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2026 youth championships of Chania - open U14

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8 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jan 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Chania, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1198, and top seed was Paraskevas Nteneketzis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1696).

Theodosios Diakoloukas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1550) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Matthaios Ioannis Fraidakis (3.0) and Michail Em Christodoulakis (3.0). Diakoloukas shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Theodosios Diakoloukas (1550) beat Paraskevas Nteneketzis (1696), a +146-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Chania, 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
Avg top 10
1,198
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/5. Diakoloukas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matthaios Ioannis Fraidakis lost to Theodosios Diakoloukas (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Theodosios Diakoloukas won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Diakoloukas, Theodosios1550GRE+4B+6N+2B3NF3.09.09.06.001802+52.4
2Fraidakis, Matthaios Ioannis1645GRE+6BF1N+4B+5N3.08.08.05.001781+27.6
3Christodoulakis, Michail Em1577GRE+7B+5N4N+1BF3.08.08.05.001736+26.8
4Nteneketzis, Paraskevas1696GRE1NF+3B2N+7B2.09.09.03.001464-38.4
5Latos, Dimitrios1598GRE+8N3B+7NF2B2.06.06.00.00808-37.2
6Lavdakis, Michail1515GRE2N1BF+7NF1.09.09.00.00798-31.2
7FIDE 4216493103NF5B6B4N0.08.08.00.007930.0
8FIDE 4218426605BFFFF0.04.04.00.007820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets