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Heraklion Winter 2026 Tournament - U1800

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Heraklion Crete, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 754, and top seed was Tryfon Xenakis (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· GRE, 1607).

Tryfon Xenakis (πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· GRE, 1607) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Argyro Papadimitriou (6.0) and Athanasios NA Georgopoulos (5.0). Xenakis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Heraklion Crete, Greece
Dates
16 Feb 2026 β†’ 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Tryfon Xenakis1607
Avg top 10
754
Participants
18
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·GreeceΓ—9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Papadimitriou takes lead
R5 Β· LEADER CHANGE22 Feb

Argyro Papadimitriou takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Xenakis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R4 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

Argyro Papadimitriou beat Tryfon Xenakis (Black).

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Argyro Papadimitriou*
1
Β½
Β½
2Tryfon Xenakis
0
*β€”
1
3Christoforos Sapountzis
Β½
β€”*
Β½
4Athanasios NA Georgopoulos
Β½
0
Β½
*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Xenakis, Tryfon1607GRE+9N+7B+8Nβˆ’2B+5N+3B+12B6.026.029.023.001569-4.4
2Papadimitriou, Argyro1554GRE+18B+11N=3B+1N+12B+8N=4B6.025.525.520.501786+24.0
3Georgopoulos, Athanasios NA1479GRE+12N+10B=2N+5B=4Nβˆ’1N+9B5.028.031.019.501389-19.6
4Sapountzis, Christoforos0GRE=5B+16N=6B+11N=3B+?N=2N5.024.024.014.5015370.0
5Dimopoulos, Antonios0GRE=4N+?B+?Nβˆ’3Nβˆ’1B=6B+?N4.020.020.04.5012800.0
6Fanourakis, Angelos1471GREβˆ’13B+17N=4Nβˆ’14B+16B=5N+15B4.019.521.010.50629-22.4
7FIDE 5410110740β€”+?Bβˆ’1N+?B=13Nβˆ’8N=10B+11B4.019.019.06.258060.0
8FIDE 5410032840β€”+17B+13Nβˆ’1B=9N+7Bβˆ’2Bβˆ’?N3.524.024.010.257820.0
9Kampanis, Ioannis0GREβˆ’1B+?N+15B=8BF+13Nβˆ’3N3.520.020.07.257930.0
10FIDE 5410083080β€”+14Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’11B+?Nβˆ’?B=7N+?B3.515.015.05.0015050.0
11FIDE 5410257680β€”+15Nβˆ’2B+10Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’14N+?Bβˆ’7N3.024.024.06.006930.0
12FIDE 5410257840β€”βˆ’3B+18N+?B+?Bβˆ’2NFβˆ’1N3.020.020.00.007810.0
13FIDE 5410095500β€”+6Nβˆ’8B+?N=7Bβˆ’?Nβˆ’9B=?N3.015.015.06.0014940.0
14Panagiotakis, Konstantinos G M1427GREβˆ’10NF+18B+6N+11BFF3.013.513.57.002274+22.4
15Papaioannou, Dimitrios K0GREβˆ’11BFβˆ’9N+16N+?B=?Bβˆ’6N2.512.512.52.006740.0
16FIDE 421890550β€”βˆ’?Nβˆ’4B+17Nβˆ’15Bβˆ’6Nβˆ’?B+?N2.013.013.01.506740.0
17FIDE 421910410β€”βˆ’8Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’16Bβˆ’?N=?BF+?N1.59.59.50.006740.0
18FIDE 5410183030β€”βˆ’2Nβˆ’12Bβˆ’14NFFFF0.013.513.50.006930.0

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