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