2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - B2 Local Rounds 1-5
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64 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Attica, Greece. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1905, and top seed was Anna-Maria Botsari (🇬🇷 GRE, WGM, 2221).
Spyridon Zannias (🇬🇷 GRE, 1833) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Anna-Maria Botsari (4.5) and Anastasios Papahristoudis (4.0). Zannias won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Konstantinos Efraim Vergoulis (1559) beat Nikolaos Tsakalakis (1755), a +196-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
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WGM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×56
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSpyridon Zannias led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Spyridon Zannias held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Spyridon Zannias 5 wins (R1–R5)WGM Anna-Maria Botsari 3 wins (R3–R5)Anastasios Papahristoudis 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spyridon Zannias | * | — | — | — |
| 2WGMAnna-Maria Botsari | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Anastasios Papahristoudis | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Filippos Boudalakis | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zannias, Spyridon | 1833 | GRE | +56B | +11B | +59N | +43B | +38N | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2421 | +23.4 |
| 2 | Botsari, Anna-MariaWGM | 2221 | GRE | +3N | =14N | +54B | +15N | +31B | 4.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 9.25 | 2252 | +2.0 |
| 3 | Papahristoudis, Anastasios | 1900 | GRE | −2B | +54N | +15B | +39N | +14B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 2161 | +26.4 |
| 4 | Boudalakis, Filippos | 1671 | GRE | +58N | =36B | =22B | +55B | +45N | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1683 | +1.4 |
| 5 | Sgouros Niarchos, Ioannis | 1585 | GRE | F | +24N | +10B | =16B | +22B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 8.25 | 1998 | +30.4 |
| 6 | Filippoglou, Ermis | 1561 | GRE | F | +57N | +34N | =9B | +17B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.50 | 1812 | +49.6 |
| 7 | Bourdakis, Stavros | 1872 | GRE | +16B | F | +39B | +38N | =23B | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.50 | 2089 | +17.6 |
| 8 | Charamis, Georgios | 0 | GRE | =33N | +41N | +?B | F | +53B | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kokkos, Dimitrios | 1660 | GRE | −27B | +17N | =32N | =6N | +40B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1531 | -27.6 |
| 10 | Fragkakis, Nikolaos | 0 | GRE | +?N | +32N | −5N | +37N | F | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Fitsios, Ioannis | 1640 | GRE | +55N | −1N | F | +23N | +52B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1895 | +20.2 |
| 12 | Rigkos, Filippos | 0 | GRE | +44N | F | +26N | +?N | F | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Karydis, Filippos | 0 | GRE | +?B | F | F | +46B | +?N | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kofidis, Spyridon | 1989 | GRE | =15N | =2B | =31N | +54B | −3N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1879 | -12.8 |
| 15 | Panagiotopoulos, Ioannis | 1954 | GRE | =14B | +31B | −3N | −2B | +54N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1888 | -8.6 |
| 16 | Geropapas, Periklis | 1861 | GRE | −7N | +39N | +23B | =5N | F | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1842 | -1.4 |
| 17 | Mitsionis, Dimitrios | 1469 | GRE | =34N | −9B | +57N | +29B | −6N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1533 | +6.8 |
| 18 | Latsinos, Theofanis | 1807 | GRE | =37N | +22N | F | +36N | F | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1888 | +5.6 |
| 19 | Papaioannou, Konstantinos I | 0 | GRE | −20B | +33B | =40B | −25N | +42N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Stivaktakis, Georgios | 1625 | GRE | +19N | F | =25N | F | +24B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.50 | 1853 | +12.0 |
| 21 | Papoutsis, Konstantinos A | 0 | GRE | +60B | −26B | +48B | =?N | −28N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Andritsopoulos, Panagiotis | 1704 | GRE | +40B | −18B | =4N | =35B | −5N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1466 | -25.0 |
| 23 | Gasparatos, Panagiotis | 1823 | GRE | =52N | +62B | −16N | −11B | =7N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1659 | -21.8 |
| 24 | Giannoukakos, Nikolaos | 1610 | GRE | +46B | −5B | F | +47N | −20N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1446 | -13.2 |
| 25 | Kalogiannis, Antonios K | 1709 | GRE | F | =42B | =20B | +19B | −47N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1690 | -1.2 |
| 26 | Valiakos, Andreas | 0 | GRE | F | +21N | −12B | +44N | −?B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Zafeiropoulos, Georgios | 1616 | GRE | +9N | −43N | F | F | +32B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 1707 | +7.2 |
