3rd open SO Ilioupolis Sep 2025
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2025 in Ilioupoli, Greece. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1613, and top seed was Dimitrios Sarsentos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1783).
Dimitrios Sarsentos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1783) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Georgios I Drivas (5.0) and Alexandros Rompanos (4.5). Sarsentos took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Georgios Zafeiropoulos (1622) beat Nikolaos Apostolou (1749), a +127-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Dimitrios Sarsentos takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 5.0/7. Sarsentos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).
Georgios I Drivas won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dimitrios Sarsentos | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Georgios I Drivas | — | * | 0 | 0 |
| 3Alexandros Rompanos | — | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Jean Paul Zoghbi | ½ | 1 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1783 | GRE | +10N | +9B | =5N | +4B | =8B | +6N | F | 5.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 17.75 | 1983 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Drivas, Georgios I | 1634 | GRE | +11N | −5B | +10N | −3B | +9N | +4N | +13B | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 15.00 | 1779 | +34.8 |
| 3 | Rompanos, Alexandros | 1566 | GRE | +15N | +7B | −4N | +2N | =6B | −5B | +9N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1764 | +57.6 |
| 4 | Stivaktakis, Georgios | 1624 | GRE | +13B | +6N | +3B | −1N | −7N | −2B | +10N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1621 | -0.6 |
| 5 | Zoghbi, Jean Paul | 0 | LBN | F | +2N | =1B | −8N | +11B | +3N | =6B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 17.00 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kotsifis, Emmanouel | 1623 | GRE | +12N | −4B | +14N | +11B | =3N | −1B | =5N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 11.25 | 1570 | -7.2 |
| 7 | Zafeiropoulos, Georgios | 1622 | GRE | F | −3N | +12B | +13N | +4B | +8N | F | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1767 | +11.4 |
| 8 | Apostolou, Nikolaos | 1749 | GRE | +14B | F | +9N | +5B | =1N | −7B | F | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 11.00 | 1706 | -4.0 |
| 9 | Michas, Iasonas | 1581 | GRE | +16B | −1N | −8B | +15N | −2B | +11N | −3B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.00 | 1388 | -46.4 |
| 10 | Rompanos, Paschalis | 1482 | GRE | −1B | +13N | −2B | −12N | +14B | +15N | −4B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 4.50 | 1433 | -17.6 |
| 11 | Stavropoulos, Simeon | 1436 | GRE | −2B | +16N | +15B | −6N | −5N | −9B | +12N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.50 | 810 | -15.4 |
| 12 | Biris, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −6B | =14N | −7N | +10B | +16B | −13N | −11B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.75 | 1382 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Margariti, Eleni | 0 | GRE | −4N | −10B | +16N | −7B | F | +12B | −2N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.50 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Eftaxiadis, Dimitrios | 1466 | GRE | −8N | =12B | −6B | F | −10N | +16B | F | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.25 | 830 | -17.6 |
| 15 | Vergopoulos, Panagiotis K | 0 | GRE | −3B | F | −11N | −9B | F | −10B | +16N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 541015681 | 0 | — | −9N | −11B | −13B | F | −12N | −14N | −15B | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rompanos, AlexandrosGRE+57.64.5 pts · #4
- 2Drivas, Georgios IGRE+34.85.0 pts · #3
- 3Sarsentos, DimitriosGRE+19.25.0 pts · #1
- 1Michas, IasonasGRE-46.43.0 pts · #11
- 2Eftaxiadis, DimitriosGRE-17.61.5 pts · #16
- 3Rompanos, PaschalisGRE-17.63.0 pts · #10
- R6+127 Elo gap