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2026 youth U8 - 16 championships of ESSTH-CHALK - open U16

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 770, and top seed was Nikolaos Paschalidis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1663).

Nikolaos Paschalidis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1663) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Rafail Kikis (3.0) and Loukas Georgios Karakotsios (2.0). Paschalidis won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 10 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Nikolaos Paschalidis1663
Avg top 10
770
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nikolaos Paschalidis led from R2; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Paschalidis5Kikis3Bopotas2Karakotsios2Bikiaropoulos1Katikaridis1
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Nikolaos Paschalidis never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikolaos Paschalidis beat Rafail Kikis (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Nikolaos Paschalidis won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikolaos Paschalidis*
1
1
1
2Rafail Kikis
0
*
1
1
3Andreas Bopotas
0
0
*
0
4Loukas Georgios Karakotsios
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Paschalidis, Nikolaos1663GRE+2B+6N+5B+3B+4N5.08.09.09.002262+19.2
2Kikis, Rafail0GRE−1N+3B+4N−5N+6B3.010.011.05.0015490.0
3Karakotsios, Loukas Georgios1485GRE+4B−2N+6B−1NF2.011.012.03.001565+10.8
4Bopotas, Andreas0GRE−3N+5N−2B+6N−1B2.011.012.02.0014040.0
5Katikaridis, Orestis0GRE−6N−4B−1N+2BF1.012.013.03.007650.0
6Bikiaropoulos, Vasileios Nektarios1471GRE+5B−1B−3N−4B−2N1.012.013.01.00761-30.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers