Pafos Classical 5 -7 June 2nd leg CCGP 2026

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56 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Pafos, Cyprus. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1953, and top seed was Rafail Antoniou (🇨🇾 CYP, FM, 2305).

Rafail Antoniou (🇨🇾 CYP, FM, 2305) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Vladimir Legostaev (4.5) and Alexandros Isaakidis (4.0). Antoniou broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vladimir Legostaev (1864) beat Alexandros Isaakidis (FM, 2252), a +388-point gap.

Location

🇨🇾Pafos, Cyprus

Dates

05 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇾FMRafail Antoniou2305

Avg top 10

1,953

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×2

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇾Cyprus×24

FIDE (no federation)×8

🇹🇷Turkiye×6

🇮🇳India×2

🇱🇻Latvia×2

🇩🇪Germany×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
FMRafail Antoniou
🇨🇾CYP·2305
5.0pts·2713perf+8.4
🥈
Vladimir Legostaev
FID·1864
4.5pts·2127perf+53.6
🥉
FMAlexandros Isaakidis
🇨🇾CYP·2252
4.0pts·2105perf-11.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Rafail Antoniou 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

Antoniou5Legostaev4.5Isaakidis4Daniil4Constantinou4Serbulent4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Rafail Antoniou held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Rafail Antoniou 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Alexandros Isaakidis 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMRafail Antoniou	*	—	—	—
2Vladimir Legostaev	—	*	1	—
3FMAlexandros Isaakidis	—	0	*	1
4Daniil Daniil	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Antoniou, RafailFM	2305	CYP	+33N	+31B	+10N	+5B	+4N	5.0	13.0	15.0	15.00	2713	+8.4
2	Legostaev, Vladimir	1864	FID	+35B	+12N	=26B	+24N	+3N	4.5	12.0	14.0	12.75	2127	+53.6
3	Isaakidis, AlexandrosFM	2252	CYP	+20B	+14N	+8B	+6N	−2B	4.0	15.5	18.5	14.00	2105	-11.2
4	Skouroupathis, Kyriakos	1782	CYP	+53B	+18N	+7B	+26N	−1B	4.0	14.5	15.0	10.00	2009	+55.2
5	Constantinou, Samuel Johannes	1943	CYP	+32B	+15N	+13B	−1N	+17B	4.0	14.0	16.0	11.00	2041	+13.0
6	Daniil, Daniil	1893	CYP	+11N	+16B	+30N	−3B	+13N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.00	1956	+20.0
7	Kole, Arda	1984	TUR	+47N	+19B	−4N	+16B	+10N	4.0	13.0	14.0	10.00	1936	-6.0
8	Serbulent, Huseyin	1864	TUR	+43N	+34B	−3N	+12B	+11N	4.0	12.0	13.5	9.50	1923	+9.2
9	Komodromos, Renos	1599	CYP	+27N	−10B	+23N	+31B	=24B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.75	1760	+25.2
10	Bryan, Mark	1833	CYP	+46B	+9N	−1B	+18N	−7B	3.0	15.5	16.5	7.50	1834	+1.6
11	Klesnins, Daniils	1455	LAT	−6B	+44N	+14B	+15N	−8B	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.50	1751	+53.6
12	Sarkisian, Aikaterina	1629	CYP	+52N	−2B	+38N	−8N	+37B	3.0	12.5	13.5	5.00	1064	-16.8
13	Abatzidis, Stelios	1705	CYP	+54B	+40N	−5N	+30B	−6B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1653	-4.6
14	Fragkos, Prokopios	1651	CYP	+42N	−3B	−11N	+27B	+30N	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.50	1543	-21.6
15	Kirpichenkov, Pavel	1644	FID	+28N	−5B	+43N	−11B	+33N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.00	1584	-14.0
16	Lomadze, Alexandr	1635	CYP	+44B	−6N	+46B	−7N	+32B	3.0	11.5	12.5	4.50	1696	+9.6
17	Grigoriev, Alexander D	1808	FID	+51N	=25B	=29N	+36B	−5N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	1701	-22.0
18	Khudorozhkov, Iaroslav	1562	FID	+39N	−4B	+50N	−10B	+31N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	1641	+11.2
19	Odysseos, Ioannis	1648	CYP	+41B	−7N	+32B	+21N	F	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	1730	+3.0
20	Aaryan Chaitas Shah	1491	IND	−3N	F	+45B	+28B	+25N	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.50	1728	+20.8
21	Smoliar, Heorhii	0	UKR	−25N	+51B	+34N	−19B	+36N	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.00	1586	0.0
22	Saridis, Pantelis	1750	CYP	+37N	−30B	+33N	+29B	F	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.50	1663	-12.0
23	Simsekatan, Hasan Alaz	0	TUR	+49B	−24N	−9B	+46N	+48N	3.0	8.0	9.0	3.00	1580	0.0
24	Paunescu, AidaWCM	1764	CYP	F	+23B	+25N	−2B	=9N	2.5	13.5	13.5	7.25	1676	-13.6
