Cyprus Youth U10 Chess Tournament 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Nicosia, Cyprus. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1183, and top seed was Aaryan Chaitas Shah (🇮🇳 IND, 1516).

Aaryan Chaitas Shah (🇮🇳 IND, 1516) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Aziz Hakligil (5.5) and Antonios Picolos (5.0). Shah shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇨🇾Nicosia, Cyprus

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Aaryan Chaitas Shah1516

Avg top 10

1,183

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇨🇾Cyprus×8

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Aaryan Chaitas Shah
🇮🇳IND·1516
5.5pts·1633perf+31.2
🥈
Aziz Hakligil
🇹🇷TUR·1471
5.5pts·1575perf+22.0
🥉
Antonios Picolos
🇨🇾CYP·1510
5.0pts·1482perf-6.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Shah5.5Hakligil5.5Korelidou5Picolos5Lomadze5Josephides4.5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Shah takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aaryan Chaitas Shah beat Aziz Hakligil (Black).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Aaryan Chaitas Shah won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aaryan Chaitas Shah	*	1	—	1
2Aziz Hakligil	0	*	½	1
3Maria Korelidou	—	½	*	—
4Antonios Picolos	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Aaryan Chaitas Shah	1516	IND	+16B	+2N	−7B	+18N	+3B	+4N	=6B	5.5	27.0	29.5	23.25	1633	+31.2
2	Hakligil, Aziz	1471	TUR	+17N	−1B	+11N	+15B	=5N	+6B	+3B	5.5	26.5	29.5	21.50	1575	+22.0
3	Picolos, Antonios	1510	CYP	+21N	+6B	+15N	+4B	−1N	+9B	−2N	5.0	27.5	29.5	18.50	1482	-6.4
4	Lomadze, Nikolai	1477	CYP	+11B	+12N	+19B	−3N	+7B	−1B	+10N	5.0	25.5	28.0	17.50	1382	-14.8
5	Korelidou, Maria	1427	CYP	=10N	−15B	+22N	+19B	=2B	+8N	+7B	5.0	23.0	23.0	15.25	1755	+49.2
6	Josephides, Nicholas	1455	CYP	+13B	−3N	+20B	+7N	+8B	−2N	=1N	4.5	27.5	29.5	16.25	1494	+8.0
7	Alkim, Albert	1493	CYP	+9B	+18N	+1N	−6B	−4N	+15B	−5N	4.0	27.0	29.5	15.00	1278	-45.2
8	Kobak, Kumsal	1481	TUR	−15N	+10B	+9N	+12B	−6N	−5B	+14N	4.0	24.5	27.5	15.00	647	-44.0
9	Netepenko, Maxim	0	CYP	−7N	+14B	−8B	+20N	+13B	−3N	+15N	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.00	696	0.0
10	FIDE 529037603	0	—	=5B	−8N	=?B	+17N	+18B	+11N	−4B	4.0	23.0	23.0	11.50	1189	0.0
11	FIDE 5913551	0	—	−4N	+?B	−2B	=14N	+19N	−10B	+18N	3.5	23.0	23.0	6.75	674	0.0
12	Ulianov, Aleksei	0	FID	+?N	−4B	+16B	−8N	−15N	=18B	+20N	3.5	19.5	19.5	6.25	680	0.0
13	FIDE 540091104	0	—	−6N	+21B	−18B	+16N	−9N	=20B	+?N	3.5	18.0	18.0	6.00	666	0.0
14	FIDE 5913101	0	—	−18N	−9N	+?B	=11B	+?N	+16N	−8B	3.5	17.0	17.0	4.75	682	0.0
15	Nicolaou, Rafaella	0	CYP	+8B	+5N	−3B	−2N	+12B	−7N	−9B	3.0	27.5	31.0	12.50	1405	0.0
16	FIDE 51695103	0	—	−1N	+17B	−12N	−13B	+21N	−14B	+?N	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	715	0.0
17	FIDE 5913799	0	—	−2B	−16N	+21N	−10B	−20B	+?N	+22B	3.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	670	0.0
18	Alexandrou, Nicholas	0	CYP	+14B	−7B	+13N	−1B	−10N	=12N	−11B	2.5	24.0	27.5	8.75	705	0.0
19	FIDE 5912857	0	—	=20N	+22B	−4N	−5N	−11B	−?B	+21N	2.5	17.5	17.5	3.00	652	0.0
20	FIDE 529017319	0	—	=19B	F	−6N	−9B	+17N	=13N	−12B	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.00	666	0.0
21	FIDE 5913454	0	—	−3B	−13N	−17B	+?N	−16B	+22N	−19B	2.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	710	0.0
22	FIDE 336112424	0	—	F	−19N	−5B	−?N	−?B	−21B	−17N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	627	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Korelidou, MariaCYP
+49.2
5.0 pts · #4
2Aaryan Chaitas ShahIND
+31.2
5.5 pts · #1
3Hakligil, AzizTUR
+22.0
5.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Alkim, AlbertCYP
-45.2
4.0 pts · #7
2Kobak, KumsalTUR
-44.0
4.0 pts · #10
3Lomadze, NikolaiCYP
-14.8
5.0 pts · #8