2nd Open Nikos Skalkotas Memorial 2026
Open SwissStandard
38 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Jan 2026 to 19 Feb 2026 in Athens, Greece. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1966, and top seed was Andreas Kofidis (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2244).
Andreas Kofidis (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2244) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Artiom Antoniadis (5.5) and Dimitrios Ladas (5.0). Kofidis shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ioannis Kiryttopoulos (1893) beat Andreas Kofidis (IM, 2244), a +351-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Athens, Greece
Dates
08 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×38
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE05 Feb
Ioannis Kiryttopoulos takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Kofidis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Andreas Kofidis beat Artiom Antoniadis (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMAndreas Kofidis | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Artiom Antoniadis | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Panagiotis Aris Kiryttopoulos | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Dimitrios Ladas | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kofidis, AndreasIM | 2244 | GRE | +22N | +18B | +2N | +4B | −5N | =6N | +9B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 22.00 | 2154 | -5.4 |
| 2 | Antoniadis, Artiom | 1929 | GRE | +21N | +13B | −1B | +10N | +23B | =3N | +5N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 19.50 | 2089 | +26.8 |
| 3 | Ladas, Dimitrios | 1949 | GRE | +11N | +19B | −5N | +15B | +7N | =2B | =4N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 19.25 | 1974 | +6.0 |
| 4 | Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis Aris | 1932 | GRE | +10B | +14N | +17B | −1N | =6B | +19N | =3B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 17.50 | 2060 | +46.4 |
| 5 | Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis | 1893 | GRE | +26B | +7N | +3B | =8N | +1B | −9N | −2B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 19.00 | 1988 | +36.0 |
| 6 | Papadimitriou, Loukas | 2025 | GRE | −8B | +20N | +28N | +13B | =4N | =1B | −7N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 13.75 | 1912 | -16.0 |
| 7 | Ntaifas, Ioannis | 1754 | GRE | +34N | −5B | F | +17N | −3B | +14N | +6B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1945 | +31.2 |
| 8 | El Champasi, Omar | 1723 | GRE | +6N | =12B | +31N | =5B | −9N | +18B | F | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 12.00 | 1982 | +78.8 |
| 9 | Ilandzis, Spyridon | 1997 | GRE | +24N | F | F | +23N | +8B | +5B | −1N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 13.50 | 2117 | +15.2 |
| 10 | Toumanidis, Mihailangelos | 1685 | GRE | −4N | +35B | +12N | −2B | =15N | −21B | +27N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 7.75 | 1733 | +16.0 |
| 11 | Ntelis, Polizois | 1691 | GRE | −3B | +36N | F | +20B | −12N | +25B | =13N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 7.75 | 1731 | +7.6 |
| 12 | Deli, Eleanna Ratzvika | 1800 | GRE | F | =8N | −10B | +29N | +11B | +13B | −15N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1748 | -7.4 |
| 13 | Marianidis, Dimitrios | 1762 | GRE | +36B | −2N | +29B | −6N | +37B | −12N | =11B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1688 | -12.4 |
| 14 | Hristodoulou, Georgios | 1776 | GRE | +35N | −4B | =24N | +31B | =18N | −7B | =22N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1722 | -9.4 |
| 15 | Tegos, Lampros | 1732 | GRE | +37B | −17N | +38B | −3N | =10B | F | +12B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1768 | +5.0 |
| 16 | Giannakis, Ioannis | 1698 | GRE | −28N | +33B | =18N | −24B | +32B | F | +20N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1744 | +7.6 |
| 17 | Vuka, Alboreno | 1856 | GRE | +20N | +15B | −4N | −7B | +30B | F | F | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 8.00 | 1810 | -5.0 |
| 18 | Tsomis, DimitriosFM | 1841 | GRE | +29B | −1N | =16B | +27N | =14B | −8N | F | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 7.00 | 1759 | -14.0 |
| 19 | Nikitakis, Ioannis | 1781 | GRE | +25B | −3N | +26B | F | +24N | −4B | F | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.50 | 1813 | +11.2 |
| 20 | Voudouris, Nikolaos | 1563 | GRE | −17B | −6B | +35N | −11N | +34B | +30N | −16B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 2.50 | 1640 | +10.8 |
| 21 | Tagklis, Ioannis | 1678 | GRE | −2B | +37N | −27B | +34N | −22B | +10N | F | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1592 | -12.0 |
| 22 | Bizirtsakis, Athanasios | 1728 | GRE | −1B | −29N | +32B | F | +21N | F | =14B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1719 | -2.4 |
| 23 | Giannopoulos, Stylianos | 1801 | GRE | +33N | =28B | +30N | −9B | −2N | F | F | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.50 | 1835 | +4.4 |
| 24 | Mokas, Vasilios | 1721 | GRE | −9B | +25N | =14B | +16N | −19B | F | F | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1750 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Diatsintos, Ilias | 1498 | GRE | −19N | −24B | F | +36N | +29B | −11N | =34B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1549 | +6.2 |
| 26 | Kyparidis, Samouil | 1602 | GRE | −5N | +34B | −19N | F | +35B | F | =29N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1628 | +2.6 |
| 27 | Sehas, Nikolaos | 1564 | GRE | F | −30B | +21N | −18B | F | +33N | −10B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1619 | +7.0 |
| 28 | Antoniadis, Anastasios | 1994 | GRE | +16B | =23N | −6B | =30N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1808 | -18.0 |
| 29 | Thomadakis, Rafail | 1551 | GRE | −18N | +22B | −13N | −12B | −25N | F | =26B | 1.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1512 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Drivas, Georgios I | 1708 | GRE | F | +27N | −23B | =28B | −17N | −20B | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1606 | -29.2 |
| 31 | Stavropoulos, Kriton Michail | 1576 | GRE | F | +32N | −8B | −14N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 1529 | -4.6 |
| 32 | Melegkos, Konstantinos | 1474 | GRE | F | −31B | −22N | +33B | −16N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1445 | -4.0 |
| 33 | Tsekouras, Angelos Grigorios | 1538 | GRE | −23B | −16N | +36B | −32N | F | −27B | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 1359 | -46.4 |
| 34 | Tsekouras, Stelios | 1419 | GRE | −7B | −26N | F | −21B | −20N | F | =25N | 0.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 1.25 | 1253 | -15.2 |
| 35 | Pavlou, Christoforos Iason | 1496 | GRE | −14B | −10N | −20B | F | −26N | F | =36B | 0.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.25 | 1254 | -48.4 |
| 36 | Palios, Panteleimon | 1474 | GRE | −13N | −11B | −33N | −25B | F | F | =35N | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.25 | 1232 | -24.6 |
| 37 | Kalonomos, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | −15N | −21B | F | F | −13N | F | F | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Trivella, Maria | 1549 | GRE | F | F | −15N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 931 | -5.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1El Champasi, OmarGRE+78.84.0 pts · #8
- 2Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis ArisGRE+46.45.0 pts · #3
- 3Kiryttopoulos, IoannisGRE+36.04.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Pavlou, Christoforos IasonGRE-48.40.5 pts · #34
- 2Tsekouras, Angelos GrigoriosGRE-46.41.0 pts · #32
- 3Drivas, Georgios IGRE-29.21.5 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R5+351 Elo gap
- R1+302 Elo gap
- R7+271 Elo gap