2026 youth U8 - 16 championships of ESSTH-CHALK - open U12
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33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1606, and top seed was Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1822).
Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1822) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Ioannis Noulis (5.5) and Iraklis Mekolli (5.0). Alexandrakis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Iraklis Mekolli (1663) beat Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (1822), a +159-point gap.
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Jan
Ioannis Noulis takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Alexandrakis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ioannis Noulis lost to Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ioannis Noulis | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis | 1 | * | 0 | — |
| 3Iraklis Mekolli | 0 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Marios Diamantopoulos | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp | 1822 | GRE | =10B | +23N | −3B | +8N | +15B | +14N | +2N | 5.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 22.00 | 1715 | -20.8 |
| 2 | Noulis, Ioannis | 1618 | GRE | +22B | +21N | =14B | +3N | +6B | +12N | −1B | 5.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 21.25 | 1792 | +44.8 |
| 3 | Mekolli, Iraklis | 1663 | GRE | +29N | =15B | +1N | −2B | +11N | +20B | =5N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 18.75 | 1736 | +29.2 |
| 4 | Mavroeidis, Markos | 1532 | GRE | +25B | +17N | −6B | +14N | −12B | +22N | +10B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 16.50 | 1533 | +27.2 |
| 5 | Diamantopoulos, Marios | 1503 | GRE | F | +28B | +24N | +27B | +20N | =6N | =3B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 14.25 | 1731 | +36.8 |
| 6 | Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios | 1600 | GRE | +13N | +11B | +4N | +20B | −2N | =5B | F | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 18.50 | 1679 | +24.0 |
| 7 | Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Arg | 1556 | GRE | −19B | =8N | +17B | +10N | −14B | +21N | +15B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 16.25 | 1682 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Rapti, Evangelia | 0 | GRE | −20N | =7B | +32N | −1B | +17N | +26B | +16N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 11.75 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos NA | 1561 | GRE | F | +13B | −16N | +23N | +25B | =18N | +14B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 14.75 | 1723 | +16.8 |
| 10 | Arzoumanidis, Maximos | 1448 | GRE | =1N | +32B | =15N | −7B | +26N | +11B | −4N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1545 | +29.2 |
| 11 | Batzakis, Michail Angelos | 1522 | GRE | +31B | −6N | +22B | +21N | −3B | −10N | +18B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 10.50 | 1452 | -20.0 |
| 12 | Filippoglou, Ioannis | 1543 | GRE | +28N | +30B | −20N | +26B | +4N | −2B | F | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 10.50 | 1519 | -4.4 |
| 13 | Mimikos, Spyridon | 0 | GRE | −6B | −9N | −23B | +28N | +33B | +27N | +21B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ladopoulos, Vasileios | 1571 | GRE | +16N | +24B | =2N | −4B | +7N | −1B | −9N | 3.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 13.25 | 1446 | -31.6 |
| 15 | Kleisarchakis, Nikolaos Georgios | 1526 | GRE | +33N | =3N | =10B | =16B | −1N | +30B | −7N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.75 | 1424 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Zafeiriou, Kallinikos | 0 | GRE | −14B | +18N | +9B | =15N | −21B | +19N | −8B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 13.25 | 1514 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 541012755 | 0 | — | +26N | −4B | −7N | =29B | −8B | +33N | +25B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Pelivanidis, Christoforos | 1519 | GRE | −24N | −16B | +33N | +31B | +27N | =9B | −11N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.25 | 1349 | -15.6 |
| 19 | Karvounidis, Angelos | 0 | GRE | +7N | −20B | −26N | =30B | +31N | −16B | +24N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 8.75 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Bimpikas, Ioannis | 1589 | GRE | +8B | +19N | +12B | −6N | −5B | −3N | F | 3.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 12.00 | 1379 | -39.2 |
| 21 | Pola, Alexandra | 1460 | GRE | +27N | −2B | +30N | −11B | +16N | −7B | −13N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 7.00 | 771 | -37.2 |
| 22 | Agorastakis, Ioannis | 1422 | GRE | −2N | +33B | −11N | +24B | +29N | −4B | F | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kouroutzidis, Stylianos | 0 | GRE | =32N | −1B | +13N | −9B | −30N | =29B | +26N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Klirodetis, Alexandros | 0 | GRE | +18B | −14N | −5B | −22N | +32B | =25N | −19B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 5.25 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Deligiannis, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | −4N | −26B | +28N | +32B | −9N | =24B | −17N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 3.75 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gavras, Christoforos | 1453 | GRE | −17B | +25N | +19B | −12N | −10B | −8N | −23B | 2.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 691 | -35.6 |
| 27 | Stavridis, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −21B | F | +29N | −5N | −18B | −13B | +32N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.50 | 1280 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 42155649 | 0 | — | −12B | −5N | −25B | −13B | F | +31N | +30N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.50 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Chachali, Aliki | 1442 | GRE | −3B | +31N | −27B | =17N | −22B | =23N | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.25 | 860 | -9.6 |
| 30 | Zafeiriou, Arsenios | 0 | GRE | F | −12N | −21B | =19N | +23B | −15N | −28B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.75 | 697 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 541022122 | 0 | — | −11N | −29B | F | −18N | −19B | −28B | +33N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Skylitsis, Pelopidas | 1509 | GRE | =23B | −10N | −8B | −25N | −24N | F | −27B | 0.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 1.50 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 541022114 | 0 | — | −15B | −22N | −18B | F | −13N | −17B | −31B | 0.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Noulis, IoannisGRE+44.85.5 pts · #2
- 2Diamantopoulos, MariosGRE+36.85.0 pts · #10
- 3Mekolli, IraklisGRE+29.25.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Bimpikas, IoannisGRE-39.23.0 pts · #18
- 2Pola, AlexandraGRE-37.23.0 pts · #30
- 3Gavras, ChristoforosGRE-35.62.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R3+159 Elo gap