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2026 youth championships of Crete Finals - girls U12

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Gazi, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 991, and top seed was Olga Volani (🇬🇷 GRE, 1658).

Olga Volani (🇬🇷 GRE, 1658) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Syllia Eleftheria Vertoudou (4.0) and Maria Faidra Karkani (2.0). Volani shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

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 · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Olga Volani1658
Avg top 10
991
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
1
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Volani4Vertoudou4Karkani2Gagani10Mytilinaiou0
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Olga Volani held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Volani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Olga Volani beat Syllia Eleftheria Vertoudou (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Olga Volani*
1
1
1
2Syllia Eleftheria Vertoudou
0
*
1
1
3Maria Faidra Karkani
0
0
*
0
4Elli Gagani
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Volani, Olga1658GRE+4B+2BF+6B+3N4.07.07.07.002239+26.0
2Vertoudou, Syllia Eleftheria1411GRE+3B−1N+4B+5B+6N4.07.07.03.001648+36.8
3Karkani, Maria Faidra1403GRE−2N+5B+6N−4N−1B2.09.09.00.00716-47.6
4Gagani, Elli1472GRE−1NF−2N+3BF1.010.010.02.001379-15.2
5FIDE 5410210700—F−3NF−2NF0.011.011.00.006230.0
6Mytilinaiou, Zoi Alkmini0GREFF−3B−1N−2B0.011.011.00.007040.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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