2026 National Youth Champiosnhips Finals - open U12

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55 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Peristeri, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Ioannis Kalonomos (🇬🇷 GRE, 1889).

Michail Nikitakis (🇬🇷 GRE, 1877) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Maximos Megagiannis (7.0) and Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis (6.5). Nikitakis shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Ioannis Bimpikas (1577) beat Konstantinos Kotovos (1857), a +280-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

🇬🇷Ioannis Kalonomos1889

Avg top 10

1,790

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇷Greece×53

Top 3

🥇
Michail Nikitakis
🇬🇷GRE·1877
7.5pts·1931perf+26.4
🥈
Maximos Megagiannis
🇬🇷GRE·1739
7.0pts·1933perf+89.6
🥉
Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis
🇬🇷GRE·1771
6.5pts·1861perf+49.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Michail Nikitakis led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Nikitakis7.5Megagiannis7Lampos6.5Alexandrakis6.5Kalligeris6.5Koutsioumpos6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE20 Apr

Michail Nikitakis takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Michail Nikitakis drew with Maximos Megagiannis (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Michail Nikitakis 4 wins (R5–R8)Maximos Megagiannis 3 wins (R1–R3)Charalampos Lampos 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Michail Nikitakis	*	½	—	1
2Maximos Megagiannis	½	*	1	½
3Charalampos Lampos	—	0	*	½
4Vasileios Sp Alexandrakis	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nikitakis, Michail	1877	GRE	+13B	+5N	=25B	=2N	+14B	+18N	+3B	+9N	=6B	7.5	48.0	52.5	43.75	1931	+26.4
2	Megagiannis, Maximos	1739	GRE	+26N	+12B	+19N	=1B	+7N	=3N	+6B	+4B	−5N	7.0	49.5	54.0	40.50	1933	+89.6
3	Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp	1771	GRE	+48N	+22B	+11N	+40B	=4N	=2B	−1N	+8B	=7N	6.5	47.0	49.5	32.25	1861	+49.2
4	Lampos, Charalampos	1874	GRE	=28N	+33B	+30N	+8B	=3B	=6N	+17B	−2N	+11N	6.5	45.0	49.0	33.50	1825	-10.3
5	Kalligeris, Ioannis	1612	GRE	+36N	−1B	+44N	+19B	+40N	−7B	=11N	+24N	+2B	6.5	43.0	46.0	29.75	1803	+90.4
6	Kalonomos, Ioannis	1889	GRE	+27N	+15B	=8N	=25B	+12N	=4B	−2N	+14B	=1N	6.0	48.0	52.5	33.25	1791	-33.2
7	Kotovos, Konstantinos	1857	GRE	+21B	+51N	=24B	+9N	−2B	+5N	−18B	+15N	=3B	6.0	46.0	48.0	30.50	1751	-41.2
8	Zachos, Konstantinos	1739	GRE	+29B	+14N	=6B	−4N	=17B	+19N	+13B	−3N	+23B	6.0	45.0	49.5	31.00	1763	+11.6
9	Koutsioumpos, Ioannis	1737	GRE	+42N	=41B	+28N	−7B	+24N	=11B	+12N	−1B	+17N	6.0	42.0	45.5	27.50	1735	+8.8
10	Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos	1660	GRE	+34N	=30B	−32N	+27B	=28N	−12B	+44N	+26N	+18B	6.0	36.5	39.5	25.50	1686	+4.0
