2026 Team Cup of ESSTH-CHALK Final 4
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21 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 10 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2340, and top seed was Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (🇬🇷 GRE, GM, 2583).
Panayotis Papadopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, CM, 2280) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Athanasios Papadimitriou (2.0) and Alexandros Isaakidis (1.5). Papadopoulos shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇬🇷Thessaloniki, Greece
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×2
FM×4
CM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇷Greece×20
🇨🇾Cyprus×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | CMPapadopoulos, Panayotis | 🇬🇷GRE | 2280 | 2.0 | 2248 | 3048 | +18.2 |
| 1 | Papadimitriou, Athanasios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2268 | 2.0 | 1917 | 2717 | +4.4 |
| 3 | FMIsaakidis, Alexandros | 🇨🇾CYP | 2244 | 1.5 | 2246 | 2439 | +10.2 |
| 4 | GMKourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis | 🇬🇷GRE | 2583 | 1.5 | 2261 | 2454 | -2.2 |
| 5 | GMIoannidis, Evgenios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2487 | 1.5 | 2239 | 2432 | -0.9 |
| 10 | CMPapaioannou, Dimitrios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2356 | 1.0 | 2185 | 2185 | -8.4 |
| 8 | FMPapakonstantinou, Dimitrios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2338 | 1.0 | 2535 | 2535 | +10.0 |
| 7 | CMKaramichos, Michail | 🇬🇷GRE | 2200 | 1.0 | 2296 | 2296 | +5.2 |
| 6 | Exizoglou, Dimitrios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2061 | 1.0 | 1768 | 2568 | +3.0 |
| 9 | WFMSiskou, Evangelia | 🇬🇷GRE | 2025 | 1.0 | 1789 | 2589 | +7.2 |
| 11 | Gouloutis, Nikolaos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2292 | 0.5 | 2207 | 2014 | -14.8 |
| 13 | FMMagkalakis, Stefanos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2347 | 0.5 | 2200 | 2200 | -4.0 |
| 12 | Ballas, Athanasios-panagiotis | 🇬🇷GRE | 2170 | 0.5 | 2292 | 2292 | +3.4 |
| 14 | Kirgeridis, Panagiotis | 🇬🇷GRE | 1965 | 0.5 | 1936 | 1936 | -0.8 |
| 15 | Drakaki, Anna-Maria | 🇬🇷GRE | 1936 | 0.5 | 1965 | 1965 | +0.8 |
| 19 | Iskos, Alexandros | 🇬🇷GRE | 2139 | 0.0 | 2384 | 1584 | -8.4 |
| 20 | Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp | 🇬🇷GRE | 1768 | 0.0 | 2115 | 1315 | -9.2 |
| 21 | Amiridou, Dimitra | 🇬🇷GRE | 1965 | 0.0 | 2268 | 1468 | -2.8 |
| 17 | Lazaridis-Patsalias, Haralabos | 🇬🇷GRE | 2041 | 0.0 | 2441 | 1641 | -1.6 |
| 16 | FMTsorbatzoglou, Theodoros | 🇬🇷GRE | 2089 | 0.0 | 2356 | 1556 | -3.6 |
| 18 | Giannoulas, Christos | 🇬🇷GRE | 1789 | 0.0 | 2025 | 1225 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Papadopoulos, PanayotisCMGRE+18.22.0 pts · #2
- 2Isaakidis, AlexandrosFMCYP+10.21.5 pts · #3
- 3Papakonstantinou, DimitriosFMGRE+10.01.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Gouloutis, NikolaosGRE-14.80.5 pts · #11
- 2Alexandrakis, Vasileios SpGRE-9.20.0 pts · #20
- 3Iskos, AlexandrosGRE-8.40.0 pts · #19