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 A tournament is GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2580), followed by GM Pier Luigi Basso (2502) and IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (2484). Top 20 is completed by IM Aksel Bu Kvaloy (2477), GM Alberto David (2469), GM Christophe Sochacki (2450), GM Momchil Nikolov (2440), GM Vladislav Nevednichy (2435), GM Aleksander Delchev (2426), FM Christos Krallis (2406), IM Tom Decuigniere (2403), Qingfeng Cao (2394), IM Piotr Dobrowolski (2393), IM Cristian Vasquez Toledo (2391), FM Dimitrios Stefanou (2379), IM Rasmus Skytte (2371), IM Khoi Pham (2358), FM Robert Ernst (2334), GM Levon Babujian (2332), FM Themistoklis Kalogridis (2328). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT – GROUP A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
GRE
2580
2
GM
Basso, Pier Luigi
ITA
2502
3
IM
Petriashvili, Nikoloz
GEO
2484
4
IM
Kvaloy, Aksel Bu
NOR
2477
5
GM
David, Alberto
ITA
2469
6
GM
Sochacki, Christophe
FRA
2450
7
GM
Nikolov, Momchil
BUL
2440
8
GM
Nevednichy, Vladislav
ROU
2435
9
GM
Delchev, Aleksander
SRB
2426
10
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2406
11
IM
Decuigniere, Tom
FRA
2403
12
Cao, Qingfeng
CHN
2394
13
IM
Dobrowolski, Piotr
POL
2393
14
IM
Vasquez Toledo, Cristian
CHI
2391
15
FM
Stefanou, Dimitrios
GRE
2379
16
IM
Skytte, Rasmus
DEN
2371
17
IM
Pham, Khoi
NED
2358
18
FM
Ernst, Robert
AUT
2334
19
GM
Babujian, Levon
ARM
2332
20
FM
Kalogridis, Themistoklis
GRE
2328
21
FM
Zlatin, Alexander
ISR
2313
22
FM
Manoeuvre, Antoine
FRA
2310
23
FM
Markidis, Konstantinos
GRE
2309
24
Daskalov, Dimitar
BUL
2298
25
Dong, Hongfu
CHN
2298
26
IM
Danielyan, Vahe
ARM
2296
27
FM
Stefanou, Konstantinos
GRE
2291
28
Vassis, Michail
GRE
2290
29
CM
Sokhor, Nazar
UKR
2289
30
Golecki, Jan
POL
2279
31
FM
Alaverdyan, Gevorg
ARM
2278
32
FM
Ternault, Mathieu
FRA
2276
33
CM
Aleksanyan, Hrant
ARM
2271
34
IM
Eden, James
FRA
2265
35
WIM
Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen
CHI
2263
36
IM
Stanford, Maxim Barth
NOR
2258
37
CM
Milonakis, Georgios
GRE
2244
38
IM
Maki-Uuro, Miikka
FIN
2240
39
GM
Baghdasaryan, Vahe
ARM
2237
40
Georgiou, Kostantinos
GRE
2234
41
FM
Wu, Derek
USA
2232
42
Zhang, Lanlin
CHN
2230
43
WGM
Malicka, Maria
POL
2222
44
Schmit, Vincent
FRA
2222
45
FM
Argiroudis, Stamatis
GRE
2219
46
Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos Ch.
GRE
2218
47
IM
Karatorossian, David
ARM
2217
48
Hakobyan, Menua
ARM
2216
49
IM
Alexieva, Silvia
FRA
2212
50
WFM
Liashkevich, Lizaveta
FID
2204
51
WIM
Stanford, Sheila Barth
NOR
2196
52
CM
Barak, Gil
ISR
2195
53
Bravetti, Antonio
ITA
2189
54
CM
Stoimenidis, Dimitrios
GRE
2185
55
FM
Pulkkinen, Kari
FIN
2176
56
Townsend, M Paul
ENG
2175
57
Christodoulou, Panormitis
GRE
2169
58
FM
De Wachter, Matthias
BEL
2167
59
Ballas, Athanasios-Panagiotis
GRE
2160
60
CM
Marinakis, Hristos
GRE
2158
61
Tzagarakis, Panagiotis
GRE
2157
62
Djidjeli, Sofiane
FRA
2153
63
Georgakopoulos, Nikolaos K.
GRE
2153
64
Baillon, Olivier
FRA
2152
65
FM
Gaikwad, Siddhant
IND
2148
66
Emans, Job
NED
2146
67
Duson, Robin
NED
2143
68
WFM
Djidjeli, Sarah
FRA
2133
69
Vassis, Anastasios
GRE
2123
70
FM
Nikolaou, Georgios
GRE
2112
71
Kouvidis, Ioannis
GRE
2106
72
WGM
Makropoulou, Marina
GRE
2105
73
Mylonakis, Ioannis
GRE
2103
74
Lekkas, Anastasios
GRE
2092
75
Verduyn, Philippe
BEL
2086
76
Sidiropoulos, Vasilis
GRE
2080
77
AFM
Karamichos, Michail
GRE
2071
78
Smith, Matthieu
FRA
2066
79
De Coninck, Rafael
BEL
2065
80
Koulouris, Evangelos
GRE
2064
81
Skodras, Marios Konstantinos
GRE
2053
82
Kazakos, Nikolaos
GRE
2049
83
Asvestas, Emmanouil
GRE
2047
84
Bleeker, Kasper
NED
2046
85
Papadimitriou, Loukas
GRE
2044
86
WIM
De Seroux, Camille
SUI
2039
87
WFM
Silva, Mariana
POR
2039
88
Pintor, Simao
POR
2038
89
Triantafyllakis, Dimitrios
GRE
2038
90
Antonioudakis, Georgios
GRE
2034
91
AIM
Mantazis, Georgios Rafail
GRE
2033
92
Mavridis, Emmanouil
GRE
2020
93
Bardis, Harilaos-Panagiotis
GRE
2005
94
Niharika, Challa
IND
2004
95
CM
Skytte, Robert
DEN
2000
96
Ballas, Kleon-Evangelos
GRE
2000
97
Thelen, Thomas
GER
1999
98
Szymkiewicz, Witold
POL
1997
99
Poulos, Georgios
GRE
1994
100
Stepanyan, Ararat
ARM
1987
101
Pelantakis, Mihail
GRE
1984
102
Kollias, Ioannis K.
