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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 consolidate in first place ½ point
ahead!
GM Hristos Banikas in second place
after his victory against Moutousis.
Quick draw between Smirin and Georgiev,
Rozentalis offered a draw in the 23rd move and Halkias
accepted it, Moutousis was defeated by Banikas,
Svetushkin outplayed Esen, deadlock between Gelashvili
and Grivas after 84 moves, Graf made a blunder that
cost him the game against Kapnisis.
Results of round 7 at the first boards (in bracket the
moves of each game):
GM Smirin Ilia - GM Georgiev Kiril ½ (9), GM
Rozentalis Eduardas - GM Halkias Stelios ½ (23), IM
Moutousis Konstantinos - GM Banikas Hristos 0-1
(61), GM Svetushkin Dmitry - IM Esen Baris 1-0 (30),
GM Gelashvili Tamaz - GM Grivas Efstratios ½ (84),
GM Macieja Bartlomiej - Morchiashvili Bachana 1-0
(88), GM Barsov Alexei - GM Malakhatko Vadim 0-1
(44), GM Graf Alexander - IM Kapnisis Spyridon 0-1
(31), GM Nikolaidis Ioannis - GM Chatalbashev Boris
½ (39), IM Dzagnidze Nana - GM Romanishin Oleg M 1-0
(68), IM Dembo Yelena - GM Parligras Mircea 0-1
(30), WGM Zawadzka Jolanta - GM Mastrovasilis
Dimitrios ½ (12), GM Kotronias Vasilios -
Papadopoulos Ioannis 1-0 (66), GM Mastrovasilis
Athanasios - Nikolaou Georgios 1-0 (50), FM
Grigoriadis Alexandros - IM Danielian Elina ½ (63).
Round 7 upsets:
GM Graf Alexander - IM Kapnisis Spyridon 0-1, IM
Dzagnidze Nana - GM Romanishin Oleg M 1-0, Kanakaris
Georgios - IM Khetsuriani Besarion 1-0, Goumas
Georgios - Georgiadis Ioannis 1-0, Stefanidi Maria-Anna - Draci
Robert 1-0.
Leading standings (10 first places) after the 7th
round:
GM Smirin Ilia (6), GM Banikas Hristos (5½), GM Georgiev
Kiril (5), GM Parligras Mircea (5), GM Rozentalis
Eduardas (5), GM Halkias Stelios (5), IM Dzagnidze
Nana (5), GM Macieja Bartlomiej (5), GM Malakhatko
Vadim (5), GM Svetushkin Dmitry (5), etc.
Among the women IM Dzagnidze Nana takes up the lead
with 5 points (7th in general ranking), WGM Zawadzka Jolanta
is second
with 4½ points and IM Dembo Yelena third with 4 points.
Leading pairings of the 8th round (on Tuesday 21/8)
:
GM Banikas Hristos - GM Smirin Ilia, GM Georgiev -
IM Dzagnidze Nana, GM Halkias Stelios - GM
Svetushkin Dmitry, GM Parligras Mircea - GM Macieja
Bartlomiej, GM Malakhatko Vadim - GM Rozentalis
Eduardas, IM Kapnisis Spyridon - GM Gelashvili
Tamaz, GM Grivas Efstratios - GM Kotronias Vasilios, IM Esen
Baris - GM Chatalbashev Boris, GM Mastrovasilis
Dimitrios - IM Moutousis Konstantinos, IM Erdogdu
Mert - GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios 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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