4th open SO Pagkratiou - Kaisarianis
17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in Athens, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1834, and top seed was Spyridon Ilandzis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1997).
Dionisios Georgoulias (🇬🇷 GRE, 1954) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Evangelos Nikoleris (5.5) and Lazaros Lazaridis-Elmaloglou (5.0). Georgoulias shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Evangelos Nikoleris (1813) beat Dimitrios Ladas (1949), a +136-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Georgoulias takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).
Dionisios Georgoulias drew with Evangelos Nikoleris (Black).
Dionisios Georgoulias went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dionisios Georgoulias | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Evangelos Nikoleris | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Lazaros Lazaridis-Elmaloglou | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Georgios Nikolaidis | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgoulias, Dionisios | 1954 | GRE | +8B | +3N | =5B | =2N | +4B | +10N | =9N | 5.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 22.25 | 2073 | +19.6 |
| 2 | Nikoleris, Evangelos | 1813 | GRE | =6N | +16B | +11N | =1B | +5B | +8N | =3N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 17.75 | 2017 | +31.6 |
| 3 | Lazaridis-Elmaloglou, Lazaros | 1879 | GRE | +7B | −1B | +6N | =5N | +9B | +13N | =2B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 17.75 | 1973 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Nikolaidis, Georgios | 1783 | GRE | =12B | +17N | −9B | +7N | −1N | +14B | +8B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.50 | 1796 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Ladas, Dimitrios | 1949 | GRE | +13N | +10B | =1N | =3B | −2N | −9B | +12N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 12.25 | 1854 | -14.2 |
| 6 | Kakaletris, Panagiotis | 1633 | GRE | =2B | =12N | −3B | +17N | =11B | =7N | +13B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 9.25 | 1730 | +29.2 |
| 7 | Pappas, Alexandros | 1662 | GRE | −3N | =13B | +16N | −4B | +15N | =6B | +10B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1673 | +0.8 |
| 8 | Kintonis, Konstantinos | 1744 | GRE | −1N | +14B | +15N | =9N | +12B | −2B | −4N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 6.50 | 1714 | -12.0 |
| 9 | Ilandzis, Spyridon | 1997 | GRE | F | F | +4N | =8B | −3N | +5N | =1B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 1934 | -7.4 |
| 10 | Christou, Petros | 1745 | GRE | +15B | −5N | =12B | =11N | +14B | −1B | −7N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 5.50 | 1612 | -20.2 |
| 11 | Geroukalis, Athanasios | 1780 | GRE | +14N | F | −2B | =10B | =6N | F | +15B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1676 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Mousliadis, Nikolaos | 1555 | GRE | =4N | =6B | =10N | =13B | −8N | F | −5B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 1632 | +9.8 |
| 13 | Georgiopoulos, Har. | 1691 | GRE | −5B | =7N | +17B | =12N | F | −3B | −6N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.00 | 1496 | -24.6 |
| 14 | Dimakis, Evangelos | 1520 | GRE | −11B | −8N | F | +15B | −10N | −4N | +17B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 961 | -32.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 541009053 | 0 | — | −10N | F | −8B | −14N | −7B | +17B | −11N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Deligiorgis, Giorgos | 0 | GRE | F | −2N | −7B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 938 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Gkalstyan, Grigor | 0 | GRE | F | −4B | −13N | −6B | F | −15N | −14N | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nikoleris, EvangelosGRE+31.65.5 pts · #3
- 2Kakaletris, PanagiotisGRE+29.24.0 pts · #6
- 3Georgoulias, DionisiosGRE+19.65.5 pts · #1
- 1Dimakis, EvangelosGRE-32.02.0 pts · #16
- 2Georgiopoulos, Har.GRE-24.62.0 pts · #13
- 3Christou, PetrosGRE-20.23.0 pts · #9
- R5+136 Elo gap
- R5+118 Elo gap