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2026 National Youth Champiosnhips Finals - open U8

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Peristeri, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 892, and top seed was Vasileios Volanis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1566).

Maksym Solop (🇬🇷 GRE, 0) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Vasileios Volanis (8.0) and Alexios Alexandrakis (6.0). Solop took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Alexios Alexandrakis (1406) beat Michail Farinis (1526), a +120-point gap.

Location
🇬🇷Peristeri, Greece
Dates
14 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇷Vasileios Volanis1566
Avg top 10
892
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
6
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Solop takes lead
Solop8Volanis8Alexandrakis6Ioakeimidis6Ritiniotis6Kistoglidis5.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE17 Apr

Maksym Solop takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Solop takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maksym Solop beat Vasileios Volanis (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maksym Solop*
1
1
1
2Vasileios Volanis
0
*
1
1
3Alexios Alexandrakis
0
0
*—
4Theodoros Ioakeimidis
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Solop, Maksym0GRE+9N+3B=6N+5B+2B+4N+13B=7N+11B8.046.551.045.7515590.0
2Volanis, Vasileios1566GRE+18N+12B+5N+4B−1N+3B+8N+9N+7B8.046.049.041.002296+51.2
3Alexandrakis, Alexios1406GRE+21B−1N+7B+6B+8N−2N−9B+10B+4N6.047.547.526.501720+64.0
4Ritiniotis, Georgios1517GRE+20N+14B+10N−2N+9B−1B+11N+13N−3B6.045.548.026.00683-46.4
5Ioakeimidis, Theodoros0GRE+?N+?B−2B−1N−7B+?N+16B+8N+9B6.034.034.013.0015390.0
6Kistoglidis, Konstantinos1488GRE+7B+15N=1B−3N−11B−16N+19B+20N+13B5.538.040.522.50617-24.0
7FIDE 5410025800—−6N+?B−3N+?B+5N+10B=14N=1B−2N5.042.542.517.006840.0
8Farinis, Michail1526GRE+16B−10N+13B+12N−3B+15N−2B−5B+17N5.041.044.019.00683-44.8
9Georgiadis, Kimon0GRE−1B+21N+17B+15N−4N+?B+3N−2B−5N5.040.540.512.5013770.0
10FIDE 5410109900—+?N+8B−4B+11N−13B−7N+?B−3N+20B5.034.034.012.5013710.0
11Ilias, Christos0GRE−?N+?B+?N−10B+6N+14B−4B+?N−1N5.028.528.59.5015150.0
12Dimou, Alkinoos0GRE+17B−2N+?B−8B+?N−13N=20B=18N+?B5.026.026.05.757390.0
13Koumparoudis, Ioannis1414GRE=?N+?B−8N+14B+10N+12B−1N−4B−6N4.538.538.514.007190.0
14FIDE 5410173740—+?B−4N+19B−13N+17B−11N=7B=15N−?B4.030.030.010.257410.0
15FIDE 5410113410—+19N−6B+?N−9B+?N−8B−?N=14B−?B3.522.522.55.007090.0
16FIDE 5410148710—−8N−?B+20N+?B−?N+6B−5N−17B−19N3.025.025.08.0015090.0
17FIDE 5410140220—−12N+18B−9N+?B−14N−?BF+16N−8B3.025.025.06.007290.0
18Koukos, Evangelos0GRE−2B−17N+21B=?N−20BF+?N=12B−?N3.018.518.52.507480.0
19FIDE 5410132120—−15BF−14N−?B−?N+?B−6N+21N+16B3.016.016.03.006880.0
20FIDE 5410100600—−4B−?N−16BF+18N+?B=12N−6B−10N2.527.527.55.507150.0
21FIDE 5410223780—−3N−9B−18N−?NF−?B−?N−19BF0.017.017.00.006170.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets