International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 B

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66 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Chania, Greece. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1611, and top seed was Dimitrios Chania Rizos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1660).

Elli Vakali (🇬🇷 GRE, 1633) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Dimitrios Chania Rizos (7.0) and Emmanouil Vrontakis (7.0). Vakali shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dimitra Apostolou (1448) beat Konstantinos Metaxas (1650), a +202-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

🇬🇷Dimitrios Chania Rizos1660

Avg top 10

1,611

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇷Greece×52

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Elli Vakali
🇬🇷GRE·1633
7.0pts·1849perf+64.8
🥈
Dimitrios Chania Rizos
🇬🇷GRE·1660
7.0pts·1758perf+40.8
🥉
Emmanouil Vrontakis
🇬🇷GRE·1521
7.0pts·1721perf+76.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Rizos7Vakali7Vrontakis7Drakakis7Kalligeris6.5Xenakis6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE06 Apr

Theodosios Diakoloukas takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Vakali takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dimitrios Chania Rizos lost to Elli Vakali (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Dimitrios Chania Rizos	*	0	½	—
2Elli Vakali	1	*	1	0
3Emmanouil Vrontakis	½	0	*	—
4Georgios Th Drakakis	—	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vakali, Elli	1633	GRE	F	+33N	+37B	+3B	+2N	+7N	+8B	+9B	−4N	7.0	47.5	47.5	40.50	1849	+64.8
2	Rizos, Dimitrios Chania	1660	GRE	+19N	=3B	+22N	+11B	−1B	+28N	+31B	=8N	+7B	7.0	46.0	50.5	37.00	1758	+40.8
3	Vrontakis, Emmanouil	1521	GRE	+63B	=2N	+39B	−1N	+48N	+11B	+6N	=5B	+9N	7.0	45.5	47.0	33.25	1721	+76.4
4	Drakakis, Georgios Th	1532	GRE	+58N	+57B	−10N	+27B	−16N	+19B	+36N	+35B	+1B	7.0	37.5	39.5	28.50	1671	+48.8
5	Kalligeris, Ioannis	1612	GRE	+25B	+9N	−7B	+39N	−8B	+41N	+23B	=3N	+26B	6.5	43.5	47.5	32.00	1650	+15.6
6	Xenakis, Charles	1468	GRE	+64B	−31N	=35B	+51N	+14B	+20N	−3B	+18N	+8B	6.5	40.0	41.5	28.00	1696	+35.2
7	Katsimpiris, Alexandros	1540	GRE	+26N	+44B	+5N	+17B	+10N	−1B	−9N	+16B	−2N	6.0	47.0	50.5	30.50	1675	+52.8
8	Diakoloukas, Theodosios	1574	GRE	+27N	=22B	+38N	+48B	+5N	+16B	−1N	=2B	−6N	6.0	45.5	48.5	29.00	1647	+29.6
9	Tsormpatzoglou, Eleftheria	1520	GRE	+45N	−5B	+43N	+57B	+17N	+10B	+7B	−1N	−3B	6.0	45.0	47.0	26.50	1580	+12.0
10	Kyriakogiannakis, Ioannis	1595	GRE	+40B	+13N	+4B	+18N	−7B	−9N	=35B	=12B	+16N	6.0	44.0	48.0	31.25	1668	+31.2
11	Koutsouridakis, Emmanouil N	1528	GRE	+35B	+54N	+31B	−2N	=18B	−3N	+28B	−26N	+23B	5.5	41.5	44.0	23.00	1635	+42.0
12	Kouvedaki, Rafaela	1500	GRE	+49N	+53B	−17N	−16B	+27N	=21B	+30B	=10N	=13B	5.5	38.5	41.0	22.75	1614	+55.6
13	Lampousakis, Michail	1515	GRE	+24N	−10B	=26N	+38B	−35N	+44B	=21N	+51B	=12N	5.5	37.5	40.5	23.00	1574	+8.8
14	Kakatsakis, Anastasios	1615	GRE	=38N	+65B	−48N	+26B	−6N	+55B	−16N	+29B	+42N	5.5	34.0	35.0	18.50	1499	-29.6
15	Tripodakis, Emmanouil	1526	GRE	−57N	+58B	−27N	+45B	=44N	+29B	−26B	+37N	+32B	5.5	31.0	33.0	20.25	1527	-1.2
16	Metaxas, Konstantinos	1650	GRE	−54B	+61N	+23B	+12N	+4B	−8N	+14B	−7N	−10B	5.0	43.5	45.5	25.00	1531	-51.6
17	Spanoudakis, Ioannis	1572	GRE	+47B	+41N	+12B	−7N	−9B	−23N	+25B	=19N	=28B	5.0	41.0	44.5	22.75	1484	-19.2
18	Volanis, Vasileios	1566	GRE	+61B	+28N	+20B	−10B	=11N	−35N	+37B	−6B	=21N	5.0	40.5	42.5	20.75	1579	+10.8
19	Antonakis, Lykourgos	1449	GRE	−2B	+63N	+59B	−20N	+24B	−4N	+40B	=17B	=22N	5.0	40.0	41.5	17.50	1424	-9.2
20	Latos, Dimitrios	1600	GRE	+29N	+36B	−18N	+19B	−34N	−6B	+27N	+24B	F	5.0	39.0	43.0	23.00	1537	-19.6
21	Xeras, Ioannis	0	GRE	=23B	−37N	=25B	+42N	+39B	=12N	=13B	=30N	=18B	5.0	38.5	42.5	23.25	1500	0.0
22	Bouchlis, Nikolaos	1514	GRE	+56B	=8N	−2B	−37N	+33B	=40N	+59B	=32N	=19B	5.0	37.5	39.5	18.75	1367	-39.2
23	Staicovici, Alice Amelie	1467	ROU	=21N	+60B	−16N	=53B	+57N	+17B	−5N	+36B	−11N	5.0	35.5	37.5	16.75	1523	+16.0
24	Nerantzakis, Dimitrios	0	GRE	−13B	+40N	+54B	−36B	−19N	+52N	+41B	−20N	+39B	5.0	34.5	37.0	17.50	1500	0.0
25	Chekanov, Amir Mar	1441	FID	−5N	=45B	=21N	+62B	+49N	−36B	−17N	+59B	+38N	5.0	33.0	35.0	15.25	1344	-20.0
26	Chatzilias, Petros V	0	GRE	−7B	+30N	=13B	−14N	F	+48B	+15N	+11B	−5N	4.5	42.0	42.0	21.25	1563	0.0
27	Ouzounstefanis, Nikolaos	1402	GRE	−8B	+56N	+15B	−4N	−12B	+49N	−20B	+47N	=30B	4.5	40.0	42.5	16.75	1352	-21.2
28	Psarianos, Emmanouil	1471	GRE	+51N	−18B	F	+47N	+37B	−2B	−11N	+44B	=17N	4.5	36.5	36.5	16.50	1470	-8.8
29	Gkouvras, Konstantinos	1436	GRE	−20B	−50N	+64B	+32N	=30B	−15N	+33B	−14N	+45B	4.5	36.0	37.5	16.25	1256	-32.4
30	Nomikos, Marios	1589	GRE	−44N	−26B	+58N	+43B	=29N	+38B	−12N	=21B	=27N	4.5	35.5	37.5	17.00	1367	-56.4
31	Anastasopoulou, Stavroula	1571	GRE	+43N	+6B	−11N	+44B	+36N	=34B	−2N	F	F	4.5	35.0	35.0	20.25	1579	+1.2
32	Christodoulaki, Antonia Em	0	GRE	−34N	+52B	−36N	−29B	+46N	+50B	+48N	=22B	−15N	4.5	33.0	36.0	15.00	1144	0.0
33	Zdragkas, Nikolaos	0	GRE	+55N	−1B	−44N	+52B	−22N	=45B	−29N	+54B	+48N	4.5	32.0	34.5	12.75	1364	0.0
34	Trelakas, Andreas	1538	GRE	+32B	−39N	+42B	+50N	+20B	=31N	F	F	F	4.5	25.0	25.0	18.75	1563	+4.8
35	Kotsonis Garedakis, Filippos	0	GRE	−11N	+55B	=6N	F	+13B	+18B	=10N	−4N	F	4.0	43.0	43.0	19.25	1544	0.0
36	Stratoudakis, Alexandros	1518	GRE	+50B	−20N	+32B	+24N	−31B	+25N	−4B	−23N	F	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.50	1280	-60.0
37	Ouzounstefanis, Ioannis	1423	GRE	F	+21B	−1N	+22B	−28N	+53B	−18N	−15B	+62N	4.0	36.5	36.5	14.50	1429	-6.0
38	Gagani, Elli	1444	GRE	=14B	+62N	−8B	−13N	+56B	−30N	=47B	+49N	−25B	4.0	35.5	37.5	12.00	1181	-52.0
39	Apostolou, Maria M	1469	GRE	+59N	+34B	−3N	−5B	−21N	+60B	−51N	+58B	−24N	4.0	35.0	37.0	10.50	1430	-14.0
40	Siskos, Ioannis	1421	GRE	−10N	−24B	+66N	+59B	=53N	=22B	−19N	−46B	+44N	4.0	32.5	32.5	9.25	1441	-0.8
41	Lavdakis, Michail	1483	GRE	+52N	−17B	−57N	+46B	+50N	−5B	−24N	−42B	+58N	4.0	32.0	34.0	11.50	792	-28.4
42	Kokogiannakis, Rafail	1410	GRE	−53N	+49B	−34N	−21B	F	+62N	+55B	+41N	−14B	4.0	29.0	29.0	11.50	1469	0.0
43	FIDE 42172268	0	—	−31B	+64N	−9B	−30N	−60N	+65B	−46N	+63B	+59N	4.0	25.5	26.5	6.00	754	0.0
