The 17th Paleochora International Chess Tournament took place from 20-27th July in the Paleochora School & Cultural Center in Paleochora, Crete, Greece.
The event was organized by the Chania Chess Academy, Region of Chania and Municipality of Kandanos-Selino. The playing system was 9-rounds Swiss tournament.
The Group A, for players rated over 1800, had 129 participants from 19 countries. Among them were 5 Grandmasters.
15-years old IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy, the reigning Norwegian champion, emerged winner of the tournament by sporting better tiebreak over GM Alberto David and FM Tom-Frederic Woelk. Kvaløy was sole leader heading into the final round, but then lost to GM David allowing him to catch up on the top. Full standings below.
The Group B, for players rated under 1900, had 138 participants. Pratik Gengaje (1838) from India crushed the opposition to win the trophy with the perfect 9/9 score.
The total prize fund was 10.000 EUR, with 2000 EUR dedicated to the winner of Group A.
Group A final standings:
1 IM Kvaloy Aksel Bu NOR 2467 – 7
2 GM David Alberto ITA 2509 – 7
3 FM Woelk Tom-Frederic GER 2352 – 7
4 FM Giannoulakis Lampros GRE 2334 – 6.5
5 CM Milonakis Georgios GRE 2194 – 6.5
6 Kazantzoglou Stefanos GRE 2222 – 6.5
7 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2471 – 6.5
8 FM Poupalos Nikolaos GRE 2295 – 6.5
9 Tzagarakis Panagiotis GRE 2112 – 6.5
10 IM Vlachos Anatole GRE 2472 – 6.5
11 Sidiropoulos Vasilis GRE 1974 – 6.5
12 FM Stefanou Dimitrios GRE 2347 – 6.5
13 GM Kasparov Sergey FID 2449 – 6
14 Stamatiou Rodolfos GRE 2146 – 6
15 Holinka Henning GER 2232 – 6
16 Vasquez Toledo Cristian CHI 2303 – 6
17 Bozinakis Pavlos GRE 2285 – 6
18 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2093 – 6
19 CM Kotyk Michael GER 2127 – 6
20 FM Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros GRE 2297 – 5.5
21 FM Haug Havard NOR 2306 – 5.5
22 IM Barski Radoslaw POL 2410 – 5.5
23 Skodras Marios Konstantinos GRE 1950 – 5.5
24 Stefanou Konstantinos GRE 2155 – 5.5
25 CM Aleksanyan Hrant ARM 2274 – 5.5
26 Garner Isaac GER 2294 – 5.5
27 Katsanis Vasileios Dim GRE 2140 – 5.5
28 Betsakos Konstantinos GRE 2112 – 5.5
29 WIM Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen CHI 2193 – 5.5
30 Triantafilidis Mihail GRE 2077 – 5.5
31 FM Makridis Dimitrios GRE 2328 – 5.5
32 Kalogridis Themistoklis GRE 2044 – 5.5
33 Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil GRE 2155 – 5.5
34 Baillon Olivier FRA 2217 – 5.5
35 FM Schenderowitsch Michael GER 2233 – 5.5
36 Gkavardinas Antonios GRE 2172 – 5
37 Georgiou Kostantinos GRE 2217 – 5
38 CM Santryan Davit ARM 2120 – 5
39 Mkrtchyan Narek ARM 1776 – 5
40 AFM Karamichos Michail GRE 1946 – 5
41 Kouvidis Ioannis GRE 2047 – 5
42 Koulouris Evangelos GRE 2024 – 5
