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The 53rd Greek Team Championship 2026 is the highest division (A-League) of the national team championships in Greece. 34 of the strongest Greek chess clubs compete in a 7-round, FIDE-rated Team Swiss tournament.

Delay

A 15-minute time delay is applied.

Players

The event features a strong field of titled players, including:

15 GMs: Nikolas Theodorou, Ioannis Papaioannou, Antonios Pavlidis, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, Hristos Banikas, Andreas Kelires, Dimitris Alexakis, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Stelios Halkias, Evgenios Ioannidis, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Vasilios Kotronias, Spiridon Kapnisis and Spyridon Skembris.

22 IMs: Anatole Vlachos, Evaggelos Patrelakis, Ioannis Kalogeris, Georgios Gkoumas, Sotirios Malikentzos, Stavroula Tsolakidou, Nikolaos Galopoulos, Christos Krallis, Anthony Petkidis, Antonios Kalogridis, Angelos Sandalakis, Konstantinos Megalios, Panagiotis Christodoulou, Nikolaos Spyropoulos, Georgios Kanakaris, Hristos Alexiadis, Alexandros Papasimakopoulos, Georgios Mitsis, Epameinondas Kourousis, Anastasios Pavlidis, Atanas Dimitrov, Panayotis Frendzas

Location

Hosted at EAP Indoor Gym, Patras, Greece.

Best Game

Round 1 (2026/07/04), Board 12.1
White: FM Christos Dogias (2366)
Black: GM Ioannis Papaioannou (2611)

--> 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Bg2 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Nd2 a4 20. c3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5 22. Qd4 bxc3 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rc8 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Qd4 Nd2+!! 0-1

--> 30. Qxd2 Qxe4+ 31. Ka1 Qxh1+
--> 30. Bxd2 Qxd4
--> 30. Nxd2 Qxh1+

Champions

2026: ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ ΑΟ
2025: ΣΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΥ
2024: ΣΟ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ
2023: ΣΟ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ
2022: ΕΟΑΟ 'Ο ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗΣ' ΝΙΚΑΙΑΣ
2021: ΕΟΑΟ 'Ο ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗΣ' ΝΙΚΑΙΑΣ

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