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
Federations · 1 represented
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Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsIasonas Gkalimpas led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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+155.66.5 pts · #5
- 2Gkalimpas, IasonasGRE+95.67.0 pts · #1
- 3Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos NikolaosGRE+90.46.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Chachali, AlikiGRE-99.21.5 pts · #46
- 2Karakotsios, Loukas GeorgiosGRE-77.24.0 pts · #43
- 3Tzellos, Dimitrios-AggelosGRE-76.44.5 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R6+295 Elo gap
- R4+196 Elo gap
- R9+195 Elo gap