3rd Summer Daily open Chess Square July 2025
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Jul 2025 to 07 Aug 2025 in Athens, Greece. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1921, and top seed was Antonios Georgantas (🇬🇷 GRE, 2034).
Ioannis Panopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1968) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Lazaros Lazaridis-Elmaloglou (4.5) and Dimitrios Vazelakis (4.5). Panopoulos won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ioannis Korovesis (1498) beat Antonios Zachos (1650), a +152-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsIoannis Panopoulos led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Ioannis Panopoulos never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Ioannis Panopoulos lost to Dimitrios Vazelakis (Black).
Ioannis Panopoulos won 6 in a row (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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| 1Ioannis Panopoulos | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Dimitrios Vazelakis | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Lazaros Lazaridis-Elmaloglou | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Anastasios Koukas | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panopoulos, Ioannis | 1968 | GRE | +8B | +16N | +2B | +5N | +7B | +4N | −3N | 6.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 19.00 | 2158 | +30.4 |
| 2 | Lazaridis-Elmaloglou, Lazaros | 1905 | GRE | +10N | +11B | −1N | −4B | +9N | +6B | =5N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 12.50 | 2026 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Vazelakis, Dimitrios | 1857 | GRE | +12B | F | +6N | =9B | −4N | +7N | +1B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 15.75 | 2057 | +32.6 |
| 4 | Georgantas, Antonios | 2034 | GRE | +7B | =6N | =5B | +2N | +3B | −1B | F | 4.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 16.25 | 2043 | +2.0 |
| 5 | Koukas, Anastasios | 2031 | GRE | +15N | +9B | =4N | −1B | −6N | +12B | =2B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 8.75 | 1938 | -14.2 |
| 6 | Nemtsas, Hristoforos | 1963 | GRE | +14N | =4B | −3B | +11N | +5B | −2N | F | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 8.50 | 1962 | +1.8 |
| 7 | Kazakos, Panteleimon | 1781 | GRE | −4N | +10B | +16B | +8N | −1N | −3B | =14B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.75 | 1760 | -3.4 |
| 8 | Garyfallou, Dimosthenis | 1766 | GRE | −1N | F | +15B | −7B | +13N | +14N | F | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1827 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Santorinaios, Iakovos | 1939 | GRE | +13B | −5N | +12B | =3N | −2B | F | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1787 | -16.6 |
| 10 | Gkogka, Elvis | 1571 | GRE | −2B | −7N | +14N | +16B | =12N | F | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 1661 | +9.6 |
| 11 | Delithanasis, Dimitrios | 1955 | GRE | F | −2N | +13B | −6B | +16N | F | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 1756 | -17.4 |
| 12 | Korovesis, Ioannis | 1498 | GRE | −3N | +14B | −9N | F | =10B | −5N | F | 1.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 1.75 | 1626 | +22.0 |
| 13 | Kourouklis, Efthymios-Nektarios | 1603 | GRE | −9N | =15B | −11N | +14B | −8B | F | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1667 | +5.6 |
| 14 | Zachos, Antonios | 1650 | GRE | −6B | −12N | −10B | −13N | F | −8B | =7N | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.75 | 1297 | -86.0 |
| 15 | Zlotogorski, Itay | 1775 | ISR | −5B | =13N | −8N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1527 | -18.6 |
| 16 | Christodoulidi, Georgia | 1474 | GRE | F | −1B | −7N | −10N | −11B | F | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 977 | -26.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vazelakis, DimitriosGRE+32.64.5 pts · #2
- 2Panopoulos, IoannisGRE+30.46.0 pts · #1
- 3Lazaridis-Elmaloglou, LazarosGRE+25.24.5 pts · #3
- 1Zachos, AntoniosGRE-86.00.5 pts · #15
- 2Christodoulidi, GeorgiaGRE-26.40.0 pts · #16
- 3Zlotogorski, ItayISR-18.60.5 pts · #14
- R2+152 Elo gap
- R7+111 Elo gap
- R3+106 Elo gap