1st Invitational pool VCA - 1
Round-RobinStandard
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Volos, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1816, and top seed was Konstantinos Tzamtzis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1876).
Leonidas Antonakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1841) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Dimitrios Sarsentos (3.0) and Vasilis Iosif Koulis (2.0). Antonakis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Vasilis Iosif Koulis (1749) beat Konstantinos Tzamtzis (1876), a +127-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Volos, Greece
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 04 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
2
3
2
2
2
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Dimitrios Sarsentos 3 wins (R1–R5)Leonidas Antonakis 3 wins (R1–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇬🇷Antonakis, Leonidas | 1841 | * | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 3.00 | 6.0 | +56.8 | 2621 |
| 1 | 🇬🇷Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1805 | — | * | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 6.0 | +32.6 | 2634 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Koulis, Vasilis Iosif | 1749 | 0 | — | * | 1 | — | 1 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 7.0 | +17.0 | 1960 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Tzamtzis, Konstantinos | 1876 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | -27.4 | 1615 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Pagkratis, Spyridon | 1838 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -60.0 | 1040 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Chatzipolitis, Georgios | 1788 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -20.6 | 977 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Antonakis, LeonidasGRE+56.83.0 pts · #2
- 2Sarsentos, DimitriosGRE+32.63.0 pts · #1
- 3Koulis, Vasilis IosifGRE+17.02.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Pagkratis, SpyridonGRE-60.00.0 pts · #5
- 2Tzamtzis, KonstantinosGRE-27.41.0 pts · #4
- 3Chatzipolitis, GeorgiosGRE-20.60.0 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R3+127 Elo gap