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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 winner of Acropolis 2007!
GM Ilia Smirin is the
absolute winner of the Acropolis International
Tournament 2007 scoring 7 points
in 9 games. According to
tie-break criteria, GM Kiril Georgiev
and GM Mircea Parligras
took 2nd and 3rd
place respectively both scoring
6½ points.
First female player of the tournament is IM Nana
Dzagnidze scoring 5½/9
(17th in overall ranking), 1st Greek player
GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis with 6½/9
and 4th in overall
ranking, and 1st young
player under 20 I. Papadopoulos
who achieved his 3rd
IM norm and won the title
of International Master scoring 5½/9
(21st in overall ranking).
The awarded players in detail:
1st in general ranking:
GM Smirin Ilia (ISR) with 7 points
2nd in general ranking:
GM Georgiev Kiril (BUL) with 6½ points
3rd in
general ranking: GM Parligras Mircea (ROM)
with 6½ points
1st female player: IM
Dzagnidze Nana (GEO) with 5½ points
2nd female player:
WGM Zawadzka Jolanta (POL) with 5½ points
3rd
female player: IM Danielian Elina
(ARM) with 5½ points
1st young player: Papadopoulos Ioannis (GRE) with
5½ points
1st young female player:
IM Dzagnidze Nana (GEO) with 5½ points
1st Greek player: GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios with
6½ points
1st Greek female player:
IM Dembo Yelena with 4½
points
Special award in memory of
G. Ioakimidis
was given to GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios
for his best game against IM Moutousis K.
at the 8th round.
Main results
of round 9 :
GM Smirin Ilia - GM Malakhatko Vadim ½, GM
Svetushkin Dmitry - GM Georgiev Kiril ½, GM Macieja
Bartlomiej - GM Banikas Hristos ½, GM Gelashvili
Tamaz - IM Esen Baris ½, WGM Zawadzka Jolanta - GM
Parligras Mircea 0-1, GM Graf Alexander - GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 0-1, GM Kotronias Vasilios -
IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 1-0, IM Danielian Elina - GM
Halkias Stelios 0-1, GM Rozentalis Eduardas - IM
Erdogdu Mert 1-0, Morchiashvili Bachana - GM
Romanishin Oleg M 0-1, GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios -
IM Kapnisis Spyridon 1-0, IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM
Grivas Efstratios ½, GM Chatalbashev Boris - IM
Atakisi Umut 1-0, IM Can Emre - GM Nikolaidis
Ioannis ½, IM Dembo Yelena - Papadopoulos Ioannis
0-1.
Round 9 upsets :
IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Grivas Efstratios ½, GM
Chatalbashev Boris - IM Atakisi Umut ½, IM Can Emre
- GM Nikolaidis Ioannis ½, Nikolaou Georgios - IM
Erturan Yakup 1-0, FM Grigoriadis Alexandros -
Kanakaris Georgios ½, WIM Papadopoulou Vera - FM
Kotrotsos Vasilios ½, WIM Burtasova Anna - Exizoglou
Dimitrios 0-1, FM Lauridsen Jesper - Makka Evanthia
½, Pavlidis Antonios - Gogolis Alexandros ½, Sioris
Georgios - Iordanidou Zoi ½.
The “Acropolis” Tournament was concluded on
Wednesday 22nd of August, with the Closing Ceremony.
Prizes were awarded to the winners in the
presence of the Prefect of Athens Mr.
I. Sgouros, the General Secretary
of Sports Dr.
S. Douvis, representatives of political parties,
the President of the
Greek Chess Federation
and Deputy President of FIDE
Mr. G. Makropoulos,
the Executive Director of
FIDE Mr. D. Jarrett, many
GCF Executive Board members and many chess clubs
representatives.
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. Arg.
Kotsis and his staff on the official website with
news, results, standings, photos, etc. Moreover, all
games of each round are
available for online viewing or download; this also
applies to the daily bulletins (in electronic
format). Responsible for bulletin
design: Mr. A.
Mihailidis.
Organizing
Committee:
George Mastrokoukos and Thomas Michos.
For any questions or comments you may contact the
Tournament Director
here
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