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2026 youth championships of Crete Finals - open U16

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Gazi, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1184, and top seed was Nikolaos Loukakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1858).

Nikolaos Loukakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1858) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Konstantinos Bakalis (3.5) and Dimitrios Chania Rizos (3.0). Loukakis won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Dimitrios Chania Rizos (1647) beat Ioannis Kartsakis (1760), a +113-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Gazi, Greece
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 15 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
🇬🇷Nikolaos Loukakis1858
Avg top 10
1,184
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nikolaos Loukakis led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Loukakis4.5Bakalis3.5Rizos3Kartsakis2Kourmoulakis1Menegakis0
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Nikolaos Loukakis never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikolaos Loukakis drew with Konstantinos Bakalis (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nikolaos Loukakis 3 wins (R3–R5)Konstantinos Bakalis 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikolaos Loukakis*
½
1
1
2Konstantinos Bakalis
½
*
1
—
3Dimitrios Chania Rizos
0
0
*
1
4Ioannis Kartsakis
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Loukakis, Nikolaos1858GRE+3B=2B+6N+5B+4N4.59.59.57.752042+26.0
2Bakalis, Konstantinos1841GREF=1N+3B+6B+5N3.510.510.56.251947+11.6
3Rizos, Dimitrios Chania1647GRE−1N+5B−2N+4B+6N3.011.011.03.001714+9.6
4Kartsakis, Ioannis1760GREF+6B+5N−3N−1B2.012.012.01.00954-47.2
5Kourmoulakis, Vardis0GRE+6N−3N−4B−1N−2B1.013.013.00.009920.0
6Menegakis, Georgios0GRE−5B−4N−1B−2N−3B0.013.014.00.009920.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets