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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
 GM
Smirin takes up the lead! IM Moutousis in second
place.
The duels went on in the 5th round as
well. The results of the first 10 boards are: GM
Mircea Parligras - GM Ilia Smirin 0-1 (good tactical
game by Smirin), IM Moutousis Konstantinos -
GM Rozentalis Eduardas ½, GM Chatalbashev - GM
Malakhatko Vadim 1/2 , GM Barsov Alexei - GM
Georgiev Kiril 0-1, GM Gelashvili Tamaz - GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios ½ (quick draw), GM Kotronias
Vasilios - IM Esen Baris 0-1 (Kotronias made a
sacrifice and seemed to gain good position but Esen
took the challenge successfully), IM Dembo Yelena -
GM Halkias Stelios ½ (another good result for Dembo),
GM Nikolaidis Ioannis - GM Banikas Hristos ½ (quick
draw), IM Erdogdu Mert - GM Romanishin Oleg M ½, GM
Macieja Bartlomiej - Papadopoulos Ioannis 1-0.
Round 5 upsets: IM Moutousis Konstantinos - GM
Rozentalis Eduardas ½, GM Kotronias Vasilios - IM
Esen Baris 0-1, IM Dembo Yelena - GM Halkias Stelios
½, IM Erdogdu Mert -GM Romanishin Oleg M ½, GM Graf
Alexander - IM Atakisi Umut ½, IM Khetsuriani
Besarion - GM Grivas Efstratios ½, IM Haznedaroglu
Kivanc - Filippas Sebastian ½, Georgiadis Ioannis -
Nikolaou Georgios 0-1, Pavlidis Antonios - FM
Kotrotsos Vasilios ½, WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini -
Pavlidis Anastasios 0-1, Sioris Georgios - Makka
Evanthia 0-1, Parginos Vassilios - WFM Petraki Maria
0-1, WIM Sorokina Anastasia - Iordanidou Zoi 0-1,
Grapsa Georgia - WIM Makka Ioulia 1-0.
Leading standings (10 first places) after the 5th
round:
GM Smirin Ilia (4½), IM Moutousis Konstantinos (4),
GM Georgiev Kiril (4), GM Rozentalis Eduardas (4),
IM Esen Baris (4), GM Chatalbashev Boris (4), GM
Nikolaidis Ioannis (3½), GM Parligras Mircea (3½),
GM Gelashvili Tamaz (3½), GM Halkias Stelios (3½).
Among the women IM Dembo Yelena leads with 3½ points
(14th in general ranking) and IM Dzagnidze Nana
follows with same points (17th in general ranking).
Leading pairings of the 6th round (on Sunday 19/8):
GM Chatalbashev Boris - GM Smirin Ilia, GM Georgiev
Kiril - GM Rozentalis Eduardas, IM Esen Baris - IM
Moutousis Konstantinos, GM Parligras Mircea - GM
Gelashvili Tamaz, GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios - GM
Macieja Bartlomiej, GM Malakhatko Vadim - GM
Nikolaidis Ioannis, GM Halkias Stelios - IM
Managadze Nikoloz, GM Banikas Hristos - IM Erdogdu
Mert, GM Romanishin Oleg M - IM Dembo Yelena, IM
Dzagnidze Nana - GM Kotronias Vasilios 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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