11	Skordilis, Stefanos	1670	GRE	+31B	+17N	−3B	+24N	=13B	=9N	=5B	+18N	−4B	5.5	45.5	50.0	28.00	1707	+20.4
12	Michailidis, Georgios Savvas	1557	GRE	+38B	−2N	+31B	+50N	−6B	+10N	−9B	=13N	+26B	5.5	43.5	45.5	23.75	1695	+64.8
13	Dimou, Konstantinos	1512	GRE	−1N	+36B	+20N	+22B	=11N	=25B	−8N	=12B	+32N	5.5	43.0	47.0	25.75	1721	+96.4
14	Skoulas, Stavros	1534	GRE	+53N	−8B	+35N	+32B	−1N	=20B	+16N	−6N	+31B	5.5	42.5	44.5	22.50	1705	+74.4
15	Di Giorgio, Victor	1598	GRE	+16B	−6N	+21B	−17N	=29B	+40N	+30N	−7B	+20B	5.5	41.5	45.0	25.75	1665	+30.0
16	Ioannidis, Agis	1442	GRE	−15N	=27B	+49N	+41B	+30B	−17N	−14B	+50N	+24B	5.5	35.5	37.5	19.25	1594	+68.4
17	Eleftheriou, Iasonas	1526	GRE	+45N	−11B	+23N	+15B	=8N	+16B	−4N	=20N	−9B	5.0	45.0	48.0	24.50	1660	+44.8
18	Bimpikas, Ioannis	1577	GRE	−40N	+43B	+34N	+26B	+25N	−1B	+7N	−11B	−10N	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.00	1656	+30.0
19	Lampousakis, Michail	1515	GRE	+46B	+50N	−2B	−5N	+32N	−8B	=40B	=22N	+36N	5.0	39.0	41.0	17.25	1615	+34.8
20	Noulis, Ioannis	1613	GRE	+43B	−40N	−13B	+52N	+21B	=14N	+28N	=17B	−15N	5.0	37.5	39.5	19.75	1546	-32.4
21	Pantelis, Athanasios Konstantinos	1503	GRE	−7N	+39B	−15N	+34B	−20N	=27B	=37N	+38B	+33N	5.0	37.0	41.0	20.25	1600	+42.4
22	Katsiolis, Orestis	1568	GRE	+47B	−3N	+29B	−13N	=48B	+35N	−24B	=19B	+34N	5.0	37.0	39.5	19.25	1567	-2.0
23	Solop, Yaroslav	1633	GRE	+52B	−24N	−17B	=35N	=26N	+34B	+27N	+36B	−8N	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.75	1565	-27.6
24	Kouvaros, Vasileios Zeiron	1524	GRE	+49N	+23B	=7N	−11B	−9B	+37N	+22N	−5B	−16N	4.5	43.5	46.0	19.50	1574	+16.8
25	Koutsionas, Athanasios	1567	GRE	F	+32B	=1N	=6N	−18B	=13N	−26B	+29B	+28N	4.5	41.5	41.5	22.50	1667	+44.8
26	Tsellos, Vasileios	1478	GRE	−2B	+38N	+51B	−18N	=23B	+48N	+25N	−10B	−12N	4.5	39.5	41.5	15.50	1579	+57.2
27	Bouchlis, Nikolaos	1514	GRE	−6B	=16N	+37B	−10N	+43B	=21N	−23B	=35N	+42B	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.75	1547	+12.8
28	Chalkias, Nikolaos Al	1509	GRE	=4B	+37N	−9B	+51N	=10B	+50N	−20B	=31N	−25B	4.5	38.5	40.5	16.50	1619	+71.2
29	Kolliopoulos, Vasilis	1477	GRE	−8N	+53B	−22N	+36B	=15N	−30B	+39B	−25N	+41B	4.5	37.0	39.0	16.25	1534	+32.4
30	Eleftheriou, Vasileios	1525	GRE	+55B	=10N	−4B	+33B	−16N	+29N	−15B	+40N	F	4.5	35.5	35.5	15.00	1581	+18.4
31	Psarianos, Emmanouil	1471	GRE	−11N	+45B	−12N	=49B	=33N	+32B	+48N	=28B	−14N	4.5	34.5	37.0	15.00	1528	+11.2
32	Gkountis, Paraschos	1747	GRE	+44B	−25N	+10B	−14N	−19B	−31N	+47B	+43N	−13B	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.00	1496	-113.2
33	Zafeiriou, Kallinikos	1584	GRE	=37B	−4N	+54B	−30N	=31B	=38N	=43B	+44N	−21B	4.0	34.5	36.0	12.25	1458	-56.8
34	Sivaropoulos, Stefanos	1463	GRE	−10B	+55N	−18B	−21N	+47B	−23N	+46B	+51N	−22B	4.0	34.0	34.0	8.00	1409	-52.4
