1st Invitational pool VCA - 3
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 1585, and top seed was Stamatis Kountrias (🇬🇷 GRE, 1756).
Apostolos Chalatsis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1677) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Evangelos Papathanasiou (3.0) and Dimitrios Karagiannakis (2.5). Chalatsis won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Dimitrios Karagiannakis (1465) beat Stamatis Kountrias (1756), a +291-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsApostolos Chalatsis led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Apostolos Chalatsis held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
Apostolos Chalatsis beat Evangelos Papathanasiou (Black).
Apostolos Chalatsis 3 wins (R1–R3)Evangelos Papathanasiou 3 wins (R2–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷Chalatsis, Apostolos | 1677 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 4.75 | 7.5 | +11.6 | 1715 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Papathanasiou, Evangelos | 1653 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | +28.8 | 1792 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Karagiannakis, Dimitrios | 1465 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | — | 2.5 | 3.75 | 8.5 | +55.6 | 1741 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Kountrias, Stamatis | 1756 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | — | 1.5 | 3.75 | 9.5 | -56.4 | 1486 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Bougas, Theodoros | 1499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | — | 0.5 | 0.75 | 10.5 | -15.4 | 1317 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Mallia, Vasiliki | 1457 | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.0 | -8.8 | 877 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Karagiannakis, DimitriosGRE+55.62.5 pts · #3
- 2Papathanasiou, EvangelosGRE+28.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Chalatsis, ApostolosGRE+11.63.5 pts · #1
- 1Kountrias, StamatisGRE-56.41.5 pts · #4
- 2Bougas, TheodorosGRE-15.40.5 pts · #5
- 3Mallia, VasilikiGRE-8.80.0 pts · #6
- R1+291 Elo gap
- R2+103 Elo gap