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WCF Nicosia Rapid Chess Challenge 2025

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