38th Heraklion Open 2026 A
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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Heraklion Crete, Greece. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1813, and top seed was Timotheos Lirindzakis (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2106).
Timotheos Lirindzakis (🇬🇷 GRE, IM, 2106) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ioannis Maris (7.5) and Konstantinos Bakalis (6.0). Lirindzakis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Syllia Eleftheria Vertoudou (1414) beat Gerasimos Spirou (1793), a +379-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Heraklion Crete, Greece
Dates
12 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×31
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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5
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3
1
1
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2
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
IM Timotheos Lirindzakis held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Lirindzakis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Timotheos Lirindzakis drew with FM Ioannis Maris (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMTimotheos Lirindzakis | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2FMIoannis Maris | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Alexanter Emmanouel Rakitzis | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Konstantinos Bakalis | ½ | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lirindzakis, TimotheosIM | 2106 | GRE | +22N | +13B | =3N | +4B | +7B | =2N | +8N | +6B | =5N | 7.5 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 39.00 | 2052 | -2.6 |
| 2 | Maris, IoannisFM | 1878 | GRE | +26N | +8B | =4N | +15B | =5N | =1B | +10B | +3N | +12B | 7.5 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 37.00 | 2030 | +35.4 |
| 3 | Bakalis, Konstantinos | 1827 | GRE | +27B | +12N | =1B | −5N | +9B | +14N | =4B | −2B | +8N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.0 | 28.25 | 1811 | +3.6 |
| 4 | Rakitzis, Alexanter Emmanouel | 1974 | GRE | +14B | +23N | =2B | −1N | +6B | +5B | =3N | +9N | F | 6.0 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 30.25 | 1953 | +3.2 |
| 5 | Spirou, Gerasimos | 1793 | GRE | +30B | +19N | =10N | +3B | =2B | −4N | −9B | +13N | =1B | 5.5 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 26.00 | 1828 | +11.2 |
| 6 | Zachos, Konstantinos | 1698 | GRE | F | +17B | =9N | +24B | −4N | +11N | +12B | −1N | +16B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 24.00 | 1728 | +8.8 |
| 7 | Konstantinomanolakis, Stavros | 1696 | GRE | +16B | F | +17N | +11B | −1N | −12N | +20B | =8B | +15N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 24.50 | 1689 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Tsagkarakis, Defkalion | 1545 | GRE | +29B | −2N | +18B | +12N | =14B | +10N | −1B | =7N | −3B | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 21.50 | 1689 | +46.8 |
| 9 | Vertoudou, Syllia Eleftheria | 1414 | GRE | −15B | +34N | =6B | +23N | −3N | +18B | +5N | −4B | =10N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 19.25 | 1703 | +85.6 |
| 10 | Fragiadakis, Emanouel | 1814 | GRE | +24N | F | =5B | +16N | +13B | −8B | −2N | +19N | =9B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 20.75 | 1681 | -21.0 |
| 11 | Bigeris, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −12B | +27N | +23B | −7N | +32N | −6B | −13B | +25N | +19B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 13.00 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bakalis, Efthymios | 1548 | GRE | +11N | −3B | +32N | −8B | =15N | +7B | −6N | +14B | −2N | 4.5 | 43.5 | 44.5 | 18.25 | 1586 | +0.6 |
| 13 | Trelakas, Andreas | 1612 | GRE | +20B | −1N | −14B | +33N | −10N | +30B | +11N | −5B | =17N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 13.75 | 1482 | -47.2 |
| 14 | Chatzisavvas, Nikolaos | 1459 | GRE | −4N | +28B | +13N | +22B | =8N | −3B | −15N | −12N | +25B | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 15.50 | 1589 | +47.2 |
| 15 | Tamiolakis, Grigorios | 1725 | GRE | +9N | F | +19B | −2N | =12B | +16N | +14B | F | −7B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 19.75 | 1675 | -8.8 |
| 16 | Arampidis, Achilleas | 1406 | GRE | −7N | =22B | +26N | −10B | +17N | −15B | +28N | +30B | −6N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1556 | +53.6 |
| 17 | Kloka, Aliki | 1477 | GRE | +34B | −6N | −7B | =18N | −16B | =22N | +32B | +20N | =13B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 11.50 | 1338 | -34.4 |
| 18 | Tzagkarakis, Eleftherios | 0 | GRE | +32B | F | −8N | =17B | +22N | −9N | −19B | +26B | +21N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 12.25 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Georgopoulos, Athanasios NA | 1479 | GRE | +33N | −5B | −15N | −32B | +26N | =28B | +18N | −10B | −11N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 9.25 | 1495 | -22.0 |
| 20 | Bakali, Anastasia | 0 | GRE | −13N | =26B | −22N | +29B | =24N | +25B | −7N | −17B | =27B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 9.50 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Remediakis, Ioannis | 1478 | GRE | F | F | F | +26B | −28N | =31N | +29B | +23N | −18B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 8.75 | 2322 | +22.4 |
| 22 | Lampakis, Vasileios | 1461 | GRE | −1B | =16N | +20B | −14N | −18B | =17B | −30N | F | +26N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 10.50 | 1395 | -27.2 |
| 23 | Mavris, Angelos Konstantinos | 1614 | GRE | +28N | −4B | −11N | −9B | −30N | +27B | −25N | −21B | +32N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 6.00 | 1268 | -107.2 |
| 24 | Chatzisavvas, Georgios | 1438 | GRE | −10B | =29N | +27B | −6N | =20B | +32N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1523 | +8.8 |
| 25 | Remediaki, Sofia Niki | 1471 | GRE | F | F | F | +27N | +33B | −20N | +23B | −11B | −14N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 1622 | +24.8 |
| 26 | Charitakis, Emmanouil | 1444 | GRE | −2B | =20N | −16B | −21N | −19B | +35N | +31B | −18N | −22B | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 3.25 | 755 | -35.2 |
| 27 | Kotis, Panagiotis | 1442 | GRE | −3N | −11B | −24N | −25B | F | −23N | +34B | +33B | =20N | 2.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.75 | 786 | -50.0 |
| 28 | Rasidakis, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −23B | −14N | F | F | +21B | =19N | −16B | F | +31N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.75 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 42175810 | 0 | — | −8N | =24B | F | −20N | −31B | +33N | −21N | +34B | F | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1210 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Chatziagapitos, Konstantinos | 1418 | GRE | −5N | −33B | F | F | +23B | −13N | +22B | −16N | F | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 6.00 | 1507 | +0.8 |
| 31 | FIDE 541009657 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | +29N | =21B | −26N | F | −28B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Tsikalakis, Alexandros | 0 | GRE | −18N | F | −12B | +19N | −11B | −24B | −17N | F | −23B | 1.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 3.50 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Koultzis, Antonios | 0 | GRE | −19B | +30N | F | −13B | −25N | −29B | F | −27N | −34N | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1281 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 541008278 | 0 | — | −17N | −9B | F | F | F | F | −27N | −29N | +33B | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 42185548 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −26B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 627 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vertoudou, Syllia EleftheriaGRE+85.65.0 pts · #14
- 2Arampidis, AchilleasGRE+53.64.5 pts · #12
- 3Chatzisavvas, NikolaosGRE+47.24.5 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Mavris, Angelos KonstantinosGRE-107.23.0 pts · #28
- 2Kotis, PanagiotisGRE-50.02.5 pts · #34
- 3Trelakas, AndreasGRE-47.24.5 pts · #23
Biggest upsets
- R7+379 Elo gap
- R6+269 Elo gap
- R4+200 Elo gap