2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 1-5

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176 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Attica, Greece. 23 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2410, and top seed was Dimitris Alexakis (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2538).

Haritomeni Markantonaki (🇬🇷 GRE, WFM, 2143) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Thomas Merkos (5.0) and Paschalis Emmanouilidis (4.5). Markantonaki shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Dimitrios Skirianoglou (1971) beat Panagiotis Michelakos (FM, 2348), a +377-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Attica, Greece

Dates

18 Jan 2026 → 15 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇷GMDimitris Alexakis2538

Avg top 10

2,410

Participants

176

Titled players · 23

GM×2

IM×7

FM×10

CM×2

WFM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇷Greece×159

Top 3

🥇
WFMHaritomeni Markantonaki
🇬🇷GRE·2143
5.0pts·2571perf+7.8
🥈
Thomas Merkos
🇬🇷GRE·2058
5.0pts·2640perf+26.0
🥉
Paschalis Emmanouilidis
🇬🇷GRE·1710
4.5pts·2171perf+102.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
6	WFMMarkantonaki, Haritomeni	🇬🇷GRE	2143	5.0	1771	2571	+7.8
1	Merkos, Thomas	🇬🇷GRE	2058	5.0	1840	2640	+26.0
2	Emmanouilidis, Paschalis	🇬🇷GRE	1710	4.5	1805	2171	+102.8
4	IMAlexiadis, Hristos	🇬🇷GRE	2372	4.5	2196	2562	+19.6
5	IMPatrelakis, Evaggelos	🇬🇷GRE	2464	4.5	2131	2497	+1.5
3	GMAlexakis, Dimitris	🇬🇷GRE	2538	4.5	2249	2615	+3.4
52	Zacharakis, Ilias	🇬🇷GRE	1695	4.0	1633	1758	+10.4
20	Alexopoulou, Eleni Th	🇬🇷GRE	1880	4.0	1755	1948	+16.4
98	Nikitakis, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	1896	4.0	1597	1597	-27.2
25	Seretaki, Myrto	🇬🇷GRE	1685	4.0	1649	1842	+31.6
7	FMKarousos-Theodorakis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2263	4.0	2109	2349	+11.8
49	Ritinioti, Sofia	🇬🇷GRE	1595	4.0	1574	1699	+17.6
171	Adrakta, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1547	4.0	1689	889	-11.6
44	Kana, Ioulia Marika	🇬🇷GRE	1565	4.0	1495	2295	+32.4
11	Stavropoulos, Sotirios	🇬🇷GRE	1990	3.5	1827	1976	+0.4
13	IMPapasimakopoulos, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2363	3.5	2316	2465	+7.0
12	Douni, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1795	3.5	1777	1926	+16.6
10	Koulouris, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	2111	3.5	1960	2109	+2.2
8	Balaska, Eleni Sofia	🇬🇷GRE	1810	3.5	1697	1846	+5.6
9	FMKosmas-Lekkas, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2196	3.5	2096	2245	+7.2
14	Kalogridakis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	2120	3.5	2120	2456	+29.6
87	Andritsos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	0	3.5	1494	1494	0.0
18	Kalodoukas, Odysseas	🇬🇷GRE	2201	3.0	2160	2232	+4.4
16	CMOikonomopoulos, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	2229	3.0	1952	2024	-43.6
19	Papadogiannis, Sevastianos	🇬🇷GRE	2246	3.0	2134	2206	-3.4
24	Perakaki, Makrina-Eirini	🇬🇷GRE	1683	3.0	1786	1858	+21.6
47	Sereti, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	1442	3.0	1547	1547	+15.6
26	Fotiadis, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1909	3.0	2115	2187	+33.0
22	FMKatopodis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2262	3.0	2253	2325	+8.6
43	Mavrogeorgos, Ilias	🇬🇷GRE	1774	3.0	1736	1736	-6.8
75	Kouvaros, Vasileios Zeiron	🇬🇷GRE	1533	3.0	1599	1792	+28.4
23	WFMTsakona, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	2170	3.0	1807	2607	+6.4
