2nd Elite Invitational Sep 2025
9 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2157, and top seed was Zisis Tsaknakis (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 2288).
Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 2243) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Lampros Giannoulakis (3.5) and Alexandros Leftheriotis (2.5). Sidiropoulos won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Konstantinos Samaridis (2018) beat Mihail Triantafilidis (2195), a +177-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsNikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos beat FM Lampros Giannoulakis (White).
Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2FMLampros Giannoulakis | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Alexandros Leftheriotis | — | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4FMZisis Tsaknakis | ½ | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos Ch. | 2243 | GRE | =6B | +9N | +2B | =4N | F | +5B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.50 | 2433 | +23.2 |
| 2 | Giannoulakis, LamprosFM | 2278 | GRE | +5N | =4B | −1N | F | +3B | +7N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 2318 | +5.8 |
| 3 | Leftheriotis, Alexandros | 2176 | GRE | =4N | =8B | =5N | +7B | −2N | −6B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 2076 | -16.8 |
| 4 | Tsaknakis, ZisisFM | 2288 | GRE | =3B | =2N | +9B | =1B | F | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 2318 | +3.0 |
| 5 | Stoimenidis, DimitriosCM | 2120 | GRE | −2B | +6N | =3B | F | F | −1N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.75 | 2109 | -1.8 |
| 6 | Mantazis, Georgios Rafail | 2085 | GRE | =1N | −5B | F | F | F | +3N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 2180 | +15.2 |
| 7 | Samaridis, Konstantinos | 2018 | GRE | F | F | =8N | −3N | +9B | −2B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 2078 | +5.0 |
| 8 | Toliopoulos, Konstantinos | 2011 | GRE | =9B | =3N | =7B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 2130 | +9.4 |
| 9 | Triantafilidis, Mihail | 2195 | GRE | =8N | −1B | −4N | F | −7N | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1818 | -35.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos Ch.GRE+23.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Mantazis, Georgios RafailGRE+15.21.5 pts · #5
- 3Toliopoulos, KonstantinosGRE+9.41.5 pts · #7
- 1Triantafilidis, MihailGRE-35.40.5 pts · #9
- 2Leftheriotis, AlexandrosGRE-16.82.5 pts · #3
- 3Stoimenidis, DimitriosCMGRE-1.81.5 pts · #6
- R5+177 Elo gap