43 FM Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2294 – 5
44 WFM Cornileau Juliette FRA 2078 – 5
45 Cornileau Raphael FRA 1814 – 5
46 Dristellas Neoklis GRE 1995 – 5
47 Klokas Konstantinos GRE 2106 – 5
48 Bartakke Amardeep S. IND 1940 – 5
49 Koulaxidis Arkadios CYP 1767 – 5
50 Bebis Epaminondas-Alexandros GRE 1824 – 5
51 Stoimenidis Dimitrios GRE 2035 – 4.5
52 Karakatsanis Nikolaos GRE 2019 – 4.5
53 GM Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis GRE 2574 – 4.5
54 Mavridis Emmanouil GRE 1904 – 4.5
55 Tragoudaras Nikolaos GRE 1935 – 4.5
56 Hartofylakas Spyros GRE 2133 – 4.5
57 Makrylakis Iason GRE 1861 – 4.5
58 Bartakke Aditya IND 1843 – 4.5
59 Zamit Kyriakos GRE 1803 – 4.5
60 Georgiadis Anastasios GRE 2210 – 4.5
61 Stepanyan Ararat ARM 1804 – 4.5
62 WFM Grapsa Georgia GRE 1979 – 4.5
Trapalis Theodoros GRE 1860 – 4.5
64 Auvray Juliette FRA 1955 – 4.5
65 Sampsonoglou Vasilios GRE 1707 – 4.5
66 Giannelos Stylianos GRE 1900 – 4.5
67 Papadopoulos Georgios Nikea GRE 2008 – 4.5
68 Kavounis Giorgos GRE 1745 – 4.5
69 Platsaki Evgenia Valeria GRE 1776 – 4.5
70 Antonioudakis Georgios GRE 1993 – 4
71 Papadimitriou Loukas GRE 2057 – 4
72 Tzortzatos Dimosthenis Panagiot GRE 1966 – 4
73 Kiryttopoulos Ioannis GRE 1924 – 4
74 Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam IND 1819 – 4
75 FM Solakoglu Ozgur TUR 1950 – 4
76 Tsouchnikas Orestis GRE 1767 – 4
77 Malaschitz Richard SVK 2014 – 4
78 Stefan Victor GRE 2093 – 4
79 Tsapaki Asimenia GRE 1874 – 4
80 Zlotogorski Itay ISR 1853 – 4
81 Chasouraki Chrysi GRE 1842 – 4
82 Alvermann Christian GER 1860 – 4
83 Allmendinger Anton Johannes GER 1706 – 4
84 Temetzian Immanouel GRE 1852 – 4
85 Petersohn Sadko GER 1755 – 4
86 Konstantinides Savvas CYP 1728 – 4
87 Lafkidis Apostolos GRE 1978 – 3.5
88 Mantazis Georgios Rafail GRE 1882 – 3.5
89 AFM Kyriakidis Orestis GRE 1794 – 3.5
90 Iasman Inna FRA 1899 – 3.5
91 Giannoulis Grigorios GRE 1984 – 3.5
92 Tsekoura Vaia GRE 1862 – 3.5
93 Kiryttopoulos Panagiotis Aris GRE 1892 – 3.5
94 Alepoudeas Stylianos GRE 1686 – 3.5
95 Demestichas Petros GRE 1722 – 3.5
96 Post Maarten NED 1825 – 3.5
97 Badescu Eliza-Ioana ROU 1648 – 3.5
98 Jacobsen Trond NOR 1781 – 3.5
99 Skoulakis Alexandros GRE 1761 – 3.5
100 Malaschitz Teodor SVK 1848 – 3.5
101 Hanein Avri ISR 1745 – 3.5
102 Stavropoulos Sotirios GRE 1778 – 3
103 Papadopoulou Marilena GRE 1734 – 3
104 Chompas Vasileios GRE 1870 – 3
105 Tobor Mick GER 1928 – 3
106 Bardis Harilaos-Panagiotis GRE 2018 – 3
107 Kasselouris Nikolaos LUX 1856 – 3
108 Marianidis Dimitrios GRE 1710 – 3
109 Christidis Savvas GRE 1920 – 3
110 Loukopoulos Panagiotis-Athanasi GRE 2095 – 3
111 Karavitaki Antonia GRE 1786 – 3
112 Milojevic-Daim Lola-Shaina FRA 1898 – 3
113 FM Dubkov Andrej GER 2340 – 3
114 Badescu Matei-Andrei ROU 1686 – 3
