2026 youth championships of Crete Finals - open U8
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Gazi, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 364, and top seed was Vasileios Volanis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1492).
Vasileios Volanis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1492) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Emmanouil Garefalakis (6.0) and Theodoros Simantirakis (4.0). Volanis won solo starting round 6.
Location
🇬🇷Gazi, Greece
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 08 Mar 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 · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsVasileios Volanis led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD
Vasileios Volanis never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vasileios Volanis beat Emmanouil Garefalakis (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Vasileios Volanis 7 wins (R1–R7)Emmanouil Garefalakis 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vasileios Volanis | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Emmanouil Garefalakis | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Theodoros Simantirakis | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4FIDE 42189551 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volanis, Vasileios | 1492 | GRE | +3B | +8B | +6N | +7N | +5N | +2B | +4B | 7.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.00 | 2217 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Garefalakis, Emmanouil | 0 | GRE | +5B | +4N | +7B | +8N | +3B | −1N | +6B | 6.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 15.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Simantirakis, Theodoros | 1421 | GRE | −1N | +6B | +8N | −4B | −2N | +5B | +7N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 42189551 | 0 | — | −7N | −2B | +5B | +3N | +8B | =6N | −1N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 9.25 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 541024737 | 0 | — | −2N | +7B | −4N | +6B | −1B | −3N | +8N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 4.50 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 42189667 | 0 | — | +8N | −3N | −1B | −5N | +7B | =4B | −2N | 2.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 3.75 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 541007921 | 0 | — | +4B | −5N | −2N | −1B | −6N | −8B | −3B | 1.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 3.50 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 541006267 | 0 | — | −6B | −1N | −3B | −2B | −4N | +7N | −5B | 1.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 1.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Volanis, VasileiosGRE+16.07.0 pts · #2
- 2FIDE 421896670.02.5 pts · #4
- 3FIDE 421895510.03.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1FIDE 421895510.03.5 pts · #3
- 2FIDE 421896670.02.5 pts · #4
- 3Simantirakis, TheodorosGRE0.04.0 pts · #5