2026 Team Cup of ESSDE Nikolaos Razis
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39 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Essde, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 2064, and top seed was Nikolaos Georgakopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 2280).
Alexandros Karapiperis (🇬🇷 GRE, 2064) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Konstantinos Triantos (3.5) and Panormitis Christodoulou (3.0). Karapiperis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Charalampos Solomos (1795) beat Konstantinos Kouroglou (1896), a +101-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Essde, 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 · 4 rounds
Avg top 10
2,064
Participants
39
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×32
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karapiperis, Alexandros | 🇬🇷GRE | 2064 | 3.5 | 1967 | 2303 | +20.2 |
| 2 | Triantos, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2171 | 3.5 | 1916 | 2252 | +6.4 |
| 3 | Christodoulou, Panormitis | 🇬🇷GRE | 2086 | 3.0 | 1840 | 2640 | +12.4 |
| 10 | Giannopoulos, Iasonas | 🇬🇷GRE | 2064 | 2.0 | 1873 | 1873 | -7.4 |
| 11 | Georgiou, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1926 | 2.0 | 1948 | 1948 | +1.0 |
| 9 | Diakoumeas, Aristofanis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1760 | 2.0 | 1809 | 1684 | -7.6 |
| 4 | Kontis, Michail | 🇬🇷GRE | 1909 | 2.0 | 1866 | 2666 | +17.6 |
| 5 | Koutsaftis, Efstratios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1809 | 1.5 | 1873 | 2066 | +12.8 |
| 22 | Fournarakis, Polychronis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1681 | 1.5 | 1886 | 1613 | -5.2 |
| 7 | Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos, Vasil | 🇬🇷GRE | 2112 | 1.5 | 1924 | 1924 | -13.6 |
| 6 | Nikolakopoulos, Leonidas Marios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1830 | 1.5 | 1897 | 2090 | +25.2 |
| 17 | Petlis, Evangelos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1612 | 1.5 | 1745 | 1552 | -2.8 |
| 15 | Hristopoulos, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2007 | 1.0 | 1978 | 1978 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Koutsidis, Mihail | 🇬🇷GRE | 1965 | 1.0 | 1999 | 1999 | +1.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 4271998 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1927 | 1127 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Deligiannis, Paraskevas | 🇬🇷GRE | 2067 | 1.0 | 2112 | 2912 | +11.2 |
| 13 | Tsolkas, Georgios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1623 | 1.0 | 1612 | 2412 | +14.8 |
| 14 | Koutsantonakis, Emmanouil | 🇬🇷GRE | 1882 | 1.0 | 1896 | 2696 | +10.0 |
| 16 | Solomos, Charalampos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1795 | 1.0 | 1896 | 2696 | +12.8 |
| 20 | Gialelis, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1780 | 0.5 | 1849 | 1656 | -14.4 |
| 21 | Dallas, Nikolaos Alexandros | 🇬🇷GRE | 1778 | 0.5 | 2011 | 1818 | +1.2 |
| 19 | Aslanidis, Ioannis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1809 | 0.5 | 1681 | 1681 | -6.8 |
| 18 | FIDE 541019300 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1658 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Malataras, Gerasimos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1994 | 0.0 | 2064 | 1264 | -8.0 |
| 31 | Kollias, Ioannis K. | 🇬🇷GRE | 2050 | 0.0 | 2171 | 1371 | -7.0 |
| 33 | Tzotzolis, Charalampos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2026 | 0.0 | 2064 | 1264 | -9.0 |
| 37 | Boutopoulos, Vasilios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1766 | 0.0 | 2166 | 1366 | -1.6 |
| 29 | Skondras, Gerasimos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1769 | 0.0 | 2086 | 1286 | -2.6 |
| 24 | Kouroglou, Konstantinos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1896 | 0.0 | 1846 | 1046 | -22.8 |
| 25 | Tsikalakis, Nikolaos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1498 | 0.0 | 1784 | 984 | -3.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42125006 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2040 | 1240 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 42184983 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1784 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Pappas, Andreas | 🇬🇷GRE | 1952 | 0.0 | 1909 | 1109 | -11.2 |
| 26 | Kakoulidis, Vasilios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1622 | 0.0 | 1822 | 1022 | -4.8 |
| 30 | FIDE 25898531 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1612 | 812 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 25898523 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1681 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Spiliopoulos, Alexios | 🇬🇷GRE | 1911 | 0.0 | 1965 | 1165 | -8.4 |
| 28 | FIDE 42117704 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2280 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Karlis, Spyridon | 🇬🇷GRE | 0 | 0.0 | 2089 | 1289 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nikolakopoulos, Leonidas MariosGRE+25.21.5 pts · #6
- 2Karapiperis, AlexandrosGRE+20.23.5 pts · #1
- 3Kontis, MichailGRE+17.62.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Kouroglou, KonstantinosGRE-22.80.0 pts · #24
- 2Gialelis, KonstantinosGRE-14.40.5 pts · #20
- 3Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos, VasilGRE-13.61.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R2+101 Elo gap