International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 A

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53 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Chania, Greece. 13 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2376, and top seed was Harikrishnan.A.Ra (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2515).

Vladislav Nevednichy (🇷🇴 ROU, GM, 2429) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Harikrishnan.A.Ra (7.0) and Momchil Nikolov (6.5). Nevednichy shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Eliza-Ioana Badescu (WCM, 1718) beat Kari Pulkkinen (FM, 2186), a +468-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Chania, Greece

Dates

03 Apr 2026 → 09 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra2515

Avg top 10

2,376

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×5

IM×1

FM×3

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇷Greece×35

🇷🇴Romania×4

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇧🇬Bulgaria×2

🇫🇮Finland×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇲🇩Moldova×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
GMVladislav Nevednichy
🇷🇴ROU·2429
7.5pts·2523perf+12.3
🥈
GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra
🇮🇳IND·2515
7.0pts·2497perf+0.1
🥉
GMMomchil Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2412
6.5pts·2447perf+7.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Vladislav Nevednichy led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Nevednichy7.5Harikrishnan.A.Ra7Hamitevici6.5Nikolov6.5Papadopoulos6Tragoudaras6

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Vladislav Nevednichy held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Vladislav Nevednichy drew with GM Harikrishnan.A.Ra (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Vladislav Nevednichy won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVladislav Nevednichy	*	½	—	½
2GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra	½	*	½	½
3GMVladimir Hamitevici	—	½	*	½
4GMMomchil Nikolov	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nevednichy, VladislavGM	2429	ROU	+30N	+26B	+12N	=9B	=3N	+27B	=2N	+10B	+8B	7.5	43.0	47.0	37.50	2523	+12.3
2	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2515	IND	+13B	+6N	=5B	+22N	+8B	=4N	=1B	=3N	+9B	7.0	48.5	53.0	39.75	2497	+0.1
3	Nikolov, MomchilGM	2412	BUL	+15B	+7N	+32B	=10N	=1B	=8N	+9B	=2B	=4N	6.5	48.5	52.5	36.50	2447	+7.2
4	Hamitevici, VladimirGM	2434	MDA	+17B	+48N	=22B	+5N	+9B	=2B	−10N	+12B	=3B	6.5	45.0	47.5	33.00	2432	+2.9
5	Stamatiou, RodolfosFM	2317	GRE	+39N	+25B	=2N	−4B	+6B	=32N	+11B	−8N	+13B	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.50	2254	-5.4
6	Papadopoulos, ArgiriosFM	2069	GRE	+49N	−2B	+39N	+14B	−5N	=13B	+23N	=16B	+18N	6.0	41.0	43.0	25.00	2116	+11.8
