4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group B

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84 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Pafos, Cyprus. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1694, and top seed was Andreas Georgiou (🇨🇾 CYP, 1726).

Emre Seb (🇹🇷 TUR, 1690) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Vladimir Legostaev (7.0) and Christodoulos Daniil (7.0). Seb took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Giorgos Kakouris (1402) beat Husam Bannura (1599), a +197-point gap.

Location

🇨🇾Pafos, Cyprus

Dates

13 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇾Andreas Georgiou1726

Avg top 10

1,694

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇾Cyprus×37

FIDE (no federation)×12

🇬🇷Greece×6

🇹🇷Turkiye×3

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
Emre Seb
🇹🇷TUR·1690
8.0pts·2031perf+91.2
🥈
Vladimir Legostaev
FID
7.0pts·1764perf0.0
🥉
Christodoulos Daniil
🇨🇾CYP·1723
7.0pts·1953perf+70.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Emre Seb led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Seb8Legostaev7Daniil7Murali7Adimi6.5Abatzidis6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE16 Apr

Emre Seb takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Emre Seb drew with Vladimir Legostaev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Emre Seb 4 wins (R4–R7)Christodoulos Daniil 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Emre Seb	*	½	1	—
2Vladimir Legostaev	½	*	1	½
3Christodoulos Daniil	0	0	*	—
4Aurik Murali	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Seb, Emre	1690	TUR	+32B	+22N	=2B	+21N	+7N	+3B	+20B	=23N	+18N	8.0	46.0	50.5	44.50	2031	+91.2
2	Legostaev, Vladimir	0	FID	+29N	+33B	=1N	+36B	=4N	=6N	+5B	+3B	=7N	7.0	51.0	55.5	41.50	1764	0.0
3	Daniil, Christodoulos	1723	CYP	+65B	+17N	+9B	+20N	+5B	−1N	+6B	−2N	+30B	7.0	49.5	52.5	37.50	1953	+70.8
4	Murali, Aurik	1610	CYP	+75B	=31N	+24B	+47N	=2B	=5N	=11B	+20N	+10B	7.0	43.0	45.0	33.25	1930	+99.2
5	Seb, Ozgur	1724	TUR	+64N	+46B	+12N	+8B	−3N	=4B	−2N	+15B	+14N	6.5	48.0	51.0	33.50	1830	+34.8
6	Karaolis, Andreas	1691	CYP	+51N	+13B	−8N	+46B	+15N	=2B	−3N	+12B	+28N	6.5	46.0	50.0	33.00	1886	+58.0
7	Abatzidis, Stelios	1694	CYP	+55B	+38N	+34B	+23N	−1B	−22N	+9B	+11N	=2B	6.5	45.5	49.5	33.00	1751	+11.8
8	Adimi, Shahriar	0	GER	+10B	+16N	+6B	−5N	=9B	−11N	+37B	+33N	+23B	6.5	45.0	49.5	34.50	1721	0.0
9	Bannoura, Daniel	1625	CYP	+63N	+35B	−3N	+19B	=8N	=31B	−7N	+49B	+25N	6.0	43.5	46.5	27.50	1709	+30.4
10	Borkowski, Jan	1677	POL	−8N	+52B	+27N	=38B	=13N	+28B	=31N	+29B	−4N	5.5	43.0	47.0	26.25	1658	-7.6
11	Reznikov, Andrey	1569	FID	+67N	−26B	+51N	=44B	+77N	+8B	=4N	−7B	=15N	5.5	41.5	43.0	23.25	1545	-7.2
