Cyprus Open Chess Championship 2026

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101 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Limassol, Cyprus. 11 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2101, and top seed was Konstantinos Michaelides (🇨🇾 CYP, FM, 2270).

Artem Sadovsky ( FID, IM, 2268) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Rafail Antoniou (8.0) and Panikos Savva (7.0). Sadovsky shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Arina Uljaseva (1411) beat Kyriakos Skouroupathis (1808), a +397-point gap.

Location

🇨🇾Limassol, Cyprus

Dates

16 Jan 2026 → 08 Feb 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇾FMKonstantinos Michaelides2270

Avg top 10

2,101

Participants

101

Titled players · 11

IM×1

FM×3

CM×1

WFM×2

WCM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇾Cyprus×64

FIDE (no federation)×11

🇬🇷Greece×3

🇮🇳India×3

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇱🇻Latvia×2

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇪🇪Estonia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMArtem Sadovsky
FID·2268
8.0pts·2345perf+7.5
🥈
FMRafail Antoniou
🇨🇾CYP·2227
8.0pts·2334perf+42.8
🥉
CMPanikos Savva
🇨🇾CYP·1923
7.0pts·1970perf+14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Sadovsky8Antoniou8Savva7Isaakidis6.5Konstantinidis6.5Michaelides6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Artem Sadovsky held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Sadovsky takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (51.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Artem Sadovsky beat FM Rafail Antoniou (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMArtem Sadovsky	*	1	½	1
2FMRafail Antoniou	0	*	—	—
3CMPanikos Savva	½	—	*	—
4FMAlexandros Isaakidis	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sadovsky, ArtemIM	2268	FID	+69B	+13N	+7B	+9N	+2B	=4N	+24B	+5N	=3B	8.0	51.5	54.5	47.75	2345	+7.5
2	Antoniou, RafailFM	2227	CYP	+36B	+15N	+12B	+10N	−1N	+6B	+4B	+24N	+9B	8.0	49.5	54.0	46.00	2334	+42.8
3	Savva, PanikosCM	1923	CYP	+20B	−39N	=37B	+57N	+33B	+13N	+12B	+7N	=1N	7.0	46.0	50.0	39.25	1970	+14.4
4	Konstantinidis, Konstantinos	2076	CYP	+37B	+28N	+16B	+6N	=5B	=1B	−2N	=19N	+10B	6.5	51.0	55.5	37.50	2167	+26.6
5	Isaakidis, AlexandrosFM	2255	CYP	+25N	=17B	+48N	+8B	=4N	+10B	+11N	−1B	=6B	6.5	50.0	54.5	37.25	2159	-12.0
6	Michaelides, KonstantinosFM	2270	CYP	+51N	+21B	+14N	−4B	+16N	−2N	+15B	+55B	=5N	6.5	47.5	51.5	33.75	2142	-17.0
7	Konstantinides, Savvas	1884	CYP	+43N	+35B	−1N	+38B	=27N	+17B	+40N	−3B	+15N	6.5	44.5	49.0	31.50	1960	+38.4