44	Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos	1416	GRE	+30B	−7N	+33B	−31N	=15B	−13N	+45B	−28N	−40B	3.5	39.0	42.5	15.25	1299	-34.0
45	Mavredakis, Georgios	0	GRE	−9B	=25N	=46B	−15N	+54B	=33N	−44N	+53B	−29N	3.5	35.0	37.5	11.50	1384	0.0
46	Psarakis, Kyriakos	0	GRE	F	−48B	=45N	−41N	−32B	+56N	+43B	+40N	F	3.5	29.5	29.5	12.25	1464	0.0
47	FIDE 541007476	0	—	−17N	+66B	=53N	−28B	−55N	+61B	=38N	−27B	=60N	3.5	27.0	27.0	6.25	1228	0.0
48	Stamataki, Eleanna	1455	GRE	F	+46N	+14B	−8N	−3B	−26N	−32B	+56N	−33B	3.0	38.0	38.0	11.50	1444	0.0
49	Psilopoulou, Aikaterini Viktoria	0	GRE	−12B	−42N	F	+54N	−25B	−27B	+57N	−38B	+53N	3.0	30.0	30.0	7.00	1349	0.0
50	Moutsakis, Vasileios	0	GRE	−36N	+29B	+65N	−34B	−41B	−32N	=54N	−52B	=61N	3.0	29.0	30.0	7.75	1341	0.0
51	Simantirakis, Theodoros	0	GRE	−28B	F	+60N	−6B	F	+58N	+39B	−13N	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	8.00	1312	0.0
52	Moiradorakis, Konstantinos	1470	GRE	−41B	−32N	+63B	−33N	F	−24B	+61N	+50N	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.50	686	0.0
53	Trachalakis, Emmanouil	1579	GRE	+42B	−12N	=47B	=23N	=40B	−37N	F	−45N	−49B	2.5	32.5	32.5	10.25	1264	-70.8
54	Apostolou, Dimitra	1448	GRE	+16N	−11B	−24N	−49B	−45N	F	=50B	−33N	+55B	2.5	32.0	32.0	9.00	1675	+34.4
55	Psilopoulou, Anna Maria	1454	GRE	−33B	−35N	=56B	+65N	+47B	−14N	−42N	−62B	−54N	2.5	28.5	29.5	5.75	736	-33.2
56	FIDE 42164931	0	—	−22N	−27B	=55N	+61B	−38N	−46B	+64N	−48B	−63N	2.5	26.0	27.5	4.75	1141	0.0
57	Koutsouridakis, Emmanouil	0	GRE	+15B	−4N	+41B	−9N	−23B	−59N	−49B	F	F	2.0	34.5	34.5	9.50	1431	0.0
58	FIDE 42197104	0	—	−4B	−15N	−30B	+64N	F	−51B	+60N	−39N	−41B	2.0	31.5	31.5	3.50	727	0.0
59	FIDE 541011040	0	—	−39B	F	−19N	−40N	+65B	+57B	−22N	−25N	−43B	2.0	30.0	30.0	3.00	673	0.0
60	FIDE 42154154	0	—	F	−23N	−51B	=63N	+43B	−39N	−58B	F	=47B	2.0	25.0	25.0	6.50	694	0.0
61	FIDE 541024834	0	—	−18N	−16B	F	−56N	+63B	−47N	−52B	=64N	=50B	2.0	25.0	25.0	3.75	799	0.0
62	FIDE 42171806	0	—	F	−38B	F	−25N	F	−42B	+65N	+55N	−37B	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.50	1259	0.0
63	FIDE 541027655	0	—	−3N	−19B	−52N	=60B	−61N	−64B	F	−43N	+56B	1.5	27.0	27.0	3.50	686	0.0
64	FIDE 541007492	0	—	−6N	−43B	−29N	−58B	F	+63N	−56B	=61B	−65N	1.5	24.0	24.0	2.50	665	0.0
65	FIDE 42189381	0	—	F	−14N	−50B	−55B	−59N	−43N	−62B	F	+64B	1.0	20.5	20.5	1.50	741	0.0
66	FIDE 541027663	0	—	F	−47N	−40B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	641	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vrontakis, EmmanouilGRE
+76.4
7.0 pts · #7
2Vakali, ElliGRE
+64.8
7.0 pts · #2
3Kouvedaki, RafaelaGRE
+55.6
5.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Trachalakis, EmmanouilGRE
-70.8
2.5 pts · #46
2Stratoudakis, AlexandrosGRE
-60.0
4.0 pts · #42
3Nomikos, MariosGRE
-56.4
4.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R1+202 Elo gap
Apostolou, Dimitra1448 beat Metaxas, Konstantinos1650
R1+173 Elo gap
Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos1416 beat Nomikos, Marios1589
R3+160 Elo gap
Stamataki, Eleanna1455 beat Kakatsakis, Anastasios1615