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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
Ilia Smirin increases lead! IM Moutousis consolidate
in second place.
Results
of round 6 at the first boards:
Once again with black and with his favorite King’s
Indian Defense, GM Ilia Smirin won at the 1st board
GM Boris Chatalbashev and increased his lead to a
whole point
from the second. GM Georgiev Kiril - GM
Rozentalis Eduardas ½ at the 2nd board after 23
moves. IM Esen Baris - IM Moutousis Konstantinos ½
(69 moves), GM Parligras Mircea - GM Gelashvili
Tamaz ½ (17 moves), GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios - GM
Macieja Bartlomiej ½ (9 moves), GM Malakhatko Vadim
- GM Nikolaidis Ioannis ½ (47 moves), GM Halkias
Stelios - IM Managadze Nikoloz 1-0 (74 moves), GM
Banikas Hristos - IM Erdogdu Mert 1-0 (61 moves), GM
Romanishin Oleg M - IM Dembo Yelena ½ (43 moves), IM
Dzagnidze Nana - GM Kotronias Vasilios ½ (78 moves),
GM Svetushkin Dmitry - IM Can Emre 1-0 (43 moves),
IM Krivoborodov Egor - GM Graf Alexander 0-1 (58
moves), IM Atakisi Umut - GM Mastrovasilis
Athanasios ½ (83 moves), Filippas Sebastian - GM
Barsov Alexei 0-1 (23 moves), GM Grivas Efstratios -
WGM Melia Salome 1-0 (73 moves), WGM Zawadzka
Jolanta - IM Haznedaroglu Kivanc 1-0 (35 moves),
Morchiashvili Bachana - IM Erturan Yakup 1-0 (26
moves), IM Kapnisis Spyridon - IM Khetsuriani
Besarion 1-0 (34 moves), IM Danielian Elina - IM
Karagiannis Athanasios 1-0 (46 moves), Papadopoulos
Ioannis - WGM Kadimova Ilaha 1-0 (32 moves).
Round 6 upsets :
IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Kotronias Vasilios ½, IM
Atakisi Umut - GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios ½,
Chigladze Iveri - FM Pountzas Hrisanthos ½, Pavlidis
Anastasios - FM Kotrotsos Vasilios
1-0, FM Lauridsen Jesper
Morch - Pavlidis Antonios ½, Draci Robert -
Ikonomopoulou Maria 0-1.
Leading standings (10 first places) after the 6th
round :
GM Smirin Ilia (5½), IM Moutousis Konstantinos (4½),
GM Georgiev Kiril (4½), GM Rozentalis Eduardas (4½),
GM Halkias Stelios (4½), IM Esen Baris (4½), GM
Banikas Hristos (4½), GM Nikolaidis Ioannis (4), GM
Parligras Mircea (4), GM Gelashvili Tamaz (4)
Among the women once again IM Dembo Yelena leads
with 4.0 points and IM Dzagnidze Nana follows with
the same points.
Leading pairings of the 7th round (on Monday 20/8) :
GM Smirin Ilia - GM Georgiev Kiril, GM Rozentalis -
GM Halkias Stelios, IM Moutousis Konstantinos - GM
Banikas Hristos, GM Svetushkin - IM Esen Baris, GM
Gelashvili Tamaz - GM Grivas Efstratios, GM Macieja
Bartlomiej - Morchiashvili Bachana, GM Barsov Alexei
- GM Malakhatko Vadim, GM Graf Alexander - IM
Kapnisis Spyridon, GM Nikolaidis - GM Chatalbashev
Boris, IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Romanishin Oleg M,
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.
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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