Final standings

Results

The Rodos Palace Chess Open 2026 concluded after nine rounds with 90 entries.

Tournament winner
GMWan Yunguo
8.5/9

The top three

01

GM Wan Yunguo

CHN8.5/9
02

GM Zeng Chongsheng

CHN8.5/9
03

Gurel Ahmet Unal

TUR7/9
Standings by group

Final standings

Wan Yunguo and Zeng Chongsheng both finished on 8.5/9. First place was decided by Buchholz Cut 1, 51.5 to 50.5.

Group A

Top 10
Group A Final standings
Place Player Fed. Points
1
GMWan Yunguo
 CHN 8.5
2
GMZeng Chongsheng
 CHN 8.5
3
Gurel Ahmet Unal
 TUR 7
4
FMStamatiou Rodolfos
 GRE 6.5
5
Torun Kagan
 TUR 6.5
6
FMKolesar Milan
 SVK 6.5
7
WIMZhao Yunqing
 CHN 6.5
8
WIMMgeladze Kesaria
 GEO 6
9
Lutz Janis
 SUI 6
10
Du Yuxin
 CHN 6

Group B

Top 5
Group B Final standings
Place Player Fed. Points
1
Athanasiou Soumela
 GRE 6
2
Nikitakis Ioannis
 GRE 6
3
Korinioti Myrto
 GRE 6
4
Perrakis Polychronis
 GRE 6
5
Rafik Yassine
 MAR 5.5

Four players finished on 6 points. Soumela Athanasiou took first place on tiebreaks.

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Awards

Category winners

The tournament special awards as recorded for the closing ceremony.

Group A Women

  1. 1 WIMZhao Yunqing CHN
  2. 2 WIMMgeladze Kesaria GEO
  3. 3 Du Yuxin CHN

Group B Women

  1. 1 Athanasiou Soumela GRE
  2. 2 Korinioti Myrto GRE
  3. 3 Badrakova Kseniya AUT

U18 Boys

  1. 1 Torun Kagan TUR
  2. 2 Nikitakis Ioannis GRE
  3. 3 Chasapis Christos GRE

U18 Girls

  1. 1 WIMZhao Yunqing CHN
  2. 2 WIMMgeladze Kesaria GEO
  3. 3 Gkoutzouki Aikaterini Argyro GRE

Unrated U12

  1. 1 Beler Mira Deniz TUR
  2. 2 Akkaya Seyyid Mansour TUR
  3. 3 Giannikis Theodoros Michail GRE

Seniors S50

  1. 1 Leijgraaff Peter NED

Seniors S65

  1. 1 FMKolesar Milan SVK

U1700

  1. 1 Korinioti Myrto GRE

The whole tournament in one place

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