2026 Team Friendship Cup P. Kolyvas North Rounds 6-7
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72 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Attica, Greece. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1840, and top seed was Hristodoulos Santorinaios (🇬🇷 GRE, 1947).
Fotios Palamidas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1539) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Evangelos Symeon Vasileiou (2.0) and Annivas Karanikitas (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 7: Paraschos Gkountis (1604) beat Nikolaos D Georgiou (1751), a +147-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Attica, Greece
Dates
01 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇷Greece×60
🇦🇱Albania×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 8 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 215 co-leaders at R4 to 8 at the finish.
Co-leaders
215
215
215
215
215
33
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
8 players finish on 2.0/7. Palamidas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palamidas, Fotios | 1539 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | +13N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2357 | +20.8 |
| 2 | Vasileiou, Evangelos Symeon | 1739 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +48N | +37B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2456 | +28.4 |
| 3 | Karanikitas, Annivas | 1476 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +47B | +36B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2315 | +10.8 |
| 4 | Santorinaios, Iakovos | 1861 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +71B | +44B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2435 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Vafeiadakis, Michail | 1540 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +43N | +72B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2396 | +10.6 |
| 6 | FIDE 541001079 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Smialetski, Petros | 1472 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +49N | +50B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2274 | +20.4 |
| 8 | Savidis, Dimitrios | 1812 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +46N | +41B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2453 | +5.8 |
| 9 | Patsiotis, Konstantinos | 1701 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +51N | =10B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1518 | -8.0 |
| 10 | Stavropoulos, Odysseas P | 1545 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +50N | =9N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1664 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Chatzikyriakos, Christos | 1560 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =36N | +52B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1760 | +18.0 |
| 12 | Dadakos, Athanasios | 1494 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | +16B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1482 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Angelopoulos, Georgios I | 1615 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | −1B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 740 | -25.6 |
| 14 | Zamit, Kyriakos | 1883 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +15B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2509 | +5.2 |
| 15 | Kondylis, Andreas | 1718 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | +64B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1695 | -0.6 |
| 16 | Syngounis, Filippos | 1431 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +58N | −12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 669 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Vikis, Nikiforos | — | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2449 | +26.8 |
| 18 | Pantazopoulos, Vasileios | 1633 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2356 | +8.4 |
| 19 | Zahariou, Nikolaus | 1676 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +53B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2536 | +11.6 |
| 20 | Santorinaios, Hristodoulos | 1947 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +60N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2436 | +2.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 42196353 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Giomemo, Enton | 1884 | ALB | F | F | F | F | F | +54B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2607 | +8.0 |
| 23 | Stergatos, Athanasios | 1613 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +63B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2280 | +16.0 |
| 24 | Gkountis, Paraschos | 1604 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +57N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2595 | +26.0 |
| 25 | Prodromitis, Ioannis | 1553 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +42N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2357 | +20.0 |
| 26 | Kotzamanis, Nikolaos | 1647 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +61N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2414 | +19.6 |
| 27 | Kalonomos, Konstantinos | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Voutsas, Leonidas | 1903 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +59N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2569 | +6.4 |
| 29 | Kopsacheilis, Christos | 1576 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −65B | +55N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1588 | +0.6 |
| 30 | FIDE 541023943 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Bantounas Sarantopoulos, Orestis | 1589 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +45B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2337 | +16.4 |
| 32 | Kosma, Erika Sevasti | 1418 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1639 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Keramiotis, Stylianos | — | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | +67B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2226 | +14.4 |
| 34 | Nodarakis, Nikolaos | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Dimitriadi, Eleni | 1588 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | +62B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2396 | +20.8 |
| 36 | Latifi, Dionysia | 1455 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | −3N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1342 | -17.6 |
| 37 | Tsigkogiannis, Panagiotis | 1614 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =39B | −2N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1514 | -22.4 |
| 38 | Kokkalis, Stefanos | 1562 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =40N | −18N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1373 | -9.4 |
| 39 | Keramiotis, Ioannis | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =37N | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1433 | -22.4 |
| 40 | Chrysikopoulos, Andreas | 1518 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | =38B | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1556 | +2.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 541025342 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1008 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Tarasoulea, Panagiota | 1615 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −25B | −34N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 760 | -20.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 541024001 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Gkountouvas, Vasileios | 1574 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1090 | -2.6 |
| 45 | Alexopoulos, Georgios N | 1554 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −31N | −21B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 802 | -16.4 |
| 46 | Trakosas, Konstantinos | 1703 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1008 | -11.6 |
| 47 | Pattas, Nikolaos | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Papageorgiou, Ioannis | 1599 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 965 | -5.2 |
| 49 | Sarantidis, Gavriil | 1476 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 666 | -20.4 |
| 50 | FIDE 541002652 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Lattas, Vasileios | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 864 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Stebilis, Panagiotis | 1614 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 784 | -22.0 |
| 53 | Kougiou, Fotios | 1750 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 876 | -11.6 |
| 54 | Karlaftis, Nikolaos | 1821 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −22N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1079 | -16.0 |
| 55 | Hristoforidis, Savvas | 1517 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 774 | -17.2 |
| 56 | FIDE 42181739 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Georgiou, Nikolaos D | 1751 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 883 | -26.0 |
| 58 | Mantesi, Ekaterini | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 624 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Chioutakos Chioutakakos, Ioannis | 1790 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −28B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1102 | -12.8 |
| 60 | Mourtos, Adrianos | 1636 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1152 | -2.6 |
| 61 | Ilaridis, Mihail | 1599 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | −26B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 822 | -9.8 |
| 62 | Barsoum, Kyrillos | 1639 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −35N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 782 | -20.8 |
| 63 | Nixarlidis, Charalampos | 1444 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 750 | -16.0 |
| 64 | XIANG, ZIHUI | 1521 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 909 | -9.2 |
| 65 | Katzagiannakis, Aristomenis | 1629 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2374 | +16.0 |
| 66 | FIDE 541023820 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Melegkos, Konstantinos | 1474 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 728 | -14.4 |
| 68 | FIDE 42183227 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 69 | FIDE 541016998 | — | — | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 70 | FIDE 541017781 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 928 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Rekkas, Dimitrios | 1651 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1090 | -10.0 |
| 72 | Kazantzoglou, Aristotelis | 0 | GRE | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 774 | -21.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vasileiou, Evangelos SymeonGRE+28.42.0 pts · #3
- 2Vikis, NikiforosGRE+26.81.0 pts · #5
- 3Gkountis, ParaschosGRE+26.01.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Georgiou, Nikolaos DGRE-26.00.0 pts · #51
- 2Angelopoulos, Georgios IGRE-25.61.0 pts · #69
- 3Keramiotis, IoannisGRE-22.40.5 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R7+147 Elo gap