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9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 B

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141 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 23 Feb 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1809, and top seed was Anatoly Fridman ( FID, 1866).

Anatoly Fridman ( FID, 1866) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Evangelos Polymeras (6.5) and Isaak Avgitidis (5.5). Fridman shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Apostolos Chalatsis (1513) beat Ioannis Gioras (1782), a +269-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
Avg top 10
1,809
Participants
141
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇷Greece×104
🇮🇹Italy×14
🇧🇬Bulgaria×6
FIDE (no federation)×3
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇲🇰North Macedonia×2
🇨🇾Cyprus×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
58
22
6
2
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Fridman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Evangelos Polymeras 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Anatoly Fridman 5 wins (R1–R5)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fridman, Anatoly1866FID+86B+28N+10B+9N+34B=5N+15B6.529.032.029.252120+31.0
2Polymeras, Evangelos1812GRE+70B+36N+19B=18N+7B+22N+10B6.528.031.529.252137+41.8
3Avgitidis, Isaak1749GRE+88B+46N=21B+37N−5B+27N+23B5.527.030.022.251916+28.2
4Sklavounos, Panayotis1825GRE−35B+100N+58B+26N+13B=19N+9N5.526.529.022.751881+9.4
5Pilitsidis, Christos1838GRE=69N+107B+103N+57B+3N=1B=12N5.526.529.021.501932+32.4
6Scarlato, Luigi1789ITA+74B−23N+101B+29N=8B+37N+19B5.526.028.521.251871+13.0
7Batzilis, Dimitrios1764GRE+53N+78B=75N+56B−2N+40B+59N5.524.527.519.501862+16.2
8Alexandrakis, Venizelos1710GRE+138N−56B+111N+41B=6N+38B+18N5.524.025.018.751853+45.6
9Siozos, Antonios Damianos1761GRE+101B+27N+23B−1B+43N+34N−4B5.029.031.519.501864+39.6
10Tsintsar, Zoran1744GER+91N+49B−1N+80B+35N+20B−2N5.028.531.518.501845+20.2
11Baban, Boris1781BUL+48B+26N=20B=13N−24B+80N+34B5.026.529.520.251829+9.4
12Sarsentos, Dimitrios1771GREF+68B+30N=20N+36B+24N=5B5.026.526.521.501960+26.8
13Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp1727GRE=77N+130B+40N=11B−4N+60B+39N5.025.026.517.001778+22.4
14Giannopoulos, Stylianos1802GRE+83N+45B+17N−34B−20N+79B+43N5.024.527.519.001836+6.6
15Paschalidis, Nikolaos1684GREF+61N+114B+25N+71B+18B−1N5.024.524.518.001975+74.8
16Vigani, Evan1688ITA+126B−21N+44B=74N=58B+48N+42B5.023.025.017.251779+34.8
17Arampatzis, Christos1734GRE+115B+121N−14B−38N+63B+41N+36B5.022.524.515.501789+21.6
18Munar, Joan1760ITA+44B+73N+35B=2B+21N−15N−8B4.529.533.019.251783+10.0
19Enev, Aleks1735BUL+89N+41B−2N+46B+75N=4B−6N4.528.531.516.751780+20.0
20Koutroupas, Emmanouil1718GRE+104N+60B=11N=12B+14B−10N=26B4.528.030.518.251800+33.6
21Dalla, Maria Myrsini1812GRE+93N+16B=3N=43B−18B+66N=24B4.527.030.018.501795-2.6
22Iliopoulos, Panagiotis1760GRE+31N+62B=29N=75B+66N−2B=30N4.527.030.017.501735-6.8
23Kougkoulis, Christos Orfeas1658GRE+81N+6B−9N=106B+85N+32B−3N4.526.529.017.251734+32.8
24Nteneketzis, Paraskevas1702GRE+39N−75B+53N+60B+11N−12B=21N4.526.029.018.751761+24.8
25Olivieri, Diego1767ITA+110N+65B=56N−15B+31N=30B=28N4.525.528.016.751730-6.0
