4th Preliminary tournament IKAROS 2026
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 26 Feb 2026 in Ikaros, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1018, and top seed was Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1642).
Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1642) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Dimitrios Menegkis (3.0) and Ippokratis Kratsas (2.0). Zafeiroudis won solo starting round 2.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNikolaos NA Zafeiroudis led from R2 onwards, the title was decided early.
Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Ippokratis Kratsas); the title is out of reach before R5.
Nikolaos NA Zafeiroudis beat Dimitrios Menegkis (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷Zafeiroudis, Nikolaos NA | 1642 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 8.00 | 8.0 | +34.8 | 2282 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Menegkis, Dimitrios | 1485 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 10.0 | -12.4 | 1409 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Kratsas, Ippokratis | 1523 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | — | 2.0 | 4.50 | 11.0 | -0.4 | 1522 |
| 3 | FIDE 541012453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 1329 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Menegkis, Georgios Stiv | 1458 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | — | 1.0 | 2.00 | 12.0 | -22.0 | 1277 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Bekirai, Lorentzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 764 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zafeiroudis, Nikolaos NAGRE+34.85.0 pts · #1
- 2Bekirai, LorentzoGRE0.00.0 pts · #6
- 3FIDE 5410124530.02.0 pts · #3
- 1Menegkis, Georgios StivGRE-22.01.0 pts · #5
- 2Menegkis, DimitriosGRE-12.43.0 pts · #4
- 3Kratsas, IppokratisGRE-0.42.0 pts · #2