18th Kalamaria International Open 2025 B

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 06 Sept 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1702, and top seed was Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1785).

Iasonas Gkalimpas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1630) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Thomas Tsaousis (6.5) and Igli Naci (6.5). Gkalimpas clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Dimitrios Siasios (1478) beat Spiros-Avgerinos Giakoustidis (1773), a +295-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece

Dates

30 Aug 2025 → 06 Sept 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

🇬🇷Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis1785

Avg top 10

1,702

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇷Greece×54

Top 3

🥇
Iasonas Gkalimpas
🇬🇷GRE·1630
7.0pts·1841perf+95.6
🥈
Thomas Tsaousis
🇬🇷GRE·1635
6.5pts·1774perf+67.2
🥉
Igli Naci
🇬🇷GRE·1759
6.5pts·1795perf+16.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Iasonas Gkalimpas led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Gkalimpas7Tsaousis6.5Naci6.5Lamprinos6.5Siasios6.5Kaldirimtzis6

R8 · LEADER CHANGE05 Sept

Thomas Tsaousis takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

Iasonas Gkalimpas won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Iasonas Gkalimpas	*	—	—	—
2Thomas Tsaousis	—	*	0	1
3Igli Naci	—	1	*	0
4Athanasios Angelos Lamprinos	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gkalimpas, Iasonas	1630	GRE	+5B	+17N	−10B	=7N	+38B	=6N	+16N	+35B	+8N	7.0	42.5	45.5	34.00	1841	+95.6
2	Tsaousis, Thomas	1635	GRE	+14B	=7N	+34B	+8N	=44B	=10N	+4B	+5B	−3N	6.5	45.5	48.5	34.75	1774	+67.2
3	Naci, Igli	1759	GRE	+50N	+19B	=6N	+12B	−4N	=7B	=31N	+11B	+2B	6.5	44.5	46.0	31.50	1795	+16.8
4	Lamprinos, Athanasios Angelos	1666	GRE	+22N	+23B	+18N	+10N	+3B	+16B	−2N	−8B	=7N	6.5	44.0	48.5	33.00	1803	+65.6
5	Siasios, Dimitrios	1478	GRE	−1N	+50B	=9N	+20B	+15B	+44N	+6B	−2N	+13B	6.5	43.0	44.5	28.00	1806	+155.6
6	Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis	1645	GRE	+41N	+40B	=3B	+13N	=16N	=1B	−5N	=10B	+20N	6.0	42.5	45.5	27.25	1730	+16.6
7	Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos Nikolaos	1582	GRE	+51N	=2B	=44N	=1B	+13B	=3N	+47B	=31N	=4B	6.0	41.0	42.5	25.75	1772	+90.4
8	Betsakos, Haralampos	1567	GRE	+53N	F	+28B	−2B	+29N	+12B	+10N	+4N	−1B	6.0	40.0	40.0	26.50	1788	+43.6
9	Ladopoulos, Vasileios	1579	GRE	+21B	−10N	=5B	=27N	=14B	+37N	=13B	+33N	+31B	6.0	38.5	41.5	25.75	1651	+23.6
10	Megasthenis, Michail	1693	GRE	+32N	+9B	+1N	−4B	+17N	=2B	−8B	=6N	=19B	5.5	47.0	51.0	30.00	1689	+4.4
11	Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Arg	1653	GRE	+30B	−18N	+25B	=15N	=28B	=27N	+14B	−3N	+21B	5.5	38.0	42.0	24.50	1620	-11.2
12	Paschalidis, Nikolaos	1590	GRE	=36B	+48N	+39B	−3N	+37B	−8N	+28B	−19N	+35N	5.5	34.0	36.0	17.25	1630	+18.4
13	Alla, Andreas	1632	GRE	+42N	+52B	=16N	−6B	−7N	+17B	=9N	+15B	−5N	5.0	41.5	42.5	18.75	1586	-9.4
14	Gkadakis, Athanasios	1495	GRE	−2N	=26B	=46N	+32B	=9N	+29B	−11N	=18B	+37N	5.0	37.5	40.0	19.50	1597	+45.2
15	Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis	1608	GRE	+27N	−16B	+40N	=11B	−5N	=38B	+34B	−13N	+17N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.25	1568	-8.6
16	Stamatiadis, Georgios	1704	GRE	+25B	+15N	=13B	+38N	=6B	−4N	−1B	=27N	−23B	4.5	42.5	45.5	20.00	1597	-25.4
17	Psomas, Konstantinos	1578	GRE	+26N	−1B	+52N	+19B	−10B	−13N	=21B	+30N	−15B	4.5	39.5	40.5	15.75	1544	-14.8
18	Bekiari, Angeliki	1585	GRE	+49N	+11B	−4B	−44N	=30B	=21N	=27B	=14N	=24B	4.5	37.0	39.0	18.50	1570	-10.8
19	Koutroupas, Emmanouil	1622	GRE	+43B	−3N	+30B	−17N	−34B	F	+38N	+12B	=10N	4.5	35.5	38.5	18.25	1622	0.0
20	Tzellos, Dimitrios-Aggelos	1674	GRE	=48B	−34N	+24B	−5N	+36B	−30N	+41B	+22N	−6B	4.5	35.5	37.5	16.50	1488	-76.4
21	Koutsionas, Athanasios	0	GRE	−9N	+22B	=45N	−35B	+54N	=18B	=17N	+28B	−11N	4.5	35.5	36.5	15.50	1616	0.0
22	Noulis, Ioannis	1503	GRE	−4B	−21N	+33N	+49B	−31N	=23B	+53N	−20B	+26N	4.5	34.0	35.0	13.25	1581	-20.4
23	Lampadariou, Athanasios	1567	GRE	+24B	−4N	=37B	=39N	−27B	=22N	+36B	F	+16N	4.5	33.5	36.0	17.75	1557	-4.8
24	Lazaridis, Lazaros Th	0	GRE	−23N	+41B	−20N	=54B	=26N	=48B	=45N	+29B	=18N	4.5	29.5	30.5	14.25	1567	0.0
25	Paraskevopoulou, Aikaterini	1550	GRE	−16N	+49B	−11N	+46B	−35N	−26B	=42N	+43N	+54B	4.5	28.0	29.0	10.00	1553	-18.4
26	Paschalidou, Eleni	0	GRE	−17B	=14N	+48B	−29N	=24B	+25N	−33B	+34N	−22B	4.0	34.5	36.5	14.75	1520	+20.0
27	Koutsos, Dimitrios Thes	1457	GRE	−15B	F	+32N	=9B	+23N	=11B	=18N	=16B	F	4.0	34.0	34.0	18.75	1660	+76.0
28	Nikakis, Filippos	1586	GRE	F	+46B	−8N	+42B	=11N	=35B	−12N	−21N	+36B	4.0	34.0	34.0	13.50	1613	+12.4
29	Pezikoglou, Apostolos	1627	GRE	−40N	=42B	+43N	+26B	−8B	−14N	=37B	−24N	+39B	4.0	31.5	34.5	13.00	1485	-44.8
30	Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos NA	1499	GRE	−11N	+51B	−19N	+52B	=18N	+20B	−35N	−17B	=41N	4.0	31.5	32.5	10.75	1521	-0.8
31	Alexandrakis, Venizelos	1668	GRE	F	F	F	+41N	+22B	+34N	=3B	=7B	−9N	4.0	29.5	29.5	17.25	1721	+13.2
32	Karakotsios, Loukas Georgios	1538	GRE	−10B	=43N	−27B	−14N	=51N	+52B	=46N	=42B	+40N	4.0	27.5	28.5	9.00	1337	-77.2
33	Kechagioglou, Athanasios	1583	GRE	−37B	−39N	−22B	+50N	F	+53B	+26N	−9B	+45N	4.0	27.0	28.0	9.50	1545	-13.2
34	Kakagiannis, Stylianos	1501	GRE	F	+20B	−2N	=53B	+19N	−31B	−15N	−26B	+46N	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.00	1539	+24.0
35	Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp	1785	GRE	F	F	F	+21N	+25B	=28N	+30B	−1N	−12B	3.5	29.5	29.5	15.00	1582	-50.0
36	Gkadakis, Dimitrios	1446	GRE	=12N	−38B	−42N	+43B	−20N	+54B	−23N	+52B	−28N	3.5	28.5	29.5	7.75	1420	-5.4
37	Salgkamis, Daniil	1440	GRE	+33N	−44B	=23N	+45B	−12N	−9B	=29N	F	−14B	3.0	35.0	38.0	11.25	1514	+28.8
38	Adamaki, Angeliki	1568	GRE	=39B	+36N	+47B	−16B	−1N	=15N	−19B	F	F	3.0	33.0	33.0	10.00	1549	-8.4
39	Sotiriadis, Panagiotis	0	GRE	=38N	+33B	−12N	=23B	−45N	F	F	+48B	−29N	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.75	1524	0.0
40	Kougioumtzoglou, Margarita	1476	GRE	+29B	−6N	−15B	−47N	=49N	=46B	+48N	−45B	−32B	3.0	29.0	31.0	8.25	1429	0.0
41	Papadopoulos, Odysseas Panos	1496	GRE	−6B	−24N	+50N	−31B	=46N	+49B	−20N	F	=30B	3.0	29.0	30.0	6.75	1515	-8.0
42	Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520	1481	GRE	−13B	=29N	+36B	−28N	F	=43N	=25B	=32N	F	3.0	28.0	28.0	11.25	1504	+7.6
43	Meselidis, Evangelos	1473	GRE	−19N	=32B	−29B	−36N	+52N	=42B	=49N	−25B	=50B	3.0	27.0	28.0	6.25	1346	-48.8
44	Giakoustidis, Spiros-Avgerinos	1773	GRE	F	+37N	=7B	+18B	=2N	−5B	F	F	F	3.0	26.5	26.5	13.75	1618	-18.0
45	Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria	1560	GRE	F	F	=21B	−37N	+39B	−47N	=24B	+40N	−33B	3.0	24.5	24.5	10.50	745	-31.0
46	Nikaki, Artemis	1463	GRE	F	−28N	=14B	−25N	=41B	=40N	=32B	=54N	−34B	2.5	28.0	28.0	8.00	1382	-22.0
47	Bimpikas, Ioannis	1625	GRE	F	F	−38N	+40B	=53N	+45B	−7N	F	F	2.5	20.5	20.5	6.50	1446	-28.0
48	Oikonomidis, Anastasios Ioannis	1508	GRE	=20N	−12B	−26N	+51B	F	=24N	−40B	−39N	F	2.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	1453	-14.8
49	Gkrekidis, Konstantinos	1446	GRE	−18B	−25N	F	−22N	=40B	−41N	=43B	−50N	+52B	2.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	1166	-56.4
50	Chachali, Aliki	1553	GRE	−3B	−5N	−41B	−33B	F	−51N	−52N	+49B	=43N	1.5	27.5	27.5	3.50	1297	-99.2
51	Hatziathanasiou, Dimitrios	1434	GRE	−7B	−30N	F	−48N	=32B	+50B	F	F	F	1.5	17.5	17.5	3.50	1397	-10.0
52	Piperidou, Angeliki	0	GRE	F	−13N	−17B	−30N	−43B	−32N	+50B	−36N	−49N	1.0	27.5	27.5	1.50	1201	0.0
53	Tzeiranidis, Alexandros	0	GRE	−8B	F	F	=34N	=47B	−33N	−22B	F	F	1.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	1334	0.0
54	Alexandrakis, Alexios	1560	GRE	F	F	F	=24N	−21B	−36N	F	=46B	−25N	1.0	19.5	19.5	3.50	1220	-51.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Siasios, DimitriosGRE
+155.6
6.5 pts · #5
2Gkalimpas, IasonasGRE
+95.6
7.0 pts · #1
3Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos NikolaosGRE
+90.4
6.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Chachali, AlikiGRE
-99.2
1.5 pts · #46
2Karakotsios, Loukas GeorgiosGRE
-77.2
4.0 pts · #43
3Tzellos, Dimitrios-AggelosGRE
-76.4
4.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R6+295 Elo gap
Siasios, Dimitrios1478 beat Giakoustidis, Spiros-Avgerinos1773
R4+196 Elo gap
Siasios, Dimitrios1478 beat Tzellos, Dimitrios-Aggelos1674
R9+195 Elo gap
Paschalidis, Nikolaos1590 beat Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp1785