5	33.50	2411	+3.7
6	Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos	2210	GRE	=23N	=62B	=25N	+69B	−16N	+59B	+40N	+38B	+24N	6.5	36.5	39.5	27.25	2181	-3.8
7	Dogias, ChristosFM	2355	GRE	+65N	+12B	+17N	−3N	+51B	+22B	=8N	−1B	=11N	6.0	47.0	50.5	30.00	2344	+1.0
8	Poupalos, NikolaosFM	2234	GRE	+39B	+30N	=18B	+35N	+24B	−2N	=7B	+20B	−1N	6.0	46.0	50.5	30.25	2340	+27.0
9	Senthil Maran KIM	2351	IND	+61N	=19B	=47N	=16B	+29N	+25B	=2B	+14N	−5B	6.0	44.0	47.5	30.00	2261	-8.1
10	Kekelidze, MikheilGM	2353	GEO	+42B	=37N	+56B	=24N	+38B	=4B	=14N	−3N	+23B	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.00	2302	-2.8
11	Skembris, SpyridonGM	2297	GRE	=49B	+88N	+43B	+29B	−4N	=24N	=16B	+19N	=7B	6.0	42.5	43.0	25.75	2254	-2.3
12	Nikolaou, GeorgiosFM	2117	GRE	+48B	−7N	=32B	+76N	=23B	−38N	+31B	+49N	+35B	6.0	38.0	40.0	24.50	2166	+11.6
13	Papadogiannis, Sevastianos	2278	GRE	+76B	−29N	−51B	F	+77N	+73N	+58B	+27N	+16B	6.0	30.0	30.0	21.00	2220	-9.6
14	Trimitzios, PetrosFM	2216	GRE	+31B	=43N	+49B	+18N	+5B	−3N	=10B	−9B	=17N	5.5	46.0	50.0	29.00	2305	+23.2
15	Leftheriotis, Alexandros	2171	GRE	+55N	−1B	=23N	+42B	=49N	+33B	+26B	=16N	−2B	5.5	43.5	47.5	25.75	2187	+4.6
16	Boutikos, EleftheriosCM	2062	GRE	+52B	−35N	+48B	=9N	+6B	+53B	=11N	=15B	−13N	5.5	42.5	46.5	27.25	2264	+94.4
17	Roinos, Ilias	2201	GRE	+34B	+54N	−7B	=27N	+40B	−5N	+39B	=18N	=14B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.00	2215	+6.6
18	Niedbala, BartlomiejIM	2370	POL	+69N	+70B	=8N	−14B	−22N	+41B	+50N	=17B	=20N	5.5	39.0	42.0	23.00	2225	-14.7
19	Yu, Shuxiao	2100	CHN	+79N	=9N	=36B	+28B	−26N	+48N	=24B	−11B	+63N	5.5	39.0	41.0	22.25	2233	+40.0
20	Mnatsakanyan, ArenCM	2150	ARM	+75N	−28B	+62N	=23B	=39N	+63B	+36B	−8N	=18B	5.5	37.5	40.0	21.50	2182	+17.5
21	Aker, Meric Zeynel	2102	TUR	−30B	=39N	+57B	=32N	=52B	=31N	=68N	+44B	+38N	5.5	36.5	39.5	23.75	2020	-37.2
22	Zygouris, Hristos	2187	GRE	+41B	−3N	+31B	+46N	+18B	−7N	=23B	−5N	=25B	5.0	44.5	49.0	24.50	2218	+6.6
23	Avanesyan, AleksandrCM	1976	ARM	=6B	+50N	=15B	=20N	=12N	+47B	=22N	=24B	−10N	5.0	43.5	47.5	24.75	2232	+115.6
24	Gaboyan, SusannaWIM	2220	ARM	+84N	+63B	+28N	=10B	−8N	=11B	=19N	=23N	−6B	5.0	43.5	45.0	21.25	2201	-2.6
25	Kolytas, Spiridon	2028	GRE	−5B	+41N	=6B	+54N	+35B	−9N	=47N	=28B	=22N	5.0	42.0	46.0	23.25	2232	+44.0
26	Argiroudis, StamatisFM	2249	GRE	+51B	+38N	−5B	+58N	+19B	−1B	−15N	+61N	F	5.0	41.0	41.0	21.50	2227	-3.0
27	Sirigos, NikolaosFM	2041	GRE	−4N	+68B	+59N	=17B	−53N	+30B	+60N	−13B	=28N	5.0	39.5	42.5	20.25	2205	+35.0
28	Tsaknakis, ZisisFM	2355	GRE	+85B	+20N	−24B	−19N	+46B	=49N	=38B	=25N	=27B	5.0	39.0	40.5	20.75	2104	-50.6