115 Dallis Ioannis GRE 1713 – 3
116 Nikolakis Panagiotis Marios GRE 1948 – 2.5
117 Mercurio Joe M USA 1807 – 2.5
118 Davini Andrea ITA 1907 – 2.5
119 Amiridou Dimitra GRE 1918 – 2.5
120 Naga Laxmi Seelam IND 1671 – 2.5
121 Komodromos Renos CYP 1655 – 2.5
122 Tzavara Eleni GRE 1662 – 2
123 De Lisa Carmine ITA 1708 – 2
124 Kazantzoglou Nikolaos GRE 1681 – 1.5
125 Panagiotopoulos Ioannis GRE 1969 – 1.5
126 Chaintarlis Christos GRE 1606 – 1
127 Rocchi Federico ITA 1938 – 0.5
128 Farou Fabrice FRA 1824 – 0.5
129 Siva Kumar Nirish Kumar MAS 1954 – 0
Group B final standings:
1 Gengaje Pratik IND 1838 – 9
2 Mkhitaryan Emma ARM 1700 – 7
3 Papanikolaou Dimitrios Nik GRE 1747 – 7
4 Angelopoulos Panagiotis Charalampos GRE 1586 – 7
5 Symeonidis Theofilos GRE 1757 – 7
6 Benakis Ioannis GRE 1645 – 6.5
7 Theodoroglakis Ioannis GRE 1679 – 6.5
8 Papadopoulos Alexadros Paris GRE 1670 – 6.5
9 FM Maris Ioannis GRE 1846 – 6.5
10 Doukas Nikolaos GRE 1518 – 6.5
11 Ntelis Polizois GRE 1679 – 6
12 Dristellas Nikolaos GRE 1629 – 6
13 Hatzidakis Nikolaos GRE 1743 – 6
14 Limnaios Emmanouil GRE 1618 – 6
15 Loukakis Nikolaos GRE 1630 – 6
16 Volani Olga GRE 1571 – 6
17 Stoimenidis Markos GRE 1683 – 6
18 Sloan Cecil USA 1667 – 6
19 Gavriilidis Nikiforos GRE 1575 – 6
20 Vergini Maria Eirini GRE 1440 – 6
21 Bachem Ioannis GRE 1441 – 6
22 Schlee Ulrich GER 1789 – 5.5
23 Popov Aleksandr And FID 1661 – 5.5
24 Vishwakarma Yashraj IND 1639 – 5.5
25 Kyriakogiannakis Ioannis GRE 1516 – 5.5
26 Khachatryan Arman N. ARM 1581 – 5.5
27 Bakalis Konstantinos GRE 1589 – 5.5
28 Mileiko Juris LAT 1672 – 5.5
29 Christodoulakis Michail Em GRE 1643 – 5.5
30 Sykaras Alexandros GRE 1612 – 5.5
31 Betsakou Sofia GRE 1633 – 5.5
32 Skaraki Georgia GRE 1612 – 5.5
33 Kalligeris Ioannis GRE 1586 – 5.5
34 Yarur Elsaca Daniel CHI 1556 – 5.5
35 Murali Aurik CYP 1526 – 5.5
36 Toumpakaris Grigorios Emmanouil GRE 1759 – 5.5
37 Tamiolakis Grigorios GRE 1601 – 5.5
38 Metzidakis Dimitrios GRE 1610 – 5.5
39 Alevizakis Panagiotis GER 1849 – 5
40 Giannoulis Markos GRE 1503 – 5
41 Ntagkounakis Emmanouil GRE 1472 – 5
42 Angelakopoulou Ioanna GRE 1573 – 5
43 Dilger Alexander Dr GER 0 – 5
44 Svoboda Petr CZE 1440 – 5
45 Ahn Juyong KOR 1606 – 5
46 Psarianou Eleni GRE 1597 – 5
47 Tzovani Dimitra GRE 1618 – 5
48 Bakalis Efthymios GRE 1486 – 5
49 Papadopoulos Michalis GRE 1620 – 5
50 Sivaropoulos Georgios GRE 1551 – 5
51 Kouvaras Andreas GRE 1663 – 5
52 Nteneketzis Paraskevas GRE 1679 – 5
53 Kotovos Konstantinos GRE 1539 – 5
54 Stepanyan Artyom ARM 1513 – 5
55 Kiryttopoulou Eleonora Kaisa GRE 1547 – 5
56 Seferlis Georgios GRE 1553 – 5
57 Zhang Brayan CAN 0 – 5
58 Hovhannisyan Garnik ARM 1523 – 5
59 Remediaki Sofia Niki GRE 1480 – 5
60 Khojyan Meri ARM 1503 – 5
61 Alexandrakis Venizelos GRE 1633 – 5
62 Schneider Hanne GER 1595 – 5
