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9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A

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170 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 23 Feb 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 35 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2399, and top seed was Evgenios Ioannidis (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2469).

Evgenios Ioannidis (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2469) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Christos Krallis (6.0) and Dimitrios Stefanou (6.0). Ioannidis won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Anastasios Seretis (1698) beat Davide Berra (2155), a +457-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates
19 Feb 2026 → 23 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷GMEvgenios Ioannidis2469
Avg top 10
2,399
Participants
170
Titled players · 35
GM×2
IM×6
FM×11
CM×8
WIM×2
WFM×3
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇷Greece×118
🇮🇹Italy×14
🇧🇬Bulgaria×10
🇹🇷Turkiye×7
🇲🇰North Macedonia×4
🇵🇹Portugal×4
🇨🇾Cyprus×3
🇵🇱Poland×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Evgenios Ioannidis led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
67
24
7
3
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Evgenios Ioannidis held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Evgenios Ioannidis 6 wins (R1–R6)GM Alessio Valsecchi 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Dimitrios Stefanou 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMEvgenios Ioannidis*
1
½
2GMAlessio Valsecchi*
½
3FMDimitrios Stefanou
0
*
4IMChristos Krallis
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ioannidis, EvgeniosGM2469GRE+28B+123N+42B+3N+20B+5N=2B6.530.533.030.002659+11.8
2Krallis, ChristosIM2423GRE+65N+48B+47N+12B=4N+6B=1N6.031.035.028.752525+8.5
3Stefanou, DimitriosFM2358GRE+26N+13B+29N1B+44N+11B+17N6.030.534.528.002459+15.6
4Valsecchi, AlessioGM2439ITA+88B+27N+39B=6N=2B+12N+10B6.030.033.527.752485+3.8
5Patrelakis, EvaggelosIM2464GRE+80N+61B=11N+41B+23N1B+24N5.528.532.023.002404-2.6
6Stefanou, KonstantinosFM2233GRE+103N+60B+107N=4B+43N2N+20B5.527.530.521.502439+35.8
7Kalogridis, AntoniosIM2400GRE+142B54N=9N+96B+41N+15B+23N5.525.527.521.002286-6.4
8Tsaknakis, ZisisFM2315GRE=124B+136N+101B=21N=39B+58N+9B5.523.025.520.002271-5.8
9Nasta, Kiren Vivek2043USA+106B=10N=7B+51N+53N+45B8N5.028.031.020.252343+54.6
10Tzagarakis, Panagiotis2176GRE+148N=9B+97N=44B+25N+13B4N5.027.529.519.002225+9.8
11Stoimenidis, DimitriosCM2118GRE+143B+95N=5B=14N+40B3N+57B5.027.529.518.252240+24.0
12Kesidis, Odyseas2167GRE+84N+90B+54N2N+70B4B+56N5.027.030.518.502292+23.0
13Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis Panagiot2066GRE+140B3N+127B+95N+14B10N+53N5.025.527.516.502218+59.6
14Gkavardinas, AntoniosFM2258GRE=97N+87B+56N=11B13N+90B+48N5.025.028.019.002195-8.6
15Mustu, Hatice AsliWCM1997TUR30B+152N+73B+42N+71B7N+39B5.025.027.017.002173+32.2
16Kazantzoglou, StefanosFM2353GRE+49B=101N+36B20N=50B+99N+32B5.024.527.519.502216-18.2
17Kouskoutis, Georgios-AlexandrosFM2259GRE40B+55N+147B+99N+109B+21N3B5.024.526.516.502210-4.2
18Kouvidis, Ioannis2064GRE=134B+100N=59B38B+94N+139N+45B5.021.023.015.252199+25.4
19Melikhov, Evgeny V.FM2142GRE+112B+127N=139B77N+104B=57N+40B5.020.022.015.502096-6.0
20Liloni, Francesco Mattia2137ITA+35N+86B+46N+16B1N=38B6N4.530.033.519.252270+25.6
21Skomial, Mateusz2100POL+115N+72B=23N=8B+31N17B=35N4.527.530.518.252180+18.2
22Giannoulakis, LamprosFM2272GRE+89N=56B41N+35B+60N+46B38N4.525.028.518.002156-16.6
23Oikonomopoulos, FilipposCM2229GRE+147B+50N=21B+139N5B+77N7B4.525.027.013.752231+7.2
24Spyratos, Nikolaos2182GRE+82B=93N=52B=50N+83B+49N5B4.524.527.516.502157-3.2
25Peray, AtaCM2001TUR+165B+105N=34B=71N10B+42N=33N4.524.525.013.752183+70.0
26Tsolov, Aleksandar1980BUL3B+140N+108B39N=51B+73N+75B4.524.026.014.002102+46.4
27Avanesyan, AleksandrCM2090ARM+153N4B=63N+128B=72N+80B=31N4.524.025.513.502106+10.8
28Ioannidis, Konstantinos I1995GRE1N=145B+115N+154B=33N=29B+74N4.524.025.513.502137+50.8
29Merkouropoulos, Dionysios2108GRE+169B+108N3B=49N=93B=28N+70B4.524.024.012.252081-4.0
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39Kolytas, Spiridon2106GRE+145N+117B4N+26B=8N=43B15N4.028.030.014.252156+9.4
40Gountras, Klearhos1952GRE+17N=74B=33N+123B11N+67B19N4.027.029.515.502193+44.2
41Vardakas, Grigorios2060GRE+73B=59N+22B5N7B+131N=49B4.027.029.514.502215+25.2
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44Kollias, Ioannis K.2050GRE+144B+110N=71B=10N3B=62N=55B4.025.527.513.252146+18.2
45Zygouris, Hristos2196GRE+57B70N+131B+76N+52B9N18N4.025.027.514.002057-23.8
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55Chompas, Vasileios1877GRE33N17B+158N+150B+54N=47B=44N4.023.525.011.502100+78.4
56Palao, AdrianaWCM2054PER+161B=22N14B=98N+106B+105N12B4.023.524.510.752092+8.8
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62Karademir, Bugra2120TUR=94N=81B+118N=90B=92N=44B=46N4.021.524.513.752012-18.4
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66Kalliora, Despoina1902GRE71B32N+140B+166N=75B=83N+99B4.020.020.59.002023+23.4
67Nikolovski, Kiril2104MKD=100B=116N=98B+68N=139B40N+135B4.019.521.512.001966-48.0
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155Kalliantasis, Serafeim1754GREF=33B109N92B128N+153B84N1.518.518.53.751786+2.4
156Parastatidis, Charalampos1791GRE=76B159N68B100N+163B88N130B1.518.019.02.751744-8.0
157Matthaiou, Theodoros1682GRE=104B91N+136B83N131B143N134B1.517.519.54.001713+6.8
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159Kountrias, Kosmas Ioannis2035GRE=154N+156B53N63B81N137B158N1.517.018.52.251631-140.0
160Zahariev, Velislav1787BUL52B147N114B=163N+168N151B133N1.514.514.50.501666-39.6
161Massarenti, Nicolo`1804ITA56N89B133NF147B+152N94B1.017.017.02.001649-21.2
162Kiryttopoulou, Eleonora Kaisa1758GRE50B131N=112B152N137N=163BF1.015.015.02.001612-40.8
163Nteligiorgis, Georgios1825GRE61N80B121N=160B156N=162N164B1.014.515.51.251577-39.6
164Petkaki, Danai1814GREFF90N111B86N115B+163N1.014.014.01.001656-38.0
165Christodoulou, Katerina1737GRE25N118BF=119N136B120N127B0.518.518.51.501498-48.8
166Tsakiris, Sotirios1605GREF107B135N66B148N=134N132B0.516.516.51.251500-9.0
167Ketzetzis, GeorgiosFM2298GRE=87N97BFFFFF0.56.56.51.751762-25.4
168Abatzidis, Stelios1777CYP90N84B102N140N160BF152B0.015.515.50.001075-44.8
169Pagkratis, Spyridon1858GRE29N92NFFFFF0.08.58.50.001254-20.0
170Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris1775GREF57N82BFFFF0.08.58.50.001122-12.2

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