2nd Open AO Paradeisou Amarousiou
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Jan 2026 to 12 Jan 2026 in Marousi, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1791, and top seed was Sokratis Mytilinis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1929).
Alexandros Pappas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1659) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Spyridon Girvalakis (5.5) and Alexandros Athanasakopoulos (5.0). Pappas took the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Alexandros Pappas (1659) beat Efraim Galanopoulos (1875), a +216-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Marousi, Greece
Dates
08 Jan 2026 → 12 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Jan
Alexandros Pappas takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Pappas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Alexandros Pappas beat Spyridon Girvalakis (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandros Pappas | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Spyridon Girvalakis | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Alexandros Athanasakopoulos | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Georgios Diamandis | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pappas, Alexandros | 1659 | GRE | +32B | −25B | +20N | +4N | +7B | +2N | =3B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 19.50 | 1969 | +47.4 |
| 2 | Girvalakis, Spyridon | 1829 | GRE | +30B | +22N | +25N | +6B | =3N | −1B | +8N | 5.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 15.50 | 1903 | +10.0 |
| 3 | Athanasakopoulos, Alexandros | 1735 | GRE | +18B | +10N | =21B | +11N | =2B | =5N | =1N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 18.00 | 1816 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Diamandis, Georgios | 1681 | GRE | −10N | +23B | +24N | −1B | +12N | +13B | +19B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 13.00 | 1589 | -5.0 |
| 5 | Hrisanthopoulos, Dimitrios | 1915 | GRE | +14N | =20B | +9N | F | =6N | =3B | +11B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 15.25 | 1784 | -12.4 |
| 6 | Diamandis, Phoebus-Apollo | 1776 | GRE | +26N | +12B | +15N | −2N | =5B | =9B | −7N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 11.50 | 1666 | -14.0 |
| 7 | Galanopoulos, Efraim | 1875 | GRE | F | F | +17B | +13N | −1N | +15B | +6B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 13.00 | 1720 | -8.4 |
| 8 | Najjari Omidkhah, Soroush | 1658 | GRE | +31N | −15B | F | +23N | +19B | +10N | −2B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1029 | -10.8 |
| 9 | Kyrtatos, Stavros Alexios | 1554 | GRE | +27N | F | −5B | F | +14B | =6N | +10B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 1653 | +3.6 |
| 10 | Pagonis, Anastasios | 0 | GRE | +4B | −3B | +22N | +14N | F | −8B | −9N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 10.00 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Tziros, Charalampos | 1457 | GRE | +13B | −21N | F | −3B | +17N | +20B | −5N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1568 | +8.0 |
| 12 | Papadopoulou, Eftychia | 0 | GRE | +16B | −6N | −13B | +18N | −4B | +24N | F | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 929 | -18.4 |
| 13 | Spantidakis, Georgios Panagiotis | 0 | GRE | −11N | +28B | +12N | −7B | +31B | −4N | −15N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 4.50 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tsichli, Nikolitsa | 0 | GRE | −5B | +29N | F | −10B | −9N | +27B | +16N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 935 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Mitropoulos, Theodoros | 0 | GRE | +17B | +8N | −6B | F | F | −7N | +13B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 10.00 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 541013344 | 0 | — | −12N | +26B | F | −17N | +18B | +31N | −14B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Andriopoulos, Andreas | 0 | GRE | −15N | +31B | −7N | +16B | −11B | +22N | F | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 541022998 | 0 | — | −3N | −24B | +32N | −12B | −16N | +26B | +27N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 825 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Meleas, Ilias | 0 | GRE | −25N | +32B | F | +22B | −8N | +23B | −4N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 958 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Azadelis, Kyriakos | 1635 | GRE | +29B | =5N | −1B | F | F | −11N | +28B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1420 | -13.4 |
| 21 | Nikoleris, Evangelos | 1855 | GRE | +28N | +11B | =3N | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 1811 | +0.6 |
| 22 | Andriopoulos, Panagiotis A | 0 | GRE | +24N | −2B | −10B | −19N | +29N | −17B | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 1029 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 541022980 | 0 | — | F | −4N | +28B | −8B | +26N | −19N | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 541023030 | 0 | — | −22B | +18N | −4B | −27N | F | −12B | +29N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Mytilinis, Sokratis | 1929 | GRE | +19B | +1N | −2B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 1746 | -9.6 |
| 26 | Marougkas, Nikolaos | 0 | GRE | −6B | −16N | +29B | =31N | −23B | −18N | F | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.25 | 976 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 42196396 | 0 | — | −9B | −30N | F | +24B | F | −14N | −18B | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 754 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 541022971 | 0 | — | −21B | −13N | −23N | +32B | F | F | −20N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 905 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 541023021 | 0 | — | −20N | −14B | −26N | F | −22B | +32N | −24B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Lelekis, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −2N | +27B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1029 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 541010515 | 0 | — | −8B | −17N | F | =26B | −13N | −16B | F | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 541018702 | 0 | — | −1N | −19N | −18B | −28N | F | −29B | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 863 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pappas, AlexandrosGRE+47.45.5 pts · #1
- 2Athanasakopoulos, AlexandrosGRE+11.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Girvalakis, SpyridonGRE+10.05.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Papadopoulou, EftychiaGRE-18.43.0 pts · #26
- 2Diamandis, Phoebus-ApolloGRE-14.04.0 pts · #5
- 3Azadelis, KyriakosGRE-13.42.5 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R5+216 Elo gap
- R6+178 Elo gap
- R6+170 Elo gap