12th Team Memory Cup 2025

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192 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Sept 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 7 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2168, and top seed was Georgios-Alexandros Kouskoutis (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 2252).

Vasilios Sampsonoglou (🇬🇷 GRE, 1888) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Andreas Makropoulos (5.0) and Alexandros Balafoutas (5.0). Sampsonoglou broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Alexandros Kiriazis (1490) beat Georgios Sideris (1910), a +420-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece

Dates

28 Sept 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Team · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇷FMGeorgios-Alexandros Kouskoutis2252

Avg top 10

2,168

Participants

192

Titled players · 7

FM×2

CM×5

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇷Greece×172

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
Vasilios Sampsonoglou
🇬🇷GRE·1888
6.0pts·2049perf+25.4
🥈
Andreas Makropoulos
🇬🇷GRE·1645
5.0pts·1958perf+55.6
🥉
Alexandros Balafoutas
🇬🇷GRE·2009
5.0pts·2071perf+26.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Sampsonoglou, Vasilios	🇬🇷GRE	1888	6.0	1740	2049	+25.4
2	Makropoulos, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	1645	5.0	1800	1958	+55.6
3	Balafoutas, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2009	5.0	1798	2071	+26.8
5	Betsakos, Haralampos	🇬🇷GRE	1611	5.0	1650	1775	+34.2
11	Christou, Lambros	🇬🇷GRE	1729	5.0	1776	2016	+35.6
7	CMStavrakakis, Vasilios	🇬🇷GRE	2046	5.0	1798	2598	+18.2
51	Milovanovic, Ninoslav	🇷🇸SRB	1986	5.0	1715	2515	+7.0
4	Maggos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1737	4.5	1780	1973	+34.0
10	Romanos, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	2014	4.0	1788	1913	-13.2
22	Giannopoulos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1856	4.0	1745	1745	-15.6
44	Tzavelas, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	1743	4.0	1630	1558	-47.6
8	Gkalimpas, Iasonas	🇬🇷GRE	1726	4.0	1745	1870	+74.8
19	Bokias, Petros	🇬🇷GRE	1839	4.0	1679	1872	+7.2
63	Sioulas, Stylianos	🇬🇷GRE	1583	4.0	1650	1650	+3.8
12	CMKaramichos, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	2243	4.0	1981	2221	+1.6
6	Giouvanoudis, Sotirios Rafail	🇬🇷GRE	1583	4.0	1576	1701	+38.8
9	Tziotzios, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1777	4.0	1873	1998	+33.8
28	Triantafilidis, Mihail	🇬🇷GRE	2159	4.0	1982	2175	+1.8
16	Mourelatos, Ilias	🇬🇷GRE	1979	3.5	1838	1895	-11.8
17	Kiriazis, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1490	3.5	1728	1728	+75.2
41	Apostolou, Konstantinos Th	🇬🇷GRE	0	3.5	1646	1574	0.0
118	Tsotsakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1538	3.5	1829	1507	-5.2
14	Polyzos, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1834	3.5	1710	1710	-22.0
35	Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios	🇬🇷GRE	1535	3.5	1696	1791	+53.6
36	Paschalidis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1610	3.5	1710	1805	+40.8
15	Ballis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1621	3.5	1670	2006	+69.6
13	Tsouchnikas, Orestis	🇬🇷GRE	1794	3.5	1581	1917	+9.2
30	Pezikoglou, Apostolos	🇬🇷GRE	1553	3.5	1613	1708	+13.2
26	Sideris, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1910	3.0	1876	1876	-4.4
20	Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Nik	🇬🇷GRE	1763	3.0	1755	1827	+9.4
25	Gkadakis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1734	3.0	1762	1762	-9.6
24	Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp	🇬🇷GRE	1726	3.0	1636	1829	+12.5
21	Kivelos, Sotirios	🇬🇷GRE	1910	3.0	1628	1821	-5.6
27	CMGalanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1988	3.0	1753	2553	+16.8
23	Liamos, Asterios	🇬🇷GRE	1806	3.0	1792	1985	+18.4
80	Batzakis, Michail Angelos	🇬🇷GRE	0	3.0	1555	1430	0.0
49	Karagiannis, Thomas Aristotelis	🇬🇷GRE	1839	3.0	1650	1775	-4.4
18	Baltakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1801	3.0	1592	2392	+14.4
29	Mitsopoulos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1782	3.0	1527	2327	+30.8
75	Gerontopoulos, Prodromos	🇬🇷GRE	1749	3.0	1403	2203	+2.2
37	Gioras, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1766	2.5	1795	1738	-5.8
86	Gafilis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.5	1677	1552	0.0
108	Forozoglou, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1654	2.5	1696	1330	-68.4
34	Arampatzis, Dimitrios I	🇬🇷GRE	1550	2.5	1572	1667	+22.8
61	Iakovidis, Orestis Marios	🇬🇷GRE	1677	2.5	1677	1870	+10.0
33	Iordanoglou, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1518	2.5	1624	1719	+42.0
58	Tsompanis, Charalampos Sviatoslav	🇬🇷GRE	1440	2.5	1673	1586	+24.8
62	Iliadou, Anna	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.5	1556	1407	0.0
31	Gallos, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1559	2.5	1650	1650	+24.0
83	Diamantopoulos, Marios	🇬🇷GRE	1531	2.5	1587	1462	-13.6
32	Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos NA	🇬🇷GRE	1546	2.5	1553	1553	-0.4
64	Kafantaris, Pavlos	🇬🇷GRE	1757	2.5	1577	1770	+1.0
123	Artemiou, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1454	2.5	1530	1257	-13.8
53	Karakotsios, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1875	2.0	1804	1804	-4.4
55	Hatzidimitriadis, Hristos	🇬🇷GRE	1685	2.0	1582	1707	+3.6
48	FMArgiroudis, Stamatis	🇬🇷GRE	2246	2.0	1867	1992	-14.4
46	Drakaki, Anna-Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1949	2.0	1828	1828	-10.0
39	Tzontas, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1771	2.0	1672	1600	-22.4
96	Ifoulis, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	1578	2.0	1691	1566	-1.8
91	Giannoulidou, Ioli Agapi	🇬🇷GRE	1529	2.0	1744	1504	-10.8
47	Alla, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	1622	2.0	1754	1879	+19.8
92	Galaras, Anestis	🇬🇷GRE	1820	2.0	1884	1884	+1.2
148	Psomas, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1565	2.0	1520	720	-46.8
40	Moutzouridis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1872	2.0	1666	1791	-4.4
43	Dermatopoulos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1929	2.0	1841	1966	+3.2
190	Tsakiris, Odysseas	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.0	1756	956	0.0
79	Gavriilidis, Nikiforos	🇬🇷GRE	1601	2.0	1843	1843	+21.6
45	Sifaleras, Angelos	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.0	1633	1633	0.0
50	Tsinaris, Fotis	🇬🇷GRE	1930	2.0	1734	1859	-3.4
38	Georgouletis, Eleftherios	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.0	1666	1686	0.0
52	Giakoustidis, Spiros-Avgerinos	🇬🇷GRE	1720	2.0	1690	1815	+6.2
102	Samakas, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1962	2.0	1825	1700	-19.0
81	Boudoulis, Pashalis	🇬🇷GRE	1586	2.0	1530	1530	-3.2
70	Chatziiordanis, Omiros	🇬🇷GRE	1453	2.0	1779	1779	+30.4
42	Ballas, Kleon-Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	2034	2.0	1696	2496	+4.8
54	Efthymiadis, Alkiviadis	🇬🇷GRE	1681	2.0	1534	1659	-2.0
124	Asiatidis, Ioannis Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1545	1.5	1639	1273	-27.6
56	Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris	🇬🇷GRE	1802	1.5	1761	1674	-12.8
59	Maronidis, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1993	1.5	1855	1855	-8.8
104	Arquin , Dimitris Howard	🇬🇷GRE	1551	1.5	1658	1336	-41.2
65	Triantaphylidis, Alexandros I	🇬🇷GRE	1798	1.5	1889	1889	+7.6
165	Noulis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1616	1.5	1752	952	-41.6
67	Tyritidis, Efthymios	🇬🇷GRE	1659	1.5	1650	1563	-11.6
113	Stamatiadis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1672	1.5	1935	1662	-3.0
66	Ivanovic, Maria-Nefeli	🇬🇷GRE	1477	1.5	1549	1742	+13.8
57	Kogioumtzidis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1454	1.5	1504	1697	+25.2
114	Apostolidis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1648	1.5	1559	1559	-2.4
117	Palaiochorinou, Agni	🇬🇷GRE	1474	1.5	1454	1454	-0.6