GRE
1982
103
Tsamtsouris, Efthymios
GRE
1981
104
Kiousi, Panagiota
GRE
1979
105
Trapalis, Theodoros
GRE
1979
106
Alpaslan, Utku
TUR
1973
107
Hrisanthopoulos, Dimitrios
GRE
1971
108
Mamyrov, Beybarys
KAZ
1961
109
Boutikos, Eleftherios
GRE
1957
110
Auvray, Juliette
FRA
1955
111
Destic, Elena
FRA
1954
112
Kakkanas, Evangelos
GRE
1953
113
Lusignoli, Lorenzo
ITA
1953
114
Mytilinis, Sokratis
GRE
1948
115
Badescu, Matei-Andrei
ROU
1947
116
WFM
Puuska, Heini
FIN
1945
117
Armaos, Michail
GRE
1942
118
Ziomas, Konstantinos Dimitrios
GRE
1941
119
Christidis, Savvas
GRE
1939
120
Benakis, Ioannis
GRE
1936
121
Dobrowolski, Kamil
POL
1934
122
Hadi, Justin
ENG
1932
123
Amiridou, Dimitra
GRE
1931
124
Malicka, Magdalena
POL
1927
125
WFM
Siskou, Evangelia
GRE
1926
126
Mumelter, Igor
ITA
1924
127
Allmendinger, Anton Johannes
GER
1923
128
Moysidis, Anastasios
GRE
1923
129
Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil
SUI
1922
130
Avagianos, Simeon
GRE
1921
131
Bajer, Tomasz
POL
1899
132
Alvermann, Christian
GER
1895
133
Christodoulou, Georgia
GRE
1893
134
Minadakis, Andreas-Marios
GRE
1891
135
Karagiannis, Kosmas
GRE
1889
136
Temetzian, Immanouel
GRE
1888
137
Piotrowski, Grzegorz
POL
1886
138
Georgiou, Konstantinos
GRE
1884
139
Kalliora, Despoina
GRE
1880
140
Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis Panagiot
GRE
1879
141
Iasman, Inna
FRA
1868
142
Xu, Chang(Cq)
CHN
1868
143
Demestichas, Petros
GRE
1867
144
Tobor, Mick
GER
1866
145
Stavropoulos, Sotirios
GRE
1865
146
Rinne, Heini
FIN
1864
147
Loukakis, Nikolaos
GRE
1863
148
Salvador, Lucie
FRA
1861
149
Papadopoulos, Filippos
GRE
1855
150
Skarlas, Vasileios
GRE
1855
151
Theoharidis, Georgios
GRE
1853
152
Tsitimakis, Periklis
GRE
1850
153
Paraskevas, Sokratis
GRE
1836
154
AFM
Deli, Eleanna Ratzvika
GRE
1833
155
Limnaios, Emmanouil
GRE
1833
156
Badescu, Eliza-Ioana
ROU
1832
157
Liang, Hanzhe
CHN
1831
158
Dzhalalian, Nelli
ARM
1826
159
Karteri, Dimitra
GRE
1826
160
Morote, Patrick
BEL
1825
161
Stralis, Georgios
GRE
1823
162
Papadopoulou, Marilena
GRE
1821
163
Kosma, Maria
GRE
1818
164
Vardaka, Sofia
GRE
1817
165
Smith, Paul
FRA
1816
166
Kamperidis, Charalampos
GRE
1811
167
Tzempelikou, Agapi
GRE
1808
168
Koutsantonakis, Emmanouil
GRE
1802
169
Kavounis, Giorgos
GRE
1787
170
De La Vega Alvarez, Jose Luis
ESP
1782
171
Chompas, Vasileios
GRE
1779
172
Patrinos, Ektor
GRE
1776
173
Psarianou, Eleni
GRE
1770
174
Saynajakangas, Kirsi
FIN
1764
175
Athanasiou, Soumela
GRE
1761
176
Popov, Aleksandr And
FID
1759
177
Badrakova, Kseniya
AUT
1749
178
Kyriakogiannakis, Ioannis
GRE
1727
179
Petersohn, Sadko
GER
1724
180
Karavitaki, Antonia
GRE
1722
181
Nikitakis, Ioannis
GRE
1722
182
Ntagkounakis, Emmanouil
GRE
1720
183
Yarur Elsaca, Daniel
CHI
1655