29	Mantazis, Georgios Rafail	2053	GRE	+64N	+13B	=35B	−11N	−9B	=66N	−44N	+48B	+68N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.50	2130	+31.6
30	Balafoutas, Alexandros	1898	GRE	+21N	−8B	−40N	+67B	=58B	−27N	+73B	=46N	+61B	5.0	36.5	39.0	19.25	2102	+94.8
31	Trapalis, Theodoros	1977	GRE	−14N	+45B	−22N	+82B	=60N	=21B	−12N	+74B	+50N	5.0	36.5	38.5	17.50	2133	+36.2
32	Exarchos, Antonios	1942	GRE	−70N	+65B	=12N	=21B	−50N	=46B	+72N	+40B	=33N	5.0	36.0	38.5	21.00	2124	+86.4
33	Nenova, Andzhelika	2044	BUL	+78B	−53N	+52B	−36N	+43B	−15N	+48B	=35N	=32B	5.0	36.0	38.0	19.25	2083	+16.4
34	Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis Panagiot	1973	GRE	−17N	+72B	−60N	−59B	+79N	=55B	=64N	+54B	+47N	5.0	30.5	32.5	16.25	2040	+30.4
35	Tsarsitalidis, Christos	2287	GRE	+77N	+16B	=29N	−8B	−25N	=44B	+51N	=33B	−12N	4.5	41.0	43.0	18.75	2050	-97.7
36	Triantafilidis, Mihail	2197	GRE	+68N	=4B	=19N	+33B	−1N	+51B	−20N	=63B	F	4.5	41.0	41.0	20.00	2186	-2.4
37	Zhao, YunqingWIM	2107	CHN	+66N	=10B	=4N	−1B	−63N	=52N	=41B	+62B	=39N	4.5	40.5	44.0	20.00	2098	-7.3
38	Poon, Pak Yu	1933	HKG	+83N	−26B	+70N	+60B	−10N	+12B	=28N	−6N	−21B	4.5	40.5	42.5	17.00	2201	+109.1
39	Toliopoulos, Konstantinos	1981	GRE	−8N	=21B	+87N	+56N	=20B	=50B	−17N	=47B	=37B	4.5	39.0	39.5	16.25	2109	+29.8
40	Samaridis, Konstantinos	2057	GRE	−43B	+84N	+30B	=53B	−17N	+57N	−6B	−32N	+71B	4.5	37.5	39.0	15.50	2026	-8.0
41	Tsilidis, Christos	1954	GRE	−22N	−25B	=61N	+81B	+56B	−18N	=37N	+64B	=45N	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.75	2054	+21.4
42	Mavridis, Emmanouil	2009	GRE	−10N	=66B	+79N	−15N	+54B	−60B	+59N	=50B	=44N	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.50	2034	+9.6
43	Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis Aris	1879	GRE	+40N	=14B	−11N	=70B	−33N	=80B	−46N	+72B	+69N	4.5	34.0	36.0	15.25	2092	+88.9
44	Ouzounis, Konstantinos Kyr	1929	GRE	+86B	−2N	−83B	=85N	+65B	=35N	+29B	−21N	=42B	4.5	33.5	35.0	15.25	2112	+83.2
45	Lekkas, Anastasios	2052	GRE	−54B	−31N	+78B	−48N	=71B	+65N	+55B	=57N	=41B	4.5	32.0	34.0	15.25	1925	-61.2
46	Siskou, EvangeliaWFM	2028	GRE	=89N	+87B	F	−22B	−28N	=32N	+43B	=30B	+57N	4.5	29.5	29.5	14.25	2094	+24.0
47	Teng, Jiarong	2134	CHN	=88B	+71N	=9B	−4B	+55N	−23N	=25B	=39N	−34B	4.0	39.5	40.0	15.00	2027	-27.2
48	Papageorgiou, Ioannis	1904	GRE	−12N	+61B	−16N	+45B	+83N	−19B	−33N	−29N	+70B	4.0	38.0	40.0	13.00	2037	+31.0
49	Ntounias, Ioannis	1999	GRE	=11N	+89B	−14N	+86N	=15B	=28B	=53N	−12B	F	4.0	37.5	38.0	12.25	2241	+92.8
