Spring tournament EAP May 2026
30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Patra, Greece. Top 10 Elo average was 1842, and top seed was Ioannis K. Kollias (🇬🇷 GRE, 2091).
Iasonas Giannopoulos (🇬🇷 GRE, 2054) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Ioannis K. Kollias (4.5) and Konstantinos Georgiou (4.5). Giannopoulos shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Antonios Alexopoulos (1711) beat Iasonas Giannopoulos (2054), a +343-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Konstantinos Georgiou held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.
3 players finish on 4.5/6. Giannopoulos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).
Konstantinos Georgiou lost to Iasonas Giannopoulos (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Konstantinos Georgiou | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Iasonas Giannopoulos | 1 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Ioannis K. Kollias | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Marios Patanas | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giannopoulos, Iasonas | 2054 | GRE | +15N | −6B | +8N | +12B | +3N | =2B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 15.75 | 2005 | -2.4 |
| 2 | Kollias, Ioannis K. | 2091 | GRE | +21B | +11N | −5B | +4N | +7B | =1N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 14.75 | 2000 | -8.2 |
| 3 | Georgiou, Konstantinos | 1917 | GRE | +17B | +25N | +7B | +5N | −1B | =6N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 1907 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Koutsantonakis, Emmanouil | 1874 | GRE | +20N | +14B | =6N | −2B | +5B | =9N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 12.75 | 1824 | -3.8 |
| 5 | Patanas, Marios | 1786 | GRE | +18N | +16B | +2N | −3B | −4N | +11B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 12.50 | 1907 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Alexopoulos, Antonios | 1711 | GRE | +27B | +1N | =4B | +11N | F | =3B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 12.75 | 2091 | +76.4 |
| 7 | Delavogias, Marios Konstantinos | 1587 | GRE | +19N | +10B | −3N | +23B | −2N | =15B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1717 | +19.2 |
| 8 | Nikolakopoulos, Leonidas Marios | 1842 | GRE | =9B | +12N | −1B | =15N | =10B | +14N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 1726 | -28.4 |
| 9 | Kotsis, Dimitrios | 1491 | GRE | =8N | =15B | +14N | +16B | F | =4B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 1839 | +86.0 |
| 10 | Sasso, Nikolaos Dimitrios Leonarnto | 1768 | GRE | +24B | −7N | +21B | F | =8N | +13N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 1757 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Argyropoulou, Despoina | 1748 | GRE | +22N | −2B | +17N | −6B | +16N | −5N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1683 | -20.4 |
| 12 | Bezirgiannidis, Christos | 1547 | GRE | +23N | −8B | +22N | −1N | =14B | =16B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1609 | +4.8 |
| 13 | Konstantellos, Ioannis Iason | 1610 | GRE | F | F | +20N | +18B | +22N | −10B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1737 | +26.0 |
| 14 | Kontizas, Ioannis Chr | 1612 | GRE | +28B | −4N | −9B | +24N | =12N | −8B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4.50 | 1492 | -17.0 |
| 15 | Vasilakopoulos, Panagiotis Eleftherios | 1542 | GRE | −1B | =9N | +27B | =8B | F | =7N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1629 | +10.4 |
| 16 | Papadopoulos, Spiridon | 1579 | GRE | +30B | −5N | +28B | −9N | −11B | =12N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 1321 | -46.8 |
| 17 | Tatsiopoulos, Sotirios | 1504 | GRE | −3N | +19B | −11B | =25N | −21B | +29N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1385 | -11.0 |
| 18 | Rotas, Konstantinos | 1481 | GRE | −5B | −28N | +30B | −13N | +27B | =19N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 898 | -18.8 |
| 19 | Giannelos, Efstathios | 0 | GRE | −7B | −17N | =26B | =27N | +28B | =18B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1327 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Konstantopoulos, Panagiotis N | 1501 | GRE | −4B | =27N | −13B | +28N | +26B | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1539 | +1.2 |
| 21 | Pantelis, Athanasios Konstantinos | 1546 | GRE | −2N | +29B | −10N | −22B | +17N | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1468 | -20.8 |
| 22 | Sarantis, Nikolaos | 1427 | GRE | −11B | +30N | −12B | +21N | −13B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1420 | -2.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 541027418 | 0 | — | −12B | +24N | +25B | −7N | F | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Galionis, Nikolaos | 1453 | GRE | −10N | −23B | +29N | −14B | F | +26N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1504 | +6.0 |
| 25 | Aliaj, Arntit | 1630 | GRE | +29N | −3B | −23N | =17B | F | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1518 | -13.2 |
| 26 | Tsikalakis, Nikolaos | 1507 | GRE | F | F | =19N | +29B | −20N | −24B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 677 | -21.8 |
| 27 | FIDE 25837656 | 0 | — | −6N | =20B | −15N | =19B | −18N | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1237 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 541020650 | 0 | — | −14N | +18B | −16N | −20B | −19N | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Moutousis, Dimitrios | 0 | GRE | −25B | −21N | −24B | −26N | F | −17B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 541020677 | 0 | — | −16N | −22B | −18N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kotsis, DimitriosGRE+86.03.5 pts · #7
- 2Alexopoulos, AntoniosGRE+76.44.0 pts · #9
- 3Konstantellos, Ioannis IasonGRE+26.03.0 pts · #10
- 1Papadopoulos, SpiridonGRE-46.82.5 pts · #25
- 2Nikolakopoulos, Leonidas MariosGRE-28.43.5 pts · #8
- 3Tsikalakis, NikolaosGRE-21.81.5 pts · #28
- R2+343 Elo gap
- R3+305 Elo gap
- R2+181 Elo gap