2026 Youth championships of ESSKEDYM - open U16
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 1087, and top seed was Antonios Damianos Siozos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1801).
Antonios Damianos Siozos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1801) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Konstantinos Nikolaos Kaldirimtzis (3.0) and Emmanouil Bakratsas (2.5). Siozos took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Emmanouil Bakratsas (1510) beat Antonios Damianos Siozos (1801), a +291-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAntonios Damianos Siozos led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Antonios Damianos Siozos never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Antonios Damianos Siozos beat Konstantinos Nikolaos Kaldirimtzis (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇬🇷Siozos, Antonios Damianos | 1801 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 5.50 | 8.0 | -13.6 | 1692 |
| 1 | 🇬🇷Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos Nikolaos | 1707 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3.0 | 5.00 | 9.0 | +4.0 | 1723 |
| 3 | 🇬🇷Bakratsas, Emmanouil | 1510 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | — | 2.5 | 5.25 | 9.5 | +24.0 | 1667 |
| 4 | 🇬🇷Kechagioglou, Athanasios | 1501 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 9.5 | -14.4 | 1397 |
| 5 | 🇬🇷Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Ch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 826 |
| 6 | FIDE 42127459 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 847 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bakratsas, EmmanouilGRE+24.02.5 pts · #3
- 2Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos NikolaosGRE+4.03.0 pts · #1
- 3FIDE 421274590.00.0 pts · #6
- 1Kechagioglou, AthanasiosGRE-14.42.5 pts · #4
- 2Siozos, Antonios DamianosGRE-13.64.0 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 421274590.00.0 pts · #6
- R3+291 Elo gap