The 33rd Kavala Open International Chess Tournament, dedicated to Vasilis Theodoridis, was held from 29th July to 5th August at the Megali Leschi – Great Club, next to the Town Hall, in Kavala, Greece.
The event was organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union. The playing system was 9 rounds of Swiss tournament.
The Open consisted of four sections:
Group A for players rated over 2100 elo
Group B for players rated 1600-2099 elo
Group C for players rated under 1599 elo
Group D for U10 players born in 2014 or later
The Main Group A had 152 participants from 31 chess federations, including 11 Grandmasters and 16 International Masters.
Greek Grandmaster Andreas Kelires took a clear first place with 7.5/9 points. Kelires is awarded 2500 EUR for the effort.
Group B had 167 participants. Savvas Stefanos Tagkaloglou (GRE 1903) and Utku Alpaslan (TUR 1883) shared the first place with 7.5 points each. Full standings below.
Group C gathered 139 players. Greek Dimitrios Sampsonoglou (1483) was the convincing winner with 8.5/9 points, a full point ahead of the opposition.
Group D had 32 players. Anestis Tosidis won with the perfect 9/9 points.
Group A final standings:
1 GM Kelires Andreas GRE 2516 – 7.5
2 GM Livaic Leon CRO 2547 – 7
3 GM Balakrishnan Praveen USA 2503 – 7
4 FM Camlar Arda TUR 2405 – 7
5 IM Kilic Eray TUR 2434 – 7
6 GM Janik Igor POL 2511 – 7
7 GM Raja Rithvik R IND 2511 – 6.5
8 FM Dotzer Lukas AUT 2375 – 6.5
9 IM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2428 – 6.5
10 FM Krallis Christos GRE 2348 – 6.5
11 Xiao Tong(Qd) CHN 2518 – 6.5
12 IM Tarhan Adar TUR 2475 – 6.5
13 IM Szpar Milosz POL 2487 – 6
14 IM Narva Mai EST 2418 – 6
15 FM Stefanou Dimitrios GRE 2347 – 6
16 IM Sofronie Iulian ROU 2360 – 6
17 IM Alexakis Dimitris GRE 2492 – 6
18 GM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2501 – 6
19 FM Yeritsyan Hayk ARM 2203 – 6
20 IM Kanakaris Georgios GRE 2402 – 6
21 FM Yaniv Yuval ISR 2370 – 6
22 Vasquez Toledo Cristian CHI 2303 – 6
23 FM Tulchynskyi Feliks UKR 2206 – 5.5
24 FM Qalichava Akaki GEO 2130 – 5.5
25 FM Kuru Atilla TUR 2372 – 5.5
26 FM Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2294 – 5.5
27 FM Bhagat Kush IND 2188 – 5.5
28 CM Song Ethan CAN 2244 – 5.5
29 FM Krishnan Ritvik IND 2246 – 5.5
30 Arun Kataria IND 2054 – 5.5
31 FM Koutlas Nikolaos GRE 2332 – 5.5
32 Odabasi Ruzgar TUR 2008 – 5.5
33 FM Kalogridis Antonios GRE 2391 – 5.5
34 WFM Piddubna Bozhena UKR 2258 – 5.5
35 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2319 – 5.5
36 Sahbudak Baris Cinar TUR 2073 – 5.5
37 IM Moksh Amit Doshi IND 2368 – 5.5
38 FM Liu Yi AUS 2268 – 5.5
39 Holinka Henning GER 2232 – 5.5
40 GM Papadopoulos Ioannis K. GRE 2391 – 5.5
41 FM Baasansuren Erdene MGL 2370 – 5.5
42 WFM Mehmed Elif SRB 2269 – 5.5
43 FM Giannoulakis Lampros GRE 2334 – 5.5
44 CM Deveci Huseyin Said TUR 2267 – 5.5
45 CM Hovakimyan Vache ARM 2167 – 5
46 Ankit Ray IND 2182 – 5
47 FM Toktomushev Teimur SUI 2300 – 5
48 FM Makridis Dimitrios GRE 2328 – 5
49 Magkalakis Stefanos GRE 2135 – 5
50 IM Padmini Rout IND 2348 – 5
51 CM Yilmaz Baver TUR 2280 – 5
52 WGM Antolak Julia POL 2333 – 5
53 IM Patrelakis Evaggelos GRE 2445 – 5
54 CM Marinakis Hristos GRE 2131 – 5
55 Dorfanis Ilarion GRE 2113 – 5
56 Stefanou Konstantinos GRE 2155 – 5
57 CM Can Melih Kaan TUR 2141 – 5
58 Georgiou Kostantinos GRE 2217 – 5
59 Lyutsinger Iren FID 2088 – 5
60 AIM Ciric Pavle SRB 2104 – 5
61 FM Dhananjay S IND 2207 – 4.5
62 FM Nemsadze Daviti GEO 2083 – 4.5
63 CM Sahin Sarp TUR 2187 – 4.5
64 GM Prraneeth Vuppala IND 2432 – 4.5
65 FM Makaraci Tunahan TUR 2254 – 4.5
66 FM Tsaknakis Zisis GRE 2274 – 4.5
67 Dogias Christos GRE 2129 – 4.5
68 Demirtas Alper TUR 2076 – 4.5
69 FM Poupalos Nikolaos GRE 2295 – 4.5
70 Stamatiou Rodolfos GRE 2146 – 4.5
71 CM Shaik Sumer Arsh IND 2089 – 4.5
72 Prudhvi Kumar V IND 2102 – 4.5
73 Alexakis Georgios GRE 2192 – 4.5
74 Kalogridis Themistoklis GRE 2044 – 4.5
75 Roinos Ilias GRE 2195 – 4.5
76 Stoimenidis Dimitrios GRE 2035 – 4.5
77 Saksham Wadhwa IND 2036 – 4.5
78 CM Papaioannou Dimitrios GRE 2042 – 4.5
79 Spyratos Nikolaos GRE 2146 – 4.5
80 Samaridis Konstantinos GRE 2032 – 4.5
81 Karademir Bugra TUR 2044 – 4.5
82 Iskos Alexandros GRE 2109 – 4.5
83 CM Dahale Atul IND 2169 – 4
84 Georgiadis Anastasios GRE 2210 – 4
85 WIM Arpita Mukherjee IND 2184 – 4
86 Aishwin Daniel IND 2155 – 4
87 Vafiadis Kleanthis GRE 2228 – 4
88 Kazantzoglou Stefanos GRE 2222 – 4
89 FM Daakshin Arun IND 2274 – 4
90 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios GRE 2207 – 4
91 Manmay Chopra IND 2058 – 4
92 Nalbandyan Vahan ARM 2173 – 4
93 Frank Anton 2006 SWE 2131 – 4
94 Dasgupta Avyukt ENG 2089 – 4
95 Fragkos Vasileios GRE 2129 – 4
96 Anacak Hasan Gunes TUR 2095 – 4
97 Stoychev Ognian BUL 2034 – 4
98 Niharika Challa IND 2012 – 4
99 Kerner Michael ISR 2159 – 4
100 Gales Randi-Ioan ROU 2049 – 4
101 Oktem Ege Tuna TUR 2228 – 4
102 Gkavardinas Antonios GRE 2172 – 4
103 AFM Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi IND 2071 – 4
104 WFM Meghna C H IND 2029 – 4
105 Deligiannis Christos Nikolaos GRE 2073 – 4
106 Tzortzis Dimitrios GRE 2027 – 4
107 WFM Sachi Jain IND 2140 – 4
108 Stefan Victor GRE 2093 – 4
109 Dumbelovic Novak SRB 2044 – 4
