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Cyprus Youth U16 Chess Tournament 2026

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15 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 775, and top seed was Themistoklis Amvrosiadis (🇨🇾 CYP, 1771).

Themistoklis Amvrosiadis (🇨🇾 CYP, 1771) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Andreas Kyriakides (6.0) and Giorgos Neofytou (4.0). Amvrosiadis shared the lead from round 1, 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
🇨🇾Themistoklis Amvrosiadis1771
Avg top 10
775
Participants
15
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇾Cyprus×8
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Amvrosiadis6Kyriakides6Stavridis4Alichanides4Staicovici4Neofytou4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Themistoklis Amvrosiadis held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Amvrosiadis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Themistoklis Amvrosiadis beat Andreas Kyriakides (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Themistoklis Amvrosiadis*
1
0
1
2Andreas Kyriakides
0
*—
1
3Andreas Stavridis
1
—*
0
4Ioannis Alichanides
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Amvrosiadis, Themistoklis1771CYP+8N+3B+2N+5B+4N+7B−6N6.026.030.026.002295+27.6
2Kyriakides, Andreas1602CYP+12B+13N−1B+14N+3B+5N+4B6.023.025.019.001697+14.8
3Neofytou, Giorgos0FID+4B−1N+6B+11N−2N+10B−5B4.027.029.513.5013870.0
4Staicovici, Alice Amelie1464ROU−3N+10B+15N+7B−1B+9N−2N4.026.028.012.001476-0.4
5Alichanides, Ioannis1478CYPF+15B+7N−1N+6B−2B+3N4.026.026.014.001476-2.0
6Stavridis, Andreas0CYP+?N−7B−3N+8B−5N+11N+1B4.024.524.512.5014350.0
7Vasiliou, Charis1431CYP+9B+6N−5B−4N+14B−1N+11B4.023.525.511.50772-40.0
8Gurfov, Amir0FID−1B=11N=12B−6N+?B+14N+9B4.020.020.07.509710.0
9Posnagkidis, Loukas0CYP−7N−14B+?N+15B+12N−4B−8N3.018.518.54.506490.0
10Huegelmann, Philine0GERF−4N−11B+?B+13N−3N+15B3.015.015.04.506670.0
11FIDE 59095200—−13N=8B+10N−3B+15N−6B−7N2.521.523.57.006310.0
12Hakobyan, Alexis0CYP−2N=?B=8N=13B−9B−15N+14B2.519.519.55.258020.0
13Pozotos,Aimilianos0CYP+11B−2B−14N=12N−10BF+?N2.516.016.03.758020.0
14FIDE 59146980—−15N+9N+13B−2B−7N−8B−12N2.022.024.05.507170.0
15FIDE 59141400—+14B−5N−4B−9N−11B+12B−10N2.019.021.04.506730.0

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