{"id":1473,"date":"2026-05-20T07:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:56:44","slug":"%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%b7%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ac-%ce%b5%cf%85%cf%81%cf%89%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%8c-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%89%cf%84%ce%ac%ce%b8%ce%bb%ce%b7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"European Individual Chess Championship 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Individual Championship was successfully organised in Katowice Poland during April, the participation ratio surpassed every expectation reaching the staggering 500 plus number. Still in order to have a more objective and meritocratic result defining the top places and the qualifications places\u00a0 more rounds will be necessary in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s2.chess-results.com\/tnr1388808.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=5&amp;fedb=GRE&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30&amp;SNode=S0\">https:\/\/s2.chess-results.com\/tnr1388808.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=5&amp;fedb=GRE&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30&amp;SNode=S0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huge surprise the victory of the Ukranian IM Dehtiarov R with 9\/11<\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0 players reached 8,5\/11 but missed their chance for top place. 8\/11 was necessary in order to reach the qualifications spots for the World Cup this September.<\/p>\n<p>Many strong young Greek parcticipants this year, best results Alexakis D 7,5\/11 and Mastrovasilis D 7,5\/11 undefeated, Kalogeris I with 7\/11 was close to achievening a GM norm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.chess-results.com\/tnr1388808.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=25&amp;fedb=GRE&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30&amp;SNode=S0\">https:\/\/s3.chess-results.com\/tnr1388808.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=25&amp;fedb=GRE&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30&amp;SNode=S0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgame\">\n    <noscript>\n        <div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        <\/div>\n    <\/noscript>\n    <div id=\"rpbchessboard-6a0e5caa43c3b-1\"><\/div>\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        (function() {\n            function renderThisPGN() {\n                RPBChessboard.renderPGN(\"rpbchessboard-6a0e5caa43c3b-1\", {\"pgn\":\"[Event \\\"EICC 2026\\\"]\\r\\n[Round \\\"5.35\\\"]\\r\\n[White \\\"Laurent-Paoli, Pierre\\\"]\\r\\n[Black \\\"Kalogeris, Ioannis\\\"]\\r\\n[Result \\\"0-1\\\"]\\r\\n[Annotator \\\"kalog\\\"]\\r\\n[ECO \\\"E06\\\"]\\r\\n[WhiteElo \\\"2542\\\"]\\r\\n[BlackElo \\\"2427\\\"]\\r\\n[WhiteFideId \\\"-1\\\"]\\r\\n[BlackFideId \\\"-1\\\"]\\r\\n[PlyCount \\\"86\\\"]\\r\\n[SourceVersionDate \\\"2026.01.18\\\"]\\r\\n\\r\\n1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. 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Still in order to have a more objective and meritocratic result defining the top places and the qualifications places\u00a0 more rounds will be necessary in the near future. https:\/\/s2.chess-results.com\/tnr1388808.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=5&amp;fedb=GRE&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30&amp;SNode=S0 Huge surprise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/?p=1473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">European Individual Chess Championship 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mat-chess.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}