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Acropolis International Chess Tournament 2007
Athens * Greece * 14 - 22 August 2007
Daily comment by
Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas &
Tournament Director Vasilios Andronis
 Ilia
Smirin keeps the lead with 6½ points.
Georgiev, Malakhatko, Banikas and Svetushkin follow
with 6 points.
Draw in the first table between Banikas and
Smirin after 19 moves. Georgiev beat Dzagnidze in
the second table after 55 moves and Halkias was
defeated by Svetushkin in the game of the day.
Deadlock in 26 moves between Parligras and Macieja
and Malakhatko outplayed Rozentalis in 48 moves.
Results of round 8 at the first boards (in bracket
the moves of each game):
GM Banikas - GM Smirin Ilia ½ (19), GM Georgiev
Kiril- IM Dzagnidze Nana 1-0 (55), GM Halkias
Stelios - GM Svetushkin Dmitry 0-1 (59), GM
Parligras Mircea - GM Macieja Bartlomiej ½ (26), GM
Malakhatko Vadim 2596 - GM Rozentalis Eduardas 1-0
(48), IM Kapnisis Spyridon - GM Gelashvili Tamaz 0-1
(38), GM Grivas Efstratios - GM Kotronias Vasilios ½
(32), IM Esen Baris - GM Chatalbashev Boris 1-0
(46), GM Mastrovasilis D. - IM Moutousis K. 1-0
(31), IM Erdogdu Mert - GM Mastrovasilis A. ½ (49),
GM Nikolaidis Ioannis - WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 0-1
(59), IM Erturan Yakup - GM Graf Alexander 0-1 (21),
GM Romanishin Oleg M - IM Krivoborodov Egor 1-0
(35), IM Atakisi Umut - GM Barsov Alexei 1-0 (56),
WGM Melia Salome - IM Dembo Yelena ½ (28).
Round 8 upsets:
IM Esen Baris - GM Chatalbashev Boris 1-0, IM
Erdogdu Mert - GM Mastrovasilis A. ½, GM Nikolaidis
Ioannis - WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 0-1, IM Atakisi Umut
- GM Barsov Alexei 1-0, Pavlidis Anastasios - WIM
Burtasova Anna 1-0, IM Khetsuriani Besarion -
Nikolaou Georgios ½, Filippas Sebastian - WIM Krivec
Jana 1-0, Georgiadis Ioannis - Pavlidis Antonios ½,
Makka Evanthia - WGM Makropoulou Marina 1-0,
Kokolias Konstantinos - Grapsa Georgia ½,
Delithanasis Dimitrios - Georgieva Emilia ½,
Iordanidou Zoi - WIM Makka Ioulia ½.
Leading standings (10 first places) after the 8th
round:
GM Smirin Ilia (6½), GM Georgiev Kiril (6), GM
Malakhatko Vadim (6), GM Banikas Hristos (6), GM
Svetushkin Dmitry (6), GM Parligras Mircea (5½ ), GM
Gelashvili Tamaz (5½ ), GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios
(5½ ), IM Esen Baris (5½ ), GM Macieja Bartlomiej
(5½ ).
Among the women WGM Zawadzka Jolanta takes up the
lead with 5½ points and IM Dzagnidze Nana is in
second place with 5 points.
Leading pairings of the last round (on Wednesday
22/8):
GM Smirin Ilia - GM Malakhatko Vadim, GM Svetushkin
Dmitry - GM Georgiev Kiril, GM Macieja Bartlomiej -
GM Banikas Hristos, GM Gelashvili Tamaz - IM Esen
Baris, WGM Zawadzka Jolanta - GM Parligras Mircea,
GM Graf Alexander - GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios, GM
Kotronias Vasilios - IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc, IM
Danielian Elina - GM Halkias Stelios, GM Rozentalis
Eduardas - IM Erdogdu Mert, Morchiashvili Bachana -
GM Romanishin Oleg M.
The tournament is being held daily in the "Europa"
conference hall of "President" Hotel (on Kifissias
Avenue) from the 14th to the 22nd of August 2007.
The games start at 17:00 (15:00 GMT), except for the
last round which starts at 14:00 (12:00 GMT).
Admittance is free.
Chief-Arbiter: Pilalis Christos (I.A.) and Arbiters: Kostouros Al. (I.A.), Prevenios M. (N.A.), Kalesis
Sp. (N.A.)
The tournament is covered in detail from Mr. Argiris Kotsis and his staff on the official website with
news, results, standings, photos, etc. Moreover, all
games of each round will be available for online
viewing or download; this also applies to the daily
bulletins (in electronic format).
For chess fans
unable to visit the tournament, live games coverage
will also be available.
For any questions or comments you may contact the
Tournament Director
here
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