2026 Youth championships of ESSKEDYM - open U12
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Ptolemaida, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 804, and top seed was Iason Iliadis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1683).
Ioannis St Nikolaidis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1647) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Angelos Chatziavgoustidis (3.0) and Iason Iliadis (2.5). Nikolaidis won solo starting round 2.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsIoannis St Nikolaidis led from R2 onwards, the title was decided early.
Ioannis St Nikolaidis never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Ioannis St Nikolaidis opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Iason Iliadis); the title is out of reach before R5.
Ioannis St Nikolaidis beat Angelos Chatziavgoustidis (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇷Nikolaidis, Ioannis St | 1647 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 9.00 | 9.0 | +40.0 | 2380 |
| 2 | 🇬🇷Chatziavgoustidis, Angelos | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 5.50 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 1601 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Iliadis, Iason | 1683 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 11.5 | -35.2 | 1341 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Koutsionas, Athanasios | 1495 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.0 | 2.50 | 12.0 | -4.8 | 1436 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷Koukiotis, Evangelos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 781 |
| 4 | FIDE 42190487 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0.5 | 1.00 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 1308 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nikolaidis, Ioannis StGRE+40.05.0 pts · #1
- 2Chatziavgoustidis, AngelosGRE0.03.0 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 421904870.00.5 pts · #4
- 1Iliadis, IasonGRE-35.22.5 pts · #3
- 2Koutsionas, AthanasiosGRE-4.82.0 pts · #5
- 3Chatziavgoustidis, AngelosGRE0.03.0 pts · #2