The 34th NATO Chess Championship is going to take place from October 21 to October 25 in Rhodes, Greece. The tournament boasts 118 participants, from 18 different NATO member countries, who will play a total of 7 Swiss rounds. The top competitors include GM Dimitris Alexakis, Robert Stein, Alexandros Papasimakopoulos, Patrick Emilio Aizpurua and Finn Pedersen. The full list of participants is available below.
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
ALEXAKIS, DIMITRIS
GRE
2504
2
FM
STEIN, ROBERT
GER
2409
3
FM
PAPASIMAKOPOULOS, ALEXANDROS
GRE
2372
4
FM
AIZPURUA, PATRICK EMILIO
PAN
2322
5
FM
PEDERSEN, FINN
DEN
2282
6
FM
HELBIG, MARK
GER
2280
7
IM
PAVLIDIS, ANASTASIOS
GRE
2279
8
WGM
REIZNIECE-OZOLA, DANA
LAT
2255
9
ANDERSEN, HANS-CHRISTOPH
GER
2229
10
FM
RAHMANIDIS, PETROS
GRE
2219
11
PIETRUSZEWSKI, MARCIN
POL
2174
12
WIM
PAVLIDOU, EKATERINI
GRE
2153
13
BOHN, ULRICH
GER
2149
14
JAUK, WILHELM
GER
2143
15
CASTELEIJN, DIEDERICK
NED
2128
16
CIRCENIS, KASPARS
LAT
2120
17
MAUTONE, VALERIO
ITA
2117
18
TETEPOULIDIS, IOANNIS
GRE
2100
19
SAUER, MARKO
GER
2086
20
TUSTANOWSKI, MATEUSZ
POL
2081
21
MESTEK, IGOR
SLO
2080
22
JACOB, TOBIAS
GER
2073
23
FICHTNER, EWALD
GER
2063
24
SCHOTT, GUIDO
GER
2059
25
MICHALOWSKI, PATRYK
POL
2054
26
MIHAILOV, IULIAN
ROU
2048
27
FM
FLAATA, ALEXANDER R.
NOR
2040
28
ONLEY, DAVID E
ENG
2040
29
HOF – VAN RUN, RIEKE
NED
2038
30
NIELSEN, JAN MOSE
DEN
2036
31
WELLS, DANIEL J
ENG
2036
32
HADZICKI, TOMASZ
POL
2034
33
AAGAARD, GERT
DEN
2029
34
NILSSON, ERIK
DEN
2028
35
TOMMASINI, ENZO
ITA
2026
36
LOVING, JASON
USA
2021
37
DUREN, ANDREW
USA
2015
38
KEDZIERSKI, SLAWOMIR
POL
2013
39
VAN DRIE, RIK
NED
2013
40
MICHALSKI, DANIEL
POL
2011
41
CHEUNG, JAN
NED
2010
42
TOCCO, PAOLO
ITA
2010
43
PIRS, MATJAZ
SLO
1997
44
PAZERIENE, DIANA
LTU
1993
45
KOOPS, JANIS
LAT
1990
46
LEBRUN, ROGER
CAN
1984
47
PARKER, GLEN D
ENG
1979
48
PERAINO, ANDREW
USA
1965
49
DEKKER, ARD
NED
1963
50
VERLAINE, ALEXANDRE
LUX
1962
51
GIEDRAITIS, MINGAUDAS
LTU
1950
52
VIOLINI, PAOLO
ITA
1949
53
SKWARCZYNSKI, MARCIN
POL
1940
54
ALAINIS, ARTIS
LAT
1937
55
TIKERPUU, MATI
EST
1933
56
BRUSOKAS, EDUARDAS
LTU
1932
57
HATER, DAVID
USA
1922
58
TUCKER, DAVID S
ENG
1921
59
KAPSOMENAKIS, PETROS
GRE
1914
60
UNRUH, CHARLES M
USA
1911
61
VAN DE WALLE, ROB
NED
1900
62
KRUIT, ERIK
NED
1899
63
FARRELL, JOHN
USA
1898
64
HERAN-BOILY, SAMUEL
NOR
1898
65
ROSSEEL, KIMBALL
BEL
1896
66
SKABURSKIS, MARTYNAS
LTU
1893
67
IVBULIS, MARTINS
LAT
1891
68
DOWD, PATRICK
USA
1885
69
DINO, GIUSEPPE
ITA
1884
70
SHERPA, NGADI
ENG
1882
71
STEFFERS, HENDRIK
NED
1882
72
MIDDAUGH, JON S
USA
1877
73
STEEN, KRIS
BEL
1876
74
BUBLYS, VAIDOTAS
LTU
1872
75
SIMARD, FRANCOIS
CAN
1868
76
SMIT, JAN
NED
1866
77
RISK, GREGORY
USA
1862
78
JESELSON, ANDREW
USA
1858
79
MULD, TARMO
EST
1857
80
WAGENAAR, HARM THEO
NED
1857
81
KORGE, KERSTI
EST
1854
82
ALLMANN, LAURI
EST
1852
83
FILIPOW, MATEUSZ
POL
1843
84
IVSEK, CVETO
SLO
1839
85
VAN DEN HEUVEL, TONNIE
NED
1839
86
SPATRISANO, DIEGO
ITA
1829
87
VOROBLIEVAS, ARTURAS
LTU
1819
88
BOUCHARD, PIER-ALEX
CAN
1818
89
ANGHEL, IULIAN
ROU
1815
90
COULON, DOMINIC
CAN
1813
91
ECHAVARRIA HIDALGO, FERNANDO
CAN
1802
92
STUHR, FINN
DEN
1790
93
ROSS, DAVID C
ENG
1788
94
ULUSOY, MUSTAFA
TUR
1785
95
PAPLER, PETER
SLO
1780
96
HATER, ANDREW
USA
1767
97
KRIES, YVON
LUX
1765
98
WINDEY, LUC
BEL
1763
99
CARDILLO, RAFFAELE
ITA
1754
100
O`BYRNE, DANIEL
ENG
1748
101
WOOLF, BEN
ENG
1747
102
HUIDIU, VASILE-CRISTIAN
ROU
1729
103
CHAPMAN, CHAS
ENG
1696
104
ABBATE, GIOVANNI
ITA
1695
105
BOUDRY, RIK
BEL
1671
106
JANSEN, JOHAN
NED
1637
107
CAVINATO, ERMES
ITA
1630
108
STIKANE, EVELINA
LAT
1583
109
BURUIANA, BOGDAN-MARIAN
ROU
1579
110
GHIACY, JELANI
CAN
1571
111
MINNAERT, BOB
BEL
1554
112
BRIEDIS, JURIS
LAT
0
113
CLAVEAU, JEAN-MICHEL
CAN
0
114
KENYON, JAMES
ENG
0
115
O`NEILL, STEPHEN G
ENG
0
116
OAKES, DAVID
CAN
0
117
PODOLSKI, EDWIN
ENG
0
118
ROMANOWICH, YURI
CAN
0
119
ZABURDYAEV, TOMAS
CAN
0