5th open Farsala CC - 2025 Open Championship of Thessalia
Open SwissStandard
50 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Farsala, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1753, and top seed was Nikolaos Gkonelas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1935).
Nikolaos Gkonelas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1935) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Vasileios Giannopoulos (6.0) and Apostolos Zafeiroulis (5.0). Gkonelas took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ioanna Kalyva (1527) beat Vasilios Krommidas (1803), a +276-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Farsala, Greece
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×35
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
16
6
2
1
1
2
2
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Feb
Nikolaos Gkonelas takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Gkonelas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vasileios Giannopoulos lost to Nikolaos Gkonelas (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vasileios Giannopoulos | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2Nikolaos Gkonelas | 1 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Apostolos Zafeiroulis | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Danai Petkaki | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gkonelas, Nikolaos | 1935 | GRE | +3N | =15B | +8N | +9B | +2N | =5B | +4N | 6.0 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 28.00 | 1991 | +8.4 |
| 2 | Giannopoulos, Vasileios | 1861 | GRE | +17B | +23N | +39B | +4N | −1B | +6N | +15B | 6.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 21.00 | 1951 | +28.0 |
| 3 | Zafeiroulis, Apostolos | 1485 | GRE | −1B | +50N | +35B | =8N | =7B | +11N | +16B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 14.00 | 1753 | +42.4 |
| 4 | Antoniadis, Nikolaos | 1693 | GRE | +36N | +13B | +10N | −2B | =15N | +9B | −1B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 15.75 | 1745 | +8.6 |
| 5 | Petkaki, Danai | 1810 | GRE | +28B | −39N | +17B | +11N | +6B | =1N | −8B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 17.50 | 1693 | -31.2 |
| 6 | Karampelas, Anastasios | 1638 | GRE | +49N | =16B | +33N | +18B | −5N | −2B | +21N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 1687 | +12.0 |
| 7 | Krommidas, Vasilios | 1803 | GRE | F | −10B | +29N | +20B | =3N | +16N | +13B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 16.00 | 1696 | -11.4 |
| 8 | Vouvaloudis, Petros | 1584 | GRE | F | +47N | −1B | =3B | +40N | +10B | +5N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 14.00 | 1810 | +44.0 |
| 9 | Penintas, Vasileios | 1617 | GRE | F | +20N | +16B | −1N | +23B | −4N | +17B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 1745 | +38.0 |
| 10 | Kalyva, Ioanna | 1527 | GRE | +35B | +7N | −4B | +23N | −18B | −8N | +24B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 12.50 | 1593 | +15.6 |
| 11 | Ntougkos, Dimitrios | 1556 | GRE | +21N | −18B | +41N | −5B | +19N | −3B | +37N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1447 | -21.6 |
| 12 | Stylianou, Dimitrios Iason | 1678 | GRE | F | =22N | +19B | +37N | −14B | =17N | +32B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 11.50 | 1576 | -20.4 |
| 13 | Siskou, Georgia | 1562 | GRE | +19B | −4N | +44B | F | +34N | +37B | −7N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 1539 | -4.4 |
| 14 | Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1815 | GRE | +38N | +25B | =18N | =15B | +12N | F | F | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.50 | 1844 | +3.4 |
| 15 | Nathanail, Spyridon | 1626 | GRE | +30B | =1N | +42B | =14N | =4B | F | −2N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 11.75 | 1787 | +19.8 |
| 16 | Vouvaloudis, Ioannis | 1536 | GRE | +46B | =6N | −9N | +21B | +33N | −7B | −3N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 8.75 | 1491 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Siskos, Vasileios P | 1483 | GRE | −2N | +34B | −5N | +31B | +41N | =12B | −9N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 8.50 | 1418 | -7.6 |
| 18 | Koutroupas, Emmanouil | 1668 | GRE | +43B | +11N | =14B | −6N | +10N | F | F | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.50 | 1728 | +12.4 |
| 19 | Pachatiroglou, Apollonas | 0 | GRE | −13N | +?B | −12N | +38B | −11B | +23N | =31B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1494 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Loukas, Dimitrios G | 1534 | GRE | =44N | −9B | +45B | −7N | +29N | −25B | +33N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1446 | -8.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 42191122 | 0 | — | −11B | +?N | =22B | −16N | +?B | +40N | −6B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.75 | 1241 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lelentzis, Apostolos | 1534 | GRE | F | =12B | =21N | +46B | F | =24N | +26B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 1676 | +7.6 |