50	Krastev, Goran	2162	BUL	=62N	−23B	=54B	+71N	+32B	=39N	−18B	=42N	−31B	4.0	37.0	40.0	16.25	1950	-48.0
51	Skodras, Marios Konstantinos	1989	GRE	−26N	+64B	+13N	+83B	−7N	−36N	−35B	=66B	=55N	4.0	37.0	39.0	15.25	2093	+41.6
52	Chiu, David Zion	1890	HKG	−16N	+77B	−33N	+62B	=21N	=37B	−61N	+67B	F	4.0	35.0	37.0	14.00	2031	+42.3
53	Magkalakis, StefanosFM	2267	GRE	+67N	+33B	−3B	=40N	+27B	−16N	=49B	F	F	4.0	34.5	34.5	17.75	2150	-38.8
54	Tsekoura, Vaia	1835	GRE	+45N	−17B	=50N	−25B	−42N	=69B	+76B	−34N	+84B	4.0	33.5	35.0	11.50	2005	+37.6
55	Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis	1952	GRE	−15B	=73N	=85B	+74N	−47B	=34N	−45N	+59B	=51B	4.0	31.5	33.0	12.50	1975	+10.6
56	Sidiropoulos, Vasilis	2061	GRE	=59N	+74B	−10N	−39B	−41N	+77B	−63N	+75B	=66N	4.0	30.5	32.5	10.50	1938	-30.2
57	Ozturk, Efe	1949	TUR	−60N	=69B	−21N	+87B	+72N	−40B	+80N	=45B	−46B	4.0	30.0	30.5	8.75	1989	+20.4
58	Vardakas, Grigorios	2047	GRE	=81N	=59B	+82N	−26B	=30N	+64B	−13N	=68B	F	4.0	30.0	30.0	12.25	1984	-13.8
59	Aral, Demir	1887	TUR	=56B	=58N	−27B	+34N	=73B	−6N	−42B	−55N	+76B	3.5	35.5	37.5	12.25	1955	+27.7
60	Antoniou, RafailFM	2171	CYP	+57B	−5N	+34B	−38N	=31B	+42N	−27B	F	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	16.00	2038	-48.4
61	Iliev, Vasil	2000	BUL	−9B	−48N	=41B	F	+62N	+74N	+52B	−26B	−30N	3.5	34.5	34.5	12.25	1968	-10.0
62	Galanis, Nikolaos-PanagiotisCM	1944	GRE	=50B	=6N	−20B	−52N	−61B	+78N	+70B	−37N	=74N	3.5	33.5	35.5	11.50	1965	+2.4
63	Kazakis, Mattheos Konstantinos	1916	GRE	F	−24N	=86B	=73N	+37B	−20N	+56B	=36N	−19B	3.5	33.0	33.0	12.75	2082	+63.6
64	Weingarten, Phineas	1867	USA	−29B	−51N	=77N	+84B	+85B	−58N	=34B	−41N	=67N	3.5	29.5	31.0	8.25	1922	+24.8
65	Ioannidis, Konstantinos I	2020	GRE	−7B	−32N	+68B	F	−44N	−45B	=82N	+79B	+78N	3.5	29.0	29.0	8.00	1939	-39.2
66	Tsinaris, Fotis	1904	GRE	−37B	=42N	F	=72B	+69N	=29B	F	=51N	=56B	3.5	27.5	27.5	13.00	2040	+25.6
67	Fanos, Haralambos	1993	GRE	−53B	=78N	=71B	−30N	−74B	+81N	+87B	−52N	=64B	3.5	26.0	26.5	6.75	1833	-40.2
68	Kalomiris, Athanasios	1963	GRE	−36B	−27N	−65N	F	+78B	+76N	=21B	=58N	−29B	3.0	31.5	31.5	8.75	1949	-4.4
69	Tsapaki, Asimenia	2027	GRE	−18B	=57N	+88B	−6N	−66B	=54N	−74B	+87N	−43B	3.0	31.0	31.5	5.00	1852	-87.6
70	Beliotis, Georgios	2158	GRE	+32B	−18N	−38B	=43N	=76B	F	−62N	+82B	−48N	3.0	31.0	31.0	10.25	1897	-55.0
71	Karounis, Ioannis	1907	GRE	F	−47B	=67N	−50B	=45N	−72B	+81N	+80B	−40N	3.0	27.0	27.0	8.00	1945	+6.0
72	Dristellas, Neoklis	2039	GRE	−3B	−34N	+84B	=66N	−57B	+71N	−32B	−43N	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	6.25	1855	-82.8
