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Cyprus Youth U14 Chess Tournament 2026

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19 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 1665, and top seed was Savvas Konstantinides (🇨🇾 CYP, 1884).

Alexander D Grigoriev ( FID, 1837) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Savvas Konstantinides (5.0) and Deniz Ismail Cicek (4.5). Grigoriev shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Georgios Biskas (1533) beat Alexander D Grigoriev (1837), a +304-point gap.

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
🇨🇾Savvas Konstantinides1884
Avg top 10
1,665
Participants
19
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇾Cyprus×12
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Grigoriev5Konstantinides5Cicek4.5Daniil4.5Biskas4.5Sayan4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Alexander D Grigoriev held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Grigoriev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexander D Grigoriev drew with Savvas Konstantinides (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexander D Grigoriev*
½
1
1
2Savvas Konstantinides
½
*
½
—
3Deniz Ismail Cicek
0
½
*—
4Christodoulos Daniil
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grigoriev, Alexander D1837FID+3B+8N+6B+7N=2B=5N−4B5.027.031.021.751822+0.4
2Konstantinides, Savvas1884CYP+4N+9B−7N+10B=1N+8B=3N5.026.029.520.751784-24.8
3Cicek, Deniz Ismail1515TUR−1N+13B=9N+4B=5B+11N=2B4.526.529.517.751731+76.8
4Biskas, Georgios1533CYP−2B+19N=5B−3N+13B+10B+1N4.525.525.513.751698+49.6
5Sayan, Uzay1618TUR+16N−7B=4N+18B=3N=1B+8N4.523.523.512.501642+5.6
6Daniil, Christodoulos1770CYP+15N+10B−1N−8B=9N+14B+7B4.523.025.014.001704-19.2
7Karaolis, Andreas1686CYP+14B+5N+2B−1B−8N+12B−6N4.026.028.515.001715+9.2
8Lomadze, Alexandr1630CYP+13N−1B+18N+6N+7B−2N−5B4.026.026.011.501706+20.8
9Bannoura, Daniel1619CYP+19B−2N=3B−11N=6B+15N+12B4.022.522.59.501468-32.8
10Reznikov, Andrey1559FID+12B−6N+14B−2N=11B−4N+17N3.523.024.08.251492-19.6
11Katsikidis, Ioannis1474CYPFF+12B+9B=10N−3B+14N3.517.517.511.251654+38.8
12Yiannakis, Alexis0CYP−10N+15B−11N+13B+16B−7N−9N3.020.021.56.5013150.0
13Georgiou, Katerina1425CYP−8B−3N+19B−12N−4N+18B+16N3.017.517.51.50762-40.4
14Constantinou, Paris1471CYP−7N+16B−10N=17B+18N−6N−11B2.518.018.02.00821-64.4
15Staicovici, Marc-Albert1479ROU−6B−12N+17B−16NF−9B+18N2.014.014.01.008960.0
16Valiantis, Andreas0CYP−5B−14NF+15B−12N=17N−13B1.516.016.02.507340.0
17FIDE 59133300—FF−15N=14NF=16B−10B1.09.59.52.0013560.0
18Moschopoulos, Ioannis0CYPFF−8B−5N−14B−13N−15B0.016.016.00.007600.0
19FIDE 59126100—−9N−4B−13NFFFF0.013.513.50.007310.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets