The “Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace” Open International Blitz Tournament will take place on September 13 in Konak (Ministry of Macedonia – Thrace), Greece. It is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move. For more events from Greece, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Grigor Grigorov (2512), IM Dimitris Alexakis (2495), IM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos (2436), GM Evgenios Ioannidis (2435), GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2431), GM Petar G. Arnaudov (2417), IM Nikola Nikolovski (2404), Nikolaos Galopoulos (2336), FM Zoran Stojcevski (2301), IM Antonios Kalogridis (2278), FM Dimitrios Papakonstantinou (2267), IM Velislav Kukov (2266), FM Anastasia Avramidou (2220), Stefanos Magkalakis (2209), FM Georgios Ketzetzis (2181), FM Lampros Giannoulakis (2178), FM Andrej Veljanoski (2176), Nikolaos Gouloutis (2172), Efthimios Kiratzopoulos (2170), FM Dimitrios Ladopoulos (2167). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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“Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace” Open International Blitz Tournament Participants
Rk.
SNo
Name
FED
Rtg
1
1
GM
Grigorov, Grigor
BUL
2512
2
2
IM
Alexakis, Dimitris
GRE
2495
3
3
IM
Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros
GRE
2436
4
4
GM
Ioannidis, Evgenios
GRE
2435
5
5
GM
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
GRE
2431
6
6
GM
Arnaudov, G. Petar
BUL
2417
7
7
IM
Nikolovski, Nikola
MKD
2404
8
8
Galopoulos, Nikolaos
GRE
2336
9
9
FM
Stojcevski, Zoran
MKD
2301
10
10
IM
Kalogridis, Antonios
GRE
2278
11
11
FM
Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios
GRE
2267
12
12
IM
Kukov, Velislav
BUL
2266
13
13
FM
Avramidou, Anastasia
GRE
2220
14
14
Magkalakis, Stefanos
GRE
2209
15
15
FM
Ketzetzis, Georgios
GRE
2181
16
16
FM
Giannoulakis, Lampros
GRE
2178
17
17
FM
Veljanoski, Andrej
MKD
2176
18
18
Gouloutis, Nikolaos
GRE
2172
19
19
Kiratzopoulos, Efthimios
GRE
2170
20
20
FM
Ladopoulos, Dimitrios
GRE
2167
21
21
Mihov, Filip
MKD
2166
22
22
FM
Argiroudis, Stamatis
GRE
2156
23
23
Papadimitriou, Athanasios
GRE
2127
24
24
Milovanovic, Ninoslav
SRB
2123
25
25
CM
Stoimenidis, Dimitrios
GRE
2118
26
26
Konstantinidis, Mavroudis
GRE
2107
27
27
Fragoulidis, Ioannis
GRE
2101
28
28
Tagkaloglou, Savvas Stefanos
GRE
2087
29
29
Iskos, Alexandros
GRE
2085
30
30
FM
Hadzimanolis, Antonios
GRE
2083
31
31
Theofilopoulos, Aris
GRE
2082
32
32
Leftheriotis, Alexandros
GRE
2079
33
33
Minas, Ioannis
GRE
2071
34
34
Merkouropoulos, Dionysios
GRE
2063
35
35
FM
Svicevic, Rastko
SRB
2046
36
36
Samakas, Stavros
GRE
2044
37
37
Ballas, Athanasios-Panagiotis
GRE
2041
38
38
AIM
Mantazis, Georgios Rafail
GRE
2029
39
39
FM
Kalogridis, Themistoklis
GRE
2024
40
40