8	Kefalas, Loukas	1874	CYP	+52B	=63N	+77B	−5N	=69B	=49N	+33B	+50N	+24B	6.5	35.0	38.0	26.25	1865	+4.2
9	Daniil, Daniil	1909	CYP	+67N	+38B	+26N	−1B	=17N	+27B	=19N	+21B	−2N	6.0	47.0	50.5	29.00	1971	+28.4
10	Chiras, Panagiotis	1897	CYP	+34B	+41N	+39B	−2B	+26N	−5N	+18B	+25B	−4N	6.0	46.0	50.5	29.50	1946	+27.6
11	Safonov, Artyom	1986	FID	+47N	+27B	=22N	+29B	−24B	+14N	−5B	=13N	+31B	6.0	44.0	48.5	31.25	1909	-12.2
12	Grigoriev, Alexander D	1837	FID	+60N	+55B	−2N	=35B	+63N	+32B	−3N	=16B	+25N	6.0	43.0	46.5	26.50	1903	+32.4
13	Amvrosiadis, Themistoklis	1771	CYP	+64N	−1B	+65N	=30B	+51N	−3B	+59N	=11B	+55N	6.0	41.5	45.0	24.50	1846	+27.6
14	Hadjinicolaou, Andreas	1821	CYP	+70B	+31N	−6B	F	+35N	−11B	+63N	+32B	+44N	6.0	38.0	38.0	25.50	2035	+37.6
15	Mikhailina, OlgaWCM	1736	FID	+54N	−2B	+34N	+25B	=19N	+44B	−6N	+40B	−7B	5.5	45.5	49.5	25.75	1906	+66.0
16	Aristotelous, Vassilis	1790	CYP	+66N	+30B	−4N	+23B	−6B	=31N	+57B	=12N	=18B	5.5	44.0	47.5	26.25	1793	+0.2
17	Saridis, Pantelis	1727	CYP	+56B	=5N	F	+18N	=9B	−7N	+46B	+28N	=19B	5.5	43.5	43.5	28.00	1914	+56.4
18	Kyriakides, Andreas	1602	CYP	+42N	−22B	+60N	−17B	+64N	+26B	−10N	+54B	=16N	5.5	40.0	43.5	23.75	1679	+20.8
19	Florentiades, Michalis	1897	CYP	F	+49N	=62B	+41N	=15B	+50N	=9B	=4B	=17N	5.5	40.0	40.0	26.25	1877	0.0
20	Katsikidis, Ioannis	1474	CYP	−3N	+61B	=21N	−48B	+71N	=35B	=58B	+38N	+41B	5.5	38.5	41.5	23.00	1743	+88.8
21	Daniil, Christodoulos	1770	CYP	+72B	−6N	=20B	=37N	+67B	+69N	+29B	−9N	=51B	5.5	38.0	41.0	21.50	1692	-29.6
22	Skouroupathis, Kyriakos	1808	CYP	+71B	+18N	=11B	−24N	−49B	+83N	=31B	=69N	+57B	5.5	35.5	38.0	22.00	1680	-39.6
23	Odysseos, Ioannis	1618	CYP	+81B	−58N	+45B	−16N	+52B	−28N	=66B	+73N	+36B	5.5	34.0	37.0	20.75	1632	+1.4
24	Cherkasova, MarinaWFM	1935	CYP	+74N	+33B	F	+22B	+11N	+40B	−1N	−2B	−8N	5.0	46.5	46.5	24.00	2015	+17.4
25	Reznikov, Andrey	1559	FID	−5B	+53N	+42B	−15N	+70B	+58N	+28B	−10N	−12B	5.0	41.5	44.5	20.50	1702	+36.8
26	Abatzidis, Stelios	1777	CYP	+53B	+45N	−9B	+31N	−10B	−18N	−34B	+46N	+66B	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.50	1460	-39.2
27	Hadjidemetriou, Evangelos	1719	CYP	+84B	−11N	+52B	+36N	=7B	−9N	−32N	+65B	=30N	5.0	40.5	43.0	20.25	1744	+6.8
28	Lazaris, Stelios	1723	CYP	+76N	−4B	=43N	+73B	=29N	+23B	−25N	−17B	+53N	5.0	39.0	42.0	20.25	1580	-27.2
29	Alichanides, Ioannis	1478	CYP	=40N	+91B	+50B	−11N	=28B	+39N	−21N	+35B	−32N	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.75	1775	+108.8
30	Murali, Aurik	1580	CYP	+99B	−16N	+46B	=13N	=58B	=48N	−50B	+47N	=27B	5.0	38.0	39.0	19.75	1631	+15.6
31	Bannoura, Daniel	1619	CYP	+95N	−14B	+93N	−26B	+77N	=16B	=22N	+34B	−11N	5.0	37.5	38.5	16.00	1689	+25.6
32	Sidorovsky, Evgeny	2111	FID	+83N	F	+63B	−44N	+39B	−12N	+27B	−14N	+29B	5.0	37.0	37.0	20.50	1856	-41.4
33	Sokolova, VictoriaWCM	1699	CYP	+68B	−24N	F	+43B	−3N	+65B	−8N	+74B	+49N	5.0	37.0	37.0	18.50	1707	+1.2
34	Sorokos, Konstantinos	1471	GRE	−10N	+89B	−15B	+56N	+41B	F	+26N	−31N	+61B	5.0	36.0	36.0	19.50	1666	+42.8
35	Komodromos, Renos	1643	CYP	+98B	−7N	+56B	=12N	−14B	=20N	+52B	−29N	=54N	4.5	41.0	42.0	16.75	1531	-36.8
36	Klesnins, Daniils	1538	LAT	−2N	+54B	+78N	−27B	+42N	−55B	=45N	+88B	−23N	4.5	38.5	40.5	15.75	1423	-30.4
37	Zacharopoullos, Christoforos	1494	CYP	−4N	+76B	=3N	=21B	=38N	−63B	+75N	F	+50B	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.50	1719	+29.2
38	Hadjiyiannis, Costas	1688	CYP	+96B	−9N	+70B	−7N	=37B	+47N	−44N	−20B	+75N	4.5	37.5	38.5	13.75	1360	-35.0
39	Markidou, ChristiannaWFM	1711	CYP	+61N	+3B	−10N	+83B	−32N	−29B	−54N	=64B	+88N	4.5	37.0	39.0	17.25	1723	+0.8
40	Constantinou, Samuel Johannes	1957	CYP	=29B	+88N	+57B	+58N	+44B	−24N	−7B	−15N	F	4.5	36.5	36.5	17.00	1782	-29.6
41	Paunescu, AidaWCM	1690	CYP	+89N	−10B	+92N	−19B	−34N	+64B	+78N	=49B	−20N	4.5	34.5	36.0	12.00	1409	-84.8
42	Wu, Wenrui	0	CHN	−18B	+66B	−25N	+53N	−36B	+70N	−69B	+52N	=43B	4.5	34.0	37.0	16.75	1332	0.0
43	Staicovici, Alice Amelie	1464	ROU	−7B	+96N	=28B	−33N	=54N	−78B	+80B	+72N	=42N	4.5	34.0	35.0	13.75	1495	+1.6
44	Theocharous, Vasilis	1868	CYP	F	+94B	+73N	+32B	−40N	−15N	+38B	=51N	−14B	4.5	34.0	34.0	16.00	1767	-16.6
45	Sotiriou, Georgios	0	CYP	+59B	−26B	−23N	−70N	+84B	+53N	=36B	−57N	+92B	4.5	32.5	34.0	14.25	1527	0.0
46	Stavridis, Andreas	0	CYP	−55N	+90B	−30N	+92B	=65N	+62B	−17N	−26B	+74N	4.5	32.0	33.5	12.25	1543	0.0
47	Staicovici, Marc-Albert	1479	ROU	−11B	−56N	=79N	+84B	+85N	−38B	+95N	−30B	+76N	4.5	30.5	31.5	10.50	952	0.0
48	Kourouyiannis, Fivos	1720	CYP	F	+85N	−5B	+20N	F	=30B	F	+56N	+69B	4.5	30.5	30.5	17.50	1778	+4.0
49	Uljaseva, Arina	1411	EST	F	−19B	+91N	+59B	+22N	=8B	−55N	=41N	−33B	4.0	37.0	37.0	17.00	1677	+80.0
50	Sokolova, LarisaWCM	1722	CYP	F	+75B	−29N	+74B	+62N	−19B	+30N	−8B	−37N	4.0	36.5	36.5	15.00	1569	-27.8
51	Mylonas, Fotis	1577	CYP	−6B	F	+71N	+81N	−13B	+68N	F	=44B	=21N	4.0	36.5	36.5	14.50	1652	+11.6
52	Georgiou, Katerina	1425	CYP	−8N	+82B	−27N	+79B	−23N	+61B	−35N	−42B	+86N	4.0	36.0	38.5	12.50	914	0.0
53	Criganuta, Alexander	0	CYP	−26N	−25B	+61N	−42B	+89N	−45B	+67B	+78N	−28B	4.0	34.5	36.5	12.50	1457	0.0
54	Kostalias,Aristotelis	0	CYP	−15B	−36N	+90N	F	=43B	+67N	+39B	−18N	=35B	4.0	34.5	34.5	14.50	1555	0.0
55	Bouzana, Christina	1626	CYP	+46B	−12N	+86B	F	F	+36N	+49B	−6N	−13B	4.0	34.0	34.0	15.50	1644	-0.4
56	Neofytou, Giorgos	0	FID	−17N	+47B	−35N	−34B	+92N	+77B	+87N	−48B	−62N	4.0	33.5	35.0	11.50	1485	0.0
