30th July to 6th August in Kavala, Greece
GM Gabriel Sargissian
The 20th Kavala Open Chess Tournament is set to take place from 30th July to 6th August in Kavala, Greece. One of the strongest events of the Greek Chess Summer is organized by the Kavala Chess Club, East Macedonia and Thrace Chess Union and Greek Chess Federation.
A total of 263 players are signed to compete in one of the three Groups. The main Open A has 120 players from 18 countries, with 37 Grandmasters and 17 International Masters in the field.
Top seeded is GM Gabriel Sargissian from Armenia, arriving immediately after the celebration of the gold medal from the World Team Championship. His compatriot GM Tigran Petrosian, winner of the massive Benasque Open, is third seed, behind the Indian hope GM Sandipan Chanda.
Players list (Group A):
1 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2663
2 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2656
3 GM Petrosian Tigran L ARM 2636
4 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2631
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2627
6 GM Atalik Suat TUR 2619
7 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2616
8 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2612
9 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2611
10 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2604
11 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2600
12 GM Solak Dragan SRB 2598
13 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2597
14 GM Kolev Atanas BUL 2590
15 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2589
16 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2579
17 GM Gopal G N IND 2576
18 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2576
19 GM Mamedov Nidjat AZE 2575
20 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2573
21 GM Kryakvin Dmitry RUS 2551
22 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2537
23 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2535
24 GM Margvelashvili Giorgi GEO 2525
25 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2513
26 IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2494
27 GM Socko Monika POL 2490
28 IM Paichadze Luka GEO 2489
29 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2487
30 GM Kosic Dragan MNE 2483
31 GM Marjanovic Slavoljub SRB 2469
32 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2453
33 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2449
34 IM Zysk Robert GER 2437
35 IM Atalik Ekaterina TUR 2436
36 IM Kaplan Sasha ISR 2436
37 IM Raznikov Danny ISR 2434
38 Zarkua Davit GEO 2433
39 IM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2420
40 IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan TUR 2412
41 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2405
42 IM Vuilleumier Alexandre SUI 2374
43 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2358
44 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2355
45 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2338
46 Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2330
47 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2327
48 WGM Botsari Anna-Maria GRE 2326
49 WIM Raeva Elitsa BUL 2324
50 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios GRE 2322
51 WIM Tomilova Elena RUS 2317
52 FM Malikentzos Sotirios GRE 2314
53 FM Shanmugam Ravindran SIN 2291
54 WGM Cherednichenko Svetlana UKR 2283
55 Tchantcev Chaliko RUS 2283
56 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2282
57 Kanakaris Georgios GRE 2281
58 Kourousis Epaminondas GRE 2273
59 Kostopoulos Evaggelos GRE 2262
60 WGM Przezdziecka Marta POL 2249
61 Dounis Alexandros GRE 2248
62 Filippas Sebastian GRE 2246
63 Exizoglou Dimitrios GRE 2245
64 FM Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2244
65 WIM Pavlidou Ekaterini GRE 2220
66 Kokolias Konstantinos GRE 2205
67 Valden Petros GRE 2201
68 Theodoulidis Theodoros GRE 2196
69 Skaperdas Kostantinos GRE 2194
70 Dorfanis Ilarion GRE 2190
71 Hamaletsos Hristoforos GRE 2188
72 Aftsoglou Ioannis GRE 2186
73 Papadimitriou Athanasios GRE 2184
74 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini GRE 2183
75 Lagopatis Nikolaos GRE 2181
76 Tzintzios Georgios GRE 2174
77 Papadimitriou Loukas GRE 2166
78 Ketzetzis Georgios GRE 2164
79 Tepelenis Nikolaos GRE 2156
80 Osmanoglou Halil GRE 2154
81 Zografos Achilleas GRE 2150
82 Gimnopoulos Lazaros GRE 2144
83 Vlassis Georgios GRE 2138
84 Stathopoulos Ioannis GRE 2122
85 Michelakos Panagiotis GRE 2111
86 Makka Evanthia GRE 2109
87 Iskos Alexandros GRE 2103
88 WIM Makka Ioulia GRE 2102
89 FM Galopoulos Panagiotis GRE 2090
90 Aghabekian Liana ARM 2084
91 Kazantzidis Ilias GRE 2082
92 Bar Aviv ISR 2079
93 Hrisomalis Theodoros GRE 2078
94 Pambalou Fotini GRE 2078
95 Konstantelias K GRE 2077
96 Manelidou Maria GRE 2074
97 Adamopoulos Ioannis GRE 2070
98 Koutsidis Mihail GRE 2067
99 Pambalos Panayiotis GRE 2067
100 Balokas Dimitrios GRE 2060
101 Grapsa Georgia GRE 2057
102 Altukhov Yriu RUS 2054
103 Savoglou Nikolaos GRE 2054
104 Liodakis Konstantinos-Spyros GRE 2048
105 Spirliadis Achileas GRE 2044
106 Sidiropoulos Nikolaos GRE 2043
107 Skoulakis Charalambos GRE 2039
108 Anagnostopoulos Konstantinos GRE 2038
109 Gitsis Hristos GRE 2032
110 Pappelis Dimitrios GRE 2025
111 WFM Petraki Maria GRE 2024
112 Papakonstantinou Dimitrios GRE 2018
113 Megalios Konstantinos GRE 2008
114 Galanos Dimitrios GRE 1999
115 Kakkanas Evangelos GRE 1976
116 Androni Konstantina GRE 1967
117 Athanasiou Georgios GRE 1954
118 Minas Ioannis GRE 1941
119 Vatkali Dimitra GRE 1929
120 Charpidou Anna GRE 1749
