24th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2026 (Greece, Thessaloniki 26.04.2026)

Rank Name Cat.   Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 120' Round  2 - 120' Total - 240 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #3 #6 = H#3 S#5 ⏱ #2 #3 #4 + H#6 S#3 ⏱ Points ⏱
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 60
1 Sidiropoulos, Nikos       GRE 2587.85 9 IM 5 5 5 5 5 2.5 120 5 5 5 5 5 5 76 57.5 196 2587.85 0.00
2 Konidaris, Panagiotis       GRE 2185.94 108 - 5 5 5 5 5 2.5 118 5 4 5 3 5 5 80 54.5 198 2517.83 14.22
3 Mendrinos, Nikos   s   GRE 2235.89 88 FM 5 5 0 5 5 2.5 119 5 4 3.5 5 5 5 114 50 233 2412.80 7.58
4 Fougiaxis, Harry   s   GRE 1854.93 296 - 5 5 0 0 5 0 118 5 0 0 0 5 5 110 30 228 1945.99 3.90
5 Kolytas, Spyridon       GRE 1822.04 321 - 5 4 0 3 0 0 120 5 3 0 3 0 0 120 23 240 1782.61 -1.69
6 Mantazis, Georgios   j   GRE 1607.24 569 - 5 2 0 4 0 0 120 5 3.5 0 0 0 0 108 19.5 228 1700.92 4.01
7 Spirliadis, Achilleas       GRE - - - 5 5 0 0 2.5 0 120 5 0 1.5 0 0 0 120 19 240 1689.25 -
8 Petridis, Evangelos   s   GRE 1688.07 464 - 5 0 0 5 0 0 120 5 1.5 0 0 0 0 115 16.5 235 1630.90 -2.45
9 Novidis, Dimitrios       GRE 1647.43 h - - 0 5 0 0 0 0 120 5 4 0 0 0 0 120 14 240 1572.55 -
10 Ropokis, Christos       GRE 1694.72 447 - 0 2 0 0 0 0 120 5 3 3.5 0 0 0 120 13.5 240 1560.88 -5.73
11 Kefsikoglou, Petroula   w   GRE 1679.21 478 - 5 0 0 0 0 0 120 5 0 0 0 0 0 120 10 240 1479.19 -8.57
12 Iordanoglou, Ioannis   j   GRE 1763.67 h - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 5 1.5 0 0 0 0 120 6.5 240 1397.50 -
13 Giannioti, Rafailia   w   GRE - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 5 0 0 0 0 0 120 5 240 1362.49 -
14 Vidalis, Evangelos   s   GRE 1578.89 748 - 0 0 0 3 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 3 223 1315.81 -11.27
Main Judge: Prentos, Kostas          Assistant: Liamos, Asterios          Problems Selected by: Prentos, Kostas

Date 26.04.2026
Top Ten Average Rating 1893,48
Category 10

Points
Name Country # Points Perf. Rat.
Sidiropoulos, Nikos GRE 1 10 2587,85
Konidaris, Panagiotis GRE 2 8 2517,83
Mendrinos, Nikos GRE 3 6 2412,80
Fougiaxis, Harry GRE 4 4 1945,99
Kolytas, Spyridon GRE 5 2 1782,61
Mantazis, Georgios GRE 6 1 1700,92

Tournaments
# Location Date Name Top 10 Cat. Winners
1 ARM 12.10.2025 2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025 2341,71 7 Pavlov, Danila
2 SUI 25.10.2025 40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025 2421,78 5 Pavlov, Danila
3 BEL 08.11.2025 30th Belgian Solving Championship 2025 2192,92 10 Van Beers, Eddy
4 ROU 23.11.2025 Cugir City Championship 1857,09 10 Dumitrescu, Daniel
5 POL 11.01.2026 49th International Polish Championship 2026 2568,86 2 Piorun, Kacper
6 FIN 14.02.2026 47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 2119,80 10 Karhunen, Kari
7 GBR 21.02.2026 Winton British Solving Championship 2026 2485,99 4 Michielsen, Joost
8 NED 14.03.2026 31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2026 2346,88 7 Van Beers, Eddy
9 AZE 05.04.2026 45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 2195,60 10 Pavlov, Danila
10 GER 12.04.2026 48th German Solving Championship 2026 2437,93 5 Hodge, David
11 LTU 26.04.2026 47th Lithuanian Championship 2026 2198,91 10 Kuznecovas, Kevinas
12 GRE 26.04.2026 24th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2026 1893,48 10 Sidiropoulos, Nikos