12	Odysseos, Ioannis	1637	CYP	+54B	+40N	−5B	−22N	+61B	=21N	+32B	−6N	+35B	5.5	40.5	44.0	23.50	1584	-8.4
13	Sorokos, Konstantinos	1514	GRE	+79B	−6N	=32B	+70N	=10B	+16N	−30B	+24N	=36B	5.5	39.0	40.5	21.75	1621	+39.6
14	Reid, Caitlin	1646	SCO	+69B	+76N	=21B	−26N	−22B	+34N	+57B	+17N	−5B	5.5	38.5	40.5	21.50	1629	-2.4
15	Katsikidis, Ioannis	1597	CYP	+74N	−44B	+48N	+60B	−6B	+45N	+36B	−5N	=11B	5.5	38.5	40.5	20.75	1622	+6.0
16	Biskas, Georgios	1604	CYP	+78N	−8B	+64N	+35B	−29N	−13B	+58N	=19B	+40N	5.5	38.5	40.0	20.25	1592	-2.4
17	Neofytou, Giorgos	1526	FID	+81N	−3B	+45N	=37B	+44N	+47B	−26N	−14B	+31B	5.5	38.5	39.5	19.75	1531	+6.0
18	Lomadze, Alexandr	1633	CYP	+59N	F	−47B	=31N	+50B	+48N	+41B	+22N	−1B	5.5	38.0	38.0	23.75	1671	+12.0
19	Posnagkidis, Loukas	1508	CYP	+66B	−20N	+53B	−9N	−48B	+54N	+45B	=16N	+33B	5.5	37.0	40.0	22.25	1432	-22.0
20	Fragkos, Prokopios	1655	CYP	+45N	+19B	+44N	−3B	+25N	+26B	−1N	−4B	F	5.0	45.5	45.5	23.50	1641	-4.4
21	Zilbert, Evgeny	0	FID	+27N	+25B	=14N	−1B	+38N	=12B	−23N	−28B	+49N	5.0	43.5	47.5	24.00	1602	0.0
22	Khudorozhkov, Mikhail	1522	FID	+71N	−1B	+43N	+12B	+14N	+7B	F	−18B	−26N	5.0	42.5	42.5	24.00	1671	+47.6
23	Kyriakides, Andreas	1638	CYP	+39N	+49B	+60N	−7B	F	=41N	+21B	=1B	−8N	5.0	42.5	42.5	23.25	1599	-8.0
24	Cicek, Deniz Ismail	1642	TUR	+53B	−34N	−4N	+39B	=27N	+51B	=49N	−13B	+54N	5.0	38.5	42.5	21.00	1376	-84.8
25	Sotiriou, Georgios	1595	CYP	+62B	−21N	+50B	+34N	−20B	−36N	+61B	+31N	−9B	5.0	37.0	40.5	20.00	1560	-11.2
26	Georgiou, Andreas	1726	CYP	+50B	+11N	F	+14B	F	−20N	+17B	−30N	+22B	5.0	35.5	35.5	25.50	1728	+1.8
27	Pafitis, Christos	1441	CYP	−21B	+83N	−10B	+62N	=24B	−33B	+52N	=63N	+46B	5.0	34.5	35.5	16.50	1530	+16.0
28	Stavridis, Andreas	1557	CYP	−60N	F	+84B	+53N	+64B	−10N	+65B	+21N	−6B	5.0	33.5	34.0	15.50	1487	-11.2
29	Zacharopoullos, Christoforos	1561	CYP	−2B	+59N	+65B	+61N	+16B	F	F	−10N	+32B	5.0	33.0	33.0	20.50	1728	+17.4
30	Koutsompinas, Georgios	1629	GRE	+83B	F	−36N	+32N	F	+46B	+13N	+26B	−3N	5.0	31.5	31.5	20.00	1725	+15.6
31	Kirpichenkov, Pavel	0	FID	+42N	=4B	=37N	=18B	+33N	=9N	=10B	−25B	−17N	4.5	43.5	48.0	23.25	1609	0.0
32	Kakouris, Giorgos	1402	CYP	−1N	+71B	=13N	−30B	+56N	+38B	−12N	+57B	−29N	4.5	41.5	43.5	17.25	1492	+28.0
33	Huegelmann, Philine	1603	GER	+84B	−2N	=40B	+63N	−31B	+27N	+47N	−8B	−19N	4.5	40.0	40.5	14.75	1618	+2.8
34	Wu, Wenrui	1482	CHN	+77N	+24B	−7N	−25B	=51N	−14B	=44N	+53B	=43N	4.5	38.5	40.0	16.75	1460	-6.4
35	Picolos, Antonios	1479	CYP	+56B	−9N	+62B	−16N	−45B	+53N	+73N	=47B	−12N	4.5	36.5	38.5	15.50	1308	-28.0
36	Iatros, Aristidis	1696	GRE	+58N	F	+30B	−2N	F	+25B	−15N	+46B	=13N	4.5	36.0	36.0	20.75	1745	+7.4
