The strong Acropolis chess tournament starts today

many strong players will participate

The international chess tournament Acropolis starts today in Greece. 15 GMs over 2500 ELO will participate in the competition. Top seeded will be GM Ilia Smirin, the winner of last year's tournament. Many players from the just finished Kavala tournament will join the competition - GM Gelashvili, WGM Anna Rudolf, FM Josip Asik, etc.

Participants

1 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2637
2 GM Graf Alexander GER 2621
3 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2612
4 GM Parligras Mircea ROU 2588
5 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2587
6 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2578
7 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2572
8 GM Kolev Atanas BUL 2565
9 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2563
10 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2532
11 GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2530
12 IM Rasmussen Allan Stig DEN 2519
13 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2518
14 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2517
15 IM Danielian Elina ARM 2495
16 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2489
17 WGM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2489
18 IM Tirard Hugo FRA 2461
19 IM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2458
20 IM Managadze Nikoloz GEO 2444
21 IM Dembo Yelena GRE 2431
22 IM Caselas Cabanas Jacobo ESP 2418
23 IM Grigoriadis Alexandros GRE 2417
24 IM Melia Salome GEO 2416
25 FM D`costa Lorin A R ENG 2414
26 IM Maric Alisa SRB 2412
27 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi IND 2411
28 IM Saravanan V IND 2405
29 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2389
30 IM Atakisi Umut TUR 2388
31 FM Aloma Vidal Robert ESP 2388
32 IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2373
33 FM Asik Josip SRB 2368
34 IM Karagiannis Athanasios GRE 2357
35 FM Astaneh Lopez Alex IRL 2357
36 FM Sergeev Aleksander KAZ 2354
37 Sandalakis Angelos GRE 2341
38 WGM Rudolf Anna HUN 2337
39 WIM Burtasova Anna RUS 2329
40 FM Secer Ata TUR 2320
41 FM Gazis Efstathios GRE 2308
42 WIM Sandu Mihaela ROU 2288
43 Kanakaris Georgios GRE 2284
44 WGM Velcheva Maria BUL 2281
45 FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos GRE 2279
46 FM Stefanopoulos Orestis GRE 2279
47 Goumas Georgios GRE 2276
48 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2275
49 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini GRE 2274
50 Aggelis Nikolaos GRE 2271
51 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2270
52 Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2270
53 Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2266
54 Sarandos Vasilios GRE 2259
55 Exizoglou Dimitrios GRE 2251
56 WGM Makropoulou Marina GRE 2244
57 WGM Karlovich Anastazia UKR 2242
58 Sigalas Frangiskos GRE 2242
59 Filippas Sebastian GRE 2240
60 Georgiou Kostantinos GRE 2236
61 WIM Makka Ioulia GRE 2225
62 Angelis Mihail GRE 2224
63 Kourousis Epaminondas GRE 2221
64 Margaritis Fotios GRE 2220
65 Nathanail Emanouel GRE 2219
66 Kordis Konstantinos GRE 2216
67 FM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2215
68 WIM Papadopoulou Vera GRE 2210
69 Skiadopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2210
70 FM Pountzas Hrisanthos GRE 2202
71 FM Galopoulos Panagiotis GRE 2200
72 Kokolias Konstantinos GRE 2197
73 Panagiotopoulos Alexandros GRE 2197
74 Klokas Konstantinos GRE 2167
75 Dounis Alexandros GRE 2162
76 Kostopoulos Evangellos GRE 2150
77 WIM Stiri Alexandra GRE 2149
78 Grapsa Georgia GRE 2104
79 Makka Evanthia GRE 2099
80 Stefanidi Maria-Anna GRE 2095
81 WFM Petraki Maria GRE 2069
82 Iordanidou Zoi GRE 2060
83 Pavlidou Ekaterini GRE 2034
84 Manelidou Maria GRE 1975

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