Greek Championships 2026 · Open

Greek Championships 2026 — Open Round 1

Best game of the round

GM Ioannis Nikolaidis (2453) vs Sevastianos Papadogiannis (2228), 1-0, Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation — replay the game

Critical game

GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2556) vs GM Evgenios Ioannidis (2468), 1/2-1/2, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation — replay the game

Biggest upset

FM Dimitrios Stefanou (2350) vs FM Nikolaos Poupalos (2199), 0-1, King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation — replay the game

Games

• FM Michail Vassis (2372) – IM Antonios Kalogridis (2450) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Ioannis Nikolaidis (2453) – Sevastianos Papadogiannis (2228) 1-0 game
• GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2556) – GM Evgenios Ioannidis (2468) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Dimitris Alexakis (2536) – Konstantinos Tsarsitalidis (2242) 1-0 game
• FM Dimitrios Stefanou (2350) – FM Nikolaos Poupalos (2199) 0-1 game

Standings after round 1

1. Alexakis, Dimitris
2. Nikolaidis, Ioannis
3. Poupalos, Nikolaos
4. Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
5. Ioannidis, Evgenios
6. Kalogridis, Antonios
7. Vassis, Michail
8. Stefanou, Dimitrios
9. Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos
10. Papadogiannis, Sevastianos

Round 2