26Siskos, Marios1657GRE+108N−11B+89N−4B+68N+51B=20N4.525.528.015.251758+40.8
27Komodromos, Renos1644CYP+132N−9B+77N=32B+52N−3B+56N4.525.526.513.751748+35.6
28Tzoumas, Stamatios Iason1686GRE+85N−1B=31N+113B+106N=42N=25B4.525.027.514.501736+21.6
29Dimitriadis, Charalampos1560GRE+51N+117N=22B−6B+45N−59B+57N4.525.027.015.751833+102.8
30Chatzinikolaou, Emmanouil1659GRE+119B=71N−12B+87N+76B=25N=22B4.523.525.514.251741+17.0
31Cominelli, Mario1548ITA−22B+118N=28B+117N−25B+65N+62B4.522.524.513.251763+81.6
32Theodoridis, Christos Ch1753GRE+92N=40B=80B=27N+78B−23N+97B4.522.025.014.751714-6.2
33Sampsonoglou, Dimitrios1655GRE−102B−76N+118B=120N+105B+77N+87B4.516.018.011.501575-26.8
34Iliopoulos, Petros1690GRE+76B+102N+82B+14N−1N−9B−11N4.027.530.013.501751+26.0
35Chalaris, Iason1591GRE+4N+54B−18N+64B−10B−36N+103B4.026.529.015.501777+34.2
36Paterakis, Panagiotis Emm1669GRE+125N−2B+92N+83B−12N+35B−17N4.026.528.512.001693+13.2
37Stamatiadis, Georgios1690GRE+47N=96B+124N−3B+56N−6B=38N4.025.527.513.001651-5.2
38Sioulas, Stylianos1622GRE+131N=57B=64N+17B=50B−8N=37B4.025.527.014.001725+17.6
39Chalatsis, Apostolos1513GRE−24B=42B+72N=62N+49B+82N−13B4.024.527.514.251753+85.2
40Nikolaidis, Ioannis St1633GRE+123B=32N−13B+114N+82B−7N=50N4.024.026.011.251684+32.4
41Odysseos, Ioannis1617CYP+133B−19N+47B−8N+116B−17B+96N4.024.025.010.001558-8.2
42Cordani, Enrico1783ITA−58B=39N+128B+88N+65N=28B−16N4.023.525.512.751609-26.8
43Allocco, Aron1709ITA+100B=58N+116B=21N−9B+74N−14B4.023.525.511.501697-0.4
44Tsonoulis, Athanasios 415201544GRE−18N+94B−16N=81B+95N+72B=45N4.023.026.013.001632+14.4
45Tsigkogiannis, Panagiotis1678GRE+105B−14N+55B=76N−29B+107N=44B4.023.025.512.501615-19.6
46Arcudi, Gioele1625ITA+95N−3B+81N−19N−47B+120N+84B4.023.025.011.001515-15.0
47Stoyadinov, Viktor1494BUL−37BF−41N+69B+46N+98B+54N4.022.522.514.501775+89.2
48Loutas, Emmanouil1564GRE−11N−81B+94N+104B+64N−16B+109N4.022.024.511.501674+40.8
49Patriki, Alexandra1624GRE+84B−10N−76B+61N−39N+116B+89N4.021.523.511.501543-13.0
50Vlasblom, Andrew1755CAN=68N=77B+63N+79B=38NF=40B4.021.021.013.751702-15.2
51Melino, Gianluca1766ITA−29B−90N+108B+115N+83B−26N+74B4.020.522.510.501602-27.4
52Theoharidis, Georgios1754GRE+55BF=79N=78N−27B+101N+67B4.020.520.513.001734-2.8
53Iordanoglou, Ioannis1560GRE−7B+127N−24B+119N−98N+135B+79N4.020.021.08.001646+33.2
54Lamprinos, Athanasios Angelos1717GRE+120B−35N−74B+100N+110B+75N−47B4.019.021.010.001595-21.4
55Giannoulidou, Ioli Agapi1539GRE−52N+134B−45N+140B−79N+118B+78B4.017.018.07.001557+3.6
56Gallos, Vasileios1608GRE+128B+8N=25B−7N−37B+114N−27B3.526.028.011.751565-11.2
57Siozos, Filippos1743GRE+129B=38N+67B−5N=74B=62N−29B3.524.025.510.251625-43.2
58Itskos, Nikolaos1569GRE+42N=43B−4N+124B=16NF=66B3.524.024.012.251732+20.8
59Quadri, Michael1699ITA=61BF+96N−71N+67B+29N−7B3.523.523.512.751645-7.0
60Petkovski, Filip1617MKD+136B−20N+102B−24N+84B−13N=61B3.523.024.08.251465-39.6
61Serapli, Aikaterini1506GRE=59N−15B=69N−49B+123N+93B=60N3.522.524.510.251574+22.4
62Tzikas, Charilaos1641GRE+140N−22N=90B=39B+89N=57B−31N3.522.523.59.251547-16.0
63Anemogianni, Savvina1578GRE−71B+86N−50B+125N−17N+99B=64N3.522.024.09.751633+19.6
64Giakoustidis, Spiros-Avgerinos1726GRE+112B=67N=38B−35N−48B+115N=63B3.521.523.510.001587-26.0