110 FM Woelk Tom-Frederic GER 2352 – 3.5
111 Tsarsitalidis Christos GRE 2210 – 3.5
112 IM Saravanan V. IND 2266 – 3.5
113 Tsarsitalidis Konstantinos GRE 2225 – 3.5
114 Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil GRE 2155 – 3.5
115 Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IND 2193 – 3.5
116 Bardis Harilaos-Panagiotis GRE 2018 – 3.5
117 Advaitt Srikant Koduri IND 2114 – 3.5
118 FM Melikhov Evgeny V. GRE 2178 – 3.5
119 Abhyuday Santhosh IND 2169 – 3.5
120 CM Apaar Saxena IND 2157 – 3.5
121 AIM Koch-Muller Oscar DEN 2034 – 3.5
122 Stoinev Metodi BUL 2158 – 3
123 WFM Shah Vishwa IND 2177 – 3
124 Skaperdas Kostantinos GRE 2060 – 3
125 Minas Ioannis GRE 2003 – 3
126 Matsumura Cocoro JPN 2022 – 3
127 Seretakis Nikolas GRE 2004 – 3
128 Goldmann David GER 2028 – 3
129 Orhon Bora TUR 2052 – 3
130 Syrkiewicz Michal POL 2086 – 3
131 CM Lam Chun Yung Samuel HKG 2058 – 3
132 Sahin Burak Doga TUR 2059 – 3
133 Gkoutzouki Aikaterini Argyro GRE 2019 – 3
134 Karanikolas Dimitrios GRE 2080 – 3
135 Aditya Kunal Patil IND 2004 – 3
136 Ismail Tamer BEL 2140 – 2.5
137 Kosmidis Ioannis GRE 2085 – 2.5
138 FM Strugnell Carl WLS 2205 – 2.5
139 Oner Cinar TUR 2002 – 2.5
140 Zisiadis Dimitrios GRE 2019 – 2.5
141 AGM Koroglou Viktor GRE 2007 – 2.5
142 Banov Boil BUL 2020 – 2.5
143 Pisan Kai USA 2016 – 2.5
144 CM Sofronie Vladimir ROU 2089 – 2.5
145 Kurtyilmaz Kuzey TUR 2000 – 2
146 WIM Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen CHI 2193 – 1.5
147 Orman Attila AZE 2090 – 1.5
148 WFM Chaitanya V. IND 2002 – 1
149 Potluri Saye Srreezza IND 2060 – 0.5
150 AIM Bhavik Ahuja IND 2166 – 0.5
151 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan AZE 2217 – 0.5
152 IM Niedbala Bartlomiej POL 2408 – 0.5
Group B final standings:
1 Tagkaloglou Savvas Stefanos GRE 1903 – 7.5
2 Alpaslan Utku TUR 1883 – 7.5
3 Kalomiris Athanasios GRE 1943 – 7
4 Serbes Gokay TUR 1872 – 7
5 Bartakke Amardeep S. IND 1940 – 7
6 AFM Ouzounis Konstantinos Kyr GRE 1834 – 7
7 Theodoridis Charalampos GRE 1900 – 7
8 Atanasov Aleksandar BUL 1889 – 6.5
9 Dimakis Stavros GRE 1977 – 6.5
10 Dal Emir Saygin TUR 1787 – 6.5
11 Sitsanis Nikolaos 44725 GRE 1835 – 6.5
12 Tsilimparis Ioannis GRE 1824 – 6.5
13 Christodoulou Panormitis GRE 1995 – 6.5
14 Dogan Talha Yigit TUR 1760 – 6
15 Tsamtsouris Efthymios GRE 1794 – 6
16 Lazaridis-Patsalias Haralabos GRE 2070 – 6
17 Merkouropoulos Dionysios GRE 1963 – 6
18 Yildiz Ali Aras TUR 1804 – 6
19 Sahin Cagla Yudum TUR 1775 – 6
20 FM Kandic Milan SRB 2017 – 6
21 Karakasidis Michail GRE 1893 – 6
22 Ozturk Efe TUR 1677 – 6
23 Papadimitriou Alexandros GRE 1682 – 6
24 Samakas Stavros GRE 1911 – 6
25 Bartakke Aditya IND 1843 – 5.5
26 AFM Karamichos Michail GRE 1946 – 5.5
27 Tsitimakis Periklis GRE 1682 – 5.5
28 Papakyriakou Charalampos GRE 1897 – 5.5
29 Fangarliev Anal BUL 1746 – 5.5
30 Mixakis Evangelos GRE 1940 – 5.5
31 Kirgeridis Panagiotis GRE 1979 – 5.5
32 Karanikas Harilaos GRE 1883 – 5.5
33 Anagnostopoulos Vasileios Na GRE 1757 – 5.5
34 AIM Kazakis Mattheos Konstantinos GRE 1809 – 5.5
35 Kontogianni Vasiliki (Vivian) GRE 1799 – 5.5
36 Kountrias Kosmas Ioannis GRE 1781 – 5.5
37 Ntounias Ioannis GRE 1853 – 5.5
38 WFM Liu Kimberly USA 1941 – 5.5
39 Samaras Georgios GRE 1825 – 5.5
40 Kyriakidis Christoforos GRE 1847 – 5.5
41 Uzag Alper TUR 1691 – 5.5
42 AFM Tsolov Aleksandar BUL 1774 – 5.5
43 Giannopoulos Vasileios GRE 1789 – 5.5
44 Solomos Charalampos GRE 1717 – 5.5
45 Vardaka Sofia GRE 1742 – 5.5
46 Zavrakidis Nikolaos GRE 1914 – 5.5
47 Apostolakaki Evangelia GRE 1831 – 5.5
48 Akkus Muhammed Ali TUR 1812 – 5
49 Gengaje Pratik IND 1838 – 5
50 Glavinac Goran MKD 2013 – 5
51 Rachit Gianchandani IND 1698 – 5
52 Oner Mert Mirac TUR 1794 – 5
53 Giakoustidis Spiros-Avgerinos GRE 1759 – 5
54 Kosma Maria GRE 1867 – 5
55 Athanasopoulos Theodoros GRE 1762 – 5
56 Efthimiadis Ilias GRE 1952 – 5
57 Balafoutis Ilias GRE 1833 – 5
58 Goutoufas Christos GRE 1773 – 5
59 Vardakas Grigorios GRE 2080 – 5
60 Icoz Cinar TUR 1700 – 5
61 Koutsogoulas Georgios GRE 1827 – 5
62 Peray Ata TUR 1763 – 5
63 Zouroufidis Konstantinos GRE 1706 – 5
64 Apostolakakis Ioannis GRE 1832 – 5
65 Galanis Emmanouil GRE 1668 – 5
66 Desai Ved USA 1766 – 5
67 Cirkovic Vuk SRB 1925 – 5
68 Iatrou Marios I GRE 1723 – 5
69 Papadianakis Marios GRE 1779 – 5
70 Akyuz Kerem Arhan TUR 1801 – 4.5
71 Loutragotis Paraskevas Pantelei GRE 1977 – 4.5
72 Bulut Kemal TUR 1729 – 4.5
73 Alexakis Dimitrios GRE 2030 – 4.5
74 Duman Utku TUR 1670 – 4.5
75 Bevis Noah ENG 1630 – 4.5
76 Tarchanidis Nikolaos Christos GRE 1763 – 4.5
77 Doudoulakakis Ioannis GRE 1735 – 4.5
78 Polyzos Vasileios GRE 1700 – 4.5
79 Kamperidis Charalampos GRE 1777 – 4.5
80 Avanesyan Aleksandr ARM 1700 – 4.5
81 Tsivelekidou Evgenia GRE 1952 – 4.5
82 Paraskevas Sokratis GRE 1924 – 4.5
83 Lithoxoos Theodoros GRE 1825 – 4.5
84 Triantafyllakis Dimitrios GRE 1962 – 4.5
85 Poulopoulos Ilias GRE 1709 – 4.5
86 Balaskas Stefanos GRE 1622 – 4.5
87 Tselepis Ioannis GRE 1818 – 4.5
88 Seretaki Myrto GRE 1582 – 4.5
89 Koutsantonakis Emmanouil GRE 1705 – 4.5
90 Pehlivanova Aleksandra BUL 1793 – 4.5
91 Paraschou Iason GRE 1789 – 4.5
92 Giakoustidou Evgenia GRE 1614 – 4.5
93 Haralabidis Aristidis GRE 1653 – 4.5
94 Pantazis Konstantinos GRE 1711 – 4.5
95 Christodoulou Georgia GRE 1790 – 4.5
96 Spandonidis Vasileios GRE 1718 – 4.5
97 Miliou Pinelopi GRE 1681 – 4.5
98 Dalla Maria Myrsini GRE 1752 – 4.5
99 Sahin Bora TUR 1598 – 4
100 Delidimoudis Konstantinos GRE 1799 – 4
101 Daloglu Berkay TUR 1759 – 4
102 Ozturk Mert Hasan TUR 1623 – 4
103 Pangos Vaios GRE 1698 – 4
104 Diaskyzy Daliya KAZ 1722 – 4
105 Ioannidis Konstantinos I GRE 1683 – 4
106 Theodorou Marios GRE 1590 – 4
107 Kilic Inanc TUR 1654 – 4
108 Esmer Ege BUL 1685 – 4
109 Maniati Konstantina GRE 1711 – 4
110 Papageorgiou Ioannis GRE 1929 – 4
111 Poupalos Alexandros GRE 1608 – 4
112 Siakas Evangelos GRE 1693 – 4
113 Cani Erdi ALB 1791 – 4
114 Stathakopoulos Panagiotis GRE 1738 – 4
115 Murali Aurik CYP 1526 – 4
116 Papageorgiou Vasiliki GRE 1515 – 4
117 Zlotogorski Itay ISR 1853 – 4
118 Moutzouris Emanuel GRE 1802 – 3.5
119 Vishwakarma Yashraj IND 1639 – 3.5
120 Gunesli Eymen Giray TUR 1639 – 3.5
121 Vardaka Styliani GRE 1646 – 3.5
122 Theoharidis Georgios GRE 1872 – 3.5
123 Tsavlakidis Leonidas GRE 1574 – 3.5
124 Tsampas Charalampos GRE 1709 – 3.5
125 Athanasiou Soumela GRE 1848 – 3.5
126 Spagkakas Konstantinos GRE 1665 – 3.5
127 Siafakas Haralambos GRE 2029 – 3.5
128 Valsamidis Efstathios GRE 1545 – 3.5
129 Labrakopoulos Alexandros GRE 1766 – 3.5
130 Leiloglou Nikolaos GRE 1739 – 3.5
131 Metiner Yekta Efe TUR 1629 – 3.5
132 Dimaki Evangelia GRE 1605 – 3.5
133 Tsourgiannis Nikolaos GRE 1578 – 3.5
134 Samara Vasiliki GRE 1690 – 3.5
135 Diakoumeas Aristofanis GRE 1695 – 3.5
136 Ntelis Polizois GRE 1679 – 3
137 Kasimoglu Kaan Cinar TUR 1525 – 3
138 Kazantzoglou Nikolaos GRE 1681 – 3
139 Pouliasis Gerasimos Angelos GRE 1563 – 3
140 Groapa Aurelian ROU 1814 – 3
141 Tsagkarakis Nikolaos Z GRE 1641 – 3
142 Xynidi Areti GRE 1631 – 3
143 Butochnova Veronika UKR 1555 – 3
144 Antoniadis Leonidas Na GRE 1617 – 3
145 Makropoulos Andreas GRE 1574 – 3
146 Levantis Antonios GRE 1667 – 3
147 Chalatziouka Eleni GRE 1642 – 3
148 Koukis Nikolaos GRE 1552 – 3
149 Nathanail Spyridon GRE 1637 – 3
150 Milosevic Lazar M SRB 1702 – 3
151 Ifantis Ilias GRE 1777 – 3
152 Skarlas Vasileios GRE 1599 – 2.5
153 Tzima Despoina Anna GRE 1592 – 2.5
154 Nallapareddygari Ajitesh USA 1730 – 2.5
155 Pourliaka Tatiana GRE 1667 – 2.5
156 Papakyriakou Petros GRE 1674 – 2.5
157 Milosevic Milos R SRB 1720 – 2
158 Kyveris Loukas GRE 1655 – 2
159 Batsi Lida GRE 1667 – 2
160 Tononidis Anastasios GRE 1654 – 2
161 Zaires Karanasios Konstantinos GRE 1648 – 2
162 Moshou Alexia GRE 1808 – 2
163 Filis Leon GER 1630 – 2
164 Welford-Ranson Forbes ENG 2106 – 1.5
165 Ozkan Mehmet Emir TUR 1559 – 1
166 Giamouzis Georgios GRE 1656 – 1
167 Koch-Muller Jesper DEN 1547 – 1
