1st Invitational pool VCA - 2
Round-RobinStandard
7 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 25 Apr 2026 in Volos, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1623, and top seed was Dimitrios Sarsentos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1805).
Iason Bellos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1590) won with 4.0/7, ahead of Ioannis Antoniou Tragoudas (4.0) and Dimitrios Sarsentos (3.5). Bellos won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Iason Bellos (1590) beat Ioannis Antoniou Tragoudas (1778), a +188-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Volos, Greece
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 25 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×7
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 7 · 7 roundsCo-leaders
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R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ioannis Antoniou Tragoudas lost to Iason Bellos (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Iason Bellos 3 wins (R4–R7)Dimitrios Sarsentos 3 wins (R1–R3)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇬🇷Bellos, Iason | 1590 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 10.50 | 15.0 | +25.2 | 1753 |
| 1 | 🇬🇷Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis | 1778 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 8.00 | 15.0 | -6.8 | 1722 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1805 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3.5 | 10.00 | 15.5 | +11.2 | 1948 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Zacharis, Lampros | 1610 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 5.00 | 16.5 | -16.8 | 1567 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Baras, Konstantinos | 1565 | 0 | 0 | — | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.75 | 16.5 | +8.8 | 1598 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Karagiannakis, Dimitrios | 1465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 2.25 | 17.5 | -6.8 | 1455 |
| 7 | 🇬🇷Ntougkos, Dimitrios | 1545 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.00 | 18.0 | -44.4 | 1362 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bellos, IasonGRE+25.24.0 pts · #2
- 2Sarsentos, DimitriosGRE+11.23.5 pts · #3
- 3Baras, KonstantinosGRE+8.82.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Ntougkos, DimitriosGRE-44.41.0 pts · #7
- 2Zacharis, LamprosGRE-16.82.5 pts · #4
- 3Antoniou Tragoudas, IoannisGRE-6.84.0 pts · #1
Biggest upsets
- R1+188 Elo gap