60	Papadopoulos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1958	1.5	1940	2133	+9.0
130	Chasiridis, Vladimiros	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.5	1446	1446	0.0
136	Alexandrakis, Alexios	🇬🇷GRE	1498	1.0	1678	878	-44.8
188	Trivella, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1602	1.0	1760	960	-13.8
140	Palaiochorinos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1741	941	0.0
170	Prapas, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1914	1114	0.0
87	Zonidis, Petros	🇬🇷GRE	1705	1.0	1683	1558	-12.2
74	Zoglopitis, Sotirios	🇬🇷GRE	1736	1.0	1820	1695	-6.0
158	Farinis, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1649	849	0.0
90	Nikakis, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1596	1.0	1729	1729	+12.8
88	Ioakeimidis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	1415	1.0	1606	1481	+10.0
105	Liamos, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	1739	1.0	1966	1693	-8.8
68	Kyriakopoulos, Charalampos	🇬🇷GRE	1704	1.0	1747	1747	+5.2
84	Samakas, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	1919	1.0	1952	1952	+1.0
101	Bahar-Mosse, Iakov	🇬🇷GRE	1823	1.0	1650	2450	+5.4
82	Xouplidis, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1703	1.0	1856	1856	+16.0
89	Seretis, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1693	1.0	1737	1737	+2.8
78	CMDorfanis, Ilarion	🇬🇷GRE	2127	1.0	1776	2576	+2.2
76	Ioannidis, Konstantinos I	🇬🇷GRE	1981	1.0	1864	1864	-11.4
93	Gavriil, Odysseas-Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1977	1.0	1911	1911	-3.6
72	Theofylaktou, Kyriaki	🇬🇷GRE	1465	1.0	1703	1703	+23.6
146	Charalampous, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1428	1.0	1625	825	-9.6
192	FIDE 42186358	—	0	1.0	1625	825	0.0
73	Karzias, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	1821	1.0	1833	1833	+0.6
71	Kalfopoulos, Naoum	🇬🇷GRE	1580	1.0	1454	2254	+7.0
99	Theocharidis, Evangelos 39190	🇬🇷GRE	1610	1.0	1552	2352	+16.8
139	Bopotas, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1860	1060	0.0
85	Dermatopoulos, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1887	1.0	1771	2571	+6.8
100	Eleftheriadis, Emmanouil	🇬🇷GRE	1588	1.0	1962	2762	+36.0
152	FIDE 541001591	—	0	1.0	1585	785	0.0
95	Tsilias, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1976	1.0	1739	2539	+4.0
77	FMKouskoutis, Georgios-Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2252	1.0	2139	2939	+7.0
98	Kapoutselis, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1480	1500	0.0
69	Kesidis, Odyseas	🇬🇷GRE	2196	1.0	1829	2629	+1.6
94	FIDE 42186510	—	0	1.0	1406	1426	0.0
97	Mantazis, Georgios Rafail	🇬🇷GRE	2077	1.0	2092	2892	+20.4
184	FIDE 541016076	—	0	1.0	1679	879	0.0
182	Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria	🇬🇷GRE	1564	0.5	1843	1043	-10.4
103	Gkadakis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1541	0.5	1633	1311	-33.6
110	Agorastakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1480	0.5	1608	1335	-19.2
129	Hatzidimitriadis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1793	0.5	1841	1568	-16.0
106	Theoharidis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1766	0.5	1956	1683	-8.4
121	Ladopoulos, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1616	0.5	1649	1376	-31.6
120	Odontopoulos, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	1629	0.5	1708	1515	-11.6
149	Halkias, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1869	0.5	2046	1246	-5.4
168	Meselidis, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	1421	0.5	1490	690	-18.8
111	Vounotripidis, Asterios	🇬🇷GRE	1521	0.5	1803	1610	+6.8
127	Batsi, Lida	🇬🇷GRE	1690	0.5	1568	1295	-29.4
109	Lazaridis, Lazaros Th	🇬🇷GRE	1619	0.5	1629	1436	-19.2
107	Betsakos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2106	0.5	2243	2243	+3.6
122	FIDE 42164168	—	0	0.5	1583	1583	0.0
119	Moschopoulos, Aristeidis	🇬🇷GRE	1538	0.5	1625	1625	+2.4
126	Spagkakas, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1772	0.5	1590	1590	-8.8
