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2nd Preliminary tournament IKAROS 2026 Manolis Stavrinadis

Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Nov 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Ikaros, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 781, and top seed was Kosmas Kefalos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1678).

Dimitrios Menegkis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1485) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Kosmas Kefalos (4.0) and Ippokratis Kratsas (3.0). Menegkis won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Dimitrios Menegkis (1485) beat Kosmas Kefalos (1678), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Ikaros, Greece
Dates
16 Nov 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Kosmas Kefalos1678
Avg top 10
781
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Dimitrios Menegkis led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
3
2
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Menegkis#1Kefalos#2Kratsas#6#3#5#4
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Dimitrios Menegkis never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dimitrios Menegkis beat Kosmas Kefalos (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Dimitrios Menegkis 5 wins (R1–R5)Kosmas Kefalos 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇬🇷Menegkis, Dimitrios1485*111115.010.0010.0+52.02401
2🇬🇷Kefalos, Kosmas16780*11114.06.0011.0-18.41504
6🇬🇷Kratsas, Ippokratis152300*1113.03.0012.0-33.6782
3FIDE 5410146500000*112.01.0013.00.0762
5FIDE 54102190800000*11.00.0014.00.0762
4FIDE 42158303000000*0.00.0015.00.0762

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets