2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA

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71 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Ptolemaida, Greece. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2120, and top seed was Christos Dogias (🇬🇷 GRE, FM, 2356).

Stefanos Vardakas (🇬🇷 GRE, 1915) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ioannis St Nikolaidis (4.0) and Ioanna Kalyva (4.0). Vardakas won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Lazaros Karamitanis (1574) beat Antonios Damianos Siozos (1815), a +241-point gap.

Location

🇬🇷Ptolemaida, Greece

Dates

03 Apr 2026 → 05 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇷FMChristos Dogias2356

Avg top 10

2,120

Participants

Titled players · 3

GM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇬🇷Greece×60

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Stefanos Vardakas
🇬🇷GRE·1915
4.0pts·2074perf+18.8
🥈
Ioannis St Nikolaidis
🇬🇷GRE·1629
4.0pts·1596perf-3.2
🥉
Ioanna Kalyva
🇬🇷GRE·1528
4.0pts·2270perf+16.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
8	Vardakas, Stefanos	🇬🇷GRE	1915	4.0	1881	2074	+18.8
34	Nikolaidis, Ioannis St	🇬🇷GRE	1629	4.0	1596	1596	-3.2
27	Kalyva, Ioanna	🇬🇷GRE	1528	4.0	1470	2270	+16.0
35	Karagianni, Eleni	🇬🇷GRE	1661	4.0	1515	2315	+12.0
11	Vardaka, Styliani	🇬🇷GRE	1679	4.0	1570	2370	+43.2
1	Gkekas, Sokratis	🇬🇷GRE	2048	3.5	1834	1983	-4.2
2	Kesidis, Odyseas	🇬🇷GRE	2198	3.5	2076	2225	+8.2
4	Kosmidis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	2145	3.5	1942	2278	+10.6
5	FMDogias, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	2356	3.5	2145	2481	+10.2
14	Anastasiou, Georgios Florina	🇬🇷GRE	1502	3.5	1630	1725	+46.8
3	CMLagopatis, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	2071	3.5	1887	2036	-0.2
6	Papagiannis, Asterios	🇬🇷GRE	1956	3.5	1889	2038	+14.0
16	Moula, Sofia	🇬🇷GRE	1431	3.5	1506	1779	+52.0
18	Georgiadis, Athanasios Kat	🇬🇷GRE	1913	3.5	1746	2019	+8.0
37	Siozos, Antonios Damianos	🇬🇷GRE	1815	3.5	1743	1550	-26.4
13	Babalikis, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1921	3.5	1878	2151	+16.4
10	GMGrivas, Efstratios	🇬🇷GRE	2330	3.0	2102	2174	-7.7
12	Vardakas, Grigorios	🇬🇷GRE	2097	3.0	2090	2162	+10.6
7	Siozos, Filippos	🇬🇷GRE	1698	3.0	1581	1774	+15.6
9	Sidiropoulos, Angelos V	🇬🇷GRE	1679	3.0	1586	1779	+20.8
20	Mitsis, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1991	3.0	1873	1873	-20.4
63	Ntampiza, Anastasia	🇬🇷GRE	0	3.0	1600	800	0.0
26	Theofylaktidou, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	1532	3.0	1474	1474	-6.8
17	Minas, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1994	2.5	1872	1872	-11.6
21	Iliadis, Iason	🇬🇷GRE	1645	2.5	1590	1783	+14.4
39	Koutsionas, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1567	2.5	1634	1441	-11.2
15	Tsilidis, Christos	🇬🇷GRE	1970	2.5	1777	1872	-6.2
23	Pourliaka, Tatiana	🇬🇷GRE	1633	2.5	1700	1700	+5.2
22	Giamouzi, Alexandra	🇬🇷GRE	1463	2.5	1477	1477	+1.6
33	Atsou, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1501	2.0	1630	1437	-13.2
58	Serapli, Aikaterini	🇬🇷GRE	1515	2.0	1542	742	-55.2
30	Karamitanis, Lazaros	🇬🇷GRE	1574	2.0	1860	1735	+10.4
48	Chatziavgoustidis, Angelos	🇬🇷GRE	0	2.0	1606	806	0.0
19	Antoniadou, Paraskevi	🇬🇷GRE	1816	2.0	1569	1694	-8.0
25	Psomiadis, Haralampos	🇬🇷GRE	1853	2.0	1878	1753	-7.8
68	Mellios, Athanasios	🇬🇷GRE	1858	2.0	1921	1121	-8.2
44	Samaras, Michail	🇬🇷GRE	1645	1.5	1595	1273	-70.0
42	Papapavlidis, Petros	🇬🇷GRE	1469	1.5	1851	1578	+9.2
43	Liouri, Anastasia	🇬🇷GRE	1606	1.5	1725	1532	-3.8
40	Theodoulidis, Theodoros	🇬🇷GRE	1939	1.5	1991	1991	+1.4
67	FIDE 25896229	—	0	1.0	1600	800	0.0
69	Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Ch	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1767	967	0.0
32	Theodoridis, Christos Ch	🇬🇷GRE	1747	1.0	2013	1820	+2.2
29	Liakos, Efthymios	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1791	1551	0.0
28	Nakitsas, Stergios	🇬🇷GRE	1851	1.0	1743	1743	-10.4
66	Tsouli, Rafailia	🇬🇷GRE	1617	1.0	1752	952	-13.0
54	Theofylaktidis, Theofylaktos	🇬🇷GRE	0	1.0	1814	1014	0.0
31	Evgeniadis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1792	1.0	1853	2653	+11.6
24	Harizopoulos, Ioannis	🇬🇷GRE	1825	1.0	1617	2417	+4.6
36	Koukos, Charalampos	🇬🇷GRE	1473	0.5	1809	1487	-1.8
38	Gimnopoulos, Lazaros	🇬🇷GRE	1922	0.5	1887	1694	-12.0
41	Itskos, Nikolaos	🇬🇷GRE	1590	0.5	1736	1543	-4.6
53	Giamouzis, Georgios	🇬🇷GRE	1658	0.0	1977	1177	-15.4
50	Pavlitsas, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1573	0.0	1968	1168	-6.6
71	FIDE 541025423	—	0	0.0	1600	800	0.0
51	FIDE 541019113	—	0	0.0	1494	694	0.0
56	Giamouzi, Maria	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1506	706	0.0
49	FIDE 541019059	—	0	0.0	1814	1014	0.0
60	FIDE 541027264	—	0	0.0	1590	790	0.0
70	FIDE 541027256	—	0	0.0	1500	700	0.0
46	FIDE 541025393	—	0	0.0	1573	773	0.0
52	FIDE 541016165	—	0	0.0	1634	834	0.0
55	Liouri, Michaela	🇬🇷GRE	1461	0.0	1574	774	-28.4
62	Stergiou, Konstantinos	🇬🇷GRE	1819	0.0	2158	1358	-10.0
59	Chouliaras, Panagiotis	🇬🇷GRE	1449	0.0	1883	1083	0.0
61	FIDE 541019091	—	0	0.0	1627	827	0.0
45	KARANIKOLAS, DIMITRIOS	FID	0	0.0	1866	1066	0.0
47	Papadimitriou, Alexandros	🇬🇷GRE	1748	0.0	2145	1345	-1.6
64	FIDE 541027272	—	0	0.0	1633	833	0.0
65	Siozos, Athanasios G	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1469	669	0.0
57	Tsachouridis, Stefanos	🇬🇷GRE	0	0.0	1860	1060	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Moula, SofiaGRE
+52.0
3.5 pts · #16
2Anastasiou, Georgios FlorinaGRE
+46.8
3.5 pts · #14
3Vardaka, StylianiGRE
+43.2
4.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Samaras, MichailGRE
-70.0
1.5 pts · #44
2Serapli, AikateriniGRE
-55.2
2.0 pts · #58
3Liouri, MichaelaGRE
-28.4
0.0 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R4+241 Elo gap
Karamitanis, Lazaros1574 beat Siozos, Antonios Damianos1815
R1+177 Elo gap
Anastasiou, Georgios Florina1502 beat Sidiropoulos, Angelos V1679
R1+144 Elo gap
Atsou, Georgios1501 beat Samaras, Michail1645