The 7th SKG Open 2025 will take place from August 08 to August 14 in Thessaloniki, Greece. This tournament is separated into 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 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 Chongsheng Zeng (2553), GM Yunguo Wan (2501), IM Anees M Mohamed (2428), FM Christos Krallis (2390), FM Jain Rosh (2372), IM Bartlomiej Niedbala (2370), FM Zisis Tsaknakis (2355), FM Christos Dogias (2355), GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2353), IM Maran K Senthil (2351), GM Spyridon Skembris (2297), Christos Tsarsitalidis (2287), Sevastianos Papadogiannis (2278), Stefanos Magkalakis (2267), FM Stamatis Argiroudis (2249), FM Akaki Qalichava (2245), FM Nikolaos Poupalos (2234), WIM Susanna Gaboyan (2220), FM Petros Trimitzios (2216), Konstantinos Tsarsitalidis (2210). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B
More: Split Open 2025 / 23rd Chess Festival Città di Spilimbergo – Master
7th SKG Open 2025 – Group A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Zeng, Chongsheng
CHN
2553
2
GM
Wan, Yunguo
CHN
2501
3
IM
Mohamed, Anees M
IND
2428
4
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2390
5
FM
Rosh, Jain
IND
2372
6
IM
Niedbala, Bartlomiej
POL
2370
7
FM
Tsaknakis, Zisis
GRE
2355
8
FM
Dogias, Christos
GRE
2355
9
GM
Kekelidze, Mikheil
GEO
2353
10
IM
Senthil, Maran K
IND
2351
11
GM
Skembris, Spyridon
GRE
2297
12
Tsarsitalidis, Christos
GRE
2287
13
Papadogiannis, Sevastianos
GRE
2278
14
Magkalakis, Stefanos
GRE
2267
15
FM
Argiroudis, Stamatis
GRE
2249
16
FM
Qalichava, Akaki
GEO
2245
17
FM
Poupalos, Nikolaos
GRE
2234
18
WIM
Gaboyan, Susanna
ARM
2220
19
FM
Trimitzios, Petros
GRE
2216
20
Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos
GRE
2210
21
Roinos, Ilias
GRE
2201
22
Triantafilidis, Mihail
GRE
2197
23
Zygouris, Hristos
GRE
2187
24
Leftheriotis, Alexandros
GRE
2171
25
CM
Antoniou, Rafail
CYP
2171
26
Krastev, Goran
BUL
2162
27
Beliotis, Georgios
GRE
2158
28
Mnatsakanyan, Aren
ARM
2150
29
Betsakos, Konstantinos
GRE
2137
30
Kormas, Georgios
GRE
2134
31
Teng, Jiarong
CHN
2134
32
CM
Ravshanov, Sheralijon
UZB
2129
33
FM
Nikolaou, Georgios
GRE
2117
34
WIM
Zhao, Yunqing
CHN
2107
35
Aker, Meric Zeynel
TUR
2102
36
Yu, Shuxiao
CHN
2100
37
Boutikos, Eleftherios
GRE
2062
38
Sidiropoulos, Vasilis
GRE
2061
39
Samaridis, Konstantinos
GRE
2057
40
AIM
Mantazis, Georgios Rafail
GRE
2053
41
Lekkas, Anastasios
GRE
2052
42
Vardakas, Grigorios
GRE
2047
43
Nenova, Andzhelika
BUL
2044
44
FM
Sirigos, Nikolaos
GRE
2041
45
Dristellas, Neoklis
GRE
2039
46
Banov, Boil
BUL
2029
47
Kolytas, Spiridon
GRE
2028
48
WFM
Siskou, Evangelia
GRE
2028
49
Tsapaki, Asimenia
GRE
2027
50
Ziomas, Konstantinos Dimitrios
GRE
2027
51
AFM
Ioannidis, Konstantinos I
GRE
2020
52
Mavridis, Emmanouil
GRE
2009
53
Iliev, Vasil
BUL
2000
54
Ntounias, Ioannis
GRE
1999
55
WCM
Adamczyk, Zuzanna
POL
1999
56
Sichinava, Mariam
GEO
1999
57
Fanos, Haralambos
GRE
1993
58
Skodras, Marios Konstantinos
GRE
1989
59
Konstantelias, Konstantinos
GRE
1982
60
Toliopoulos, Konstantinos
GRE
1981
61
Mykhailets, Polina
UKR
1981
62
Trapalis, Theodoros
GRE
1977
63
Avanesyan, Aleksandr
ARM
1976
64
Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis Panagiot
GRE
1973
65
Kalomiris, Athanasios
GRE
1963
66
Tsilidis, Christos
GRE
1954
67
Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis
GRE
1952
68
Ozturk, Efe
TUR
1949
69
Galanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis
GRE
1944
70
Exarchos, Antonios
GRE
1942
71
Heran-Boily, Samuel
NOR
1940
72
Poon, Pak Yu
HKG
1933
73
AFM
Ouzounis, Konstantinos Kyr
GRE
1929
74
Tsilimparis, Ioannis
GRE
1925
75
AIM
Kazakis, Mattheos Konstantinos
GRE
1916
76
Karounis, Ioannis
GRE
1907
77
Papageorgiou, Ioannis
GRE
1904
78
Tsinaris, Fotis
GRE
1904
79
Mihailidou, Magdalini
GRE
1901
80
Balafoutas, Alexandros
GRE
1898
81
Anastasopoulou, Andrianna
GRE
1897
82
Alepoudeas, Stylianos
GRE
1891
83
Chiu, David Zion
HKG
1890
84
Aral, Demir
TUR
1887
85
Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis Aris
GRE
1879
86
Weingarten, Phineas
USA
1867
87
Tsekoura, Vaia
GRE
1835
88
Petridis, Dimitrios Panagiotis
GRE
1832
89
Bania, Eleni
GRE
1829
90
Giakoustidou, Evgenia
GRE
1829