2026 National Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 17 Mar 2026 in Athens, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Filippos Boudalakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 0) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Andreas Valiakos (5.0) and Odysseas Tsakiris (4.5). Boudalakis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇬🇷Athens, Greece

Dates

14 Mar 2026 → 17 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes for game

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇷Greece×13

Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Filippos Boudalakis 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Odysseas Tsakiris 4 wins (R2–R5)

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Filippos Boudalakis	*	1	1	—
2Andreas Valiakos	0	*	—	1
3Odysseas Tsakiris	0	—	*	1
4Konstantinos Kapnakis	—	0	0	*

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Boudalakis, Filippos	GRE	+3N	+6B	+7N	=?N	+2B	+4B	+9N	6.5	23.5	23.5	23.50	2287	+20.8
2	Valiakos, Andreas	GRE	=4N	=9B	+13N	+7B	−1N	+5B	+6N	5.0	24.5	26.5	17.00	1568	0.0
3	Tsakiris, Odysseas	GRE	−1B	+8N	+10B	+14N	+5B	−?N	=4B	4.5	20.5	20.5	12.00	1616	+16.4
4	Ntovas, Dimitrios	GRE	=2B	+11N	+9B	−5N	+12B	−1N	=3N	4.0	24.0	26.0	10.75	1512	+10.4
5	Kapnakis, Konstantinos	GRE	+15B	+10N	−?B	+4B	−3N	−2N	+12B	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.50	1658	+16.4
6	Sarantidis, Gavriil	GRE	+8B	−1N	+16B	+12N	−?B	+11N	−2B	4.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1633	+12.6
7	Pavlopoulos, Andreas	GRE	+16N	+13B	−1B	−2N	+11B	+10N	−?B	4.0	17.5	17.5	6.00	1649	+22.8
8	FIDE 541013549	—	−6N	−3B	F	−10N	+16N	=14B	+15B	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.25	1405	0.0
9	FIDE 42172110	—	=11B	=2N	−4N	+16B	F	F	−1B	2.0	19.5	19.5	3.50	1240	0.0
10	Kritikou, Dionysia	GRE	F	−5B	−3N	+8B	F	−7B	+14N	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1312	0.0
11	Doumpos, Marios	GRE	=9N	−4B	=15N	+13B	−7N	−6B	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.75	1321	-15.4
12	Kavallari, Hrysovalanto	GRE	F	−?N	+14B	−6B	−4N	+13B	−5N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1398	-5.2
13	Kapnakis, Mihail	GRE	F	−7N	−2B	−11N	+15B	−12N	+16N	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.50	1264	-21.0
14	Koumtzis, Sotiris	GRE	−?B	+15N	−12N	−3B	F	=8N	−10B	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.75	1351	-10.4
15	Livanopoulou, Athina	GRE	−5N	−14B	=11B	F	−13N	+16B	−8N	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1148	-60.8
16	FIDE 541026748	—	−7B	F	−6N	−9N	−8B	−15N	−13B	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	680	0.0

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