35	Sousamlis, Panagiotis	1448	GRE	F	+46N	−14B	=23B	+49N	−22B	=38N	=27B	=39N	4.0	33.5	35.5	14.25	1390	-11.6
36	Seferlis, Vasileios	1443	GRE	−5B	−13N	+55B	−29N	+45B	+51N	+50B	−23N	−19B	4.0	33.5	33.5	7.00	1405	-14.8
37	Gkouvras, Konstantinos	1436	GRE	=33N	−28B	−27N	+54B	+41N	−24B	=21B	−42N	+53B	4.0	31.5	33.0	11.50	1410	-20.4
38	Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos	1416	GRE	−12N	−26B	=43N	=42B	+54N	=33B	=35B	−21N	+50B	4.0	31.5	33.0	10.75	1422	+3.6
39	Alepoudeas, Dimitrios	1439	GRE	F	−21N	+46B	−48B	=42N	+41B	−29N	+49N	=35B	4.0	28.5	30.5	12.75	1357	-28.8
40	Sideropoulos, Georgios N	1421	GRE	+18B	+20B	+41N	−3N	−5B	−15B	=19N	−30B	F	3.5	41.5	43.5	16.00	1551	+48.0
41	Vryonis, Dimitrios	1528	GRE	+54B	=9N	−40B	−16N	−37B	−39N	+53N	+48B	−29N	3.5	32.0	33.5	9.00	1341	-80.4
42	Tsekouras, Angelos Grigorios	1475	GRE	−9B	=54N	−52B	=38N	=39B	−43N	+55N	+37B	−27N	3.5	29.0	29.0	8.75	1339	-51.2
43	Pappas, Ilias	1447	GRE	−20N	−18N	=38B	+53B	−27N	+42B	=33N	−32B	−45B	3.0	33.0	35.0	9.50	1452	-2.4
44	Moustakas, Georgios	1485	GRE	−32N	F	−5B	+45N	−50B	+46N	−10B	−33B	+49N	3.0	31.0	31.0	8.50	850	-102.8
45	Andropoulos, Kyriakos	0	GRE	−17B	−31N	F	−44B	−36N	+52N	−51B	+54B	+43N	3.0	25.0	25.0	6.50	1364	0.0
46	Stavrakis, Athanasios	0	GRE	−19N	−35B	−39N	F	+52B	−44B	−34N	+55B	+47N	3.0	25.0	25.0	5.00	1348	0.0
47	Siskos, Ioannis	1421	GRE	−22N	−48B	−53N	+55B	−34N	+49B	−32N	+52B	−46B	3.0	25.0	25.0	4.50	1269	-49.2
48	Dimas, Odysseas	1497	GRE	−3B	+47N	−50B	+39N	=22N	−26B	−31B	−41N	−52N	2.5	33.0	35.0	9.50	1370	-63.6
49	FIDE 541020677	0	—	−24B	+52N	−16B	=31N	−35B	−47N	+54N	−39B	−44B	2.5	30.5	32.0	5.75	1239	0.0
50	Stefanis, Stefanos G	1630	GRE	F	−19B	+48N	−12B	+44N	−28B	−36N	−16B	−38N	2.0	35.5	38.0	5.50	1306	-135.6
51	Nomikos, Marios	1589	GRE	F	−7B	−26N	−28B	+53N	−36B	+45N	−34B	F	2.0	33.5	35.5	5.00	1255	-97.2
52	Sidiras, Angelos	1463	GRE	−23N	−49B	+42N	−20B	−46N	−45B	F	−47N	+48B	2.0	27.5	27.5	6.00	1456	-10.0
53	Mouratoglou, Andreas	1402	GRE	−14B	−29N	+47B	−43N	−51B	+55N	−41B	F	−37N	2.0	25.5	25.5	3.00	1183	-65.2
54	Rasoulis, Ioannis	0	GRE	−41N	=42B	−33N	−37N	−38B	F	−49B	−45N	+55B	1.5	24.5	24.5	1.75	1121	0.0
55	FIDE 541026217	0	—	−30N	−34B	−36N	−47N	F	−53B	−42B	−46N	−54N	0.0	25.5	25.5	0.00	671	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dimou, KonstantinosGRE
+96.4
5.5 pts · #14
2Kalligeris, IoannisGRE
+90.4
6.5 pts · #5
3Megagiannis, MaximosGRE
+89.6
7.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Stefanis, Stefanos GGRE
-135.6
2.0 pts · #42
2Gkountis, ParaschosGRE
-113.2
4.0 pts · #29
3Moustakas, GeorgiosGRE
-102.8
3.0 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R7+280 Elo gap
Bimpikas, Ioannis1577 beat Kotovos, Konstantinos1857
R6+276 Elo gap
Psarianos, Emmanouil1471 beat Gkountis, Paraschos1747
R9+235 Elo gap
Dimou, Konstantinos1512 beat Gkountis, Paraschos1747