In Memory tournament 2026 - A group over 1500
18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1852, and top seed was Ilarion Dorfanis (🇬🇷 GRE, CM, 2126).
Anna-Maria Drakaki (🇬🇷 GRE, 1936) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Ilarion Dorfanis (5.5) and Alexandros Tsironis (4.5). Drakaki shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Charisios Koutsos (1435) beat Evagelos Vidalis (1841), a +406-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Drakaki takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).
Anna-Maria Drakaki drew with CM Ilarion Dorfanis (Black).
Anna-Maria Drakaki went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishersGrille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drakaki, Anna-Maria | 1936 | GRE | +7N | +9B | =4N | =3B | +6N | =2N | +5B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 20.75 | 2024 | +16.8 |
| 2 | Dorfanis, IlarionCM | 2126 | GRE | =11N | +12B | =14N | +4B | +9N | =1B | +3N | 5.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 19.00 | 2059 | -7.6 |
| 3 | Tsironis, Alexandros | 1959 | GRE | −5B | +17N | +8B | =1N | +4B | +7N | −2B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 1900 | -7.6 |
| 4 | Bahar-Mosse, Iakov | 1818 | GRE | +15B | +5N | =1B | −2N | −3N | +9B | +6N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 14.75 | 1869 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Liamos, Evangelos | 1730 | GRE | +3N | −4B | −9N | +13B | +11N | =6B | −1N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.75 | 1705 | -3.6 |
| 6 | Stamatiadis, Georgios | 1686 | GRE | −14N | +10B | +12N | +11B | −1B | =5N | −4B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 9.25 | 1768 | +14.8 |
| 7 | Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos Nikolaos | 1710 | GRE | −1B | +13N | =16B | +8N | +12B | −3B | F | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1851 | +36.0 |
| 8 | Lazos, Ioannis | 1743 | GRE | +18N | =14B | −3N | −7B | +13N | +15B | −9N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1542 | -25.6 |
| 9 | Koutsos, Charisios | 1435 | GRE | F | −1N | +5B | +16N | −2B | −4N | +8B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 8.50 | 1798 | +94.8 |
| 10 | Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520 | 1534 | GRE | =16B | −6N | +17B | F | F | +12N | =11B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1760 | +22.4 |
| 11 | Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Arg | 1740 | GRE | =2B | =16N | +15B | −6N | −5B | F | =10N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1678 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Makropoulos, Andreas | 1776 | GRE | +13B | −2N | −6B | +15N | −7N | −10B | F | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1471 | -39.0 |
| 13 | Pantoulas, Michail Ioannis | 0 | GRE | −12N | −7B | F | −5N | −8B | +17N | +16B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Sarsentos, Dimitrios | 1848 | GRE | +6B | =8N | =2B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 1977 | +9.6 |
| 15 | Tsakiris, Konstantinos A | 1497 | GRE | −4N | +18B | −11N | −12B | F | −8N | +17B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 969 | -28.0 |
| 16 | Vidalis, Evagelos | 1841 | GRE | =10N | =11B | =7N | −9B | F | F | −13N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1519 | -32.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 42165989 | 0 | — | F | −3B | −10N | F | F | −13B | −15N | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 864 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 541022165 | 0 | — | −8B | −15N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Koutsos, CharisiosGRE+94.83.0 pts · #6
- 2Kaldirimtzis, Konstantinos NikolaosGRE+36.03.5 pts · #9
- 3Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520GRE+22.43.0 pts · #10
- 1Makropoulos, AndreasGRE-39.02.0 pts · #14
- 2Vidalis, EvagelosGRE-32.01.5 pts · #12
- 3Tsakiris, Konstantinos AGRE-28.02.0 pts · #16
- R4+406 Elo gap
- R7+308 Elo gap
- R3+295 Elo gap