WCF Nicosia Rapid Chess Challenge 2025
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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 |