5th Preliminary tournament IKAROS 2026 Stefanos Stylianoudakis
Round-RobinStandard
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Ikaros, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 529, and top seed was Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1642).
Stylianos Poulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1534) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis (4.5). Poulos shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇬🇷Ikaros, Greece
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
3
2
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2
2
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Stylianos Poulos drew with Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis (White).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Stylianos Poulos went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇷Poulos, Stylianos | 1534 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 8.25 | 10.5 | +5.2 | 1643 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Zafeiroudis, Nikolaos NA | 1642 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 8.25 | 10.5 | -10.4 | 1445 |
| 4 | FIDE 541012453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 744 |
| 3 | FIDE 42158303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 744 |
| 5 | FIDE 4299302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 744 |
| 6 | FIDE 42143063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 744 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Poulos, StylianosGRE+5.24.5 pts · #1
- 2FIDE 42993020.01.5 pts · #5
- 3FIDE 421430630.00.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Zafeiroudis, Nikolaos NAGRE-10.44.5 pts · #2
- 2FIDE 42993020.01.5 pts · #5
- 3FIDE 421430630.00.0 pts · #6