73	Banov, Boil	2029	BUL	−1N	=55B	+75N	=63B	=59N	−13B	−30N	F	F	2.5	32.0	32.0	8.00	1941	-20.4
74	Anastasopoulou, Andrianna	1897	GRE	F	−56N	F	−55B	+67N	−61B	+69N	−31N	=62B	2.5	26.5	26.5	8.25	1891	-1.4
75	Heran-Boily, Samuel	1940	NOR	−20B	=85N	−73B	=78N	F	=79B	+77N	−56N	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	4.75	1896	-9.4
76	Sichinava, Mariam	1999	GEO	−13N	=79B	+81N	−12B	=70N	−68B	−54N	−78B	−59N	2.0	29.5	31.5	4.50	1756	-112.0
77	Adamczyk, ZuzannaWCM	1999	POL	−35B	−52N	=64B	+88N	−13B	−56N	−75B	=84N	−81B	2.0	28.0	28.5	3.00	1787	-49.8
78	Bania, Eleni	1829	GRE	−33N	=67B	−45N	=75B	−68N	−62B	F	+76N	−65B	2.0	27.5	27.5	5.00	1801	-5.2
79	Alepoudeas, Stylianos	1891	GRE	−19B	=76N	−42B	=80N	−34B	=75N	=84B	−65N	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	4.00	1807	-32.4
80	Konstantelias, Konstantinos	1982	GRE	−2B	−86N	F	=79B	+82N	=43N	−57B	−71N	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	5.25	1828	-30.2
81	Petridis, Dimitrios Panagiotis	1832	GRE	=58B	−83N	−76B	−41N	=87N	−67B	−71B	F	+77N	2.0	21.5	21.5	4.25	1790	-18.0
82	Mihailidou, Magdalini	1901	GRE	F	F	−58B	−31N	−80B	=84N	=65B	−70N	+87B	2.0	19.5	19.5	3.00	1841	-12.0
83	Betsakos, Konstantinos	2137	GRE	−38B	+81B	+44N	−51N	−48B	F	F	F	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	1845	-37.6
84	Mykhailets, Polina	1981	UKR	−24B	−40B	−72N	−64N	F	=82B	=79N	=77B	−54N	1.5	25.5	25.5	3.00	1725	-102.0
85	Ziomas, Konstantinos Dimitrios	2027	GRE	−28N	=75B	=55N	=44B	−64N	F	F	F	F	1.5	19.5	19.5	5.50	1859	-48.0
86	Kormas, Georgios	2134	GRE	−44N	+80B	=63N	−49B	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.75	1870	-28.4
87	Giakoustidou, Evgenia	1829	GRE	F	−46N	−39B	−57N	=81B	F	−67N	−69B	−82N	0.5	23.5	23.5	1.00	1536	-72.0
88	Tsilimparis, Ioannis	1925	GRE	=47N	−11B	−69N	−77B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	15.0	15.0	2.00	1792	-11.8
89	Rosh JainFM	2372	IND	=46B	−49N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	2.25	1820	-25.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Avanesyan, AleksandrCMARM
+115.6
5.0 pts · #29
2Poon, Pak YuHKG
+109.1
4.5 pts · #35
3Balafoutas, AlexandrosGRE
+94.8
5.0 pts · #32

Top rating losers

1Sichinava, MariamGEO
-112.0
2.0 pts · #79
2Mykhailets, PolinaUKR
-102.0
1.5 pts · #84
3Tsarsitalidis, ChristosGRE
-97.7
4.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R2+373 Elo gap
Ntounias, Ioannis1999 beat FMRosh Jain2372
R3+289 Elo gap
Skodras, Marios Konstantinos1989 beat Papadogiannis, Sevastianos2278
R5+259 Elo gap
Kolytas, Spiridon2028 beat Tsarsitalidis, Christos2287