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New year Chania 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 09 Jan 2026 in Chania, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1564, and top seed was Olga Volani (🇬🇷 GRE, 1671).

Olga Volani (🇬🇷 GRE, 1671) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dimitrios Latos (5.0) and Vasileios Volanis (5.0). Volani won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vasileios Seferlis (1417) beat Alexandros Stratoudakis (1529), a +112-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Chania, Greece
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 09 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Olga Volani1671
Avg top 10
1,564
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Olga Volani led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Volani6.5Latos5Volanis5Kouvedaki4.5Fragkakis4.5Bouchlis4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Olga Volani never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Olga Volani drew with Dimitrios Latos (Black).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

Olga Volani won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Olga Volani*
½
1
1
2Dimitrios Latos
½
*——
3Vasileios Volanis
0
—*
0
4Rafaela Kouvedaki
0
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Volani, Olga1671GRE+7N+12B+4N+6B+3N+5B=2N6.527.531.028.501932+62.8
2Latos, Dimitrios1598GRE=16N+14B+8N−4B+6N+7B=1B5.027.029.520.501703+45.6
3Volanis, Vasileios1492GRE+19B−5N+11B+17N−1B+12N+4N5.025.027.016.001593+28.0
4Fragkakis, Georgios1561GRE+15B+9N−1B+2N=5B+10N−3B4.528.531.517.751573+5.2
5Kouvedaki, Rafaela1605GRE+13N+3B−6N+16B=4N−1N+11B4.527.530.016.751598+55.6
6Bouchlis, Nikolaos1511GRE+17N+10B+5B−1N−2B+15N=9B4.526.529.015.501521+4.0
7Psarianos, Emmanouil1500GRE−1B+19N+20B=10N=15B−2N+18B4.022.523.58.751282-30.0
8Stratoudakis, Alexandros1529GRE=18B+11N−2B−15N+20B+13N=14B4.021.022.011.001504-6.0
9Lampousakis, Michail1494GRE+20N−4B−10N+21B=11N+16B=6N4.019.519.57.501476-2.4
10Trachalakis, Emmanouil0GREF−6N+9B=7B+16N−4B+15N3.522.522.511.5014970.0
11Psilopoulou, Anna Maria0GRE+14N−8B−3N+22B=9B+20N−5N3.522.022.06.501458+4.4
12Kokogiannakis, Rafail1505GRE+21B−1N−16N=13B+19N−3B+20B3.520.520.54.751171-58.0
13Simantirakis, Theodoros1421GRE−5B+21N−15B=12N+17B−8B+16N3.520.020.06.751307-29.2
14Kakatsakis, Anastasios1666GRE−11B−2N+19B−20N+22N+17B=8N3.518.018.06.501417-53.6
15Seferlis, Vasileios1417GRE−4N=17B+13N+8B=7N−6B−10B3.024.026.510.751500+22.4
16Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos1407GRE=2B+18N+12B−5N−10B−9N−13B2.524.026.58.501336-17.2
17Apostolou, Maria M0GRE−6B=15N+18B−3B−13N−14N+19B2.522.024.06.0011320.0
18Apostolou, Dimitra0GRE=8N−16B−17N−19B+21N+22B−7N2.515.015.02.0013850.0
19FIDE 421722680—−3N−7B−14N+18N−12B+21B−17N2.021.021.02.507320.0
20Psilopoulou, Aikaterini Viktoria0GRE−9BF−7N+14B−8N−11B−12N1.022.522.53.5012420.0
21FIDE 5410074920—−12N−13BF−9N−18B−19NF0.015.515.50.006620.0
22Psarakis, Kyriakos1483GREFFF−11N−14B−18NF0.09.59.50.00751-31.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets