Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in chania, Greece. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1803, and top seed was Georgios Gasparakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 2014).
Artur Bairamian (🇬🇷 GRE, 1898) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Apolon Simantirakis (6.5) and Emmanouil Koutsantonakis (6.0). Bairamian won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Stelios Abatzidis (1769) beat Georgios Gasparakis (2014), a +245-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsArtur Bairamian led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Artur Bairamian never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Artur Bairamian drew with Apolon Simantirakis (White).
Artur Bairamian 4 wins (R1–R4)Apolon Simantirakis 4 wins (R4–R7)Emmanouil Koutsantonakis 4 wins (R6–R9)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷Bairamian, Artur | 1898 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 29.00 | 37.5 | +36.2 | 2065 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Simantirakis, Apolon | 1875 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 26.00 | 38.5 | +22.0 | 1961 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Koutsantonakis, Emmanouil | 1854 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.50 | 39.0 | +17.2 | 1922 |
| 4 | 🇮🇹Rocchi, Federico | 1867 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 21.75 | 39.5 | +3.8 | 1875 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Gasparakis, Georgios | 2014 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 19.50 | 40.0 | -40.2 | 1827 |
| 6 | 🇨🇾Abatzidis, Stelios | 1769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 18.00 | 40.5 | +9.2 | 1806 |
| 7 | 🇱🇻Mileiko, Juris | 1684 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 12.75 | 41.5 | +10.2 | 1736 |
| 8 | 🇬🇷Hatzidakis, Nikolaos | 1732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 7.50 | 42.0 | -11.4 | 1686 |
| 9 | 🇦🇹Badrakova, Kseniya | 1770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 8.00 | 42.5 | -31.8 | 1640 |
| 10 | 🇨🇱Yarur Elsaca, Daniel | 1569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.50 | 44.0 | -15.2 | 1473 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bairamian, ArturGRE+36.27.5 pts · #1
- 2Simantirakis, ApolonGRE+22.06.5 pts · #2
- 3Koutsantonakis, EmmanouilGRE+17.26.0 pts · #3
- 1Gasparakis, GeorgiosGRE-40.25.0 pts · #5
- 2Badrakova, KseniyaAUT-31.82.5 pts · #9
- 3Yarur Elsaca, DanielCHI-15.21.0 pts · #10
- R3+245 Elo gap
- R2+200 Elo gap
- R3+191 Elo gap