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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
Top seed
🇬🇷Dimitrios Sarsentos1805
Avg top 10
1,623
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 7 · 7 rounds
Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
#1#2#4#7R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
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

#PlayerElo1234567PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇬🇷Bellos, Iason1590*1011104.010.5015.0+25.21753
1🇬🇷Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis17780*½½1114.08.0015.0-6.81722
3🇬🇷Sarsentos, Dimitrios18051½*1—1—3.510.0015.5+11.21948
4🇬🇷Zacharis, Lampros16100½0*½½12.55.0016.5-16.81567
5🇬🇷Baras, Konstantinos156500—½*112.53.7516.5+8.81598
6🇬🇷Karagiannakis, Dimitrios1465000½0*11.52.2517.5-6.81455
7🇬🇷Ntougkos, Dimitrios154510—000*1.04.0018.0-44.41362

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
1st Invitational pool VCA - 2 (2026) — Volos, Greece | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats