Individual Championship Open U18 2025 East Crete
13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Nov 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Heraklion Crete, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Ioannis Kartsakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1825).
Dimitrios Saklampanakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1815) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Grigorios Tamiolakis (3.5) and Ioannis Kartsakis (3.5). Saklampanakis won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Athanasios NA Georgopoulos (1441) beat Ektoras Papachronakis (1595), a +154-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsDimitrios Saklampanakis led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Dimitrios Saklampanakis never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Dimitrios Saklampanakis beat Ioannis Kartsakis (Black).
Dimitrios Saklampanakis won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dimitrios Saklampanakis | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Ioannis Kartsakis | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Grigorios Tamiolakis | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Georgios Th Drakakis | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saklampanakis, Dimitrios | 1815 | GRE | +6N | +4B | +3N | +2B | +7N | 5.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2407 | +50.8 |
| 2 | Tamiolakis, Grigorios | 1637 | GRE | +7N | =3B | +9N | −1N | +6B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1802 | +44.0 |
| 3 | Kartsakis, Ioannis | 1825 | GRE | +10B | =2N | −1B | +6N | +9B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.75 | 1794 | -5.2 |
| 4 | Drakakis, Georgios Th | 1603 | GRE | +12B | −1N | −6B | +5N | +10B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1647 | +14.0 |
| 5 | Trelakas, Andreas | 1501 | GRE | =9N | −6B | +7N | −4B | +12B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1531 | +8.0 |
| 6 | Potamitis, Rafail | 1533 | GRE | −1B | +5N | +4N | −3B | −2N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 5.50 | 1602 | +15.2 |
| 7 | Georgopoulos, Athanasios NA | 1441 | GRE | −2B | +12N | −5B | +10N | −1B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Remediaki, Sofia Niki | 1467 | GRE | F | +11N | F | +13B | F | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2267 | +39.6 |
| 9 | Xenakis, Tryfon | 1650 | GRE | =5B | =10N | −2B | F | −3N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1447 | -42.8 |
| 10 | Papachronakis, Ektoras | 1595 | GRE | −3N | =9B | =12N | −7B | −4N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1350 | -61.6 |
| 11 | Karkani, Maria Faidra | 1461 | GRE | F | −8B | +13N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1465 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Fasoulakis, Georgios | 1434 | GRE | −4N | −7B | =10B | F | −5N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1212 | -38.8 |
| 13 | Vertoudou, Syllia Eleftheria | 1461 | GRE | F | F | −11B | −8N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 673 | -38.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Saklampanakis, DimitriosGRE+50.85.0 pts · #1
- 2Tamiolakis, GrigoriosGRE+44.03.5 pts · #3
- 3Remediaki, Sofia NikiGRE+39.62.0 pts · #8
- 1Papachronakis, EktorasGRE-61.61.0 pts · #11
- 2Xenakis, TryfonGRE-42.81.0 pts · #10
- 3Fasoulakis, GeorgiosGRE-38.80.5 pts · #12
- R4+154 Elo gap