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2026 National Youth Champiosnhips Finals - girls U16

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Peristeri, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1765, and top seed was Vasiliki (Vivian) Kontogianni (🇬🇷 GRE, 1876).

Maria Toumpakari (🇬🇷 GRE, 1856) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Evgenia Valeria Platsaki (7.0) and Danai Petkaki (6.5). Toumpakari won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ariadni Georgiadou (1526) beat Nikoletta Christina Panagiotopoulou (1716), a +190-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
🇬🇷Vasiliki (Vivian) Kontogianni1876
Avg top 10
1,765
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇷Greece×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Maria Toumpakari led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Toumpakari7.5Platsaki7Petkaki6.5Talaverou6Panagiotopoulou5.5Christodoulou5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Maria Toumpakari held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maria Toumpakari drew with Evgenia Valeria Platsaki (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Maria Toumpakari 3 wins (R1–R3)Evgenia Valeria Platsaki 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maria Toumpakari*
½
1
1
2Evgenia Valeria Platsaki
½
*
½
½
3Danai Petkaki
0
½
*
½
4Vasiliki Viktoria Talaverou
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Toumpakari, Maria1856GRE+11N+6B+3N=2B+9N+4B=7N+10B=5B7.545.049.540.752001+60.8
2Platsaki, Evgenia Valeria1836GRE+23N+15B+7N=1N=4B=3B+6N=8B+10N7.044.046.033.501956+52.1
3Petkaki, Danai1839GRE+19B+9N−1B+10N=8B=2N+5B=4N+7B6.545.548.532.001914+37.2
4Talaverou, Vasiliki Viktoria1740GRE+18N=7B+21N+12B=2N−1N+11B=3B=6N6.044.046.527.001812+37.6
5Panagiotopoulou, Nikoletta Christina1716GRE−12B+14N+13B−8N+19B+9B−3N+7B=1N5.542.545.525.751776+31.2
6Christodoulou, Katerina1657GRE+16B−1N−12B+22N+21B+8N−2B+11N=4B5.541.043.521.501721+32.0
7Kontogianni, Vasiliki (Vivian)1876GRE+13B=4N−2B+21N+14B+10N=1B−5N−3N5.046.048.522.751743-56.4
8Psarianou, Eleni1816GRE+14B=12N−10B+5B=3N−6B+9N=2N=11B5.043.047.526.251712-44.8
9Vakali, Elli1633GRE+17N−3B+15N+11B−1B−5N−8B+19N+12B5.041.544.520.001707+32.8
10Tzima, Despoina Anna1677GRE=21N+24B+8N−3B+12N−7B+13N−1N−2B4.542.544.517.251684+0.8
11Kana, Ioulia Marika1576GRE−1B+16N+20B−9N+13B+12N−4N−6B=8N4.542.045.018.501652+34.4
12Georgiadou, Ariadni1526GRE+5N=8B+6N−4N−10B−11B+18N+14B−9N4.540.544.021.501656+61.2
13Georgakopoulou, Anna1576GRE−7N+18B−5N+17B−11N+15B−10B+21N=14N4.535.538.016.251612+14.8
14Sgourou, Terpsichori1558GRE−8N−5B+24N+23B−7N+20N+19B−12N=13B4.532.534.512.251611+15.2
15Orfanidou, Anastasia1597GRE+22B−2N−9B−19N+16B−13N+23B=20N=17B4.033.035.012.001532-31.6
16Zafeiropoulou, Despoina1479GRE−6N−11B=18N+24B−15N=17B=21N=22B+20B4.029.531.511.251458-12.0
17Stathopoulou, Athanasia Ismini1477GRE−9B=19N=22B−13N=24B=16N=20B+23N=15N4.028.030.011.251514+14.8
18Giannakopoulou, Sotiria1531GRE−4B−13N=16B=20N+22B−19N−12B+24B=23N3.529.531.59.001420-46.4
19Anastasopoulou, Stavroula1571GRE−3N=17B=23N+15B−5N+18B−14N−9BF3.035.537.510.501528-26.0
20Bane, Valentina1595GRE=24N−21B−11N=18B+23N−14B=17N=15B−16N3.029.031.08.751394-80.4
21Theodoroglaki, Varvara1496GRE=10B+20N−4B−7B−6N=22N=16B−13BF2.535.538.08.501488-7.6
22Nikaki, Artemis1448GRE−15N=23B=17N−6B−18N=21B=24N=16NF2.527.527.57.251384-24.0
23Apostolopoulou, Aikaterini Ourania1563GRE−2B=22N=19B−14N−20B=24N−15N−17B=18B2.031.533.55.501325-96.0
24Karsioti, Maria0GRE=20B−10N−14B−16N=17N=23B=22B−18NF2.028.028.05.7513470.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets