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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
 Press Release after round
2
The “Acropolis 2007” Tournament
continued with the games of the second
round on the 15th of August. Once again the massive
arrival of spectators and the fighting spirit among
the players should be pointed out. After the
conclusion of the games, 12 players have the
absolute score (2 wins in 2 games). Apart from the favorites, the start-up of IM Esen Baris (2/2), IM
Moutousis Konstantinos (2/2)
and IM
Erdogdu Mert (2/2), as
well as of the young Greek players
Papadopoulos Ioannis (1½/2)
and
Filippas Sebastian (1½/2), is remarkable.
Leading results of round 2: GM Georgiev Kiril - IM
Haznedaroglu Kivanc 1-0, IM Danielian Elina - GM
Smirin Ilia 0-1, IM Managadze Nikoloz - GM
Gelashvili Tamaz ½, IM Moutousis Konstantinos - GM
Macieja Bartlomiej 1-0, IM Erdogdu Mert - GM Graf
Alexander 1-0, GM Halkias Stelios - Georgiadis
Ioannis 1-0, Morchiashvili Bachana - GM Chatalbashev
Boris ½, IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Rozentalis Eduardas
0-1, GM Romanishin Oleg M - IM Can Emre 1-0, IM
Atakisi Umut - GM Parligras Mircea 0-1, GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios - WGM Melia Salome ½, IM
Khetsuriani Besarion - GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios
½, GM Nikolaidis Ioannis - IM Karagiannis Athanasios
1-0, Chigladze Iveri - GM Barsov Alexei 0-1, GM
Grivas Efstratios - FM Logothetis Sotirios 1-0, IM
Esen Baris - Dounis Alexandros 1-0, GM Svetushkin
Dmitry - WGM Kadimova Ilaha 1-0, GM Kotronias
Vasilios - WIM Burtasova Anna 1-0, GM Banikas
Hristos - Pavlidis Antonios 1-0, Pavlidis
Anastasios - IM Dembo Yelena 0-1, etc.
Round 2 upsets: IM Moutousis Konstantinos - GM
Macieja Bartlomiej 1-0, IM Erdogdu Mert - GM Graf
Alexander 1-0, Morchiashvili Bachana - GM
Chatalbashev Boris ½, GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios -
WGM Melia Salome ½, IM Khetsuriani Besarion - GM
Mastrovasilis Athanasios ½, Exizoglou Dimitrios - IM
Krivoborodov Egor ½, Petraki Maria - IM Erturan
Yakup ½, Filippas Sebastian - Grigoriadis
Alexandros 1-0, Kotrotsos Vasilios - Kanakaris
Georgios 0-1, Seretakis Nikolas - Grapsa Georgia
0-1, Georgieva Emilia - Sioris Georgios 1-0.
Leading pairings of the 3rd round:
GM Nikolaidis Ioannis - GM Georgiev Kiril, GM Smirin
Ilia - GM Grivas Efstratios, GM Barsov Alexei - GM
Halkias Stelios, GM Rozentalis Eduardas - IM Esen
Baris, IM Moutousis Konstantinos - GM Romanishin
Oleg M, GM Parligras Mircea - IM Erdogdu Mert, IM
Dembo Yelena - GM Svetushkin Dmitry, GM Gelashvili
Tamaz - Morchiashvili Bachana, GM Kotronias
Vasilios - IM Managadze Nikoloz, GM Chatalbashev
Boris - Papadopoulos Ioannis, etc.
 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.
The tournament is covered in detail 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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