37	Komodromos, Renos	1643	CYP	+68N	F	=31B	=17N	−41B	=40B	−8N	+45N	+63B	4.5	35.5	35.5	17.25	1369	-44.0
38	Georgiou, Harilaos	1524	CYP	+80B	−7B	+39N	=10N	−21B	−32N	−63B	+71N	+44B	4.5	35.0	36.5	14.75	1320	-29.6
39	Buchbinder, Lavie	0	ISR	−23B	+57N	−38B	−24N	+66B	−50N	+79B	+61N	=47N	4.5	33.0	34.5	14.00	1467	0.0
40	Staicovici, Alice Amelie	1467	ROU	+73N	−12B	=33N	−77B	+63B	=37N	=48B	+60N	−16B	4.5	32.5	34.0	15.00	1434	-10.0
41	Neofytou, Nikolas	1509	CYP	=52N	−60B	+80N	+79B	+37N	=23B	−18N	=42B	F	4.5	30.0	30.0	14.25	1630	+26.0
42	Kostalias,Aristotelis	1598	CYP	−31B	+54N	−61B	F	+60N	F	+50B	=41N	+48B	4.5	28.0	28.0	17.75	1557	-10.4
43	FIDE 575010216	0	—	−76B	+72N	−22B	−48N	+83B	−64N	+82B	+65N	=34B	4.5	24.5	25.5	9.25	1112	0.0
44	Khudorozhkov, Iaroslav	0	FID	+57B	+15N	−20B	=11N	−17B	−61N	=34B	+64N	−38N	4.0	38.0	41.0	17.50	1496	0.0
45	Alexandrou, Nicholas	0	CYP	−20B	+56N	−17B	+66N	+35N	−15B	−19N	−37B	+73N	4.0	37.5	39.5	13.50	1293	0.0
46	Aresti, Aristos	1540	CYP	+82B	−5N	+55B	−6N	+65B	−30N	+64B	−36N	−27N	4.0	37.5	38.5	11.00	1423	-45.2
47	Zygourakis, Themistoklis	1663	GRE	+72B	F	+18N	−4B	+49N	−17N	−33B	=35N	=39B	4.0	37.5	37.5	16.00	1496	-27.4
48	Konnaris, Ploutarchos	1426	CYP	F	=61N	−15B	+43B	+19N	−18B	=40N	+62B	−42N	4.0	37.0	37.0	17.50	1421	-2.4
49	Monoyios, Onoufrios	1495	CYP	+70B	−23N	=63B	+52N	−47B	+77N	=24B	−9N	−21B	4.0	34.5	36.0	12.00	1318	-30.8
50	Nicolaou, Rafaella	1437	CYP	−26N	+78B	−25N	+67B	−18N	+39B	−42N	−54B	+69N	4.0	34.5	36.0	12.00	840	-43.2
51	Constantinou, Paris	1413	CYP	−6B	+66N	−11B	+71N	=34B	−24N	−60B	+77N	=55B	4.0	34.0	35.5	10.75	1322	-35.6
52	Saridis, Tzortz	0	GRE	=41B	−10N	+68N	−49B	+55B	−57N	−27B	+67N	=60B	4.0	33.5	36.5	14.00	1333	0.0
53	Bagrov, Nikita	0	FID	−24N	+73B	−19N	−28B	+67N	−35B	+77B	−34N	+64B	4.0	32.5	34.0	9.50	1249	0.0
54	Christodoulides, Kriton	0	CYP	−12N	−42B	F	+78B	+81N	−19B	+66N	+50N	−24B	4.0	31.0	32.0	9.50	1333	0.0
55	Lomadze, Nikolai	1425	CYP	−7N	+81B	−46N	=56B	−52N	+68B	−62N	+80B	=51N	4.0	30.5	31.5	9.50	1294	-18.0
56	FIDE 5914795	0	—	−35N	−45B	+59B	=55N	−32B	−63N	+84N	+72B	=58N	4.0	30.0	30.5	10.50	1241	0.0
57	Bannura, Husam	1599	CYP	−44N	−39B	+78N	+74B	F	+52B	−14N	−32N	+70B	4.0	28.5	28.5	10.00	724	-47.2
58	Malysheva, Liudmila	1432	CYP	−36B	−62N	−66B	+84N	+71B	+79N	−16B	=70N	=56B	4.0	26.5	27.0	7.25	850	-18.4
59	FIDE 5913713	0	—	−18B	−29B	−56N	=72N	=?B	−62N	+74B	+81N	+65B	4.0	26.0	26.0	7.00	1268	0.0
60	Neofytou, Orestis	0	CYP	+28B	+41N	−23B	−15N	−42B	F	+51N	−40B	=52N	3.5	37.0	37.0	15.50	1500	0.0
61	Alkim, Albert	1449	CYP	F	=48B	+42N	−29B	−12N	+44B	−25N	−39B	+62N	3.5	36.0	36.0	14.00	1416	-9.6
62	Kosmidis, Vladimiros	0	CYP	−25N	+58B	−35N	−27B	=68N	+59B	+55B	−48N	−61B	3.5	34.0	37.0	13.50	1306	0.0