57	Belyaev, Ivan	1553	ISR	F	+101B	−40N	−3B	+88N	+74B	−16N	+45B	−22N	4.0	32.0	32.0	9.50	1580	+20.4
58	Tsakas, Nikolaos	1817	GRE	+90N	+23B	F	−40B	=30N	−25B	=20N	F	+68B	4.0	31.0	31.0	16.25	1565	-31.2
59	Lomadze, Alexandr	1630	CYP	−45N	+64B	F	−49N	+93B	+60N	−13B	F	+71N	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.00	1509	-26.0
60	Kakouris, Giorgos	1401	CYP	−12B	+98N	−18B	+86N	=87N	−59B	−62N	=84B	+72B	4.0	30.0	31.0	9.00	1270	-28.8
61	Pafitis, Christos	0	CYP	−39B	−20N	−53B	+96N	+72B	−52N	+94B	+83N	−34N	4.0	30.0	31.0	8.00	1282	0.0
62	Biskas, Georgios	1533	CYP	F	+97B	=19N	F	−50B	−46N	+60B	=66N	+56B	4.0	26.5	26.5	13.50	1681	+19.6
63	Karaolis, Andreas	1686	CYP	+82N	=8B	−32N	+88B	−12B	+37N	−14B	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	12.75	1698	-1.6
64	Dobrinskiy, Ivan	0	FID	−13B	−59N	+98B	+80N	−18B	−41N	+92B	=39N	−73B	3.5	32.0	33.0	7.75	1392	0.0
65	Picolos, Antonios	1510	CYP	F	F	−13B	+72N	=46B	−33N	+68B	−27N	+80B	3.5	30.0	30.0	11.75	935	-26.0
66	Bannura, Husam	0	CYP	−16B	−42N	+96B	+95N	F	=87B	=23N	=62B	−26N	3.5	29.0	29.0	8.00	1511	0.0
67	Constantinou, Paris	1471	CYP	−9B	=68N	F	+100B	−21N	−54B	−53N	+95B	+84N	3.5	27.5	27.5	6.25	1040	-12.4
68	Posnagkidis, Loukas	0	CYP	−33N	=67B	+94N	−87B	+73N	−51B	−65N	+93B	−58N	3.5	27.0	28.5	7.75	1440	0.0
69	Sarkisian, Aikaterina	1560	CYP	−1N	F	F	+85B	=8N	−21B	+42N	=22B	−48N	3.0	37.0	37.0	13.00	1584	+3.2
70	Alexandrou, Emilio	0	CYP	−14N	+95B	−38N	+45B	−25N	−42B	−76N	+99B	−77N	3.0	31.5	32.5	6.50	827	0.0
71	Avyukt Vilok Sharma	0	IND	−22N	F	−51B	+82N	−20B	+93N	−73B	+79N	−59B	3.0	29.5	29.5	7.50	1294	0.0
72	Gurfov, Amir	0	FID	−21N	−83B	+89N	−65B	−61N	+98B	+77N	−43B	−60N	3.0	29.0	30.0	6.00	1249	0.0
73	Klesnins, Artemijs	1491	LAT	F	+100N	−44B	−28N	−68B	F	+71N	−23B	+64N	3.0	29.0	29.0	7.50	937	-24.8
74	Lomadze, Nikolai	1477	CYP	−24B	+84N	F	−50N	+99B	−57N	+81B	−33N	−46B	3.0	29.0	29.0	6.50	896	-39.6
75	FIDE 5909520	0	—	F	−50N	−81B	=76N	+86B	=80N	−37B	+82N	−38B	3.0	27.5	27.5	8.50	834	0.0
76	Netepenko, Maxim	0	CYP	−28B	−37N	F	=75B	+94N	F	+70B	=87N	−47B	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.25	1326	0.0
77	Stefanou, Athina	1440	CYP	F	+79B	−8N	F	−31B	−56N	−72B	+89N	+70B	3.0	26.5	26.5	8.00	932	-14.0
78	Markevych, Oleksandr	0	UKR	F	F	−36B	F	+79N	+43N	−41B	−53B	+93N	3.0	22.0	22.0	9.00	1529	0.0
79	FIDE 529037603	0	—	F	−77N	=47B	−52N	−78B	+100B	=85N	−71B	+97N	3.0	22.0	22.0	5.50	641	0.0
80	Zournatzis Michail, Michalis	0	CYP	F	=93B	−83N	−64B	+100N	=75B	−43N	+97B	−65N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.25	1158	0.0
81	FIDE 55819796	0	—	−23N	F	+75N	−51B	+97B	F	−74N	+85B	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	755	0.0