156	Adamopoulos, Ioannis Marios	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.5	1437	637	0.0
115	Toliopoulos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2020	0.5	1792	1792	-5.6
116	Kasmeridis, Orfeas	🇬🇷GRE	1574	0.5	1456	1456	-5.2
125	Karakotsios, Loukas Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1481	0.5	1551	1551	+0.8
112	Ballas, Athanasios-panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	2179	0.5	2127	1934	-10.8
128	Orfanidis, Kyriakos	🇬🇷GRE	2001	0.5	2139	2139	+3.8
162	Bontzorlos, Zafiris	🇬🇷GRE	1610	0.0	1864	1064	-7.6
161	Vergini, Maria Eirini	🇬🇷GRE	1479	0.0	1813	1013	-5.8
186	Kolovos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	2099	1299	0.0
166	Piperidou, Angeliki	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1774	974	0.0
151	Palaiochorinos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1464	0.0	1586	786	-27.2
171	Spetsaridou, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1647	847	0.0
131	Mihalopoulos, Apostolos	🇬🇷GRE	1768	0.0	1899	1099	-15.4
150	FIDE 541000153	—	0	0.0	1559	759	0.0
174	Papadopoulos, Panagiotis G	🇬🇷GRE	1404	0.0	1858	1058	-3.2
178	Bikiaropoulos, Vasileios Nektarios	🇬🇷GRE	1487	0.0	1690	890	-20.4
183	Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis	🇬🇷GRE	1925	0.0	1730	930	-15.0
157	FIDE 42186650	—	0	0.0	1508	708	0.0
175	Kritsas, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1664	0.0	1737	937	-8.0
134	Athanasiadis, Mihail	🇬🇷GRE	2095	0.0	2195	1395	-7.2
145	Koutsos, Dimitrios Thes	🇬🇷GRE	1532	0.0	1508	708	-17.2
153	Kotsalis, Evagelos	🇬🇷GRE	1846	0.0	1776	976	-11.4
179	Diamantopoulos, Giorgos	🇬🇷GRE	1900	0.0	1864	1064	-22.0
181	FIDE 541001494	—	0	0.0	1741	941	0.0
189	Dereka, Konstantina	🇬🇷GRE	1783	0.0	1776	976	-10.0
191	FIDE 541009878	—	0	0.0	1583	783	0.0
141	Mitsiou, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1709	0.0	1490	690	-31.2
142	FIDE 541016700	—	0	0.0	1689	889	0.0
187	Mitsiou, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1823	0.0	1834	1034	-9.6
143	Kouinoglou, Lazaros	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1642	842	0.0
160	Magkalaki, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	1403	0.0	1749	949	-4.4
167	FIDE 541010213	—	0	0.0	1749	949	0.0
172	Kalpakidis, Daniel Kyriakos	🇬🇷GRE	1648	0.0	1806	1006	-5.8
132	FIDE 541016050	—	0	0.0	1654	854	0.0
135	Megas, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1546	746	0.0
154	Doulgeridis, Spyridon	🇬🇷GRE	1444	0.0	1552	752	-7.0
164	Tsiomou,Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1454	654	0.0
173	FIDE 42193443	—	0	0.0	1654	854	0.0
176	Kalaitzidou, Paraskevi	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1440	640	0.0
137	FIDE 541006720	—	0	0.0	1585	785	0.0
138	FIDE 42175127	—	0	0.0	1601	801	0.0
144	FIDE 541013530	—	0	0.0	1540	740	0.0
155	FIDE 42142350	—	0	0.0	1585	785	0.0
159	Kyparissopoulos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1493	0.0	1585	785	-15.2
169	Sovatzik, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1962	1162	0.0
180	Dionysopoulos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1780	0.0	1437	637	-35.2
185	Vasiakostas, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1615	0.0	1771	971	-11.6
133	Dellis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1473	673	0.0
177	FIDE 42178894	—	0	0.0	1698	898	0.0
163	CMAvanesyan, Aleksandr	🇦🇲ARM	0	0.0	2085	1285	-20.4
147	Papageorgiou, Nikolaos D	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1830	1030	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kiriazis, AlexandrosGRE
+75.2
3.5 pts · #17
2Gkalimpas, IasonasGRE
+74.8
4.0 pts · #8
3Ballis, DimitriosGRE
+69.6
3.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Forozoglou, IoannisGRE
-68.4
2.5 pts · #108
2Tzavelas, EvangelosGRE
-47.6
4.0 pts · #44
3Psomas, KonstantinosGRE
-46.8
2.0 pts · #148

Biggest upsets

R7+420 Elo gap
Kiriazis, Alexandros1490 beat Sideris, Georgios1910
R1+374 Elo gap
Eleftheriadis, Emmanouil1588 beat Samakas, Anastasios1962
R4+369 Elo gap
Makropoulos, Andreas1645 beat Romanos, Theodoros2014