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2026 youth championships of Herakleion Crete - open U16

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5 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jan 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Heraklion Crete, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1325, and top seed was Konstantinos Bakalis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1827).

Konstantinos Bakalis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1827) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Ioannis Kartsakis (3.0) and Defkalion Tsagkarakis (2.5). Bakalis shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇬🇷Heraklion Crete, Greece
Dates
20 Jan 2026 → 17 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Konstantinos Bakalis1827
Avg top 10
1,325
Participants
5
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 5 · 5 rounds

Konstantinos Bakalis led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Bakalis takes lead
Bakalis3.5Kartsakis3Tsagkarakis2.5Kampanis0.5Panagiotakis0.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE17 Feb

Konstantinos Bakalis takes the sole lead (3.5/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Konstantinos Bakalis beat Ioannis Kartsakis (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Konstantinos Bakalis*
1
½
1
2Ioannis Kartsakis
0
*
1
1
3Defkalion Tsagkarakis
½
0
*
1
4Ioannis Kampanis
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bakalis, Konstantinos1827GREF+2B=3N+5B+4N3.56.56.55.251869+8.4
2Kartsakis, Ioannis1825GRE+4B−1NF+3B+5N3.07.07.03.501723-10.4
3Tsagkarakis, Defkalion1545GRE+5B+4N=1B−2NF2.57.57.52.751696+22.8
4Kampanis, Ioannis0GRE−2N−3B=5NF−1B0.59.59.50.2513330.0
5Panagiotakis, Konstantinos G M1427GRE−3NF=4B−1N−2B0.59.59.50.25928-20.8

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