Stavroula Tsolakidou at the Global Chess League

FIDE title

International Master

Federation

Greece

2026 team

Ganges Grandmasters

2026 board

Superstar, women's boards

Seasons

2025, 2026

FIDE id

4264312

She played a women's Superstar board for the Ganges Grandmasters in 2025, scoring 4 points from 10 games, and stays with the team for 2026.

In the 2026 season Tsolakidou plays for the Ganges Grandmasters on one of the two Superstar women's boards. The season runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India.

Global Chess League record

In 2025 the Ganges Grandmasters finished fourth in Mumbai. They were level on match points with two other teams behind the Triveni Continental Kings, missed the final by one game point and lost the third-place match to the PBG Alaskan Knights on blitz tiebreaks.

1. 1.2025: Ganges Grandmasters, Superstar (women's boards). Team result: fourth. Scored 4 points from 10 games.

Career highlights

1. 1.World Youth girls' champion under 14 in 2013, under 16 in 2015 and under 18 in 2016.
2. 2.Greece's top-rated woman player and a regular on the national Olympiad team.
3. 3.Played the 2024-25 FIDE Women's Grand Prix series.
4. 4.Second Global Chess League season in 2026, again with the Ganges Grandmasters.
5. 5.On the September 2026 FIDE rating list, Tsolakidou is rated 2441 in classical chess, 2381 in rapid and 2403 in blitz.

2026 season

Stavroula Tsolakidou plays the 2026 season with the Ganges Grandmasters, which runs from 5 to 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. Tsolakidou's squad mates are Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Polina Shuvalova and Leon Mendonca.

Each Global Chess League match is played on six boards of rapid chess, one board per squad member, and a win with Black earns the team more game points than a win with White. The format and scoring page explains the points. Matches are streamed free; the how-to-watch page lists the streams and the IST start times.

• —Matches played: 4
• —Match points: 6
• —Game points: 28
• —Position: 5 of 6

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 17:00 IST: Ganges Grandmasters 10–9 Triveni Continental Kings
2. 2.Sunday 6 September, 15:30 IST: Ganges Grandmasters 6–11 Alpine APL Pipers
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 18:30 IST: Ganges Grandmasters 9–7 FYERS American Gambits
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 17:00 IST: CheQ Mumba Masters 12–3 Ganges Grandmasters

Results were last checked on 7 September 2026 at 8:44 PM IST.

The 2026 final is scheduled for Sunday 13 September 2026 in Bengaluru, India. The champion appears here after the final.

2026 games

Tsolakidou has 4 finished games in the 2026 season: 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, 4 team points earned.

1. 1.Saturday 5 September, 17:00 IST: board 5, White against Kosteniuk, Alexandra (Triveni Continental Kings), win.
2. 2.Sunday 6 September, 15:30 IST: board 5, White against Koneru, Humpy (Alpine APL Pipers), loss.
3. 3.Sunday 6 September, 18:30 IST: board 5, White against Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat (FYERS American Gambits), draw.
4. 4.Monday 7 September, 17:00 IST: board 5, Black against Yip, Carissa (CheQ Mumba Masters), loss.

Daily reports mentioning Tsolakidou

1. 1.Day 1: Gambits win twice to take the first lead
2. 2.Day 2: Grandmasters stop Gambits as three teams tie

Frequently asked questions

More on the league: the Global Chess League 2026 hub, the schedule, the points table and the league overview with every season since 2023.