2025 National Youth Championships - open U8
26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1497, and top seed was Filippos Borisov (🇬🇷 GRE, 1614).
Radamanthys Pavlos Androulakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1491) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Filippos Borisov (7.0) and Maximos Xynidis (6.0). Androulakis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Radamanthys Pavlos Androulakis (1491) beat Alexios Alexandrakis (1605), a +114-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Androulakis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).
Radamanthys Pavlos Androulakis lost to Filippos Borisov (Black).
Radamanthys Pavlos Androulakis 4 wins (R3–R6)Filippos Borisov 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Radamanthys Pavlos Androulakis | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Filippos Borisov | 1 | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Georgios Th Drakakis | 1 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Maximos Xynidis | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Androulakis, Radamanthys Pavlos | 1491 | GRE | +17N | −4B | +6N | +10B | +22B | +8N | −2N | +7B | +3B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 36.00 | 1674 | +43.6 |
| 2 | Borisov, Filippos | 1614 | GRE | +11B | +14N | +18B | +7N | =3B | =5N | +1B | +12N | −4B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 37.00 | 1659 | +8.4 |
| 3 | Xynidis, Maximos | 1500 | GRE | +6N | +19B | +4N | −13B | =2N | +9B | =8N | +5B | −1N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 33.75 | 1484 | -2.4 |
| 4 | Drakakis, Georgios Th | 0 | GRE | +5N | +1N | −3B | −9B | +17N | +10B | −12N | +19B | +2N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 34.00 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Melegkos, Konstantinos | 1541 | GRE | −4B | +16N | +11B | +25N | +18B | =2B | +7N | −3N | =8B | 6.0 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 27.25 | 1492 | +6.4 |
| 6 | Drougkas, Ioannis | 0 | GRE | −3B | +26N | −1B | +15N | +25B | =22N | =11B | +13N | +12B | 6.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 22.50 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alexandrakis, Alexios | 1605 | GRE | +21N | +10B | +13N | −2B | =9N | +19B | −5B | −1N | +14B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 25.75 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Volanis, Vasileios | 1421 | GRE | +12N | +23B | −9N | +20B | +13N | −1B | =3B | =11N | =5N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 25.50 | 1400 | -5.2 |
| 9 | Travlos, Markos | 1453 | GRE | −22B | +17N | +8B | +4N | =7B | −3N | −13B | +18N | +11B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 27.75 | 1461 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Mavris, Angelos Konstantinos | 1401 | GRE | +15B | −7N | +16B | −1N | +23B | −4N | +20B | =14N | +17N | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 22.75 | 664 | -16.4 |
| 11 | Berberidis, Nikolaos | 0 | GRE | −2N | +12B | −5N | +26B | +20N | +13B | =6N | =8B | −9N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 21.75 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Psomas, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | −8B | −11N | +15B | +14N | +?B | +18N | +4B | −2B | −6N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 19.00 | 1475 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Fragkakis, Georgios | 1493 | GRE | +20B | +25N | −7B | +3N | −8B | −11N | +9N | −6B | +19N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 21.50 | 1580 | +14.0 |
| 14 | Ilias, Christos | 0 | GRE | +?N | −2B | −22N | −12B | +26N | +23B | +15N | =10B | −7N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 12.25 | 1314 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Simantirakis, Theodoros | 0 | GRE | −10N | +21B | −12N | −6B | +?B | +25N | −14B | +20N | =16B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 12.25 | 600 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 541001656 | 0 | — | +?N | −5B | −10N | +21B | −19N | −17B | +23N | +24B | =15N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 12.25 | 1303 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ioakeimidis, Theodoros | 0 | GRE | −1B | −9B | +?N | +?N | −4B | +16N | +18B | =?N | −10B | 4.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 8.50 | 1288 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Poursalidis, Kyriakos | 1446 | GRE | +24N | +22B | −2N | +19B | −5N | −12B | −17N | −9B | +26N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 12.00 | 711 | -50.0 |
| 19 | Psarakis, Kyriakos | 0 | GRE | +26B | −3N | +?B | −18N | +16B | −7N | +22B | −4N | −13B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.50 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Georgiadis, Kimon | 0 | GRE | −13N | +?B | +?N | −8N | −11B | +21B | −10N | −15B | +25N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 1239 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Dimou, Alkinoos | 0 | GRE | −7B | −15N | +24B | −16N | +?B | −20N | F | +22N | +?B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 6.00 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 42191505 | 0 | — | +9N | −18N | +14B | =?B | −1N | =6B | −19N | −21B | F | 3.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 42193567 | 0 | — | F | −8N | −25B | +24B | −10N | −14N | −16B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.00 | 610 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Koumparoudis, Ioannis | 0 | GRE | −18B | −?B | −21N | −23N | F | +26B | +?N | −16N | +?B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 541014537 | 0 | — | +?N | −13B | +23N | −5B | −6N | −15B | −?N | F | −20B | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 3.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 42190967 | 0 | — | −19N | −6B | F | −11N | −14B | −24N | +?B | +?N | −18B | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Androulakis, Radamanthys PavlosGRE+43.67.0 pts · #2
- 2Fragkakis, GeorgiosGRE+14.05.0 pts · #9
- 3Borisov, FilipposGRE+8.47.0 pts · #3
- 1Poursalidis, KyriakosGRE-50.04.0 pts · #23
- 2Mavris, Angelos KonstantinosGRE-16.45.5 pts · #19
- 3Volanis, VasileiosGRE-5.25.5 pts · #8
- R8+114 Elo gap