82	Saridis, Tzortz	0	GRE	−63B	−52N	F	−71B	+101N	=85B	=97N	−75B	+95N	3.0	18.0	18.0	2.75	763	0.0
83	Aaryan Chaitas Shah	1516	IND	−32B	+72N	+80B	−39N	F	−22B	−88N	−61B	=85N	2.5	29.5	29.5	7.25	910	-44.8
84	Nicolaou, Rafaella	0	CYP	−27N	−74B	F	−47N	−45N	+101B	+90B	=60N	−67B	2.5	26.5	26.5	4.00	1220	-56.0
85	Avdeev, Fedor Teodor	0	FID	F	−48B	+99N	−69N	−47B	=82N	=79B	−81N	=83B	2.5	24.5	24.5	5.25	1324	0.0
86	Pankrashkina, Maria	0	FID	F	=92B	−55N	−60B	−75N	F	+98B	+94N	−52B	2.5	20.5	20.5	3.25	1166	0.0
87	Markides, Markellos	1580	CYP	F	F	F	+68N	=60B	=66N	−56B	=76B	F	2.5	18.0	18.0	8.75	1426	-4.2
88	Konnaris, Ploutarchos	1424	CYP	F	−40B	F	−63N	−57B	+99N	+83B	−36N	−39B	2.0	25.5	25.5	3.50	1373	0.0
89	FIDE 540050068	0	—	−41B	−34N	−72B	+98N	−53B	F	+100N	−77B	−91N	2.0	23.5	24.5	2.00	733	0.0
90	Alexandrou, Nicholas	0	CYP	−58B	−46N	−54B	+91N	F	−95B	−84N	+101N	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.00	1017	0.0
91	FIDE 5913608	0	—	F	−29N	−49B	−90B	F	F	+96N	−92N	+89B	2.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	650	0.0
92	Malysheva, Liudmila	1462	CYP	F	=86N	−41B	−46N	−56B	F	−64N	+91B	−45N	1.5	27.5	27.5	3.25	886	-8.4
93	Korelidou, Maria	1427	CYP	F	=80N	−31B	F	−59N	−71B	+99B	−68N	−78B	1.5	22.5	22.5	2.50	830	-19.2
94	FIDE 5914744	0	—	F	−44N	−68B	=97N	−76B	F	−61N	−86B	+96N	1.5	22.0	22.0	1.50	1068	0.0
95	FIDE 5913101	0	—	−31B	−70N	F	−66B	F	+90N	−47B	−67N	−82B	1.0	24.5	24.5	2.00	783	0.0
96	Rishik Lalith Murali	0	IND	−38N	−43B	−66N	−61B	−98N	F	−91B	+100B	−94B	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.00	778	0.0
97	FIDE 540097730	0	—	F	−62N	F	=94B	−81N	F	=82B	−80N	−79B	1.0	21.5	21.5	2.25	733	0.0
98	FIDE 540091104	0	—	−35N	−60B	−64N	−89B	+96B	−72N	−86N	F	F	1.0	20.5	20.5	1.00	735	0.0
99	FIDE 2683032	0	—	−30N	F	−85B	+101B	−74N	−88B	−93N	−70N	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	676	0.0
100	FIDE 336112424	0	—	F	−73B	F	−67N	−80B	−79N	−89B	−96N	+101N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	717	0.0
101	FIDE 540097749	0	—	F	−57N	F	−99N	−82B	−84N	F	−90B	−100B	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	673	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Alichanides, IoannisCYP
+108.8
5.0 pts · #24
2Katsikidis, IoannisCYP
+88.8
5.5 pts · #27
3Uljaseva, ArinaEST
+80.0
4.0 pts · #33

Top rating losers

1Paunescu, AidaWCMCYP
-84.8
4.5 pts · #55
2Nicolaou, RafaellaCYP
-56.0
2.5 pts · #73
3Aaryan Chaitas ShahIND
-44.8
2.5 pts · #98

Biggest upsets

R5+397 Elo gap
Uljaseva, Arina1411 beat Skouroupathis, Kyriakos1808
R7+306 Elo gap
Sorokos, Konstantinos1471 beat Abatzidis, Stelios1777
R8+290 Elo gap
Hadjinicolaou, Andreas1821 beat Sidorovsky, Evgeny2111