63	Ermoshin, Vsevolod	0	FID	−9B	F	=49N	−33B	−40N	+56B	+38N	=27B	−37N	3.0	38.0	42.0	13.00	1385	0.0
64	Alexandrou, Emilio	1435	CYP	−5B	+84N	−16B	+83N	−28N	+43B	−46N	−44B	−53N	3.0	34.5	35.0	6.00	806	-50.0
65	Staicovici, Marc-Albert	1434	ROU	−3N	+74B	−29N	+81B	−46N	+70B	−28N	−43B	−59N	3.0	34.0	35.0	5.50	795	0.0
66	FIDE 540091104	0	—	−19N	−51B	+58N	−45B	−39N	+67B	−54B	+82N	−?B	3.0	30.0	30.0	8.00	1269	0.0
67	FIDE 540076768	0	—	−11B	+?N	−76B	−50N	−53B	−66N	+78N	−52B	+81B	3.0	25.0	25.0	2.50	1298	0.0
68	Azidis, Alexandros	0	GRE	−37B	=70N	−52B	=?N	=62B	−55N	−72N	=78B	+82B	3.0	23.0	23.0	4.75	1225	0.0
69	FIDE 5913918	0	—	−14N	=77B	−79N	+82B	=70N	−73B	=71B	=?N	−50B	3.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	1240	0.0
70	Zilbert, Mikhail	0	FID	−49N	=68B	+82N	−13B	=69B	−65N	F	=58B	−57N	2.5	28.5	29.5	6.00	1190	0.0
71	Rishik Lalith Murali	0	IND	−22B	−32N	F	−51B	−58N	+74B	=69N	−38B	=72N	2.0	31.0	33.0	4.50	670	0.0
72	FIDE 570021422	0	—	−47N	−43B	−81N	=59B	−78N	F	+68B	−56N	=71B	2.0	24.0	24.0	6.00	864	0.0
73	FIDE 5913101	0	—	−40B	−53N	−83B	F	+74N	+69N	−35B	F	−45B	2.0	23.0	23.0	5.00	674	0.0
74	FIDE 42178525	0	—	−15B	−65N	+?B	−57N	−73B	−71N	−59N	=84B	=79B	2.0	22.5	22.5	1.00	1418	0.0
75	FIDE 541010434	0	—	−4N	F	F	+80B	F	F	F	+79N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	797	0.0
76	Shvets, Andrey	1502	FID	+43N	−14B	+67N	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	7.50	846	-12.4
77	Sokolov, Timofei	0	FID	−34B	=69N	F	+40N	−11B	−49B	−53N	−51B	F	1.5	31.5	33.0	6.00	1258	0.0
78	FIDE 570020531	0	—	−16B	−50N	−57B	−54N	+72B	−82N	−67B	=68N	F	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.50	755	0.0
79	FIDE 540028186	0	—	−13N	F	+69B	−41N	F	−58B	−39N	−75B	=74N	1.5	25.5	25.5	4.00	686	0.0
80	FIDE 540050068	0	—	−38N	F	−41B	−75N	F	+84B	=?B	−55N	F	1.5	17.0	17.0	0.50	1150	0.0
81	FIDE 541004060	0	—	−17B	−55N	+72B	−65N	−54B	−?N	F	−59B	−67N	1.0	25.5	25.5	2.00	652	0.0
82	FIDE 5913608	0	—	−46N	F	−70B	−69N	F	+78B	−43N	−66B	−68N	1.0	21.5	21.5	1.50	740	0.0
83	FIDE 343467857	0	—	−30N	−27B	+73N	−64B	−43N	F	F	F	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	710	0.0
84	FIDE 5911770	0	—	−33N	−64B	−28N	−58B	F	−80N	−56B	=74N	F	0.5	24.0	24.0	1.00	713	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Murali, AurikCYP
+99.2
7.0 pts · #8
2Seb, EmreTUR
+91.2
8.0 pts · #3
3Daniil, ChristodoulosCYP
+70.8
7.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Cicek, Deniz IsmailTUR
-84.8
5.0 pts · #40
2Alexandrou, EmilioCYP
-50.0
3.0 pts · #72
3Bannura, HusamCYP
-47.2
4.0 pts · #75

Biggest upsets

R8+197 Elo gap
Kakouris, Giorgos1402 beat Bannura, Husam1599
R6+172 Elo gap
Khudorozhkov, Mikhail1522 beat Abatzidis, Stelios1694
R2+160 Elo gap
Wu, Wenrui1482 beat Cicek, Deniz Ismail1642