137	Margariti, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	0	3.0	1609	809	0.0
17	Pantazopoulos, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	2114	3.0	2149	2221	+13.2
89	Xynidi, Areti	🇬🇷GRE	1751	3.0	1466	2266	+6.4
15	Makrylakis, Iason	🇬🇷GRE	1976	3.0	1914	1986	+6.4
63	Gourgari, Marianna	🇬🇷GRE	1613	3.0	1647	1772	+13.0
21	IMKalogeris, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	2420	3.0	2078	2878	+3.8
27	Soukos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2082	2.5	2054	2054	-4.2
34	Mitrandzas, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	2000	2.5	2073	2073	+9.8
67	Kyriakidis, Orestis	🇬🇷GRE	2039	2.5	1818	1731	-58.0
38	Georgantas, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	2067	2.5	2059	2059	-1.4
33	Mentzos, Apostolos	🇬🇷GRE	1645	2.5	1692	1692	+10.0
35	FMGeorgiadis, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	2336	2.5	2099	2194	-12.8
111	Liapis, Dimitrios Ath	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.5	1697	1424	-12.0
66	Chionidis, Charalampos	🇬🇷GRE	1706	2.5	1728	1641	-14.8
29	GMHalkias, Stelios	🇬🇷GRE	2503	2.5	2218	2491	+0.1
37	Andriopoulou, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	1622	2.5	1668	1763	+14.6
28	Karounis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1913	2.5	1969	2064	+16.2
30	Panagiotakopoulos, Gerasimos	🇬🇷GRE	2156	2.5	2150	2423	+19.6
39	Stamatakis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1977	2.5	2009	2104	+13.2
36	Iatrou, Marios I	🇬🇷GRE	1851	2.5	1942	2215	+26.8
32	Goutoufas, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	1958	2.5	1801	2074	+8.2
31	Stamatis, Apostolos	🇬🇷GRE	1921	2.5	1910	2183	+18.2
122	Poursalidis, Kyriakos	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.5	1452	1259	0.0
40	IMMitsis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	2354	2.0	2346	2274	-5.6
81	Tsekoura, Stavroula	🇬🇷GRE	1620	2.0	1713	1520	-11.4
59	Tampakis, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1840	2.0	2007	1935	+19.6
57	Sotirakopoulos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1776	2.0	1880	1808	+3.2
54	Kaforos, Dimitrios-Alkis	🇬🇷GRE	2173	2.0	2254	2182	-0.8
82	Lemoni, Maria - Ioanna	🇬🇷GRE	1803	2.0	1910	1717	-10.0
94	Sereti, Ioanna	🇬🇷GRE	1681	2.0	1771	1578	-26.4
41	Barbagiannis, Panayotis	🇬🇷GRE	1962	2.0	2086	2086	+10.8
51	Deligiannis, Christos Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2007	2.0	1983	1911	-12.8
95	Dalla, Maria Myrsini	🇬🇷GRE	1814	2.0	1917	1724	-9.8
48	FMTzoumbas, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	2216	2.0	2123	2051	-11.1
58	Tsamtsouris, Efthymios	🇬🇷GRE	2018	2.0	2025	2025	+2.0
61	Gavriilidis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	2079	2.0	2213	2141	+7.0
55	Koutourinis, Apostolos	🇬🇷GRE	1969	2.0	1981	1909	-8.0
62	Karanasou, Ourania Fanouria	🇬🇷GRE	1802	2.0	1673	1601	-52.4
60	Panagiotopoulou, Nikoletta Christina	🇬🇷GRE	1688	2.0	1561	2361	+26.0
80	Kastani, Christina	🇬🇷GRE	1427	2.0	1488	1363	-8.0
46	Kalogridakis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	2260	2.0	2239	2239	-2.2
42	Korniotis, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	2132	2.0	2120	2120	-1.6
166	Kantzaris, Ilias	🇬🇷GRE	1766	2.0	1805	1005	-54.0
56	Sfantou, Pantelia Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1538	2.0	1621	1746	+32.4
50	FMDrakoulakos, Grigorios	🇬🇷GRE	2269	2.0	1869	2669	+3.2
105	Chompas, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1818	2.0	1646	2446	+10.8
45	Paouris, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1901	2.0	1892	1892	-0.8
176	Mavrommati, Katerina	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.0	1683	883	0.0
53	Koukouves, Vlasios	🇬🇷GRE	1987	2.0	1692	2492	+6.0
83	Tsimpourakis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1712	2.0	1676	2476	+18.0
71	IMPavlidis, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	2278	1.5	2230	2081	-13.1
117	Triantafyllaki, Sofia	🇬🇷GRE	1556	1.5	1837	1515	-7.2
68	Gkouskou-Sagianni, Anastasia	🇬🇷GRE	1707	1.5	1701	1701	-0.4
70	Halas, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1898	1.5	2101	2014	+8.8
118	Alexopoulos, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1484	1.5	1787	1594	+7.6
72	Balaskas, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2066	1.5	2031	1944	-14.0
139	FIDE 541018826	—	0	1.5	1532	732	0.0
129	FIDE 541022882	—	0	1.5	1518	718	0.0
74	Drakopoulos, Polihronis	🇬🇷GRE	2132	1.5	2149	2149	+1.6
69	Dimanoudis, Petros	🇬🇷GRE	1750	1.5	1787	1700	-8.2
64	FMMichelakos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	2348	1.5	2142	2142	-14.6
65	Nikolaidou, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	1779	1.5	1679	1872	+5.0
73	Papadopoulos, Georgios Nikea	🇬🇷GRE	1993	1.5	2029	2222	+12.0
97	Zenelis, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2011	1.0	1999	1759	-31.8
86	Karanasos, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1558	1.0	1890	1765	+23.6
102	Argyropoulos, Konstantinos G	🇬🇷GRE	1661	1.0	1965	1840	+22.0
106	Belioti, Dafni	🇬🇷GRE	1542	1.0	1546	1546	+1.6
107	Vaos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1452	1.0	1602	1477	+2.8
85	Bourhas, Orfeas	🇬🇷GRE	1913	1.0	2076	1951	+2.0
88	Zygouris, Hristos	🇬🇷GRE	2196	1.0	2225	1985	-26.4
79	Stavropoulos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2141	1.0	2267	2142	-0.4
91	Charalampidis, Vasilios	🇬🇷GRE	1755	1.0	2043	1918	+10.0
128	FIDE 42118360	—	0	1.0	1648	848	0.0
165	Georgakopoulou, Anna	🇬🇷GRE	1566	1.0	1567	767	-40.0
172	FIDE 42163781	—	0	1.0	1752	952	0.0
103	Papadopoulos, Asterios	🇬🇷GRE	1979	1.0	2147	2147	+8.8
78	Seretakis, Nikolas	🇬🇷GRE	2017	1.0	2103	1978	-3.6
99	CMMylonakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	2199	1.0	2177	2177	-2.0
84	Skirianoglou, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1971	1.0	2252	2252	+13.0
90	Ampeliotis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1877	1.0	1754	1629	-38.0
93	Bempelos, Orfeas	🇬🇷GRE	1451	1.0	1573	1573	+12.0
96	FMGkavardinas, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	2258	1.0	1977	2777	+3.2
76	Koutsidi, Amalia	🇬🇷GRE	1885	1.0	1803	2603	+7.8
92	Tragoudaras, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1931	1.0	1766	2566	+5.6
101	Triantafyllakis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2013	1.0	1900	2700	+14.0
104	IMKalogridis, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	2403	1.0	2132	2932	+1.7
149	Samara, Foteini	🇬🇷GRE	1405	1.0	1528	728	-13.2
100	Athanasiou, Soumela	🇬🇷GRE	1845	1.0	1575	2375	+3.4
77	Minadakis, Andreas-Marios	🇬🇷GRE	1867	1.0	1676	2476	+5.0
120	Georgilakis, K.	🇬🇷GRE	2049	0.5	2071	1705	-37.4
108	Rizou, Varvara	🇬🇷GRE	1576	0.5	1680	1314	-46.4
109	Arapkoule, Eirini	🇬🇷GRE	1580	0.5	1691	1325	-24.8
125	Soultatis, Kostas	🇬🇷GRE	2008	0.5	2139	1817	-16.8
114	Beliotis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	2103	0.5	2241	1968	-11.2
162	Karydas, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1506	0.5	1518	718	-19.2
123	Tzermiadianos, Aggelos	🇬🇷GRE	2210	0.5	2284	2091	-6.2
126	Giannopoulos, Stylianos	🇬🇷GRE	1801	0.5	1876	1683	-6.0
110	FMTassopoulos, Marios	🇬🇷GRE	2059	0.5	2263	2263	+5.2
