Cyprus Youth U12 Chess Tournament 2026

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Nicosia, Cyprus. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1070, and top seed was Kyriakos Skouroupathis (🇨🇾 CYP, 1808).

Kyriakos Skouroupathis (🇨🇾 CYP, 1808) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Aida Paunescu (6.0) and Giorgos Kakouris (4.5). Skouroupathis won solo starting round 4.

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

🇨🇾Kyriakos Skouroupathis1808

Avg top 10

1,070

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇾Cyprus×14

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Kyriakos Skouroupathis
🇨🇾CYP·1808
7.0pts·2311perf+21.2
🥈
WCMAida Paunescu
🇨🇾CYP·1690
6.0pts·1709perf+7.6
🥉
Giorgos Kakouris
🇨🇾CYP·1401
4.5pts·1494perf+8.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Kyriakos Skouroupathis led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Skouroupathis7Paunescu6Kakouris4.5Wu4.5Kyriakides4Osadcha4

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Kyriakos Skouroupathis never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kyriakos Skouroupathis beat WCM Aida Paunescu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kyriakos Skouroupathis 7 wins (R1–R7)WCM Aida Paunescu 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kyriakos Skouroupathis	*	1	1	1
2WCMAida Paunescu	0	*	1	—
3Giorgos Kakouris	0	0	*	—
4Wenrui Wu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Skouroupathis, Kyriakos	1808	CYP	+16B	+8N	+7B	+2N	+3B	+4B	+6N	7.0	26.0	28.0	28.00	2311	+21.2
2	Paunescu, AidaWCM	1690	CYP	+6N	+3B	+9N	−1B	+7N	+5N	+8B	6.0	26.5	30.0	23.00	1709	+7.6
3	Kakouris, Giorgos	1401	CYP	+18B	−2N	+19B	+11N	−1N	=7B	+9N	4.5	24.0	24.5	9.75	1494	+8.0
4	Wu, Wenrui	0	CHN	+15N	−9B	=5N	+17B	+8B	−1N	+7N	4.5	23.5	25.0	12.50	1421	0.0
5	Osadcha, Elena	0	CYP	−9N	=15B	=4B	+13N	+10N	−2B	+11N	4.0	23.5	25.5	12.75	1396	0.0
6	Kyriakides, Stylianos	0	CYP	−2B	−18N	+16B	+19N	+9N	+11B	−1B	4.0	22.5	23.0	9.00	1509	0.0
7	Stefanos, Constantinos	1418	CYP	+11N	+17B	−1N	+10B	−2B	=3N	−4B	3.5	28.5	30.0	10.25	1364	-10.4
8	Louca, Loucas	0	CYP	+12N	−1B	+10N	=9B	−4N	+14B	−2N	3.5	27.5	30.5	11.25	1514	0.0
9	Konnaris, Ploutarchos	1424	CYP	+5B	+4N	−2B	=8N	−6B	+17N	−3B	3.5	26.5	28.0	11.75	756	-26.4
10	Vasileiou, Marilia	0	CYP	+14B	+13N	−8B	−7N	−5B	+20B	=12N	3.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1460	0.0
11	Philippou, Christos	0	CYP	−7B	+16N	+13B	−3B	+20N	−6N	−5B	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	1311	0.0
12	Christofides, Alexandros	1501	CYP	−8B	=19N	+15B	−14N	−17N	+13B	=10B	3.0	16.5	17.0	7.00	2260	+17.6
13	Malysheva, Liudmila	1462	CYP	+20N	−10B	−11N	−5B	+19B	−12N	+17B	3.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	700	-17.6
14	Alexandrou, Emilio	0	CYP	−10N	+20B	=17N	+12B	F	−8N	=15B	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.75	1520	0.0
15	Christophides, Alexandros	0	CYP	−4B	=5N	−12N	+16B	F	F	=14N	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.50	700	0.0
16	Grigorjev, Dmitriy Den	0	FID	−1N	−11B	−6N	−15N	F	+19B	+20B	2.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	1000	0.0
17	FIDE 5913071	0	—	F	−7N	=14B	−4N	+12B	−9B	−13N	1.5	20.5	20.5	4.50	1257	0.0
18	FIDE 5914663	0	—	−3N	+6B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	626	0.0
19	FIDE 5914671	0	—	F	=12B	−3N	−6B	−13N	−16N	F	0.5	16.5	16.5	1.50	1189	0.0
20	FIDE 5914442	0	—	−13B	−14N	F	F	−11B	−10N	−16N	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	660	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Skouroupathis, KyriakosCYP
+21.2
7.0 pts · #2
2Christofides, AlexandrosCYP
+17.6
3.0 pts · #11
3Kakouris, GiorgosCYP
+8.0
4.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Konnaris, PloutarchosCYP
-26.4
3.5 pts · #17
2Malysheva, LiudmilaCYP
-17.6
3.0 pts · #18
3Stefanos, ConstantinosCYP
-10.4
3.5 pts · #14