CM
Papadopoulos, Panayotis
GRE
2020
41
41
Vardakas, Grigorios
GRE
2016
42
42
Tetepoulidis, Ioannis
GRE
2014
43
43
Skodras, Marios Konstantinos
GRE
2012
44
44
Samakas, Anastasios
GRE
2006
45
45
Boutikos, Eleftherios
GRE
2003
46
46
Samaridis, Konstantinos
GRE
2002
47
47
Alexandri, Dimitra
GRE
1998
48
48
Seretis, Nikolaos G
GRE
1998
49
49
Hrisomalis, Theodoros
GRE
1995
50
50
CM
Lagopatis, Nikolaos
GRE
1983
51
51
Betsakos, Konstantinos
GRE
1975
52
52
Dimakis, Stavros
GRE
1948
53
53
Danis, Hrisovalantis
GRE
1945
54
54
Gerasopoulos, Nikolaos
GRE
1931
55
55
Tsinaris, Fotis
GRE
1929
56
56
Drakaki, Anna-Maria
GRE
1924
57
57
Toliopoulos, Konstantinos
GRE
1921
58
58
Galanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis
GRE
1889
59
59
Margaritis, Ioannis M
GRE
1884
60
60
Maggos, Nikolaos
GRE
1868
61
61
Themelis, Georgios
GRE
1868
62
62
WFM
Grapsa, Georgia
GRE
1864
63
63
Vardakas, Stefanos
GRE
1864
64
64
Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis
GRE
1862
65
65
AFM
Ioannidis, Konstantinos I
GRE
1861
66
66
Vardaka, Sofia
GRE
1860
67
67
Amiridou, Dimitra
GRE
1857
68
68
Sideris, Georgios
GRE
1850
69
69
Keramaros, Vasileios
GRE
1839
70
70
Soultanis, Dimitrios
GRE
1837
71
71
Kivelos, Sotirios
GRE
1835
72
72
Lianas, Ioannis
GRE
1828
73
73
Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Nik
GRE
1828
74
74
Orfanidis, Kyriakos
GRE
1825
75
75
Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris
GRE
1825
76
76
Karzias, Christos
GRE
1822
77
77
Galaras, Anestis
GRE
1821
78
78
Hatzigrigoriou, Georgios
GRE
1821
79
79
AIM
Marinidis, Stavros
GRE
1818
80
80
WFM
Siskou, Evangelia
GRE
1806
81
81
Mihailidou, Magdalini
GRE
1802
82
82
Balafoutas, Alexandros
GRE
1788
83
83
Kotsalis, Evagelos
GRE
1788
84
84
Misios, Konstantinos
GRE
1783
85
85
Zouroufidis, Konstantinos
GRE
1783
86
86
WCM
Koutsogiannopoulou, Theodora
GRE
1781
87
87
Alexandri, Vasiliki
GRE
1776
88
88
Spagkakas, Konstantinos
GRE
1775
89
89
Giannopoulos, Ioannis
GRE
1770
90
90
Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp
GRE
1753
91
91
Kafantaris, Pavlos
GRE
1745
92
92
Christou, Lambros
GRE
1730
93
93
Sampsonoglou, Vasilios
GRE
1727
94
94
Seretis, Anastasios
GRE
1723
95
95
Sampsonoglou, Dimitrios
GRE
1719
96
96
Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis
GRE
1716
97
97
Ninios, Georgios
GRE
1701
98
98
Tsintsar, Zoran
GRE
1693
99
99
Bimpikas, Ioannis
GRE
1686
100
100
Kyriakidis, Christoforos
GRE
1683
101
101
Arzoumanidis, Alexandros
GRE
1676
102
102
Polyzos, Vasileios
GRE
1674
103
103
AIM
Mitsopoulos, Ioannis
GRE
1670
104
104
Tsolaki, Eleni
GRE
1661
105
105
Triantaphylidis, Alexandros I
GRE
1654
106
106
Chasiotis, Odysseas
GRE
1651
107
107
Nikolaidis, Ioannis St
GRE
1633
108
108
Chatzipanagiotou, Asimenia
GRE
1627
109
109
Gkalimpas, Iasonas
GRE
1623
110
110
Boudoulis, Pashalis
GRE
1621
111
111
AFM
Paterakis, Panagiotis Emm
GRE
1612
112
112
Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis
GRE
1612
113
113
Tziotzios, Dimitrios
GRE
1612
114
114
Betsakou, Sofia
GRE
1611
115
115
Kyriakopoulos, Charalampos
GRE
1610
116
116
Tsakiris, Sotirios
GRE
1605
117
117
Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Arg
GRE
1596
118
118
Mavridis, Athanasios Theo
GRE
1595
119
119
Papathoma, Kalliopi
GRE
1592
120
120
Giakoustidou, Evgenia
GRE
1589
121
121
Patriki, Alexandra
GRE
1575
122
122
Alexandrakis, Venizelos
GRE
1571
123
123
Bekiari, Angeliki
GRE
1569
124
124
AFM
Georgiadis, Georgios Eleftherios
GRE
1567
125
125
Spanidis, Orestis
GRE
1564
126
126
Asiatidis, Ioannis Athanasios
GRE
1561
127
127
Pasoglou, Nikoleta
GRE
1558
128
128
Tzoumas, Stamatios Iason
GRE
1558
129
129
Paschalidis, Nikolaos
GRE
1547
130
130
Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios
GRE
1540
131
131
Diamantopoulos, Marios
GRE
1534
132
132
Liamos, Evangelos
GRE
1534
133
133
Kotsonis, Nikolaos
GRE
1532
134
134
Sidiras, Angelos
GRE
1529
135
135
Paraskevopoulou, Aikaterini
GRE
1528
136
136
Siskos, Ioannis
GRE
1525
137
137
Filippoglou, Ioannis
GRE
1521
138
138
Kistoglidis, Konstantinos
GRE
1521
139
139
Oikonomidis, Anastasios Ioannis
GRE
1512
140
140
Kougioumtzoglou, Margarita
GRE
1507
141
141
Angelakopoulou, Ioanna
GRE
1504
142
142
Ioakeimidis, Theodoros
GRE
1501
143
143
Dokidis, Panagiotis
GRE
1498
144
144
Lamprinos, Athanasios Angelos
GRE
1495
145
145
Theofylaktou, Kyriaki
GRE
1494
146
146
Pezikoglou, Apostolos
GRE
1491
147
147
Grammenos, Sotirios
GRE
1488
148
148
Tzavelas, Evangelos
GRE
1483
149
149
Lazaridis, Lazaros Th
GRE
1478
150
150
Ladopoulos, Vasileios
GRE
1476
151
151
Meselidis, Evangelos
GRE
1467
152
152
Betsakos, Haralampos
GRE
1464
153
153
Botskaris, Dimitrios
GRE
1461
154
154
Spanidis, Konstantinos
GRE
1458
155
155
Alexandrakis, Alexios
GRE
1447
156
156
Salgkamis, Daniil
GRE
1446
157
157
Ouzounis, Athanasios
GRE
1445
158
158
Lazarou, Efthymios
GRE
1435
159
159
Paschalidou, Eleni
GRE
1415
160
160
Gkrekidis, Konstantinos
GRE
1405
161
161
Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520
GRE
1405
162
162
Arzoumanidis, Maximos
GRE
0
163
163
Deligiannis, Konstantinos
GRE
0
164
164
Floros, Konstaninos N
GRE
0
165
165
Georgiou, Filimon
GRE
0
166
166
Grigoriadis, Theodoros I
GRE
0
167
167
Iordanidis, Nikolaos Chrysovalantis
GRE
0
168
168
Kalaitzidou, Paraskevi
GRE
0
169
169
Kotsoni, Alexandra
GRE
0
170
170
Kouliadis, Panagiotis
GRE
0
171
171
Piperidou, Angeliki
GRE
0
172
172
Samou, Ioulia
GRE
0
173
173
Sanidas, Chrysafis
GRE
0
174
174
Stefanidis, Konstantinos
GRE
0
175
175
Tsakiris, Odysseas
GRE
0
176
176
Tserkezis, Konstantinos
GRE
0
177
177
Xanthopoulos, Vasilios Polyvios
GRE
0
178
178
Zafeiroulis, Apostolos
GRE
0