46th White Tower - 8th SKG International Open B

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60 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1815, and top seed was Konstantinos Zouroufidis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1888).

Andreas Makropoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1724) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexandre Akopashvili (6.5) and Lambros Christou (6.5). Makropoulos won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Emmanouil Bakratsas (1462) beat Konstantinos Nikolaos Kaldirimtzis (1739), a +277-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece

Dates

03 Jan 2026 → 10 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇷Konstantinos Zouroufidis1888

Avg top 10

1,815

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇷Greece×56

🇬🇪Georgia×3

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Andreas Makropoulos
🇬🇷GRE·1724
7.5pts·2026perf+67.2
🥈
Alexandre Akopashvili
🇬🇪GEO·1801
6.5pts·1883perf+42.8
🥉
Lambros Christou
🇬🇷GRE·1765
6.5pts·1868perf+25.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Andreas Makropoulos led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Makropoulos7.5Christou6.5Akopashvili6.5Polyzos6.5Batzilis6.5Gkadakis6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

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

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andreas Makropoulos drew with Lambros Christou (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Andreas Makropoulos 4 wins (R1–R4)Alexandre Akopashvili 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Andreas Makropoulos	*	½	1	—
2Lambros Christou	½	*	—	—
3Alexandre Akopashvili	0	—	*	—
4Vasileios Polyzos	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Makropoulos, Andreas	1724	GRE	+49B	+33N	+25B	+12N	=23B	+10N	+2B	=6N	=3N	7.5	43.0	45.5	37.00	2026	+67.2
2	Akopashvili, Alexandre	1801	GEO	=28B	+58N	+18B	+6N	=10B	+23N	−1N	+12B	=7N	6.5	44.5	46.0	30.50	1883	+42.8
3	Christou, Lambros	1765	GRE	+37B	=11N	+28B	−10B	+46N	=25N	+23B	+9N	=1B	6.5	42.0	45.5	31.25	1868	+25.0
4	Batzilis, Dimitrios	1735	GRE	+34B	+46N	=23B	−25N	−11B	+13N	+41B	+10N	+6B	6.5	39.0	42.5	30.25	1852	+28.6
5	Polyzos, Vasileios	1811	GRE	−19N	=34B	+27N	+41N	−18B	+43B	+40N	+8N	+16B	6.5	37.0	40.5	28.50	1769	-6.2
6	Iliopoulos, Panagiotis	1731	GRE	+27N	+17B	=7N	−2B	+35N	+24B	+18N	=1B	−4N	6.0	46.0	50.0	30.25	1790	+29.6
7	Gkadakis, Nikolaos	1742	GRE	+30B	+53N	=6B	−23N	+26B	=11N	=10B	+27N	=2B	6.0	41.5	43.5	27.25	1821	+38.0
8	Tzontas, Athanasios	1749	GRE	+32N	=19B	=15N	+53B	−24N	+39B	+14N	−5B	+18N	6.0	40.5	42.5	26.25	1787	+9.4
9	Tsintsar, Zoran	1704	GER	+29B	F	+19N	−20B	+21N	+48B	+12N	−3B	+15N	6.0	40.5	40.5	29.00	1885	+38.4
10	Zouroufidis, Konstantinos	1888	GRE	+35N	=15B	+13B	+3N	=2N	−1B	=7N	−4B	+24N	5.5	48.5	52.5	29.50	1778	-23.8
11	Iliopoulos, Petros	1624	GRE	+56N	=3B	−20N	+17B	+4N	=7B	=21N	=18B	=12N	5.5	45.0	47.0	28.00	1774	+80.4
12	Dereka, Konstantina	1773	GRE	+51N	+47B	+40N	−1B	+20N	+14B	−9B	−2N	=11B	5.5	43.0	45.5	22.75	1765	0.0
