2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group B, rounds 1-5
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82 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Essth-Chalk, Greece. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2131, and top seed was Ioannis K. Papadopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2382).
Evgenia Tsivelekidou (🇬🇷 GRE, 1898) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Athanasios Tzontas (4.5) and Georgios Theoharidis (4.0). Tsivelekidou broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Georgios Theoharidis (1757) beat Dimitrios Exizoglou (2078), a +321-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Essth-Chalk, Greece
Dates
18 Jan 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
GM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇷Greece×71
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsivelekidou, Evgenia | 🇬🇷GRE | 1898 | 5.0 | 1598 | 2398 | +16.4 |
| 2 | Tzontas, Athanasios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1749 | 4.5 | 1739 | 2105 | +38.8 |
| 3 | Theoharidis, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1757 | 4.0 | 1777 | 2577 | +40.8 |
| 48 | Nikaki, Artemis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1451 | 3.5 | 1548 | 1355 | -5.2 |
| 5 | Toliopoulos, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2032 | 3.5 | 2016 | 2165 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Galaras, Anestis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1821 | 3.5 | 1931 | 2267 | +41.4 |
| 50 | Kougioumtzoglou, Margarita | 🇬🇷GRE | 1445 | 3.5 | 1496 | 1496 | +2.4 |
| 56 | Stamna, Elisavet | 🇬🇷GRE | 1496 | 3.5 | 1455 | 1455 | -2.4 |
| 6 | Sampsonoglou, Vasilios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1914 | 3.5 | 1927 | 2263 | +31.4 |
| 17 | Banaka, Panagiota | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 3.0 | 1502 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Batsi, Lida | 🇬🇷GRE | 1661 | 3.0 | 1680 | 1680 | +1.8 |
| 18 | Georgiadou, Ariadni | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 3.0 | 1479 | 2279 | +32.4 |
| 75 | Dimitriou, Afroditi | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 3.0 | 1476 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mantazis, Georgios Rafail | 🇬🇷GRE | 2077 | 3.0 | 2031 | 2103 | +8.0 |
| 7 | CMAvanesyan, Aleksandr | 🇦🇲ARM | 2091 | 3.0 | 1940 | 2133 | +10.4 |
| 22 | Bimpikas, Ioannis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1589 | 3.0 | 1530 | 2330 | +35.6 |
| 9 | Marinidis, Stavros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1790 | 3.0 | 1726 | 1919 | +27.2 |
| 42 | Filippoglou, Ioannis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1543 | 3.0 | 1546 | 1546 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Sideris, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1906 | 2.5 | 1819 | 1819 | -11.4 |
| 10 | Theodosiou, Apostolos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1711 | 2.5 | 1714 | 1987 | +40.4 |
| 12 | Tsouchnikas, Orestis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1803 | 2.5 | 1852 | 1947 | +15.0 |
| 65 | Papaoikonomou, Anna Maria | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 2.5 | 1411 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gavriilidis, Nikiforos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1623 | 2.0 | 1750 | 1750 | +25.6 |
| 19 | Gkalimpas, Iasonas | 🇬🇷GRE | 1801 | 2.0 | 1859 | 1787 | -3.2 |
| 16 | Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos Ch. | 🇬🇷GRE | 2266 | 2.0 | 2070 | 1998 | -33.0 |
| 37 | Makropoulos, Andreas | 🇬🇷GRE | 1724 | 2.0 | 1828 | 1635 | -9.2 |
| 13 | Kotsalis, Evagelos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1836 | 2.0 | 1944 | 2069 | +18.8 |
| 21 | Iskos, Alexandros | 🇬🇷GRE | 2160 | 2.0 | 1978 | 2103 | -3.8 |
| 20 | FMVlassis, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2002 | 2.0 | 2035 | 2835 | +21.2 |
| 46 | Kouroutzidis, Stylianos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1525 | 2.0 | 1570 | 2370 | +25.2 |
| 40 | Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1600 | 2.0 | 1573 | 1573 | -1.6 |
| 47 | Nikakis, Filippos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1650 | 2.0 | 1772 | 2572 | +25.6 |
| 35 | Theofylaktou, Kyriaki | 🇬🇷GRE | 1502 | 2.0 | 1790 | 2590 | +34.0 |
| 31 | Barbageorgopoulou, Despina | 🇬🇷GRE | 1790 | 1.5 | 1648 | 1561 | -23.8 |
| 24 | Moutzouridis, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1868 | 1.5 | 1931 | 1844 | -4.4 |
| 26 | Milovanovic, Ninoslav | 🇷🇸SRB | 1993 | 1.5 | 2058 | 1971 | -3.6 |
| 54 | Spagkakas, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1772 | 1.5 | 1865 | 1543 | -44.4 |
| 53 | Oikonomou, Thomai | 🇬🇷GRE | 1553 | 1.5 | 1480 | 1287 | -27.2 |
| 25 | Vergini, Maria Eirini | 🇬🇷GRE | 1489 | 1.5 | 1698 | 1698 | +14.6 |
| 29 | Zouroufidis, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1888 | 1.5 | 1691 | 1604 | -29.8 |
| 27 | Samakas, Stavros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1920 | 1.5 | 2102 | 2102 | +14.2 |
