1st Invitational pool VCA - 4
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 1287, and top seed was Stamatis Kountrias (🇬🇷 GRE, 1756).
Stamatis Kountrias (🇬🇷 GRE, 1756) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Achilleas Papapanagiotou (3.5) and Athanasios Koutidis (2.5). Kountrias won solo starting round 2.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsStamatis Kountrias led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Stamatis Kountrias never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Stamatis Kountrias opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Achilleas Papapanagiotou); the title is out of reach before R5.
Stamatis Kountrias beat Achilleas Papapanagiotou (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷Kountrias, Stamatis | 1756 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 9.75 | 10.5 | +9.2 | 1829 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Papapanagiotou, Achilleas | 1497 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 5.75 | 11.5 | +14.6 | 1651 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Koutidis, Athanasios | 1478 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 5.25 | 12.5 | -1.8 | 1476 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Papathanasiou, Georgios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.50 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 1474 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Taktikos, Nikiforos | 1559 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 3.25 | 13.5 | -23.6 | 1456 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Mallias, Nikolaos | 1430 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 2.50 | 14.0 | -11.2 | 1382 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Papapanagiotou, AchilleasGRE+14.63.5 pts · #2
- 2Kountrias, StamatisGRE+9.24.5 pts · #1
- 3Papathanasiou, GeorgiosGRE0.02.0 pts · #3
- 1Taktikos, NikiforosGRE-23.61.5 pts · #5
- 2Mallias, NikolaosGRE-11.21.0 pts · #6
- 3Koutidis, AthanasiosGRE-1.82.5 pts · #4