25	Reznikov, Andrey	1564	FID	+21B	=17N	−24B	+40N	−20B	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.50	1415	-21.6
26	Murali, Aurik	1696	CYP	+38N	+50B	=2N	−4B	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.25	1630	-6.4
27	FIDE 2686210	0	—	−9B	=53N	+48B	−14N	+45B	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.75	1438	0.0
28	Louca, Loucas	0	CYP	−15B	=35N	+53B	−20N	+47B	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.50	1498	0.0
29	Mylonas, Fotis	1626	CYP	F	+48N	=17B	−22N	+38B	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.50	1663	+3.2
30	Georgiou, Harilaos	1497	CYP	+45B	+22N	−6B	−13N	−14B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.50	1557	+8.4
31	Pica, EleniWCM	1684	CYP	+56B	−1N	+47B	−9N	−18B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1489	-45.2
32	Uljaseva, Arina	1476	EST	−5N	+42B	−19N	+41B	−16N	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.00	920	-25.6
33	Hakligil, Aziz	1492	TUR	−1B	+56N	−22B	+55N	−15B	2.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	962	-22.4
34	Huegelmann, Philine	1607	GER	+55B	−8N	−21B	+44N	−39B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	1064	-7.2
35	Saridis, Tzortz	1454	GRE	−2N	=28B	=37N	+52B	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.25	1054	-3.2
36	Sotiriou, Georgios	1584	CYP	−40B	+54N	+39B	−17N	−21B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1008	-8.8
37	FIDE 529038936	0	—	−22B	=45N	=35B	+50N	−12N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.75	1338	0.0
38	FIDE 570026386	0	—	−26B	+49N	−12B	+47N	−29N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	1530	0.0
39	Solyali, Nevzat	0	TUR	−18B	F	−36N	+43B	+34N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1550	0.0
40	FIDE 2686201	0	—	+36N	−13B	F	−25B	+49N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1607	0.0
41	Klesnins, Artemijs	0	LAT	−19N	−47B	+54B	−32N	+46B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1317	0.0
42	Kizildere, Aren	0	TUR	−14B	−32N	−44B	+56N	+55B	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	764	0.0
43	Zakirova, Liliia	1447	FID	−8B	+55N	−15B	−39N	=44B	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	946	-13.2
44	Pozotos,Aimilianos	0	CYP	−16N	−11B	+42N	−34B	=43N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1214	0.0
45	FIDE 5914795	0	—	−30N	=37B	−20N	+54B	−27N	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.00	694	0.0
46	Constantinou, Paris	1432	CYP	−10N	+52B	−16N	−23B	−41N	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.00	934	-12.8
47	Deblas Guzman, Daniel	1482	ESP	−7B	+41N	−31N	−38B	−28N	1.0	10.5	12.5	2.00	983	-12.8
48	Kakouris, Giorgos	1430	CYP	F	−29B	−27N	+53N	−23B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1523	+9.2
49	Neofytou, Orestis	1575	CYP	−23N	−38B	F	+51N	−40B	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	2226	+12.0
50	FIDE 55777031	0	—	F	−26N	−18B	−37B	+53N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	1434	0.0
51	Sazonov, Vasilii	1426	FID	−17B	−21N	F	−49B	+54N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	892	-15.6
52	Rishik Lalith Murali	0	IND	−12B	−46N	+56B	−35N	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	705	0.0
53	Bagrov, Nikita	1419	FID	−4N	=27B	−28N	−48B	−50B	0.5	10.0	11.0	1.25	806	-23.2
54	FIDE 51695103	0	—	−13N	−36B	−41N	−45N	−51B	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	772	0.0
55	FIDE 570035113	0	—	−34N	−43B	F	−33B	−42N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	715	0.0
56	FIDE 525039938	0	—	−31N	−33B	−52N	−42B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	788	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Skouroupathis, KyriakosCYP
+55.2
4.0 pts · #8
2Klesnins, DaniilsLAT
+53.6
3.0 pts · #17
3Legostaev, VladimirFID
+53.6
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Pica, EleniWCMCYP
-45.2
2.0 pts · #28
2Uljaseva, ArinaEST
-25.6
2.0 pts · #49
3Bagrov, NikitaFID
-23.2
0.5 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R5+388 Elo gap
Legostaev, Vladimir1864 beat FMIsaakidis, Alexandros2252
R2+253 Elo gap
Georgiou, Harilaos1497 beat Saridis, Pantelis1750
R3+202 Elo gap
Skouroupathis, Kyriakos1782 beat Kole, Arda1984