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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
 Fighting
draws. IM Moutousis leads
the tournament.
Many games of the
4th round ended in a
draw but most of them were
very fighting and combinational.
In the first boards, "stormy"
games ending in a draw were played between GM
Rozentalis Eduardas and GM
Smirin Ilia, GM Georgiev
Kiril and GM Parligras
Mircea, GM Romanishin Oleg
and GM Gelashvili Tamaz,
GM Halkias Stelios and GM
Nikolaidis Ioannis, GM Banikas Hristos
and GM Barsov Alexei, IM
Kapnisis Spyridon and GM
Macieja Bartlomiej, IM Dzagnidze Nana
and GM Graf Alexander.
Quick draws were agreed in the games of D.
Mastrovasilis and V. Kotronias, E. Grivas and Y.
Erturan.
GM Chatalbashev Boris (with
black), GM Malakhatko Vadim (with white), and
IM Moutousis Konstantinos (with
black) defeated Filippas Sebastian, IM Krivoborodov
Egor and GM Svetushkin Dmitry respectively after a
long and difficult fight.
The game
between WGM
Zawadzka Jolanta and
IM Dembo Yelena was victorious
for Dembo who played with black.
Round 4 upsets:
GM Svetushkin Dmitry - IM Moutousis Konstantinos
0-1, IM Kapnisis Spyridon - GM Macieja Bartlomiej ½,
IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Graf Alexander ½, IM
Skalkotas Nikolaos - IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc ½,
Grigoriadis Alexandros - GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios
½, IM Danielian Elina - WIM Burtasova Anna 0-1,
Morchiashvili Bachana - FM Logothetis Sotirios ½,
WIM Papadopoulou Vera - WGM Melia Salome ½,
Chigladze Iveri - Dounis Alexandros ½, Seretakis
Nikolas - Georgiadis Ioannis ½, FM Kotrotsos
Vasilios - Exizoglou Dimitrios ½, Stefanidi Maria
Anna - Parginos Vassilios ½, Makka Evanthia -
Kokolias Konstantinos 1-0.
Leading standings
(10 first places) after
the 4th round:
IM Moutousis Konstantinos 3½ , GM Smirin Ilia 3½ ,
GM Rozentalis Eduardas 3½ , GM Parligras Mircea 3½ ,
GM Chatalbashev Boris 3½, GM Georgiev Kiril 3, GM
Nikolaidis Ioannis 3, GM Halkias
Stelios 3, GM Gelashvili Tamaz 3, GM Barsov
Alexei 3, etc. Among the women IM Dembo Yelena
leads with 3 points.
Leading pairings of the 5th round (on Saturday 18/8)
:
GM Smirin Ilia - GM Parligras Mircea, IM Moutousis
Konstantinos - GM Rozentalis Eduardas, GM
Chatalbashev Boris - GM Malakhatko Vadim, GM Barsov
Alexei - GM Georgiev Kiril, GM Gelashvili Tamaz - GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios, GM Kotronias
Vasilios - IM Esen Baris,
IM Dembo Yelena - GM Halkias Stelios, GM Nikolaidis
Ioannis - GM Banikas Hristos, IM Erdogdu
Mert - GM Romanishin Oleg
M, GM Macieja Bartlomiej - 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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