13	Berishvili, Alexandre	1658	GEO	+22N	+21B	−10N	+40B	−14N	−4B	+19N	+39B	=20N	5.5	41.5	45.0	25.00	1777	+57.6
14	Keramaros, Vasileios	1883	GRE	+24B	=18N	=26B	+33N	+13B	−12N	−8B	=21N	+30B	5.5	40.5	44.5	25.75	1752	-54.0
15	Koutroupas, Emmanouil	1668	GRE	+41B	=10N	=8B	−24N	+33B	=16N	+26B	+25N	−9B	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.00	1769	+49.6
16	Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos Nikolaos	1739	GRE	=43N	−40B	=34N	+38B	+19N	=15B	+44N	+24B	−5N	5.5	36.5	40.0	23.50	1656	-35.2
17	Ampatzidis, Konstantinos	1528	GRE	+42B	−6N	=46B	−11N	+28B	−26N	+55B	+45B	+31N	5.5	35.5	37.5	19.75	1710	+89.6
18	Stamatiadis, Georgios	1669	GRE	+38N	=14B	−2N	+43B	+5N	+20B	−6B	=11N	−8B	5.0	45.0	48.5	24.50	1757	+20.6
19	Sioulas, Stylianos	1587	GRE	+5B	=8N	−9B	+42N	−16B	=29N	−13B	+53N	+33B	5.0	41.5	43.5	21.25	1716	+30.6
20	Diakoumeas, Aristofanis	1782	GRE	+55B	=26N	+11B	+9N	−12B	−18N	−27B	+29N	=13B	5.0	41.0	43.0	23.00	1678	-24.8
21	Sarsentos, Dimitrios	1815	GRE	+52B	−13N	+54B	=26N	−9B	+34N	=11B	=14B	=22N	5.0	38.5	40.5	18.75	1677	-31.2
22	Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520	1494	GRE	−13B	+52N	−33B	=54N	+37B	=53N	+42B	=23N	=21B	5.0	31.0	33.0	16.75	1705	+47.4
23	Bokias, Petros	1846	GRE	+45N	+48B	=4N	+7B	=1N	−2B	−3N	=22B	F	4.5	45.0	45.0	22.50	1729	-22.2
24	Kalfopoulos, Naoum	1591	GRE	−14N	+38B	+44N	+15B	+8B	−6N	=25B	−16N	−10B	4.5	42.5	46.0	21.25	1712	+27.2
25	Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris	1787	GRE	+54N	+36B	−1N	+4B	=48N	=3B	=24N	−15B	F	4.5	40.0	40.0	19.75	1720	-13.4
26	Kalpakidis, Daniel Kyriakos	1642	GRE	+44N	=20B	=14N	=21B	−7N	+17B	−15N	+40B	F	4.5	39.5	39.5	20.25	1711	+15.4
27	Berishvili, Davit	1543	GEO	−6B	=42N	−5B	+59N	+47N	+36B	+20N	−7B	−39N	4.5	38.5	39.5	15.25	1684	+38.8
28	Korinioti, Myrto	1587	GRE	=2N	+43B	−3N	−35B	−17N	+51B	=36N	=54B	+44N	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.75	1617	+12.0
29	Nikolaidis, Ioannis St	1506	GRE	−9N	−35B	+57N	+45B	=36N	=19B	=43N	−20B	+40N	4.5	34.5	36.0	14.75	1616	+56.0
30	Adamaki, Angeliki	1549	GRE	−7N	+57B	+36N	−48B	−39N	+47B	=31N	+44B	−14N	4.5	34.5	36.0	14.75	1653	+47.6
31	Karampelas, Anastasios	1638	GRE	−40N	−49B	=37B	=58N	+32B	+55N	=30B	+41N	−17B	4.5	30.0	31.5	15.00	1531	-51.6
32	Papadopoulos, Odysseas Panos	1550	GRE	−8B	+59N	−48N	−36B	−31N	=56B	+51N	+50B	+45N	4.5	28.5	29.5	10.50	1579	+22.0
33	Kontokostas, Marios	1597	GRE	+57N	−1B	+22N	−14B	−15N	−44B	+38N	+43B	−19N	4.0	39.5	41.0	14.00	1561	-10.2
34	Gallos, Vasileios	1544	GRE	−4N	=5N	=16B	=47B	+51N	−21B	=35N	+36B	F	4.0	38.5	41.0	16.25	1700	+64.4
35	Poursaitidis, Savvas	1595	GRE	−10B	+29N	=50B	+28N	−6B	−41N	=34B	=42N	=37B	4.0	35.5	38.0	16.00	1566	-16.4
36	Moutzouris, Ioannis	1641	GRE	+50B	−25N	−30B	+32N	=29B	−27N	=28B	−34N	+54N	4.0	33.5	35.5	13.50	1529	-80.4
37	Siskou, Georgia	1562	GRE	−3N	=56B	=31N	=44B	−22N	−45B	+47N	+49B	=35N	4.0	33.0	35.0	13.00	1532	-14.0
38	Kaka, Rengina Tsampika	1505	GRE	−18B	−24N	+55B	−16N	+52B	−42N	−33B	+59N	+53B	4.0	29.0	30.0	7.50	1568	+32.0
39	Kougkoulis, Christos Orfeas	1616	GRE	F	F	F	+49N	+30B	−8N	+53B	−13N	+27B	4.0	25.0	25.0	13.50	1748	+43.2
40	Bakratsas, Emmanouil	1462	GRE	+31B	+16N	−12B	−13N	=42B	+46N	−5B	−26N	−29B	3.5	40.0	43.5	15.25	1594	+51.2
41	Eginoglou, Kalliopi	1502	GRE	−15N	+45B	+47N	−5B	=53N	+35B	−4N	−31B	−46N	3.5	37.5	39.5	12.00	1572	+29.6
42	Ntagkounakis, Emmanouil	1710	GRE	−17N	=27B	+56N	−19B	=40N	+38B	−22N	=35B	F	3.5	35.5	37.5	12.00	1483	-93.2
43	Kechagioglou, Athanasios	1545	GRE	=16B	−28N	+58B	−18N	+50B	−5N	=29B	−33N	=52B	3.5	35.0	36.5	10.25	1526	-19.2
44	Siskos, Vasileios P	1483	GRE	−26B	+55N	−24B	=37N	+54B	+33N	−16B	−30N	−28B	3.5	33.5	35.5	10.00	1523	+30.0
45	Kiroplastis, Anastasios	1588	GRE	−23B	−41N	+60B	−29N	=49B	+37N	+50B	−17N	−32B	3.5	31.5	31.5	7.75	1486	-50.0
46	Lazaridis, Lazaros Th	1607	GRE	F	−4B	=17N	+50N	−3B	−40B	+49N	F	+41B	3.5	30.5	30.5	11.25	1578	-10.8
47	Mitsopoulos, Konstantinos	1634	GRE	+59B	−12N	−41B	=34N	−27B	−30N	−37B	+60N	+50N	3.5	29.5	29.5	5.50	1477	-76.4
48	Tyritidis, Efthymios	1647	GRE	+60B	−23N	+32B	+30N	=25B	−9N	F	F	F	3.5	24.0	24.0	11.25	1724	+12.6
49	Koutsionas, Athanasios	1531	GRE	−1N	+31N	−53B	−39B	=45N	+54N	−46B	−37N	−51B	2.5	31.5	33.5	8.25	1442	-68.0
50	Malamousi, Georgia	1465	GRE	−36N	+51B	=35N	−46B	−43N	+60B	−45N	−32N	−47B	2.5	29.0	29.0	4.50	1429	-17.6
51	Zaires Karanasios, Konstantinos	1566	GRE	−12B	−50N	=59B	+56N	−34B	−28N	−32B	F	+49N	2.5	26.5	26.5	5.00	1403	-34.2
52	Tsakiris, Odysseas	1588	GRE	−21N	−22B	F	F	−38N	=57B	=59B	+55N	=43N	2.5	22.0	22.0	5.00	1461	-50.4
53	Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis	1609	GRE	F	−7B	+49N	−8N	=41B	=22B	−39N	−19B	−38N	2.0	36.0	36.0	6.75	1403	-40.8
54	Antonaki, Athina	1583	GRE	−25B	+60N	−21N	=22B	−44N	−49B	F	=28N	−36B	2.0	30.5	30.5	4.75	1434	-63.2
55	Gkadakis, Athanasios	1570	GRE	−20N	−44B	−38N	+57B	+60N	−31B	−17N	−52B	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	1.50	1387	-74.0
56	Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli	1428	GRE	−11B	=37N	−42B	−51B	−57N	=32N	+60B	F	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	4.25	1430	-1.2
57	Serapli, Aikaterini	0	GRE	−33B	−30N	−29B	−55N	+56B	=52N	F	F	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.25	1344	-69.2
58	Vergini, Maria Eirini	1489	GRE	F	−2B	−43N	=31B	+59N	F	F	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	1521	+1.8
59	Doulgeridis, Spyridon	1437	GRE	−47N	−32B	=51N	−27B	−58B	F	=52N	−38B	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	2.50	1249	-27.4
60	Zafeiroulis, Apostolos	1485	GRE	−48N	−54B	−45N	F	−55B	−50N	−56N	−47B	F	0.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	758	-149.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ampatzidis, KonstantinosGRE
+89.6
5.5 pts · #15
2Iliopoulos, PetrosGRE
+80.4
5.5 pts · #12
3Makropoulos, AndreasGRE
+67.2
7.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Zafeiroulis, ApostolosGRE
-149.6
0.0 pts · #60
2Ntagkounakis, EmmanouilGRE
-93.2
3.5 pts · #40
3Moutzouris, IoannisGRE
-80.4
4.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R2+277 Elo gap
Bakratsas, Emmanouil1462 beat Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos Nikolaos1739
R7+239 Elo gap
Berishvili, Davit1543 beat Diakoumeas, Aristofanis1782
R1+224 Elo gap
Sioulas, Stylianos1587 beat Polyzos, Vasileios1811