| 28 | Kouremenos, Athanasios | 1576 | GRE | F | +58N | F | −45N | +21B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 683 | -25.2 |
| 29 | Michalopoulos, Nikolaos | 1506 | GRE | +61B | +40N | F | −17N | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1456 | -5.6 |
| 30 | FIDE 25854429 | 0 | — | −?N | F | +44N | F | +41B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1429 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Sifonios, Panagiotis | 1791 | GRE | +54B | −15N | =14B | F | −2N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1771 | -2.0 |
| 32 | Vergoulis, Konstantinos Efraim | 1559 | GRE | F | −10B | =9B | +42B | −27N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1677 | +9.4 |
| 33 | Kapnakis, Konstantinos | 1493 | GRE | =8B | −19N | =42N | =40N | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1755 | +6.4 |
| 34 | Defterigou, Foivi | 0 | GRE | =17B | −?N | −6B | +49N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Lazaridis, Nikolaos | 1573 | GRE | F | +38N | F | =22N | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1856 | +30.0 |
| 36 | Oikonomou, Vasilios N | 1487 | GRE | F | =4N | +55N | −18B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1546 | +2.2 |
| 37 | Kokalas, Paschalis | 1653 | GRE | =18B | +52N | F | −10B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1924 | +14.2 |
| 38 | Ioannou, Nikolaos P | 1622 | GRE | −39B | −35B | +52B | −7B | −1B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 1487 | -33.2 |
| 39 | Chrysomallis, Stylianos | 1706 | GRE | +38N | −16B | −7N | −3B | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1621 | -8.8 |
| 40 | FIDE 42155860 | 0 | — | −22N | −29B | =19N | =33B | −9N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1269 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Gkologiannis, Pavlos | 1407 | GRE | −48B | −8B | −49B | +50B | −30N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1512 | +11.2 |
| 42 | Tsakalakis, Nikolaos | 1755 | GRE | F | =25N | =33B | −32N | −19B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1463 | -22.6 |
| 43 | Liatsis, Theodoros | 1524 | GRE | F | +27B | F | −1N | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1724 | +9.6 |
| 44 | FIDE 541023676 | 0 | — | −12B | +60B | −30B | −26B | −?B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Katsilidis, Efraim Christodoulos | 1483 | GRE | F | F | F | +28B | −4B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1623 | +14.8 |
| 46 | Ntouskos, Stavros | 1503 | GRE | −24N | F | +60B | −13N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1510 | +0.8 |
| 47 | Zervou, Danai | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | −24B | +25B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 541018710 | 0 | — | +41N | F | −21N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1427 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Samiakos, Thanasis | 1464 | GRE | F | F | +41N | −34B | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 2207 | +8.4 |
| 50 | Tsoukalas, Dimitrios | 1560 | GRE | F | F | +63B | −41N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 607 | -28.0 |
| 51 | Alexopoulos, Andreas | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | +57N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Georgiadis, Alkaios | 1654 | GRE | =23B | −37B | −38N | F | −11N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1363 | -26.8 |
| 53 | FIDE 541023684 | 0 | — | F | =?N | F | F | −8N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 4226275 | 0 | — | −31N | −3B | −2N | −14N | −15B | 0.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 1171 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 541009223 | 0 | — | −11B | F | −36B | −4N | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Mantousis, Evangelos | 1621 | GRE | −1N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1033 | -9.2 |
| 57 | Kapnakis, Mihail | 1487 | GRE | F | −6B | −17B | F | −51B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 674 | -20.8 |
| 58 | FIDE 25844440 | 0 | — | −4B | −28B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Provias, Georgios | 1696 | GRE | F | F | −1B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1033 | -12.8 |
| 60 | Chaikal, Machnti | 1411 | GRE | −21N | −44N | −46N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 703 | -14.8 |
| 61 | Melanouri, Eirini | 1443 | GRE | −29N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 705 | -16.4 |
| 62 | Kanellos, Antonios | 1630 | GRE | F | −23N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1023 | -10.0 |
| 63 | Kalogiannis, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | F | F | −50N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Gkekas, Alexandros | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Filippoglou, ErmisGRE+49.63.5 pts · #6
- 2Sgouros Niarchos, IoannisGRE+30.43.5 pts · #8
- 3Lazaridis, NikolaosGRE+30.01.5 pts · #19
Top rating losers
- 1Ioannou, Nikolaos PGRE-33.21.0 pts · #26
- 2Tsoukalas, DimitriosGRE-28.01.0 pts · #51
- 3Kokkos, DimitriosGRE-27.63.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R4+196 Elo gap
- R4+183 Elo gap
- R4+153 Elo gap