| 30 | Theofilopoulos, Aris | 🇬🇷GRE | 2052 | 1.5 | 1838 | 1838 | -16.2 |
| 32 | Halkias, Nikolaos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1864 | 1.5 | 1889 | 1802 | -8.2 |
| 23 | GMPapadopoulos, Ioannis K. | 🇬🇷GRE | 2382 | 1.5 | 2108 | 2108 | -9.4 |
| 28 | Kirgeridis, Panagiotis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1948 | 1.5 | 1815 | 2008 | +3.2 |
| 78 | FIDE 541000307 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1476 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria | 🇬🇷GRE | 1542 | 1.0 | 1709 | 909 | -24.4 |
| 34 | Chalkias, Alexios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2033 | 1.0 | 1981 | 1788 | -25.4 |
| 81 | Gkrekidis, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 1.0 | 1530 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Christou, Lambros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1765 | 1.0 | 1890 | 1765 | -0.8 |
| 36 | Exizoglou, Dimitrios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2078 | 1.0 | 1872 | 1747 | -25.2 |
| 45 | Tsironis, Alexandros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1949 | 1.0 | 1996 | 1996 | +2.4 |
| 67 | FIDE 42181127 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1411 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Chasiotis, Odysseas | 🇬🇷GRE | 1622 | 1.0 | 1800 | 1800 | +17.6 |
| 77 | FIDE 541001656 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1433 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Tetepoulidis, Ioannis | 🇬🇷GRE | 2139 | 1.0 | 1892 | 1892 | -12.2 |
| 39 | Pelivanidis, Christoforos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1519 | 1.0 | 1684 | 1684 | +17.6 |
| 64 | Katikaridis, Orestis | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 1.0 | 1585 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Polyzos, Vasileios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1811 | 1.0 | 1864 | 2664 | +11.4 |
| 33 | Harisis, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1830 | 1.0 | 1667 | 1667 | -8.2 |
| 55 | Kyriakopoulos, Charalampos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1703 | 0.5 | 1758 | 1436 | -48.0 |
| 51 | Samakas, Anastasios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1943 | 0.5 | 2305 | 2112 | +5.8 |
| 52 | Giannopoulos, Ioannis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1841 | 0.5 | 1803 | 1803 | -1.0 |
| 49 | Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1911 | 0.5 | 2056 | 1863 | -2.2 |
| 58 | Chalkias, Michail Panagiotis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1772 | 0.0 | 1785 | 985 | -76.8 |
| 74 | FIDE 541022505 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1547 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Kleisarchakis, Nikolaos Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1526 | 0.0 | 1565 | 765 | -52.8 |
| 80 | FIDE 42186650 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1604 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 72 | FIDE 541022491 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1455 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Tsouchnikas, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1602 | 0.0 | 1756 | 956 | -5.8 |
| 60 | FIDE 42152089 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1545 | 745 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Ivanovic, Maria-Nefeli | 🇬🇷GRE | 1491 | 0.0 | 1891 | 1091 | -1.6 |
| 59 | FIDE 42155673 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1538 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Karakotsios, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1871 | 0.0 | 1913 | 1113 | -17.6 |
| 76 | FIDE 42186897 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1496 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Mavidis, Christos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1555 | 0.0 | 1789 | 989 | -8.0 |
| 66 | Skylitsis, Pelopidas | 🇬🇷GRE | 1509 | 0.0 | 1538 | 738 | -18.0 |
| 57 | Mihalopoulos, Apostolos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1753 | 0.0 | 1906 | 1106 | -6.0 |
| 69 | Kikis, Rafail | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 0.0 | 1772 | 972 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Raptis, Sokratis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1566 | 0.0 | 1499 | 699 | -23.6 |
| 63 | Vlassis, Miltiadis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1568 | 0.0 | 1830 | 1030 | -3.6 |
| 82 | Karpetis, Stergios | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 0.0 | 1458 | 658 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Galaras, AnestisGRE+41.43.5 pts · #4
- 2Theoharidis, GeorgiosGRE+40.84.0 pts · #3
- 3Theodosiou, ApostolosGRE+40.42.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Chalkias, Michail PanagiotisGRE-76.80.0 pts · #58
- 2Kleisarchakis, Nikolaos GeorgiosGRE-52.80.0 pts · #79
- 3Kyriakopoulos, CharalamposGRE-48.00.5 pts · #55
Biggest upsets
- R1+321 Elo gap
- R2+305 Elo gap
- R3+288 Elo gap