2026 National Youth Champiosnhips Finals - girls U12
22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Peristeri, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1599, and top seed was Olga Volani (🇬🇷 GRE, 1760).
Sofia Ritinioti (🇬🇷 GRE, 1581) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Olga Volani (7.5) and Ioanna Kalyva (6.0). Ritinioti won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Ioanna Kalyva (1528) beat Eleonora Kaisa Kiryttopoulou (1748), a +220-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsSofia Ritinioti led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Sofia Ritinioti held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
Sofia Ritinioti drew with Olga Volani (White).
Sofia Ritinioti 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Olga Volani 4 wins (R6–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sofia Ritinioti | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Olga Volani | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Ioanna Kalyva | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Rengina Tsampika Kaka | 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 | Ritinioti, Sofia | 1581 | GRE | +13N | +5B | +9N | =2B | +3N | +4N | +8B | =7N | +6B | 8.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 42.25 | 1918 | +132.0 |
| 2 | Volani, Olga | 1760 | GRE | +12B | +8N | =3B | =1N | =4B | +6N | +19B | +10N | +7B | 7.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 37.75 | 1834 | +29.6 |
| 3 | Kalyva, Ioanna | 1528 | GRE | +14B | +10B | =2N | +8N | −1B | +7N | +12B | −6N | =4B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 30.00 | 1698 | +66.4 |
| 4 | Kaka, Rengina Tsampika | 1533 | GRE | +16B | =7N | =6B | +12N | =2N | −1B | =10N | +9B | =3N | 5.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 27.75 | 1645 | +49.2 |
| 5 | Lamprianou, Marianna | 1489 | GRE | +22B | −1N | =19B | =16N | =6B | +15N | −7B | +8N | +12B | 5.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 19.75 | 1590 | +38.0 |
| 6 | Vertoudou, Syllia Eleftheria | 1575 | GRE | +11B | −9N | =4N | +17B | =5N | −2B | +13N | +3B | −1N | 5.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 24.50 | 1498 | -32.4 |
| 7 | Kiryttopoulou, Eleonora Kaisa | 1748 | GRE | +15N | =4B | −10N | +19B | +9N | −3B | +5N | =1B | −2N | 5.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 24.75 | 1593 | -68.4 |
| 8 | Efientzi, Rafailia | 1563 | GRE | +17N | −2B | +13N | −3B | +16N | +9B | −1N | −5B | +14N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 21.00 | 1426 | -30.0 |
| 9 | Antonaki, Athina | 1504 | GRE | +20N | +6B | −1B | +10N | −7B | −8N | +11B | −4N | +13B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 22.00 | 1526 | +6.4 |
| 10 | Rapti, Evangelia | 1661 | GRE | +19B | −3N | +7B | −9B | +15N | =12N | =4B | −2B | +17N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 21.50 | 1555 | -36.8 |
| 11 | Malamousi, Georgia | 0 | GRE | −6N | +20B | −12N | −15B | +18B | +14N | −9N | +21B | +19N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 16.00 | 1371 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mallia, Vasiliki | 1458 | GRE | −2N | +18N | +11B | −4B | +13N | =10B | −3N | +19B | −5N | 4.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 19.00 | 1505 | +16.0 |
| 13 | Bakali, Anastasia | 1432 | GRE | −1B | +14N | −8B | +18N | −12B | +21N | −6B | +22B | −9N | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 9.50 | 1256 | -48.0 |
| 14 | Kostianou, Eleni | 0 | GRE | −3N | −13B | =15N | =20B | +22N | −11B | +18B | +16N | −8B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 11.50 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Latifi, Myrto | 1452 | GRE | −7B | =16N | =14B | +11N | −10B | −5B | +22N | −18N | +21B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 10.50 | 804 | -48.8 |
| 16 | Kalogeropoulou, Erato Vlasia | 0 | GRE | −4N | =15B | +21N | =5B | −8B | =20N | =17N | −14B | +22N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.75 | 1303 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Karkani, Maria Faidra | 0 | GRE | −8B | +22N | =18B | −6N | +21B | −19N | =16B | +20N | −10B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.50 | 1179 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Mitropoulou, Konstantina | 1533 | GRE | =21N | −12B | =17N | −13B | −11N | +22B | −14N | +15B | +20N | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 9.75 | 1320 | -34.4 |
| 19 | Lamprianou, Despoina | 1449 | GRE | −10N | +21B | =5N | −7N | +20B | +17B | −2N | −12N | −11B | 3.5 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 11.25 | 1255 | -38.8 |
| 20 | FIDE 42192803 | 0 | — | −9B | −11N | +22B | =14N | −19N | =16B | +21N | −17B | −18B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 5.50 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 42189764 | 0 | — | =18B | −19N | −16B | +22N | −17N | −13B | −20B | −11N | −15N | 1.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 2.00 | 1143 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 541007808 | 0 | — | −5N | −17B | −20N | −21B | −14B | −18N | −15B | −13N | −16B | 0.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 0.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ritinioti, SofiaGRE+132.08.0 pts · #1
- 2Kalyva, IoannaGRE+66.46.0 pts · #4
- 3Kaka, Rengina TsampikaGRE+49.25.5 pts · #5
- 1Kiryttopoulou, Eleonora KaisaGRE-68.45.0 pts · #3
- 2Latifi, MyrtoGRE-48.84.0 pts · #21
- 3Bakali, AnastasiaGRE-48.04.0 pts · #16
- R6+220 Elo gap
- R4+157 Elo gap
- R2+133 Elo gap