| 23 | Tsiligkeridis, Pavlos | 1581 | GRE | +34N | −2B | +38N | −10B | −9N | −19B | +35N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 6.00 | 1427 | -32.4 |
| 24 | FIDE 541004787 | 0 | — | −37B | =30N | −28B | +?N | +36N | =22B | −10N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1168 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kostis, Apostolos | 1578 | GRE | +26B | −14N | F | +36B | F | +20N | F | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 1671 | +4.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 42168988 | 0 | — | −25N | −38B | +49N | −40B | +?N | +34B | −22N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Stefanis, Georgios | 0 | GRE | F | −33B | +?N | F | F | +36B | +30N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Douka, Anastasia | 1407 | GRE | −5N | =29B | +24N | −33B | −32N | −30B | +45N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 5.75 | 881 | -14.8 |
| 29 | Mantzavinos, Christos | 0 | GRE | −39B | =28N | −7B | +30N | −20B | +?N | −42B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.75 | 1218 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 42168970 | 0 | — | −15N | =24B | F | −29B | +50N | +28N | −27B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Kyziridis, Kyriakos | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | −17N | +43B | +35B | =19N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Nikolaou, Kosmas Ioannis | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | =?N | +28B | +33B | −12N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Kechagioglou, Athanasios | 1545 | GRE | F | +27N | −6B | +28N | −16B | −32N | −20B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 1332 | -47.2 |
| 34 | FIDE 42169038 | 0 | — | −23B | −17N | +?B | +35N | −13B | −26N | −40B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 541023552 | 0 | — | −10N | +48B | −3N | −34B | +49B | −31N | −23B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.00 | 763 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 541013239 | 0 | — | −4B | =45N | +47B | −25N | −24B | −27N | =43B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 836 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Gakopoulos, Georgios | 1492 | GRE | +24N | F | F | −12B | +44B | −13N | −11B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 795 | -44.4 |
| 38 | Papageorgiou, Antonios G | 1472 | GRE | −14B | +26N | −23B | −19N | +48B | F | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 898 | -18.8 |
| 39 | Pagounis, Georgios | 1567 | GRE | +29N | +5B | −2N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1836 | +26.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 541016610 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +26N | −8B | −21B | +34N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 541016670 | 0 | — | F | F | −11B | +43N | −17B | −42N | +?B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Stefanis, Stefanos G | 1616 | GRE | F | F | −15N | F | F | +41B | +29N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 827 | -20.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 42169020 | 0 | — | −18N | F | F | −41B | −31N | +?B | =36N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Prosmiti, Konstantina | 0 | GRE | =20B | F | −13N | +?B | −37N | F | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1254 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 541016645 | 0 | — | F | =36B | −20N | F | F | +48N | −28B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 541015975 | 0 | — | −16N | +49B | F | −22N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Stefani, Konstantina | 0 | GRE | F | −8B | −36N | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 541016637 | 0 | — | F | −35N | F | +50B | −38N | −45B | −?N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 42191106 | 0 | — | −6B | −46N | −26B | F | −35N | F | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 837 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 541023560 | 0 | — | F | −3B | F | −48N | −30B | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vouvaloudis, PetrosGRE+44.04.5 pts · #12
- 2Zafeiroulis, ApostolosGRE+42.45.0 pts · #8
- 3Penintas, VasileiosGRE+38.04.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Kechagioglou, AthanasiosGRE-47.22.0 pts · #20
- 2Gakopoulos, GeorgiosGRE-44.42.0 pts · #47
- 3Tsiligkeridis, PavlosGRE-32.43.0 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R2+276 Elo gap
- R2+243 Elo gap
- R7+226 Elo gap