112	Georgoulias, Dionisios	🇬🇷GRE	1954	0.5	1977	1977	+0.6
127	FMSirigos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2103	0.5	1969	1969	-3.6
116	Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1846	0.5	2017	2017	+4.6
113	Kalofonos, Panayotis	🇬🇷GRE	1911	0.5	2049	2049	+3.8
115	Patriarheas, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1941	0.5	1998	1998	+1.6
119	Ilandzis, Spyridon	🇬🇷GRE	1997	0.5	1941	1941	-1.6
121	Pouliliou, Nikoleta	🇬🇷GRE	1677	0.5	1575	1575	-5.6
124	Pentoti, Anna	🇬🇷GRE	1500	0.5	1546	1546	+2.4
159	FIDE 541000447	—	0	0.0	1562	762	0.0
131	Deligianni, Aikaterini	🇬🇷GRE	1440	0.0	1571	771	-42.4
136	Bempelou, Iris Maria	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1625	825	0.0
141	FIDE 541018842	—	0	0.0	1973	1173	0.0
174	FIDE 541022912	—	0	0.0	1469	669	0.0
145	Psoma, Virginia	🇬🇷GRE	1705	0.0	1709	909	-19.8
147	Tegos, Lampros	🇬🇷GRE	1732	0.0	2097	1297	-4.0
130	Ktistakis, Sotirios	🇬🇷GRE	1622	0.0	1856	1056	-33.6
135	Lepouras, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1501	0.0	1775	975	-15.6
154	Giannelos, Stylianos	🇬🇷GRE	1842	0.0	2007	1207	-11.8
140	Lappas, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1993	0.0	2393	1593	-1.6
148	Chatzopoulos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1757	957	-16.0
150	Alevizos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1923	0.0	1987	1187	-16.6
138	Abelakiotis, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	1987	0.0	2199	1399	-11.0
143	FIDE 541000501	—	0	0.0	1480	680	0.0
144	FIDE 42198674	—	0	0.0	1532	732	0.0
153	Deligiannis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1694	894	0.0
156	Valsamis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1740	940	0.0
160	Kostatzikis, Archontis	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1900	1100	0.0
163	Kamenopoulou, Ileana	🇬🇷GRE	1413	0.0	1590	790	0.0
164	FIDE 541005929	—	0	0.0	1900	1100	0.0
133	FIDE 4212975	—	0	0.0	1611	811	0.0
142	Kritikos, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1445	0.0	1774	974	-5.6
146	FIDE 541018974	—	0	0.0	1774	974	0.0
158	Liaskos, Leonidas	🇬🇷GRE	2004	0.0	2114	1314	-7.0
167	Lemonis, Kyriakos	🇬🇷GRE	1794	0.0	2194	1394	-1.6
132	Sitsanis, Nikolaos 44725	🇬🇷GRE	1901	0.0	1959	1159	-16.8
134	Prapas, Efthymios Alkiviadis	🇬🇷GRE	1692	0.0	1921	1121	-8.4
151	FIDE 42195500	—	0	0.0	1562	762	0.0
152	Routsi, Efthimios-Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1913	0.0	1851	1051	-11.8
155	Nikolaidis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1816	0.0	1977	1177	-5.8
157	Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Sergios	🇬🇷GRE	1623	0.0	1814	1014	-20.8
173	Anastasopoulos, Angelos	🇬🇷GRE	1799	0.0	1921	1121	-6.6
175	FIDE 42104670	—	0	0.0	2040	1240	0.0
161	FIDE 541022904	—	0	0.0	1766	966	0.0
168	FIDE 541003969	—	0	0.0	1611	811	0.0
169	Drivas, Georgios I	🇬🇷GRE	1708	0.0	1987	1187	-6.4
170	FIDE 541021304	—	0	0.0	1814	1014	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Emmanouilidis, PaschalisGRE
+102.8
4.5 pts · #2
2Fotiadis, FilipposGRE
+33.0
3.0 pts · #26
3Sfantou, Pantelia MariaGRE
+32.4
2.0 pts · #56

Top rating losers

1Kyriakidis, OrestisGRE
-58.0
2.5 pts · #67
2Kantzaris, IliasGRE
-54.0
2.0 pts · #166
3Karanasou, Ourania FanouriaGRE
-52.4
2.0 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R3+377 Elo gap
Skirianoglou, Dimitrios1971 beat FMMichelakos, Panagiotis2348
R4+333 Elo gap
Chionidis, Charalampos1706 beat Kyriakidis, Orestis2039
R4+280 Elo gap
Emmanouilidis, Paschalis1710 beat Stavropoulos, Sotirios1990