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2026 youth U8 - 16 championships of ESSTH-CHALK - open U10

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 897, and top seed was Orfeas Kasmeridis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1623).

Orfeas Kasmeridis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1623) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Vladimiros Chasiridis (6.0) and Michail Kourkoutas (4.5). Kasmeridis won solo starting round 6.

Location
🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 10 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Orfeas Kasmeridis1623
Avg top 10
897
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Orfeas Kasmeridis led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
2
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Orfeas Kasmeridis held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Orfeas Kasmeridis drew with Vladimiros Chasiridis (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Orfeas Kasmeridis 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Vladimiros Chasiridis 3 wins (R1–R3)Konstantinos Psomas 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kasmeridis, Orfeas1623GRE+15B+4N+3B=2N+12B+5N+7B6.526.029.026.001843+42.8
2Chasiridis, Vladimiros1614GRE+6N+7B+5N=1B+3N=4B+8B6.027.531.526.001718+24.4
3Kourkoutas, Michail1475GRE+13N+8B−1N+6B−2B+12N=5B4.527.530.516.001286-26.4
4Psomas, Konstantinos1417GREF−1B+14N+8B+7N=2N+6B4.527.527.518.001555+21.2
5Oikonomidis, Anastasios Ioannis1429GRE+12B+17N−2B=11N+9B−1B=3N4.027.528.512.001296-20.4
6Kotsonis, Nikolaos0GRE−2B+16N+9B−3N+10B+11N−4N4.026.527.512.507030.0
7Berberidis, Nikolaos1415GRE+16B−2N+11B+15N−4B+13N−1N4.026.527.510.50751-41.6
8Gkrekidis, Konstantinos0GRE+?B−3N+10B−4N+11B+?B−2N4.022.522.57.5013120.0
9FIDE 421556220—−14N+13B−6N+?B−5N+?B+12N4.017.017.06.006450.0
10FIDE 421753480—−?N+?B−8N+14B−6N+16B+13B4.015.015.07.007090.0
11Stefanidis, Konstantinos0GRE+?N+?B−7N=5B−8N−6B+?N3.516.016.02.0014620.0
12Ntelmpizis, Vasileios0GRE−5N+?B+?N+?B−1N−3B−9B3.019.019.00.0013190.0
13FIDE 5410097890—−3B−9N+17B+16N+?B−7B−10N3.018.518.52.006540.0
14Topkaroglou, Dimitrios0GRE+9B−15N−4B−10NF+?B+?N3.015.515.54.0014650.0
15FIDE 5410069500—−1N+14B+?N−7B−?N−?B+17N3.014.514.54.007200.0
16FIDE 5410069090—−7N−6B+?N−13B−?N−10NF1.015.015.00.006320.0
17FIDE 421935320—+?N−5B−13N−?B−?NF−15B1.010.010.00.006770.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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2026 youth U8 - 16 championships of ESSTH-CHALK - open U10 — Thessaloniki, Greece | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats