2026 Team Cup of ESSTH-CHALK Rounds 1-3

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129 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 07 Mar 2026 in Essth-Chalk, Greece. 15 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2357, and top seed was Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2582).

Zisis Tsaknakis (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 2322) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Dimitrios Exizoglou (2.0) and Stylianos Sioulas (2.0). Tsaknakis broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alkiviadis Chrysostomidis (1609) beat Iasonas Gkalimpas (1801), a +192-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Essth-Chalk, Greece

Dates

07 Feb 2026 → 07 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇷GMStamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis2582

Avg top 10

2,357

Participants

129

Titled players · 15

GM×3

FM×6

CM×5

WFM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇷Greece×116

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
FMZisis Tsaknakis
🇬🇷GRE·2322
2.5pts·2443perf+10.4
🥈
Dimitrios Exizoglou
🇬🇷GRE·2078
2.0pts·2615perf+8.2
🥉
Stylianos Sioulas
🇬🇷GRE·1587
2.0pts·1791perf+11.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	FMTsaknakis, Zisis	🇬🇷GRE	2322	2.5	2170	2443	+10.4
8	Exizoglou, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2078	2.0	1815	2615	+8.2
10	Sioulas, Stylianos	🇬🇷GRE	1587	2.0	1666	1791	+11.4
4	WFMSiskou, Evangelia	🇬🇷GRE	1947	2.0	1698	2498	+19.6
6	CMKaramichos, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	2186	2.0	2026	2826	+13.8
9	CMPapadopoulos, Panayotis	🇬🇷GRE	2274	2.0	1956	2756	+5.6
3	Harisis, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1830	2.0	1811	1936	+8.4
7	Ntouvelos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1830	2.0	1977	2102	+19.4
44	Papadimitriou, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	2264	2.0	2000	2800	+3.6
5	Gouloutis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2288	2.0	1919	2719	+4.0
49	Tsintsar, Zoran	🇩🇪GER	1704	2.0	1543	2343	+5.0
2	Kirgeridis, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1948	2.0	1833	2633	+13.8
38	Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis	🇬🇷GRE	1911	2.0	2052	2852	+13.8
16	CMGalanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	2005	1.5	2093	2093	+6.8
11	Balafoutas, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2048	1.5	1771	1964	-8.4
14	Romanos, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	2001	1.5	1820	2013	+0.6
15	Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1731	1.5	1843	2036	+13.8
12	Koudounis, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	2195	1.5	2009	2009	-11.8
13	Mantazis, Georgios Rafail	🇬🇷GRE	2077	1.5	2061	2254	+15.6
25	Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos Ch.	🇬🇷GRE	2266	1.0	2137	2137	-6.8
53	Tsotsakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1544	1.0	1785	1660	+6.8
41	Kioutsoukos, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1755	1.0	1756	1631	-10.4
19	Sideris, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1906	1.0	1882	1882	-1.2
22	Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2236	1.0	2230	2230	+0.6
36	Tetepoulidis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	2139	1.0	2026	2026	-5.8
26	Zachariadis, Konstantinos G	🇬🇷GRE	1586	1.0	1779	1779	+8.2
83	Samakas, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1943	1.0	2078	1278	-6.6
93	Lazos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1745	1.0	2145	1345	-1.6
103	Ahparidis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1471	1.0	1618	818	-6.0
47	FMPapakonstantinou, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2318	1.0	2195	2995	+6.6
17	Apostolidis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1646	1.0	1743	1743	+5.4
45	Moutzouridis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1868	1.0	1795	1795	-3.2
117	Makropoulos, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	1724	1.0	2070	1270	-3.2
30	Lazaridis-Patsalias, Haralabos	🇬🇷GRE	2039	1.0	1639	2439	+1.6
34	Ballas, Athanasios-panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	2168	1.0	1782	2582	+1.8
39	Amiridou, Dimitra	🇬🇷GRE	1960	1.0	1755	2555	+4.8
40	FMGiannoulakis, Lampros	🇬🇷GRE	2272	1.0	2180	2980	+7.4
46	Kiroplastis, Anastasios	🇬🇷GRE	1588	1.0	1441	2241	+15.2
52	GMKourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	🇬🇷GRE	2582	1.0	2182	2982	+0.8
55	Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp	🇬🇷GRE	1822	1.0	1753	2553	+21.6
27	Gioras, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1761	1.0	1995	1995	+9.2
35	Theoharidis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1757	1.0	1621	1621	-6.8
43	Athanasiadis, Mihail	🇬🇷GRE	2088	1.0	1977	1977	-3.8
74	Gkadakis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1440	1.0	1532	732	-7.6
84	Tzavelas, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	1695	1.0	2093	1293	-3.2
99	Christou, Lambros	🇬🇷GRE	1765	1.0	2191	1391	-1.6
31	CMStoimenidis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2118	1.0	2160	2960	+11.2
18	Karzias, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	1822	1.0	1902	2702	+12.2
20	GMMastrovasilis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	2421	1.0	2021	2821	+0.8
21	Diamantopoulos, Giorgos	🇬🇷GRE	1877	1.0	1549	2349	+2.6
23	FIDE 4261887	—	0	1.0	1509	1529	0.0
24	FMKouskoutis, Georgios-Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2259	1.0	1864	2664	+1.6
28	Apostolou, Konstantinos Th	🇬🇷GRE	1638	1.0	1545	2345	+14.8
29	Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis	🇬🇷GRE	1609	1.0	1801	2601	+16.0
32	Eleftheriadis, Emmanouil	🇬🇷GRE	1624	1.0	1775	2575	+28.0
33	Kalpakidis, Daniel Kyriakos	🇬🇷GRE	1642	1.0	1683	2483	+10.8
37	Milovanovic, Ninoslav	🇷🇸SRB	1993	1.0	1593	2393	+1.6
42	Kougkoulis, Christos Orfeas	🇬🇷GRE	1616	1.0	1491	2291	+11.2
48	GMPapadopoulos, Ioannis K.	🇬🇷GRE	2382	1.0	2146	2946	+2.0
50	Mourelatos, Ilias	🇬🇷GRE	1967	1.0	1864	2664	+7.2
51	Karagiannis, Thomas Aristotelis	🇬🇷GRE	1835	1.0	1758	2558	+7.8
54	Noulis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1618	1.0	1511	2311	+10.4
81	FIDE 541022696	—	0	1.0	1558	758	0.0
63	CMPapaioannou, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	2357	0.5	2316	2316	-1.2
60	Maggos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1772	0.5	2001	2001	+5.8
61	Sampsonoglou, Vasilios	🇬🇷GRE	1914	0.5	2195	2195	+6.8
59	Iskos, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	2160	0.5	2019	1826	-17.2
56	FMMagkalakis, Stefanos	🇬🇷GRE	2351	0.5	2217	2217	-3.6
57	Liamos, Evangelos	🇬🇷GRE	1730	0.5	1646	1646	-2.4
58	Batzilis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1735	0.5	1906	1906	+3.8
66	Tyritidis, Efthymios	🇬🇷GRE	1647	0.5	1755	1755	+2.6
62	Batsi, Lida	🇬🇷GRE	1661	0.5	1815	1815	+4.0
64	Baltakis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1816	0.5	1662	1662	-4.0
65	Sotiropoulos, Anastasios-Theohar	🇬🇷GRE	1949	0.5	1966	1966	+0.4
67	Danis, Hrisovalantis	🇬🇷GRE	1966	0.5	1949	1949	-0.4
68	Samakas, Stavros	🇬🇷GRE	1920	0.5	2160	2160	+6.0
89	Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris	🇬🇷GRE	1787	0.0	1727	927	-22.4
91	FMArgiroudis, Stamatis	🇬🇷GRE	2232	0.0	2316	1516	-7.6
111	Dritsas, Stavros Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1922	0.0	2316	1516	-1.6
69	Halkias, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1864	0.0	2113	1313	-8.8
76	Keramaros, Vasileios	🇬🇷GRE	1883	0.0	1948	1148	-13.6
78	Kotsalis, Evagelos	🇬🇷GRE	1836	0.0	1948	1148	-7.0
82	Valaroutsos, Kiparissis	🇬🇷GRE	1690	0.0	1830	1030	-6.2
88	Toliopoulos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2032	0.0	2274	1474	-4.0
96	FIDE 541011236	—	0	0.0	1910	1110	0.0
100	Arquin , Dimitris Howard	🇬🇷GRE	1511	0.0	1618	818	-14.0
101	Tsinaris, Fotis	🇬🇷GRE	1927	0.0	1830	1030	-12.6
102	Katsimanis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1565	0.0	1919	1119	-2.2
104	Triantaphylidis, Alexandros I	🇬🇷GRE	1806	0.0	1830	1030	-9.8
109	FIDE 25877909	—	0	0.0	2264	1464	0.0
113	Theofilopoulos, Aris	🇬🇷GRE	2052	0.0	1910	1110	-13.8
122	Kouinoglou, Lazaros	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1739	939	0.0
129	Tsironis, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1949	0.0	2288	1488	-2.4
71	Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Nik	🇬🇷GRE	1771	0.0	2170	1370	-1.6
72	Odontopoulos, Andreas	🇬🇷GRE	1618	0.0	1751	951	-12.8
97	Kivelos, Sotirios	🇬🇷GRE	1904	0.0	2108	1308	-4.8
106	Betsakos, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	2110	0.0	2000	1200	-13.0
70	Korais, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1952	1152	0.0
75	Lagogianni, Niki Vasiliki	🇬🇷GRE	1564	0.0	1964	1164	-1.6
77	Tourountzis, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1790	990	0.0
79	Babos, Vasilios	🇬🇷GRE	1902	0.0	1822	1022	-12.2
80	Sonovidou, Ioanna	🇬🇷GRE	1511	0.0	1691	891	-10.4
85	Paschalidis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1663	0.0	1657	857	-21.6
86	Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria	🇬🇷GRE	1542	0.0	1640	840	-7.4
87	Trivella, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1549	0.0	1877	1077	-2.6
95	FIDE 541009797	—	0	0.0	1441	641	0.0
98	Nikolaidis, Panagiotis G	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1693	893	0.0
107	Arampatzis, Dimitrios I	🇬🇷GRE	1573	0.0	1973	1173	-3.2
108	Moschopoulos, Christoforos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1471	671	0.0
110	Asiatidis, Ioannis Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1517	0.0	1753	953	-4.0
112	Papadopoulos, Sotirios N P	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1745	945	0.0
115	Ifoulis, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	1577	0.0	1581	781	-9.8
118	Tzontas, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1749	0.0	1835	1035	-7.8
119	Sifaleras, Angelos	🇬🇷GRE	1673	0.0	1543	743	-26.8
120	FIDE 42191661	—	0	0.0	1791	991	0.0
121	Gkadakis, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1570	0.0	1655	855	-11.2
123	Galaras, Anestis	🇬🇷GRE	1821	0.0	1782	982	-11.0
125	Boufidis, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1588	0.0	1868	1068	-3.2
126	Gkalimpas, Iasonas	🇬🇷GRE	1801	0.0	1558	758	-32.0
127	Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon	🇬🇷GRE	2133	0.0	2382	1582	-4.0
128	Ballis, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	1692	0.0	2091	1291	-3.2
73	Kolovos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1730	930	0.0
90	FIDE 541022548	—	0	0.0	1565	765	0.0
92	FIDE 42164583	—	0	0.0	1405	605	0.0
94	Sovatzik, Dimitrios	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1738	938	0.0
105	FIDE 541022556	—	0	0.0	1806	1006	0.0
114	FIDE 541012135	—	0	0.0	1703	903	0.0
116	FIDE 25869434	—	0	0.0	1803	1003	0.0
124	Tsakiris, Konstantinos A	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	2089	1289	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Eleftheriadis, EmmanouilGRE
+28.0
1.0 pts · #32
2Alexandrakis, Vasileios SpGRE
+21.6
1.0 pts · #55
3Siskou, EvangeliaWFMGRE
+19.6
2.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Gkalimpas, IasonasGRE
-32.0
0.0 pts · #126
2Sifaleras, AngelosGRE
-26.8
0.0 pts · #119
3Papadopoulos, Alexadros ParisGRE
-22.4
0.0 pts · #89

Biggest upsets

R1+192 Elo gap
Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis1609 beat Gkalimpas, Iasonas1801
R1+163 Elo gap
Eleftheriadis, Emmanouil1624 beat Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris1787
R2+141 Elo gap
Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis1911 beat Theofilopoulos, Aris2052