Standings
# Name Country Pts. Perf. Rat.
(≤6) 		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 Hodge, David GBR 66 2621,37 POL#7 14 GBR#3 18 NED#2 14 GER#1 20    
2 Van Beers, Eddy BEL 58 2724,89 SUI#2 18 BEL#1 10 GBR#5 14 NED#1 16    
3 Limontas, Martynas LTU 56 2532,56 POL#2 24 FIN#3 6 GBR#10 4 GER#4 14 LTU#2 8  
4 Michielsen, Joost NED 54 2428,24 SUI#6 10 BEL#3 6 GBR#1 22 NED#5 8 GER#7 8  
5 Kuznecovas, Kevinas LTU 48 2616,44 POL#3 22 GBR#4 16 LTU#1 10      
6 Pavlov, Danila FID 46 2792,00 ARM#1 16 SUI#1 20 AZE#1 10      
7 Sidiropoulos, Nikos GRE 28 2591,35 POL#5 18 GRE#1 10        
8 Piorun, Kacper POL 26 2871,89 POL#1 26          
9 Rudenko, Taras UKR 26 2553,11 SUI#3 16 POL#9 10        
10 Murdzia, Piotr POL 20 2624,01 POL#4 20          
11 Nunn, John GBR 20 2590,36 GBR#2 20          
12 Wissmann, Dolf NED 20 2373,47 BEL#2 8 GBR#12 1 NED#9 1 GER#6 10    
13 Satkus, Vidmantas LTU 20 2367,96 POL#12 4 GBR#6 12 LTU#4 4      
14 Nasyrov, Anton FID 18 2651,24 ARM#4 10 AZE#2 8        
15 Voigt, Ulrich GER 18 2651,08 GER#2 18          
16 Ooms, Andy BEL 18 2426,11 GBR#8 8 NED#4 10        
17 Zude, Arno GER 17 2443,89 SUI#11 1 GER#3 16        
18 Górski, Piotr POL 16 2565,69 POL#6 16          
19 Ott, Roland SUI 16 2422,40 SUI#8 6 GBR#7 10        
20 Pfannkuche, Michael GER 16 2357,59 NED#3 12 GER#9 4        
21 Bulavka, Aleksandr FID 14 2709,72 ARM#2 14          
22 Schäfer, Ronald GER 14 2552,79 SUI#4 14          
23 van Rijn, Wouter NED 13 2338,59 SUI#5 12 GER#11 1        
24 Khasanov, Ural FID 12 2681,82 ARM#3 12          
25 Tummes, Boris GER 12 2517,59 GER#5 12          
26 Marciniszyn, Jakub POL 12 2478,20 POL#8 12          
27 Karhunen, Kari FIN 10 2579,45 FIN#1 10          
28 Peitl, Tomáš SVK 10 2405,30 POL#9 10          
29 Dumitrescu, Daniel ROU 10 2182,56 ROU#1 10          
30 Popov, Aleksey FID 8 2584,17 ARM#5 8          
31 Shestakova, Ekaterina FID 8 2544,04 ARM#6 6 AZE#5 2        
32 Konidaris, Panagiotis GRE 8 2517,83 GRE#2 8          
33 Efimova, Darya FID 8 2466,08 ARM#7 4 AZE#4 4        
34 Paavilainen, Jorma FIN 8 2436,02 FIN#2 8          
35 Kopyl, Valery UKR 8 2378,53 SUI#7 8          
36 Steponavičius, Stasys LTU 8 2328,72 POL#13 2 LTU#3 6        
37 de Boer, Johan NED 8 2281,15 BEL#5 2 NED#6 6        
38 Burja-Udrea, Razvan-Andrei ROU 8 2114,88 ROU#2 8          
39 Almammadov, Araz AZE 6 2673,37 AZE#3 6          
40 Mestel, Jonathan GBR 6 2435,21 GBR#9 6          
41 Mendrinos, Nikos GRE 6 2412,80 GRE#3 6          
42 Glöckler, Christian GER 6 2401,90 GER#8 6          
43 Włodarczyk, Robert POL 6 2376,13 POL#11 6          
44 Oltean, Cristian-Daniel ROU 6 2087,81 ROU#3 6          
45 Maeder, Thomas SUI 4 2361,11 SUI#9 4          
46 Uitenbroek, Hans NED 4 2285,80 BEL#4 4          
47 Caillaud, Michel FRA 4 2272,05 NED#7 4          
48 Tanner, Henry FIN 4 2202,94 FIN#4 4          
49 Uta, Matei-Maria ROU 4 2049,46 ROU#4 4          
50 Fougiaxis, Harry GRE 4 1945,99 GRE#4 4          
51 Friedland, Omer ISR 2 2406,12 GBR#11 2          
52 Tkhoruk, Roman SUI 2 2361,11 SUI#10 2          
53 Selivanov, Andrey FID 2 2312,91 GER#10 2          
54 Borst, Dirk NED 2 2247,07 NED#8 2          
55 Sihnevich, Mikalai FID 2 2207,50 ARM#8 2          
56 Paliulionis, Viktoras LTU 2 2184,09 LTU#5 2          
57 Marlo, Terho FIN 2 2158,12 FIN#5 2          
58 Mihalcescu, Alexandru ROU 2 1882,51 ROU#5 2          
59 Kolytas, Spyridon GRE 2 1782,61 GRE#5 2          
60 Chekina, Anastasiya FID 1 2391,88 AZE#6 1          
61 Kolčák, Marek SVK 1 2295,94 POL#14 1          
62 Filin, Grigory FID 1 2186,58 ARM#9 1          
63 Kueh, Audrey GBR 1 2171,00 LTU#6 1          
64 Wittebol, Jim NED 1 2121,43 BEL#6 1          
65 Syväniemi, Janne FIN 1 1960,89 FIN#6 1          
65 Mockus, Arvydas LTU 1 1960,89 FIN#6 1          
67 Craciun, Ovidiu ROU 1 1823,86 ROU#6 1          
68 Mantazis, Georgios GRE 1 1700,92 GRE#6 1          

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
6 S#5 892 0.54 0 3 11 0
3 #6 858 0.71 2 0 12 0
10 + 772 1.14 2 2 10 0
9 #4 736 1.32 2 3 9 0
11 H#6 714 1.43 4 0 10 0
12 S#3 714 1.43 4 0 10 0
5 H#3 678 1.61 4 1 9 0
8 #3 578 2.11 1 8 5 0
4 = 572 2.14 4 3 7 0
2 #3 458 2.71 6 3 5 0
1 #2 358 3.21 9 0 5 0
7 #2 72 4.64 13 0 1 0


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