WCF Nicosia Rapid Challenge is a FIDE-rated tournament that took place this weekend in Nicosia, Cyprus. IM Dimitris Alexakis won the event with 6,0/7, the same points but better tiebreak than IM Artem Sadovsky, FM Christos Krallis, Ismail Eren Midem, and IM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos.
The WCF Nicosia Rapid Challenge 2025 is a qualifying event, part of the World Chess Festival 2024-25, providing also ranking points towards determining the overall winner of the World Chess Festival 2024-25 (“WCF Champion”).
WCF Nicosia Rapid Chess Challenge 2025 final standings
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
1
IM
Alexakis, Dimitris
GRE
2498
6
2
IM
Sadovsky, Artem
FID
2389
6
3
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2329
6
4
Midem, Ismail Eren
TUR
1971
6
5
IM
Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros
GRE
2389
6
6
IM
Agdelen, Huseyin Can
TUR
2408
5.5
7
FM
Michaelides, Konstantinos
CYP
2200
5.5
8
Skouroupathis, Kyriakos
CYP
1824
5
9
Sertbay, Huseyin
TUR
1982
5
10
CM
Antoniou, Rafail
CYP
2172
5
11
Grigoriev, Alexander D
FID
1723
5
12
FM
Isaakidis, Alexandros
CYP
2121
5
13
Kyriakides, Stylianos
CYP
1469
5
14
Aydin, Mustafa Kemal Ata
TUR
1978
5
15
Pasa, Ahmet
TUR
1921
5
16
AIM
Tumburi, Emir
TUR
1756
5
17
Sidorovsky, Evgeny
FID
2127
5
18
AGM
Georgiou, Andreas
CYP
1824
4.5
19
WGM
Balashova, Lija
FID
2271
4.5
20
Bannoura, Daniel
CYP
1533
4.5
21
Reznikov, Andrey
FID
1448
4.5
22
Kyriakides, Andreas
CYP
1588
4.5
23
Agouridis, Aris
GRE
2083
4
24
Kucuk, Dogukan
TUR
1819
4
25
Papapostolou, Apostolos
GRE
1960
4
26
WCM
Pica, Eleni
CYP
1559
4
27
AIM
Aristotelous, Vassilis
CYP
1855
4
28
Sayan, Uzay
TUR
1570
4
29
Gunes, Eylul
TUR
1713
4
30
Theocharous, Vasilis
CYP
1730
4
31
Safonov, Artyom
FID
1986
4
32
Daniil, Christodoulos
CYP
1663
4
33
Constantinou, Samuel Johannes
CYP
1823
4
34
Borisov, Aleksei
FID
0
4
35
Murali, Aurik
CYP
1626
4
36
Bakhriev, Daler
FID
0
4
37
Koskinas, Marios
GRE
0
4
38
Aaryan, Chaitas Shah
IND
0
4
39
ACM
Constantinou, Paris
CYP
1565
4
40
Papadopoulos, Gerasimos
CYP
1824
4
41
WFM
Cherkasova, Marina
CYP
1916
3.5
42
Chyntemirov, Chingiz
KAZ
1729
3.5
43
Lomadze, Alexandr
CYP
1497
3.5
44
Hadjiefstathiou, Stelios
CYP
1424
3.5
45
Konoshenkov, Alexey
FID
0
3.5
46
Kiselev, Mikhail
CYP
1405
3.5
47
Belyaev, Ivan
ISR
0
3.5
48
Georgiou, Harilaos
CYP
1478
3.5
49
Midem, Ali Canel
TUR
1616
3
50
Khudorozhkov, Mikhail
FID
1426
3
51
Aresti, Aristos
CYP
0
3
52
Kakouris, Giorgos
CYP
1466
3
53
Picolos, Antonios
CYP
0
3
54
Stefanos, Constantinos
CYP
1428
3
55
Grigorjev, Dmitriy Den
FID
0
3
56
Bannura, Husam
CYP
0
3
57
Ioannou, Constantinos
CYP
1603
3
58
Averkin, Mark
FID
0
3
59
Alkim, Albert
CYP
0
3
60
Malamousi, Georgia
GRE
1452
3
61
Biskas, Georgios
CYP
1479
3
62
Konnaris, Ploutarchos
CYP
1422
3
63
Shalygina, Maya
CYP
0
3
64
Hakligil, Aziz
TUR
1502
3
65
Hadjiyiannis, Costas
CYP
1956
2.5
66
Sokolov, Timofei
FID
0
2.5
67
Nicolaou, Rafaella
CYP
0
2.5
68
Eleftheriou, Dimitris
CYP
0
2.5
69
AGM
Vanezis, Stylianos
CYP
0
2.5
70
Christofides, Alexandros
CYP
1475
2.5
71
Ulianov, Aleksei
FID
0
2
72
Shaygardanov, Robert
FID
0
2
73
Khudorozhkov, Iaroslav
FID
0
2
74
Stefanou, Athina
CYP
0
2
75
Malamousi, Evanthia
GRE
0
2
76
Mahon, Dylan James
USA
0
2
77
Kasinskis, Kristians
LAT
0
2
78
Svoukis, Panagiotis
CYP
0
2
79
Lomadze, Nikolai
CYP
0
2
80
Pavlov, Konstantin
FID
0
2
81
Markides, Markellos
CYP
1694
1.5
82
Hakobyan, Alexis
CYP
0
1.5
83
Saade, Imad
LBN
0
1.5
84
Bryan, Emil
CYP
0
1
85
Pissarides, Leonidas
CYP
0
1
86
Murali, Rishik Lalith
IND
0
1
87
Karoullas, Marios
CYP
0
1
