2026 youth U18 championships of ESSPEP
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Tripoli, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 389, and top seed was Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1659).
Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1659) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Marios Arrianas (3.5) and Christos Tsirikos (3.0). Chronopoulos won solo starting round 2.
Location
🇬🇷Tripoli, Greece
Dates
12 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsPanagiotis Th Chronopoulos led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R2–R5 · LEAD HELD
Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos beat Marios Arrianas (White).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Panagiotis Th Chronopoulos | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Marios Arrianas | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Christos Tsirikos | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Maria Melina Stathopoulou | — | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chronopoulos, Panagiotis Th | 1659 | GRE | +3B | +4N | +2B | +6N | +7B | 5.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 2254 | +9.2 |
| 2 | Arrianas, Marios | 0 | GRE | =7N | +5B | −1N | +4N | +6B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tsirikos, Christos | 0 | GRE | −1N | +7B | −6N | +8B | +5N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 863 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Stathopoulou, Athanasia Ismini | 1449 | GRE | +6N | −1B | =5N | −2B | +8N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 863 | -9.2 |
| 5 | Stathopoulou, Maria Melina | 0 | GRE | +8B | −2N | =4B | +7N | −3B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Arrianas, Aristeidis | 0 | GRE | −4B | +8N | +3B | −1B | −2N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gournas, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | =2B | −3N | =8B | −5B | −1N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 863 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Gournas, Georgios D | 0 | GRE | −5N | −6B | =7N | −3N | −4B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 654 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chronopoulos, Panagiotis ThGRE+9.25.0 pts · #1
- 2Stathopoulou, Maria MelinaGRE0.02.5 pts · #3
- 3Arrianas, MariosGRE0.03.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Stathopoulou, Athanasia IsminiGRE-9.22.5 pts · #5
- 2Stathopoulou, Maria MelinaGRE0.02.5 pts · #3
- 3Arrianas, MariosGRE0.03.5 pts · #2