7	Tragoudaras, Nikolaos	1942	GRE	+23N	−3B	=43N	+26B	=12N	−14B	+40N	+19B	+16N	6.0	38.5	41.5	26.00	2105	+36.2
8	Naoum, Spyridon	2334	GRE	+11B	F	+18N	+16B	−2N	=3B	+14N	+5B	−1N	5.5	47.5	47.5	29.75	2344	+8.4
9	Marinakis, HristosCM	2156	GRE	+42B	+34N	+44B	=1N	−4N	+37B	−3N	+15B	−2N	5.5	42.5	45.5	21.75	2245	+23.8
10	Holm, Kristian StuvikGM	2496	NOR	+14N	+24B	F	=3B	F	+25N	+4B	−1N	+12N	5.5	39.0	39.0	28.25	2489	+1.3
11	Platsaki, Evgenia Valeria	1836	GRE	−8N	=38B	+53N	=18B	+24N	+45B	−5N	=14B	+22N	5.5	36.5	36.5	18.25	2045	+86.3
12	Roinos, Ilias	2247	GRE	+28B	+31N	−1B	=13N	=7B	+17N	+43B	−4N	−10B	5.0	43.5	46.5	21.50	2110	-22.6
13	Amvrosiadis, Themistoklis	1872	CYP	−2N	+36B	+29N	=12B	=16N	=6N	+24B	=18B	−5N	5.0	42.5	46.0	22.50	2082	+88.0
14	Diamantis, Angelos	1870	GRE	−10B	+50N	+34B	−6N	+29B	+7N	−8B	=11N	=15N	5.0	41.0	42.5	20.25	1968	+18.8
15	Benakis, Ioannis	1856	GRE	−3N	+47B	+24N	=25B	=18N	=16B	+27N	−9N	=14B	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.50	2030	+75.6
16	Mavridis, Emmanouil	2096	GRE	=43B	+41N	+27B	−8N	=13B	=15N	+37B	=6N	−7B	5.0	38.5	41.5	20.50	2010	-38.8
17	Nikitakis, Ioannis	1865	GRE	−4N	+23B	+33N	−37B	+20N	−12B	−19N	+45B	+25B	5.0	37.5	40.0	20.00	1951	+33.2
18	Cook, Michael-Antony	1989	GRE	+52B	=44N	−8B	=11N	=15B	+42N	+25B	=13N	−6B	5.0	37.0	37.5	16.75	2015	+2.8
19	Gestsson, Sverrir	1931	ISL	−34B	−42N	=50B	+36N	=28B	+46N	+17B	−7N	+43B	5.0	30.5	32.0	16.75	1836	-22.4
20	Nichlos, Michalis	1833	GRE	F	F	=45B	+35N	−17B	=29N	+34B	+37N	+26B	5.0	30.0	30.0	17.75	1962	+24.8
21	Loukakis, Nikolaos	1882	GRE	−29B	−49N	=36B	+50N	=46B	+35N	=41B	=26N	+28B	5.0	27.0	28.5	15.75	1850	-14.8
22	Pulkkinen, KariFM	2186	FIN	+45N	+51B	=4N	−2B	−25N	−23B	+36N	+43N	−11B	4.5	36.5	37.5	13.25	1956	-43.0
23	Badescu, Eliza-IoanaWCM	1718	ROU	−7B	−17N	=28B	+52N	+48B	+22N	−6B	=25N	=24B	4.5	36.5	37.0	13.75	1939	+94.4
24	Siskou, EvangeliaWFM	2026	GRE	+50B	−10N	−15B	+42N	−11B	+28N	−13N	+46B	=23N	4.5	35.0	36.5	13.25	1871	-65.5
25	Badescu, Matei-Andrei	1887	ROU	+47N	−5N	+35B	=15N	+22B	−10B	−18N	=23B	−17N	4.0	39.0	41.5	15.25	1911	+2.0
26	Lampou, MariantaWCM	2000	GRE	+35B	−1N	=42B	−7N	+34B	=44N	=31N	=21B	−20N	4.0	37.5	40.5	14.50	1905	-47.5
27	Loutragotis, Paraskevas Pantelei	1948	GRE	F	F	−16N	+46B	+44B	−1N	−15B	+31N	+30N	4.0	36.0	36.0	13.50	2076	+19.8
28	Psarianou, Eleni	1816	GRE	−12N	−33B	=23N	+38B	=19N	−24B	+49N	+47B	−21N	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.75	1779	-20.1
29	Fraidakis, Matthaios Ioannis	1638	GRE	+21N	−32N	−13B	+51B	−14N	=20B	=45N	+40B	−41N	4.0	33.5	34.5	13.25	1831	+77.9
30	Smeets, Sjo	1864	NED	−1B	F	+38N	−44N	=47B	=34N	+42B	+41N	−27B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1900	+4.2
31	Lampos, Charalampos	1874	GRE	+33N	−12B	+51N	−32N	+49B	−43N	=26B	−27B	=40N	4.0	29.5	30.5	10.75	1853	-12.5
32	Kazakos, Nikolaos	2144	GRE	+38N	+29B	−3N	+31B	=37N	=5B	F	F	F	4.0	27.5	27.5	16.25	2126	+2.0
33	Christodoulakis, Michail Em	1598	GRE	−31B	+28N	−17B	−45N	−35B	+50N	−46B	+52N	+49N	4.0	25.0	25.5	8.00	1748	+65.4
34	Nteneketzis, Paraskevas	1684	GRE	+19N	−9B	−14N	+40B	−26N	=30B	−20N	−39B	+52B	3.5	35.5	36.0	11.00	1808	+45.6
35	Gioras, Ioannis	1747	GRE	−26N	+40B	−25N	−20B	+33N	−21B	=39N	=38B	=46N	3.5	32.5	35.0	12.25	1729	-5.4
36	Dimanoudis, Petros	1746	GRE	−48B	−13N	=21N	−19B	+52B	+51N	−22B	+42N	−37B	3.5	29.5	30.0	7.00	1808	+11.2
37	Stefanatos, Nikolaos	1919	GRE	F	+53B	F	+17N	=32B	−9N	−16N	−20B	+36N	3.5	28.0	28.0	10.50	1944	+4.0
38	Golyanov, Alexey	1613	BUL	−32B	=11N	−30B	−28N	=50B	+53N	=48B	=35N	=42B	3.5	28.0	28.0	8.00	1759	+29.2
39	Van Helvoort, Huub	1830	NED	−5B	+52N	−6B	=47N	−42B	=48N	=35B	+34N	F	3.5	27.5	27.5	8.25	1817	-12.4
40	Girvalakis, Spyridon	1849	GRE	−44B	−35N	+52B	−34N	+53B	+47N	−7B	−29N	=31B	3.5	27.0	27.0	5.00	1730	-31.6
41	Knors, Rudi	2003	BEL	−51N	−16B	F	+53N	F	+49B	=21N	−30B	+29B	3.5	21.0	21.0	8.50	1823	-30.6
42	Skoulakis, Alexandros	1769	GRE	−9N	+19B	=26N	−24B	+39N	−18B	−30N	−36B	=38N	3.0	35.0	38.5	12.25	1781	-0.6
43	Kotsoglou, Georgios	1764	GRE	=16N	F	=7B	+48N	F	+31B	−12N	−22B	−19N	3.0	32.0	32.0	12.00	1973	+32.2
44	Bulmaga, IrinaIM	2394	ROU	+40N	=18B	−9N	+30B	−27N	=26B	F	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	12.00	2022	-24.0
45	Boesch, Heinz	1772	GER	−22B	F	=20N	+33B	F	−11N	=29B	−17N	=47N	2.5	30.5	30.5	9.75	1697	-17.0
46	Deli, Eleanna Ratzvika	1794	GRE	F	F	=48B	−27N	=21N	−19B	+33N	−24N	=35B	2.5	28.5	28.5	9.50	1773	-4.8
47	Fragkakis, Georgios	1651	GRE	−25B	−15N	F	=39B	=30N	−40B	+51N	−28N	=45B	2.5	27.5	27.5	6.00	1687	+13.6
48	Bairamian, Artur	1991	GRE	+36N	−4B	=46N	−43B	−23N	=39B	=38N	F	F	2.5	27.0	27.0	8.25	1734	-47.6
49	Volani, Olga	1760	GRE	−6B	+21B	F	F	−31N	−41N	−28B	+50N	−33B	2.0	28.0	28.0	6.50	1698	-28.0
50	De Rijk, Charles	1751	NED	−24N	−14B	=19N	−21B	=38N	−33B	=52N	−49B	F	1.5	29.5	29.5	4.50	1551	-80.4
51	Hatzidakis, Nikolaos	1750	GRE	+41B	−22N	−31B	−29N	F	−36B	−47B	F	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	3.50	1571	-28.0
52	Saynajakangas, Kirsi	1733	FIN	−18N	−39B	−40N	−23B	−36N	F	=50B	−33B	−34N	0.5	29.0	29.0	0.75	1327	-62.2
53	Karavitaki, Antonia	1764	GRE	F	−37N	−11B	−41B	−40N	−38B	F	F	F	0.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	1043	-39.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Badescu, Eliza-IoanaWCMROU
+94.4
4.5 pts · #23
2Amvrosiadis, ThemistoklisCYP
+88.0
5.0 pts · #15
3Platsaki, Evgenia ValeriaGRE
+86.3
5.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1De Rijk, CharlesNED
-80.4
1.5 pts · #50
2Siskou, EvangeliaWFMGRE
-65.5
4.5 pts · #24
3Saynajakangas, KirsiFIN
-62.2
0.5 pts · #52

Biggest upsets

R6+468 Elo gap
WCMBadescu, Eliza-Ioana1718 beat FMPulkkinen, Kari2186
R5+446 Elo gap
Loutragotis, Paraskevas Pantelei1948 beat IMBulmaga, Irina2394
R9+350 Elo gap
Platsaki, Evgenia Valeria1836 beat FMPulkkinen, Kari2186