65Kalligeris, Ioannis1654GRE+118N−25N+115B=82N−42B−31B+104N3.520.522.58.001622-9.6
66Papakyriakou, Petros1658GRE+127B−82N+129B+84N−22B−21B=58N3.520.522.08.251594-21.6
67Sansottera, Riccardo Alfredo1617ITA+137N=64B−57N+90B−59N+81B−52N3.520.521.58.751591-5.0
68Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria1540GRE=50B−12N+139B=103N−26B=102N+124B3.520.521.57.501506-6.0
69Tatakis, Konstantinos1600GRE=5B−114N=61B−47N+119B=100N+105B3.520.022.010.251604+8.8
70Poursaitidis, Savvas1588GRE−2N=125B−85N−86B+132B+122N+102B3.519.020.06.501476-36.0
71Bellos, Dimitrios1785GRE+63N=30B+109N+59B−15NFF3.519.019.011.751803+2.4
72Rompanos, Alexandros1667GRE=122B−116N−39B+133N+129B−44N+76B3.516.517.56.501447-72.4
73Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios1631GRE+134N−18B+104NF=77B−87N+100B3.516.516.57.501554-15.6
74Chronopoulos, Panagiotis Th1583GRE−6N+99B+54N=16B=57N−43B−51N3.026.029.011.251646+21.2
75Angelidis, Nikolaos1575GRE+135B+24N=7B=22N−19B−54B−98N3.026.027.010.501638+30.0
76Bougas, Theodoros1495GRE−34N+33B+49N=45B−30N=109B−72N3.024.527.011.751610+21.8
77Mavidis, Christos1524GRE=13B=50N−27B+121N=73N−33B=82B3.024.526.59.751634+38.0
78Kolliopoulos, Georgios1644GRE+94N−7N+120B=52B−32N=85B−55N3.024.026.08.501578-26.4
79Batsis, Lazaros1648GRE=106B+139N=52B−50N+55B−14N−53B3.023.524.58.251511-21.4
80Karampelas, Anastasios1644GREF+87B=32N−10N+91B−11B=113N3.023.023.09.501637-1.6
81Nixarlidis, Charalampos1444GRE−23B+48N−46B=44N+112B−67N=107B3.022.525.09.751544+35.6
82Gioras, Ioannis1782GRE+111N+66B−34N=65B−40N−39B=77N3.022.024.59.251544-43.8
83Angelov, Veselin1584BUL−14B+105N+132B−36N−51N=86B=90N3.021.522.56.501496-28.4
84Huegelmann, Philine0GER−49N+91B+93N−66B−60N+111B−46N3.021.023.58.5015530.0
85Sgourou, Terpsichori1487GRE−28B=112N+70B+97N−23B=78NF3.021.021.09.251631+35.6
86Anastasopoulou, Stavroula1479GRE−1N−63BF+70N=117B=83N+110B3.021.021.08.501643+44.4
87Giamouzi, Alexandra1433GREF−80N+112B−30B+111N+73B−33N3.020.520.58.501624+55.2
88Grammenos, Nikolaos A1531GRE−3N+95B=98N−42B−124N+130B=106N3.020.021.57.251555+1.8
89Zaires Karanasios, Konstantinos1530GRE−19B+133N−26B+132N−62B+117N−49B3.019.520.54.001430-11.6
90Lampiris, Nikolaos1504GRE−117B+51B=62N−67N−97B+129N=83B3.019.020.58.751582+20.0
91Manikas, Thomas1531GRE−10B−84N+123B+128N−80N−96B+118N3.018.020.06.001478-11.6
92Eginoglou, Kalliopi1533GRE−32B+123N−36B=102N−114B=108N+127B3.017.519.56.501476-16.8
93Georgiadis, Georgios Eleftherios1589GRE−21B+126N−84B=105N=120B−61N+114B3.017.519.56.251486-28.8
94Georgiadou, Ariadni0GRE−78B−44N−48B+136N−100B+128N+126B3.017.518.55.001311-60.8
95Dobrinskiy, Ivan0FID−46B−88N+126B=129N−44B=119N+115B3.017.018.55.7514770.0
96Aidonidis, Stratis Spyridon0GRE+?N=37N−59B=109BF+91N−41B3.017.017.06.2516400.0
97Zacharis, Lampros1610GREF−124B+130N−85B+90N+106B−32N3.016.516.57.001617+2.8
98Stylianou, Dimitrios Iason1676GREFF=88B=116N+53B−47N+75B3.016.016.09.501596-20.4
99Megagiannis, Konstantinos1466GRE−103B−74N+136B−101N+133B−63N+137B3.013.514.53.00796-51.6
100Papapanagiotou, Achilleas1514GRE−43N−4B+134N−54B+94N=69B−73N2.523.524.55.751472-7.0
101Mitsopoulos, Konstantinos1558GRE−9N+108B−6N+99B=109N−52BF2.522.524.56.751585+5.2
102Simeonov, Petar1429BUL+33N−34B−60N=92B=121N=68B−70N2.522.024.08.751503+23.6
103Batsi, Lida1664GRE+99NF−5B=68B=107N=113B−35N2.521.021.07.251533-21.8
104Papadopoulos, Odysseas Panos1519GRE−20B+136N−73B−48N=108B+112N−65B2.520.521.54.751405-36.0
105Dyulgerova, Anushka1480BUL−45N−83B+131N=93B−33N+121B−69N2.520.021.55.001422-16.8
106Nikaki, Artemis1421GRE=79NF+121B=23N−28B−97N=88B2.520.020.07.251567+46.0
107Siskou, Georgia1548GREF−5N=119B+127N=103B−45B=81N2.519.019.05.751532-8.4
108Zafeiroulis, Apostolos1437GRE−26B−101N−51N+131B=104N=92B=116N2.518.520.05.251394-13.6
109Giamouzis, Georgios1651GREF+122N−71B=96N=101B=76N−48B2.518.018.06.251501-20.6
110Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis1560GRE−25B=119N=122B+135N−54N=125B−86N2.517.518.54.001446-22.2
111Raptis, Sokratis1566GRE−82B+135N−8B=122N−87B−84N+139B2.517.518.53.001424-38.4
112Karagiannakis, Dimitrios1608GRE−64N=85B−87N+130B−81N−104B+123N2.517.018.55.001338-84.8
113Jakimov, Dragi1551MKDFF=117B−28N+122B=103N=80B2.514.014.05.751630+21.6
114Giakoumatos, Gerasimos Dionysios0GREF+69B−15N−40B+92N−56B−93N2.022.022.06.5014650.0
115Andreacchio, Antonio1526ITA−17N+141B−65N−51B+127N−64B−95N2.021.021.52.501427-11.8
116Siskos, Vasileios P1489GREF+72B−43N=98B−41N−49N=108B2.021.021.06.251496+2.8
117Noulis, Ioannis1698GRE+90N−29B=113N−31B=86N−89BF2.020.521.55.751409-90.0
118Revelioti, Eleni Nefeli1425GRE−65B−31B−33N+141B+138N−55N−91B2.020.521.01.50789-58.0
119Bonassi, Pietro1458ITA−30N=110B=107N−53B−69N=95B=130N2.020.021.54.751377-23.6
120Feidaros, Ioannis1516GRE−54N+137B−78N=33B=93N−46BF2.019.519.54.751406-24.8
121Margariti, Stamatia1617GRE+141N−17B−106N−77B=102B−105N=122B2.017.518.02.751234-113.6
122Koumpakis, Konstantinos1469GRE=72N−109B=110N=111B−113N−70B=121N2.017.019.05.251440-12.0
123Iliopoulos, Efthymios0GRE−40N−92B−91N+137B−61B+132N−112B2.017.018.02.007470.0
124Botskaris, Dimitrios0GREF+97N−37B−58N+88BF−68N2.017.017.06.0015170.0
125Mavridis, Athanasios Theo1475GRE−36B=70NF−63B+134N=110NF2.017.017.04.001402-14.8
126Manikas, Dimitrios NA1490GRE−16N−93B−95N−134B+141N+131B−94N2.016.517.02.00810-40.4
127Rompanos, Paschalis1438GRE−66N−53B+137N−107B−115B+133N−92N2.016.017.02.00764-72.4
128Trangoni, Tommaso0ITA−56N+138B−42N−91BF−94B+134N2.015.516.52.008230.0
129Kyparissopoulos, Nikolaos1530GRE−57N+131B−66N=95B−72N−90BF1.518.018.03.00848-52.8
130Paschalidou, Eleni1522GREF−13N−97B−112N+139B−88N=119B1.516.516.52.001220-62.8
131FIDE 285797390—−38B−129N−105B−108N+136B−126N=141B1.513.514.01.257070.0
132FIDE 5410242490—−27BF−83N−89B−70N−123B+138N1.017.017.01.007840.0
133Pankrashkina, Maria0FID−41N−89B+138N−72B−99N−127B−136N1.016.517.51.007480.0
134Tsiomou,Nikolaos0GRE−73B−55N−100B+126N−125B−140N−128B1.016.017.02.0012860.0
135Peray, Engin1464TUR−75N−111B+141N−110BF−53NF1.016.016.50.50759-59.2
136FIDE 19918680—−60N−104B−99N−94B−131NF+133B1.014.514.51.007390.0
137Souza Filho, Alberto0POR−67B−120N−127B−123NF+138B−99N1.013.513.51.007140.0
138Kountrias, Apostolos1515GRE−8B−128N−133B+139N−118B−137N−132B1.012.513.51.007660.0
139Giamouzi, Maria1442GREF−79B−68N−138B−130N+141B−111N1.012.012.00.507700.0
140FIDE 5410151690—−62BFF−55NF+134BF1.08.58.51.007910.0
141FIDE 28081320—−121B−115N−135B−118N−126B−139N=131N0.510.511.50.757030.0

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