The 18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT is taking place July 19 – July 26 in Greece. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Greece, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The tournament is separated in two categories – Group A and Group B. The top rated paplayer from Group B tournament is FM Ioannis Maris (1870), followed by Myrto Seretaki (1819) and Joe M Mercurio (1798). Top 20 is completed by Ulrich Schlee (1797), Vasileios Polyzos (1793), Panagiotis Alevizakis (1791), Ram Galmidi (1791), Styliani Vardaka (1790), Ioannis Theodoroglakis (1783), Itay Zlotogorski (1775), AIM Vincenzo Iatrino (1767), Ferran Capdevila Lopez (1728), Mikayel Sh. Sargsyan (1717), Rafayel M. Stepanyan (1705), Nikolaos Alexandros Dallas (1703), Konstantina Maniati (1693), Stefanos Balaskas (1684), Petr Svoboda (1679), Roberto Rabiti (1677), Juris Mileiko (1675). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT – GROUP B Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
FM
Maris, Ioannis
GRE
1870
2
Seretaki, Myrto
GRE
1819
3
Mercurio, Joe M
USA
1798
4
Schlee, Ulrich
GER
1797
5
Polyzos, Vasileios
GRE
1793
6
Alevizakis, Panagiotis
GER
1791
7
Galmidi, Ram
ISR
1791
8
Vardaka, Styliani
GRE
1790
9
Theodoroglakis, Ioannis
GRE
1783
10
Zlotogorski, Itay
ISR
1775
11
AIM
Iatrino, Vincenzo
ITA
1767
12
Capdevila Lopez, Ferran
ESP
1728
13
Sargsyan, Mikayel Sh.
ARM
1717
14
Stepanyan, Rafayel M.
ARM
1705
15
Dallas, Nikolaos Alexandros
GRE
1703
16
Maniati, Konstantina
GRE
1693
17
Balaskas, Stefanos
GRE
1684
18
Svoboda, Petr
CZE
1679
19
Rabiti, Roberto
ITA
1677
20
Mileiko, Juris
LAT
1675
21
Kasinyan, Lilit
ARM
1674
22
Skaraki, Georgia
GRE
1667
23
Fraidakis, Matthaios Ioannis
GRE
1655
24
Stoimenidis, Markos
GRE
1655
25
Kalligeris, Ioannis
GRE
1654
26
Frosinos, Ioannis
GRE
1651
27
Gavriilidis, Nikiforos
GRE
1649
28
Kakaletris, Panagiotis
GRE
1646
29
Batsi, Lida
GRE
1642
30
Ekimov, Ivan
BUL
1638
31
Rizos, Dimitrios Chania
GRE
1638
32
Bakalis, Konstantinos
GRE
1633
33
Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp
GRE
1631
34
Stratoudakis, Alexandros
GRE
1630
35
Nikolopoulos, Nikolaos S
GRE
1629
36
Volani, Olga
GRE
1629
37
Sloan, Cecil
USA
1627
38
Tsouchnikas, Georgios
GRE
1622
39
Tzavara, Eleni
GRE
1619
40
Alexandrakis, Venizelos
GRE
1618
41
Galmidi, Ester
ISR
1615
42
Gaffka, Mateusz
POL
1614
43
Christodoulakis, Michail Em
GRE
1611
44
Nteneketzis, Paraskevas
GRE
1610
45
Makropoulos, Andreas
GRE
1609
46
Wojciechowski, Tomasz
POL
1606
47
Alexandrakis, Alexios
GRE
1605
48
Anemogianni, Savvina
GRE
1599
49
ACM
Pento, Maximus
ENG
1598
50
Angelov, Veselin
BUL
1594
51
Ahn, Juyong
KOR
1593
52
Schneider, Hanne
GER
1582
53
Scafe`, Stefano
ITA
1580
54
Luo, Chenyu
CHN
1579
55
AFM
Pento, Nestor
ENG
1578
56
Kotovos, Konstantinos
GRE
1578
57
Siskos, Ioannis
GRE
1578
58
Sivaropoulos, Georgios
GRE
1578
59
Latos, Dimitrios
GRE
1576
60
Triantafyllaki, Sofia
GRE
1576
61
Potikha, Shelley
ISR
1572
62
Lange, Jakob
GER
1570
63
Bakalis, Efthymios
GRE
1569
64
Matthaiou, Theodoros
GRE
1559
65
Hentschel, Christoph
GER
1556
66
AFM
Anastasopoulou, Stavroula
GRE
1546
67
Diakoloukas, Theodosios
GRE
1544
68
Zielinska, Maja
POL
1544
69
Xenakis, Charles
GRE
1543
70
Melegkos, Konstantinos
GRE
1541
71
Tzempelikou, Christina
GRE
1538
72
Pentoti, Anna
GRE
1531
73
Medvedev, Anton Il
ARM
1522
74
Dimakis, Evangelos
GRE
1514
75
Chilingaryan, Ariana
ARM
1508
76
Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios
GRE
1506
77
Ouzounstefanis, Ioannis
GRE
1494
78
Androulakis, Radamanthys Pavlos
GRE
1491
79
Antonakis, Lykourgos
GRE
1475
80
Theodoroglaki, Varvara
GRE
1472
81
Rompanos, Alexandros
GRE
1470
82
Xeras, Ioannis
GRE
1468
83
Vergini, Maria Eirini
GRE
1466
84
Lampousakis, Michail
GRE
1464
85
Pidakev, Vladimir
BUL
1462
86
Bakali, Anastasia
GRE
1458
87
Moysidis, Dimitrios
GRE
1447
88
Stepanyan, Artyom
ARM
1444
89
Trelakas, Andreas
GRE
1440
90
Tsigkogiannis, Panagiotis
GRE
1438
91
Tiuca, Emma
GER
1431
92
Kloka, Aliki
GRE
1430
93
Adrakta, Maria
GRE
1429
94
Samvelyan, Hamlet
ARM
1428
95
Burvanov, Yulian
BUL
1425
96
Psarianos, Emmanouil
GRE
1425
97
Charitakis, Emmanouil
GRE
1424
98
Volanis, Vasileios
GRE
1421
99
Filippoglou, Ioannis
GRE
1418
100
Scafe, Alessandro
ITA
1418
101
Seferlis, Vasileios
GRE
1406
102
Schneider, Reinhart
GER
1405
103
Gagani, Elli
GRE
1402
104
Antonaki, Olga
GRE
0
105
Burvanova, Niya
BUL
0
106
Eden, Agnes
FRA
0
107
Ekimova, Diana
BUL
0
108
Flouri, Artemis
GRE
0
109
Flouris, Apollonas
GRE
0
110
Grigoryan, Mark
ARM
0
111
Kalpakidis, Themistoklis
GRE
0
112
Katwal, Milan
NEP
0
113
Kyriakogiannaki, Vasileia
GRE
0
114
Lampousakis, Dimitrios Christos
GRE
0
115
Lavdakis, Michail
GRE
0
116
Lusignoli Salvini, Dario
ITA
0
117
Manousaki, Foteini
GRE
0
118
Mantikou, Eleni
GRE
0
119
Maragkoudakis, Alexandros
GRE
0
120
Maragkoudakis, Georgios
GRE
0
121
Mavridi, Maria Vasileia
GRE
0
122
Meletaki, Angeliki
GRE
0
123
Moysidi, Danai
GRE
0
124
Nerantzakis, Dimitrios
GRE
0
125
Nomikos, Marios
GRE
0
126
Ntagkounakis, Charalampos
GRE
0
127
Ntertilis, Panagiotis
GRE
0
128
Ouzounstefanis, Nikolaos
GRE
0
129
Papikyan, Levon
ARM
0
130
Pariotakis, Georgios
GRE
0
131
Patrinos, Filippos
GRE
0
132
Pavlidou, Evgenia
GRE
0
133
Petrosyan, Alisa
ARM
0
134
Pokki, Kalle
FIN
0
135
Prapas, Eftymios-Alkiviadis
GRE
0
136
Psarakis, Kyriakos
GRE
0
137
Psilopoulou, Aikaterini Viktoria
GRE
0
138
Psilopoulou, Anna Maria
GRE
0
139
Rompanos, Paschalis
GRE
0
140
Sarkisian, Lana
GEO
0
141
Sidiropoulou, Afroditi
GRE
0
142
Sivaropoulos, Stefanos
GRE
0
143
Skarla, Maria Eleni
GRE
0
144
Skytte, Amanda
DEN
0
145
Stathopoulou, Athanasia Ismini
GRE
0
146
Stathopoulou, Maria Melina
GRE
0
147
Vladan, Sonni
FRA
0