2026 Youth championships of ESSPEP-open girls U16
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10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Argos, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 639, and top seed was Charalampos Sellis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1685).
Charalampos Sellis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1685) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Georgios Skoufis (3.5) and Ioannis Evgenios Mantikos (3.5). Sellis shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ioannis Evgenios Mantikos (1569) beat Charalampos Sellis (1685), a +116-point gap.
Location
🇬🇷Argos, Greece
Dates
03 Apr 2026 → 05 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×9
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.5/5. Sellis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Ioannis Evgenios Mantikos 3 wins (R2–R5)Charalampos Sellis 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ioannis Evgenios Mantikos | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Georgios Skoufis | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Charalampos Sellis | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Christos Tsirikos | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sellis, Charalampos | 1685 | GRE | +10B | +9N | +5B | =2N | −3N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 769 | -26.4 |
| 2 | Skoufis, Georgios | 0 | GRE | +4B | =5N | +6N | =1B | =7B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.25 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mantikos, Ioannis Evgenios | 1569 | GRE | =6N | +8B | F | +7N | +1B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.25 | 2406 | +66.0 |
| 4 | Tsirikos, Christos | 0 | GRE | −2N | −6B | =8N | +9B | +5N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Makris, Panagiotis I | 0 | GRE | +7N | =2B | −1N | F | −4B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kosmopoulou, Sofia | 0 | GRE | =3B | +4N | −2B | −10N | −9B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Stathopoulou, Athanasia Ismini | 1477 | GRE | −5B | +10N | F | −3B | =2N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 769 | -14.8 |
| 8 | Katsilieris, Pavlos Alexandros | 1659 | GRE | F | −3N | =4B | F | +10B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 769 | -24.8 |
| 9 | FIDE 42171628 | 0 | — | F | −1B | F | −4N | +6N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 884 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Karsioti, Maria | 0 | GRE | −1N | −7B | F | +6B | −8N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 806 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mantikos, Ioannis EvgeniosGRE+66.03.5 pts · #1
- 2Kosmopoulou, SofiaGRE0.01.5 pts · #5
- 3Skoufis, GeorgiosGRE0.03.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Sellis, CharalamposGRE-26.43.5 pts · #6
- 2Katsilieris, Pavlos AlexandrosGRE-24.81.5 pts · #10
- 3Stathopoulou, Athanasia IsminiGRE-14.81.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R5+116 Elo gap