The 17th Paleochora International Chess Tournament is set to take place from 20-27th July in the Paleochora School & Cultural Center in Paleochora, Crete, Greece.
The event is organized by the Chania Chess Academy, Region of Chania and Municipality of Kandanos-Selino. The tournament’s playing system is a FIDE Swiss tournament of 9 rounds.
The Open consists of two sections:
Group A for players rated over 1800 elo
Group B for players rated under 1900 elo
The total prize fund is 10.000 EUR, with 2000 EUR reserved for the winner of Group A.
277 players from 25 countries are registered to take part in the event. Among them is 15-years old IM Aksel Bu Kvalรธy, the new Norwegian Chess Champion.
Participants:
1 GM Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis GRE 2574
2 GM David Alberto ITA 2509
3 IM Vlachos Anatole GRE 2472
4 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2471
5 IM Kvaloy Aksel Bu NOR 2467
6 GM Kasparov Sergey FID 2449
7 IM Barski Radoslaw POL 2410
8 FM Woelk Tom-Frederic GER 2352
9 FM Stefanou Dimitrios GRE 2347
10 FM Dubkov Andrej GER 2340
11 FM Giannoulakis Lampros GRE 2334
12 FM Makridis Dimitrios GRE 2328
13 FM Haug Havard NOR 2306
14 Vasquez Toledo Cristian CHI 2303
15 FM Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros GRE 2297
16 FM Poupalos Nikolaos GRE 2295
17 FM Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2294
18 Garner Isaac GER 2294
19 Bozinakis Pavlos GRE 2285
20 CM Aleksanyan Hrant ARM 2274
21 FM Schenderowitsch Michael GER 2233
22 Holinka Henning GER 2232
23 Kazantzoglou Stefanos GRE 2222
24 Baillon Olivier FRA 2217
25 Georgiou Kostantinos GRE 2217
26 Georgiadis Anastasios GRE 2210
27 CM Milonakis Georgios GRE 2194
28 WIM Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen CHI 2193
29 Zhang Xiao CHN 2193
30 Gkavardinas Antonios GRE 2172
31 Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos Vasil GRE 2155
32 Stefanou Konstantinos GRE 2155
33 Stamatiou Rodolfos GRE 2146
34 Tetepoulidis Ioannis GRE 2142
35 Katsanis Vasileios Dim GRE 2140
36 Hartofylakas Spyros GRE 2133
37 CM Kotyk Michael GER 2127
38 CM Santryan Davit ARM 2120
39 Betsakos Konstantinos GRE 2112
40 Tzagarakis Panagiotis GRE 2112
41 Klokas Konstantinos GRE 2106
42 WFM Shivika Rohilla IND 2099
43 Loukopoulos Panagiotis-Athanasi GRE 2095
44 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2093
45 Stefan Victor GRE 2093
46 WFM Cornileau Juliette FRA 2078
47 Triantafilidis Mihail GRE 2077
48 Papadimitriou Loukas GRE 2057
49 Kouvidis Ioannis GRE 2047
50 Kalogridis Themistoklis GRE 2044
51 Stoimenidis Dimitrios GRE 2035
52 Pappas Apostolos GRE 2029
53 Koulouris Evangelos GRE 2024
54 Karakatsanis Nikolaos GRE 2019
55 Bardis Harilaos-Panagiotis GRE 2018
56 Malaschitz Richard SVK 2014
57 Papadopoulos Georgios Nikea GRE 2008
58 Dristellas Neoklis GRE 1995
59 Antonioudakis Georgios GRE 1993
60 Thelen Thomas GER 1990
61 Giannoulis Grigorios GRE 1984
62 WFM Grapsa Georgia GRE 1979
63 Lafkidis Apostolos GRE 1978
64 Sidiropoulos Vasilis GRE 1974
65 Pelantakis Mihail GRE 1971
66 Panagiotopoulos Ioannis GRE 1969
67 Tzortzatos Dimosthenis Panagiot GRE 1966
68 Barbagiannis Panayotis GRE 1956
69 Auvray Juliette FRA 1955
70 Siva Kumar Nirish Kumar MAS 1954
71 FM Solakoglu Ozgur TUR 1950
72 Skodras Marios Konstantinos GRE 1950
73 Nikolakis Panagiotis Marios GRE 1948
74 AFM Karamichos Michail GRE 1946
75 Gyaneshwar B IND 1943
76 Karavitaki Evaggelia GRE 1942
77 Bartakke Amardeep S. IND 1940
78 Rocchi Federico ITA 1938
79 Tragoudaras Nikolaos GRE 1935
80 Tobor Mick GER 1928
81 Kiryttopoulos Ioannis GRE 1924
82 Christidis Savvas GRE 1920
83 Amiridou Dimitra GRE 1918
84 Davini Andrea ITA 1907
85 Mavridis Emmanouil GRE 1904
86 Giannelos Stylianos GRE 1900
87 Iasman Inna FRA 1899
88 Milojevic-Daim Lola-Shaina FRA 1898
89 Kiryttopoulos Panagiotis Aris GRE 1892
90 Mantazis Georgios Rafail GRE 1882
91 Tsapaki Asimenia GRE 1874
92 Chompas Vasileios GRE 1870
93 Tsekoura Vaia GRE 1862
94 Makrylakis Iason GRE 1861
95 Alvermann Christian GER 1860
96 Trapalis Theodoros GRE 1860
97 Kasselouris Nikolaos LUX 1856
98 Temetzian Immanouel GRE 1852
99 Alevizakis Panagiotis GER 1849
100 Malaschitz Teodor SVK 1848
101 Bartakke Aditya IND 1843
102 Chasouraki Chrysi GRE 1842
103 Gengaje Pratik IND 1838
104 Mavridis Athanasios GRE 1834
105 Post Maarten NED 1825
106 Bebis Epaminondas-Alexandros GRE 1824
107 Farou Fabrice FRA 1824
108 Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam IND 1819
109 Aarav Bhavin Mehta IND 1815
110 Cornileau Raphael FRA 1814
111 Mercurio Joe M USA 1807
112 Stepanyan Ararat ARM 1804
113 Zamit Kyriakos GRE 1803
114 Sarafis Rafail GRE 1796
115 AFM Kyriakidis Orestis GRE 1794
116 Schlee Ulrich GER 1789
117 Karavitaki Antonia GRE 1786
118 Chalkias Michail Panagiotis GRE 1784
119 Stavropoulos Sotirios GRE 1778
120 Mkrtchyan Narek ARM 1776
121 Platsaki Evgenia Valeria GRE 1776
122 Koulaxidis Arkadios CYP 1767
123 Tsouchnikas Orestis GRE 1767
124 Skoulakis Alexandros GRE 1761
125 Toumpakaris Grigorios Emmanouil GRE 1759
126 Symeonidis Theofilos GRE 1757
127 Petersohn Sadko GER 1755
128 Saridis Pantelis CYP 1753
129 Papanikolaou Dimitrios Nik GRE 1747
130 Kavounis Giorgos GRE 1745
131 Papadopoulou Marilena GRE 1734
132 Veitsch Norbert AUT 1730
133 Konstantinides Savvas CYP 1728
134 Demestichas Petros GRE 1722
135 Dallis Ioannis GRE 1713
136 Marianidis Dimitrios GRE 1710
137 De Lisa Carmine ITA 1708
138 Sampsonoglou Vasilios GRE 1707
139 Allmendinger Anton Johannes GER 1706
140 Stepanyan Rafayel M. ARM 1706
141 Mkhitaryan Emma ARM 1700
142 Alepoudeas Stylianos GRE 1686
143 Badescu Matei-Andrei ROU 1686
144 Stoimenidis Markos GRE 1683
145 Kazantzoglou Nikolaos GRE 1681
146 Ntelis Polizois GRE 1679
147 Nteneketzis Paraskevas GRE 1679
148 Theodoroglakis Ioannis GRE 1679
149 Mileiko Juris LAT 1672
150 Naga Laxmi Seelam IND 1671
151 Papadopoulos Alexadros Paris GRE 1670
152 Sloan Cecil USA 1667
153 Kouvaras Andreas GRE 1663
154 Tzavara Eleni GRE 1662
155 Popov Aleksandr And FID 1661
156 Sazlik Mucahit TUR 1657
157 Komodromos Renos CYP 1655
158 Badescu Eliza-Ioana ROU 1648
159 Koukouraki Hrisi GRE 1647
160 Benakis Ioannis GRE 1645
161 Christodoulakis Michail Em GRE 1643
162 Vishwakarma Yashraj IND 1639
163 Alexandrakis Venizelos GRE 1633
164 Betsakou Sofia GRE 1633
165 Loukakis Nikolaos GRE 1630
166 Dristellas Nikolaos GRE 1629
167 Papadopoulos Michalis GRE 1620
168 Limnaios Emmanouil GRE 1618
169 Tzovani Dimitra GRE 1618
170 Skaraki Georgia GRE 1612
171 Sykaras Alexandros GRE 1612
172 Metzidakis Dimitrios GRE 1610
173 Ahn Juyong KOR 1606
174 Chaintarlis Christos GRE 1606
175 Tamiolakis Grigorios GRE 1601
176 Psarianou Eleni GRE 1597
177 Schneider Hanne GER 1595
178 Bakalis Konstantinos GRE 1589
179 Yarur Rescaglio Maria Jose CHI 1587
180 Kalligeris Ioannis GRE 1586
181 Khachatryan Arman N. ARM 1581
182 Gavriilidis Nikiforos GRE 1575
183 Angelakopoulou Ioanna GRE 1573
184 Volani Olga GRE 1571
185 Lange Jakob GER 1557
186 Yarur Elsaca Daniel CHI 1556
187 Seferlis Georgios GRE 1553
188 Sivaropoulos Georgios GRE 1551
189 Kiryttopoulou Eleonora Kaisa GRE 1547
190 Fraidakis Matthaios Ioannis GRE 1546
191 Hartofylakas Nikolaos GRE 1540
192 Kotovos Konstantinos GRE 1539
193 Tzavaras Konstantinos GRE 1535
194 Murali Aurik CYP 1526
195 Hovhannisyan Garnik ARM 1523
196 Manousoudaki Eleni GRE 1521
197 Alexakis Aleksandros GRE 1518
198 Doukas Nikolaos GRE 1518
199 Kyriakogiannakis Ioannis GRE 1516
200 Stepanyan Artyom ARM 1513
201 Sarkisian Aikaterina CYP 1512
202 Kontadakis Daniil GRE 1507
203 Giannoulis Markos GRE 1503
204 Khojyan Meri ARM 1503
205 Alexandrakis Vasileios Sp GRE 1492
206 Kouroupakis Odysseas GRE 1492
207 Ntalas Georgios GRE 1490
208 Bakalis Efthymios GRE 1486
209 Remediaki Sofia Niki GRE 1480
210 Tsekouras Angelos Grigorios GRE 1478
211 Iliopoulos Panagiotis GRE 1476
212 Ntagkounakis Emmanouil GRE 1472
213 Anastasopoulou Stavroula GRE 1469
214 Skodras Dionysios Eleftherios GRE 1460
215 Nikolozaki Melina GRE 1455
216 Lavdakis Michail GRE 1454
217 Theodoroglaki Varvara GRE 1449
218 Skaperdas Georgios GRE 1447
219 Skoulas Stavros GRE 1447
220 Iliopoulos Petros GRE 1442
221 Bachem Ioannis GRE 1441
222 Svoboda Petr CZE 1440
223 Vergini Maria Eirini GRE 1440
224 Nomikos Marios GRE 1439
225 Papikyan Davit ARM 1435
226 Alepoudeas Dimitrios GRE 1431
227 Kontogiannis Grigorios Marios GRE 1431
228 Budaghyan Areg ARM 1421
229 Gagani Elli GRE 1420
230 Ouzounstefanis Ioannis GRE 1413
231 Alepoudeas Dimitrios S GRE 1410
232 Schneider Reinhart GER 1409
233 Georgiakakis Nikolaos GRE 1407
234 Remediakis Ioannis GRE 1407
235 Kloka Aliki GRE 1402
236 Psarakis Kyriakos GRE 1401
237 Xeras Ioannis GRE 1401
238 Androulakis Achileas GRE 0
239 Androulakis Radamanthys Pavlos GRE 0
240 Bakali Anastasia GRE 0
241 Chaintarlis Damianos GRE 0
242 Christodoulaki Antonia Na GRE 0
243 Diakoloukas Theodosios GRE 0
244 Georgiadis Andreas A GRE 0
245 Georgiadis Ioannis A GRE 0
246 Gkouvras Konstantinos GRE 0
247 Kasiolas Ioannis GRE 0
248 Kastrinakis Antonios GRE 0
249 Kazantzoglou Aristotelis GRE 0
250 Kyriakogiannaki Vasileia GRE 0
251 Lampousakis Dimitrios Christos GRE 0
252 Lampousakis Michail GRE 0
253 Manousaki Foteini GRE 0
254 Maragkoudakis Alexandros GRE 0
255 Mardeni Paraskevi GRE 0
256 Mavridi Maria Vasileia GRE 0
257 Meletaki Angeliki GRE 0
258 Ntala Antigoni GRE 0
259 Ouzounstefanis Nikolaos GRE 0
260 Pappa Panagiota Ath GRE 0
261 Pariotakis Georgios GRE 0
262 Pavlov Ivan CYP 0
263 Plakopoulos Damianos GRE 0
264 Psarianos Emmanouil GRE 0
265 Psilopoulou Aikaterini Viktoria GRE 0
266 Psilopoulou Anna Maria GRE 0
267 Rishika Rohilla IND 0
268 Sargisian Lana GEO 0
269 Seferli Eftychia GRE 0
270 Seferlis Vasileios GRE 0
271 Sivaropoulos Stefanos GRE 0
272 Spanoudakis Ioannis Nik GRE 0
273 Stathopoulou Athanasia Ismini GRE 0
274 Stathopoulou Maria Melina GRE 0
275 Vardakis Stavros GRE 0
276 Volanis Vasileios GRE 0
277 Zhang Brayan CAN 0