41st Kavala's Christmas Cup A
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Kavala, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Charalampos Theodoridis (🇬🇷 GRE, 2074).
Charalampos Kamperidis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1818) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Stamatios Iason Tzoumas (5.5) and Charalampos Theodoridis (4.5). Kamperidis shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Miltiadis Kiourktsidis (1485) beat Angelos Bakirtzis (1659), a +174-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Kamperidis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).
Stamatios Iason Tzoumas drew with Charalampos Kamperidis (White).
Stamatios Iason Tzoumas 3 wins (R5–R7)Charalampos Theodoridis 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishersGrille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamperidis, Charalampos | 1818 | GRE | +15B | =2N | =10B | +5N | =3B | +7N | +9B | 5.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 19.50 | 1808 | +2.2 |
| 2 | Tzoumas, Stamatios Iason | 1580 | GRE | +13N | =1B | +9N | −3N | +10B | +4B | +11N | 5.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 18.75 | 1878 | +88.4 |
| 3 | Theodoridis, Charalampos | 2074 | GRE | +6N | +11B | +4N | +2B | =1N | F | F | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 19.25 | 2069 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Dragoumis, Panagiotis | 1661 | GRE | +12N | +5B | −3B | +10N | +7B | −2N | F | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1648 | -6.4 |
| 5 | Nolan Chionis, Sotirios Sean | 1451 | GRE | +16B | −4N | +12B | −1B | =11N | =6N | +13B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 1414 | -14.4 |
| 6 | Perzamanis, Ilias | 1444 | GRE | −3B | +14N | −11N | +8B | =9N | =5B | +15N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 1509 | +11.6 |
| 7 | Tosidis, Anestis | 0 | GRE | −10B | +8N | +15B | +11B | −4N | −1B | +16N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Chaloulas, Evangelos Gavriil | 0 | GRE | −9N | −7B | +13N | −6N | +16B | +12N | +10B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bakirtzis, Angelos | 1659 | GRE | +8B | −10N | −2B | +12N | =6B | +14B | −1N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 11.00 | 1260 | -76.0 |
| 10 | Kiourktsidis, Miltiadis | 1485 | GRE | +7N | +9B | =1N | −4B | −2N | =11B | −8N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 11.75 | 1573 | +20.0 |
| 11 | Petasakis, Emmanouil | 1506 | GRE | +14B | −3N | +6B | −7N | =5B | =10N | −2B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 9.50 | 1505 | -6.0 |
| 12 | Chaloulas, Dimitrios Michail | 0 | GRE | −4B | +16N | −5N | −9B | +13N | −8B | +14N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 42176794 | 0 | — | −2B | =15N | −8B | +14N | −12B | +16N | −5N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.75 | 1218 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Poimenidou, Efterpi | 0 | GRE | −11N | −6B | +16N | −13B | +15B | −9N | −12B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.50 | 1315 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Georgiou, Vasiliki Aim | 1415 | GRE | −1N | =13B | −7N | +16B | −14N | F | −6B | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.25 | 832 | -22.0 |
| 16 | Tsakmakis, Grigorios | 0 | GRE | −5N | −12B | −14B | −15N | −8N | −13B | −7B | 0.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 0.00 | 647 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tzoumas, Stamatios IasonGRE+88.45.5 pts · #1
- 2Kiourktsidis, MiltiadisGRE+20.03.0 pts · #5
- 3Perzamanis, IliasGRE+11.64.0 pts · #8
- 1Bakirtzis, AngelosGRE-76.03.5 pts · #12
- 2Georgiou, Vasiliki AimGRE-22.01.5 pts · #15
- 3Nolan Chionis, Sotirios SeanGRE-14.44.0 pts · #10
- R2+174 Elo gap