63 Ntalas Georgios GRE 1490 – 5
64 Fraidakis Matthaios Ioannis GRE 1546 – 5
65 Iliopoulos Panagiotis GRE 1476 – 4.5
66 Veitsch Norbert AUT 1730 – 4.5
67 Lange Jakob GER 1557 – 4.5
68 Skodras Dionysios Eleftherios GRE 1460 – 4.5
69 Remediakis Ioannis GRE 1407 – 4.5
70 Nomikos Marios GRE 1439 – 4.5
71 Sarkisian Aikaterina CYP 1512 – 4.5
72 Theodoroglaki Varvara GRE 1449 – 4.5
73 Anastasopoulou Stavroula GRE 1469 – 4.5
74 Skoulas Stavros GRE 1447 – 4.5
75 Diakoloukas Theodosios GRE 0 – 4.5
76 Tzavaras Konstantinos GRE 1535 – 4.5
77 Alexandrakis Vasileios Sp GRE 1492 – 4.5
78 Sfinarolakis Evangelos GRE 0 – 4.5
79 Nikolozaki Melina GRE 1455 – 4.5
80 Sivaropoulos Stefanos GRE 0 – 4.5
81 Xeras Ioannis GRE 1401 – 4.5
82 Alepoudeas Dimitrios S GRE 1410 – 4.5
83 Budaghyan Areg ARM 1421 – 4
84 Iliopoulos Petros GRE 1442 – 4
85 Spanoudakis Ioannis Nik GRE 0 – 4
86 Alexakis Aleksandros GRE 1518 – 4
87 Lavdakis Michail GRE 1454 – 4
88 Androulakis Radamanthys Pavlos GRE 0 – 4
89 Tripodakis Emmanouil GRE 0 – 4
90 Papikyan Davit ARM 1435 – 4
91 Pappa Panagiota Ath GRE 0 – 4
92 Psilopoulou Aikaterini Viktoria GRE 0 – 4
93 Skaperdas Georgios GRE 1447 – 4
94 Stathopoulou Maria Melina GRE 0 – 4
95 Psilopoulou Anna Maria GRE 0 – 4
96 Tsekouras Angelos Grigorios GRE 1478 – 4
97 Gagani Elli GRE 1420 – 4
98 Schneider Reinhart GER 1409 – 4
99 Pariotakis Georgios GRE 0 – 4
100 Gkouvras Konstantinos GRE 0 – 3.5
101 Seferlis Vasileios GRE 0 – 3.5
102 Ouzounstefanis Ioannis GRE 1413 – 3.5
103 Kazantzoglou Aristotelis GRE 0 – 3.5
104 Mardeni Paraskevi GRE 0 – 3.5
105 Psarianos Emmanouil GRE 0 – 3.5
106 Alepoudeas Dimitrios GRE 1431 – 3.5
107 Mavridi Maria Vasileia GRE 0 – 3.5
108 Georgiadis Andreas A GRE 0 – 3.5
109 Stathopoulou Athanasia Ismini GRE 0 – 3.5
110 Kastrinakis Antonios GRE 0 – 3.5
111 Psarakis Kyriakos GRE 1401 – 3.5
112 Chaintarlis Damianos GRE 0 – 3.5
113 Kontogiannis Grigorios Marios GRE 1431 – 3.5
114 Bakali Anastasia GRE 0 – 3
115 Christodoulaki Antonia Na GRE 0 – 3
116 Kyriakogiannaki Vasileia GRE 0 – 3
117 Delvizopoulos Iasonas GRE 0 – 3
118 Volanis Vasileios GRE 0 – 3
119 Maragkoudakis Giorgos GRE 0 – 3
120 Ntala Antigoni GRE 0 – 3
121 Lampousakis Michail GRE 0 – 3
122 Ouzounstefanis Nikolaos GRE 0 – 3
123 Dilger Fabian GER 0 – 3
124 Lampousakis Dimitrios Christos GRE 0 – 3
125 Meletaki Angeliki GRE 0 – 3
126 Manousaki Foteini GRE 0 – 3
127 Kloka Aliki GRE 1402 – 2.5
128 Sergentanis Antonios GRE 0 – 2.5
129 Karatzetzos Vasileios GRE 0 – 2.5
130 Seferli Eftychia GRE 0 – 2
131 Maragkoudakis Alexandros GRE 0 – 2
132 Karatzetzos Stylianos GRE 0 – 2
133 Lavdaki Maria GRE 0 – 2
134 Plakopoulos Damianos GRE 0 – 2
135 Foteinakis Georgios GRE 0 – 2
136 Georgiadis Ioannis A GRE 0 – 1.5
137 Dilger Sofia GER 0 – 1
138 Hartofylakas Nikolaos GRE 1540 – 1
