The 15th edition of the Paleochora International Chess Tournament takes place from 17-24 July in Paleochora, a city of the southwest Cretan coast. Paleochora School & Cultural Center of Paleochora will host the A and B tournaments which have nearly 300 entries from 26 countries, including 18 grandmasters and 11 international masters.
Throwback: Paleochora Open 2017 / GM Vladislav Borovikov wins 8th Paleochora Open
The current starting list of participants is headlined by GM Mustafa Yilmaz, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Hristos Banikas. Interestingly, just four days after the Paleochora Open, Banikas will compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.
Starting rank list of players – 15th Paleochora International Chess Tournament:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2634 |
| 2 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2610 |
| 3 | GM | Banikas Hristos | GRE | 2598 |
| 4 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | GRE | 2575 |
| 5 | GM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR | 2561 |
| 6 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2561 |
| 7 | GM | Meshkovs Nikita | LAT | 2535 |
| 8 | IM | Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis | GRE | 2535 |
| 9 | GM | David Alberto | ITA | 2534 |
| 10 | GM | Stremavicius Titas | LTU | 2532 |
| 11 | GM | Kelires Andreas | GRE | 2528 |
| 12 | IM | Yilmazyerli Mert | TUR | 2520 |
| 13 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2513 |
| 14 | GM | Grigorov Grigor | BUL | 2511 |
| 15 | IM | Zwardon Vojtech | CZE | 2503 |
| 16 | GM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2496 |
| 17 | GM | Hamitevici Vladimir | MDA | 2473 |
| 18 | GM | Leniart Arkadiusz | POL | 2473 |
| 19 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2473 |
| 20 | GM | Antic Dejan | SRB | 2452 |
| 21 | FM | Spyropoulos Nikolaos | GRE | 2446 |
| 22 | IM | Barbot Pierre | FRA | 2438 |
| 23 | IM | Vlachos Anatole | GRE | 2433 |
| 24 | IM | Barp Alberto | ITA | 2423 |
| 25 | IM | Fantinel Thibault | FRA | 2406 |
| 26 | FM | Kalogeris Ioannis | GRE | 2406 |
| 27 | Patrelakis Evaggelos | GRE | 2401 | |
| 28 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2394 |
| 29 | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | POL | 2378 |
| 30 | GM | Pap Misa | SRB | 2375 |
| 31 | FM | Khayrullin Denis | RUS | 2361 |
| 32 | FM | Giannoulakis Lampros | GRE | 2346 |
| 33 | Naoum Spyridon | GRE | 2346 | |
| 34 | FM | Godzwon Iwo | POL | 2336 |
| 35 | Mitsis Georgios | GRE | 2334 | |
| 36 | FM | Hristodoulou Panagiotis | GRE | 2330 |
| 37 | FM | Vojtek Vladimir | SVK | 2314 |
| 38 | FM | Zakarian David | ARM | 2300 |
| 39 | FM | Kouskoutis Georgios-Alexandros | GRE | 2292 |
| 40 | FM | Kosmas-Lekkas Dimitrios | GRE | 2291 |
| 41 | FM | Alexiadis Hristos | GRE | 2283 |
| 42 | FM | Barrish Daniel | RSA | 2283 |
| 43 | Ayza Leon David | ESP | 2278 | |
| 44 | Simonetto Andrea | ITA | 2273 | |
| 45 | Spyratos Nikolaos | GRE | 2268 | |
| 46 | FM | Markidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2259 |
| 47 | Georgiou Kostantinos | GRE | 2259 | |
| 48 | IM | Eden James | FRA | 2258 |
| 49 | Milonakis Georgios | GRE | 2256 | |
| 50 | Georgakopoulos Nikolaos K. | GRE | 2239 | |
| 51 | Aubry Yannis | FRA | 2226 | |
| 52 | Baillon Olivier | FRA | 2219 | |
| 53 | Kalogridakis Georgios | GRE | 2212 | |
| 54 | FM | Sohier Julien | FRA | 2192 |
| 55 | Rahmanidis Petros | GRE | 2191 | |
| 56 | Levi Netanel | ISR | 2190 | |
| 57 | Rucek Kristian | SVK | 2186 | |
| 58 | Kalogridakis Theodoros | GRE | 2175 | |
| 59 | Townsend M Paul | ENG | 2175 | |
| 60 | Sidiropoulos Nikolaos | GRE | 2167 | |
| 61 | Marinakis Hristos | GRE | 2161 | |
| 62 | WFM | Monpeurt Cyrielle | FRA | 2159 |
| 63 | FM | Papadopoulos Argirios | GRE | 2157 |
| 64 | Schmit Vincent | FRA | 2146 | |
| 65 | Barak Gil | ISR | 2124 | |
| 66 | WIM | Demchenko Svitlana | CAN | 2122 |
| 67 | Flasik Radoslav | SVK | 2121 | |
| 68 | IM | Biro Sandor | ROU | 2116 |
| 69 | Balaskas Nikolaos | GRE | 2114 | |
| 70 | Drakopoulos Polihronis | GRE | 2113 | |
| 71 | Kotsinis Alexandros | GRE | 2102 | |
| 72 | WFM | Szente Varga Fruzsina | HUN | 2092 |
| 73 | Ben-Abed Mehdi | FRA | 2092 | |
| 74 | Hlavacek Tomas | CZE | 2092 | |
| 75 | FM | Bombek Peter | SVK | 2091 |
| 76 | Loukopoulos Panagiotis-Athanasi | GRE | 2081 | |
| 77 | Alexakis Dimitrios | GRE | 2070 | |
| 78 | Gennari Jacopo | ITA | 2065 | |
| 79 | Simonetto Alessio | ITA | 2064 | |
| 80 | WFM | Krumina Linda | LAT | 2059 |
| 81 | Tsarsitalidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2059 | |
| 82 | Musil Miroslav | CZE | 2049 | |
| 83 | Petrakis Stylianos | GRE | 2049 | |
| 84 | Seretakis Nikolas | GRE | 2045 | |
| 85 | Tzagarakis Panagiotis | GRE | 2045 | |
| 86 | CM | Zografos Achilleas | GRE | 2037 |
| 87 | Ribreau Herve | FRA | 2031 | |
| 88 | Thelen Thomas | GER | 2029 | |
| 89 | Stefan Victor | GRE | 2026 | |
| 90 | Karakatsanis Nikolaos | GRE | 2025 | |
| 91 | Kalousek Zdenek | CZE | 2019 | |
| 92 | Koudounis Vasileios | GRE | 2018 | |
| 93 | Luchi Max | ITA | 2014 | |
| 94 | Triantafilidis Mihail | GRE | 1991 | |
| 95 | Androni Konstantina | GRE | 1982 | |
| 96 | Wolf Ulrich | GER | 1979 | |
| 97 | Auvray Juliette | FRA | 1975 | |
| 98 | Avagianos Simeon | GRE | 1973 | |
| 99 | Hrisanthopoulos Dimitrios | GRE | 1968 | |
| 100 | FM | Solakoglu Ozgur | TUR | 1967 |
| 101 | Theodoulidis Theodoros | GRE | 1954 | |
| 102 | Pelantakis Mihail | GRE | 1945 | |
| 103 | Papadimitriou Loukas | GRE | 1935 | |
| 104 | Bardis Harilaos-Panagiotis | GRE | 1924 | |
| 105 | Meixner Helmut | AUT | 1917 | |
| 106 | Buchta Agnieszka | POL | 1914 | |
| 107 | Dermatopoulos Konstantinos | GRE | 1911 | |
| 108 | Rucek Peter | SVK | 1905 | |
| 109 | Kolomvas Dimitrios | GRE | 1904 | |
| 110 | Vozinaki Anthi – Maria | GRE | 1904 | |
| 111 | Tsarsitalidis Christos | GRE | 1896 | |
| 112 | Wiener Alexander | AUT | 1896 | |
| 113 | Christidis Savvas | GRE | 1892 | |
| 114 | Deligiannis Christos Nikolaos | GRE | 1892 | |
| 115 | Sotirakis Konstantinos | GRE | 1892 | |
| 116 | Rocchi Federico | ITA | 1884 | |
| 117 | Koulouris Evangelos | GRE | 1871 | |
| 118 | Perrusset Barbara | FRA | 1870 | |
| 119 | Adamovics Aleksejs | LAT | 1869 | |
| 120 | Zarovs Aleksandrs | LAT | 1868 | |
| 121 | Oikonomopoulos Filippos | GRE | 1866 | |
| 122 | Hartofylakas Spyros | GRE | 1863 | |
| 123 | Antonioudakis Georgios | GRE | 1859 | |
| 124 | Kalomiris Athanasios | GRE | 1857 | |
| 125 | Tzovanis Anastasios Anagnostis | GRE | 1844 | |
| 126 | Karanikas Harilaos | GRE | 1843 | |
| 127 | Giannoulis Grigorios | GRE | 1834 | |
| 128 | Trapalis Theodoros | GRE | 1811 | |
| 129 | Vingris Mikelis | LAT | 1811 | |
| 130 | Tragoudaras Nikolaos | GRE | 1810 | |
| 131 | AFM | Stathatos Alexandros | GRE | 1809 |
| 132 | Chrisidis Pavlos | GRE | 1809 | |
| 133 | Zakarian Dimitrios Levon | ENG | 1809 | |
| 134 | Destic Elena | FRA | 1805 | |
| 135 | Georgantas Antonios | GRE | 1799 | |
| 136 | Iasman Inna | FRA | 1792 | |
| 137 | Koronas Vasilios | GRE | 1789 | |
| 138 | Karagiannis Kosmas | GRE | 1785 | |
| 139 | Farou Fabrice | FRA | 1782 | |
| 140 | Karavitaki Evaggelia | GRE | 1782 | |
| 141 | Berketis Angelos | GRE | 1763 | |
| 142 | Sideris Theodoros | GRE | 1759 | |
| 143 | Katsanis Vasileios Dim | GRE | 1726 | |
| 144 | Azouni Anais | FRA | 1717 | |
| 145 | Vasilakopoulos Georgios | GRE | 1711 | |
| 146 | Drakonakis Athanasios | GRE | 1705 | |
| 147 | Ziomas Konstantinos Dimitrios | GRE | 1702 | |
| 148 | Georgiadis Anastasios | GRE | 1701 | |
| 149 | De Lisa Carmine | ITA | 1688 | |
| 150 | Soukarie Zorz | GRE | 1684 | |
| 151 | Kazantzoglou Stefanos | GRE | 1676 | |
| 152 | Strati Betty – Anna | GRE | 1629 | |
| 153 | Karavitaki Antonia | GRE | 1456 | |
| 154 | Yarur Elsaca Daniel | CHI | 1449 |
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Starting rank list of players Group B- 15th Paleochora International Chess Tournament:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | Hristopoulos Nikolaos | GRE | 1865 | |
| 2 | Spanos Nomikos | GRE | 1827 | |
| 3 | Koths Peter | GER | 1783 | |
| 4 | Routsi Efthimios-Alexandros | GRE | 1741 | |
| 5 | Kollias Ioannis K. | GRE | 1737 | |
| 6 | Vagionakis Markos | GRE | 1730 | |
| 7 | Yilmaz Nigar | TUR | 1706 | |
| 8 | Schlee Ulrich | GER | 1701 | |
| 9 | Bebis Epaminondas-Alexandros | GRE | 1700 | |
| 10 | Koutsourakis Ioannis | GRE | 1686 | |
| 11 | Wippel Herbert | AUT | 1677 | |
| 12 | Allen John P | ENG | 1666 | |
| 13 | Apostolou Nikolaos | GRE | 1646 | |
| 14 | Papadopoulos Filippos | GRE | 1635 | |
| 15 | Bilczewska Olga | POL | 1633 | |
| 16 | Penesis Dimitrios | GRE | 1614 | |
| 17 | Balaska Eleni Sofia | GRE | 1602 | |
| 18 | Zgouletas Ioannis | GRE | 1598 | |
| 19 | Pagkalos Vasileios | GRE | 1593 | |
| 20 | Krause Helmut | GER | 1567 | |
| 21 | Krause Marianne | GER | 1557 | |
| 22 | Ntelis Polizois | GRE | 1556 | |
| 23 | Kavounis Giorgos | GRE | 1555 | |
| 24 | AFM | Pothos Aris | GRE | 1546 |
| 25 | Mavridis Athanasios | GRE | 1546 | |
| 26 | Symeonidis Theofilos | GRE | 1546 | |
| 27 | Tsampouli Vasiliki | GRE | 1540 | |
| 28 | Chatzipanagiotou Asimenia | GRE | 1527 | |
| 29 | Antoniadis Anastasios | GRE | 1484 | |
| 30 | Arvanitakis Panagiotis | GRE | 1484 | |
| 31 | Tsapaki Asimenia | GRE | 1479 | |
| 32 | AFM | Gkizis Konstantinos | GRE | 1478 |
| 33 | Konstantinides Savvas | CYP | 1467 | |
| 34 | Kosma Maria | GRE | 1467 | |
| 35 | Solomos Charalampos | GRE | 1458 | |
| 36 | Sioutis Angelos | GRE | 1452 | |
| 37 | Koutsouraki Ariadni | GRE | 1451 | |
| 38 | Kontos Nikolaos | GRE | 1441 | |
| 39 | Platsaki Evgenia Valeria | GRE | 1440 | |
| 40 | Farsaris Michail | GRE | 1430 | |
| 41 | Mavridis Emmanouil | GRE | 1424 | |
| 42 | Kazantzoglou Nikolaos | GRE | 1420 | |
| 43 | Mitzas Dimitris | GRE | 1394 | |
| 44 | Sarafis Rafail | GRE | 1383 | |
| 45 | Vagianos Apostolos | GRE | 1383 | |
| 46 | Kalliora Despoina | GRE | 1380 | |
| 47 | Nikolakopoulos Konstantinos V | GRE | 1377 | |
| 48 | Skaraki Georgia | GRE | 1376 | |
| 49 | Papadopoulou Marilena | GRE | 1374 | |
| 50 | Mplitsa Artemis | GRE | 1373 | |
| 51 | Hillebrands Jerome | FRA | 1363 | |
| 52 | Koukouraki Hrisi | GRE | 1360 | |
| 53 | Pasoglou Nikoleta | GRE | 1355 | |
| 54 | Vidakis Dimitrios | GRE | 1342 | |
| 55 | Kosteas Frixos Vasileios | GRE | 1335 | |
| 56 | Schneider Hanne | GER | 1327 | |
| 57 | Triantafyllakis Dimitrios | GRE | 1327 | |
| 58 | Moysidis Anastasios | GRE | 1325 | |
| 59 | Scafe` Stefano | ITA | 1324 | |
| 60 | Terzakis Georgios | GRE | 1320 | |
| 61 | Nikolaki Dimitria | GRE | 1314 | |
| 62 | Tzavara Eleni | GRE | 1300 | |
| 63 | Hartofylakas Nikolaos | GRE | 1279 | |
| 64 | Tsioli Konstantina | GRE | 1278 | |
| 65 | Alexakis Aleksandros | GRE | 1274 | |
| 66 | Dallas Nikolaos Alexandros | GRE | 1264 | |
| 67 | Panaidis Fragkiskos | GRE | 1259 | |
| 68 | Makrylakis Iason | GRE | 1249 | |
| 69 | Schetakis Georgios | GRE | 1247 | |
| 70 | Giannoulaki Ermofili | GRE | 1240 | |
| 71 | Tzavaras Konstantinos | GRE | 1232 | |
| 72 | Spyridakis Georgios | GRE | 1226 | |
| 73 | Roditakis Emmanouil | GRE | 1221 | |
| 74 | Farsaris Nikolaos | GRE | 1209 | |
| 75 | Nikolakopoulos Leonidas Marios | GRE | 1207 | |
| 76 | Ribreau Yohan | FRA | 1199 | |
| 77 | Fraidakis Emmanouil | GRE | 1198 | |
| 78 | Makropoulos Andreas | GRE | 1196 | |
| 79 | Balaskas Stefanos | GRE | 1190 | |
| 80 | Skouroupathis Kyriakos | CYP | 1189 | |
| 81 | Yfantis Evangelos | GRE | 1189 | |
| 82 | Nyktari Anna Maria | GRE | 1184 | |
| 83 | Psarianou Eleni | GRE | 1182 | |
| 84 | Kyrilas Evangelos | GRE | 1159 | |
| 85 | Nikitidis Vasilios | GRE | 1158 | |
| 86 | Giannopoulos Panagiotis N | GRE | 1156 | |
| 87 | Koutsourakis Emmanouil | GRE | 1156 | |
| 88 | Theodoroglakis Ioannis | GRE | 1150 | |
| 89 | Manousoudaki Eleni | GRE | 1146 | |
| 90 | Nikolakopoulos Vasileios | GRE | 1135 | |
| 91 | Tzatzimakis Theodoros | GRE | 1130 | |
| 92 | Kartsakis Ioannis | GRE | 1109 | |
| 93 | Farsaris Charalampos | GRE | 1099 | |
| 94 | Ribreau Anna | FRA | 1085 | |
| 95 | Kontadakis Daniil | GRE | 1083 | |
| 96 | Tsafaraki Aikaterini | GRE | 1074 | |
| 97 | Nyktaris Minas | GRE | 1065 | |
| 98 | Theodoroglaki Varvara | GRE | 1065 | |
| 99 | Nteneketzis Paraskevas | GRE | 1063 | |
| 100 | Skarakis Stavros | GRE | 1057 | |
| 101 | Georgiakakis Nikolaos | GRE | 1046 | |
| 102 | Seretaki Myrto | GRE | 1046 | |
| 103 | Kotsyfaki Danai | GRE | 1044 | |
| 104 | Schneider Reinhart | GER | 1025 | |
| 105 | Gorantonakis Georgios | GRE | 1018 | |
| 106 | Carvennec Dillan | FRA | 0 | |
| 107 | Christodoulakis Michail Em | GRE | 0 | |
| 108 | Daskalaki Amfitriti Maria | GRE | 0 | |
| 109 | Diakakis Angelos | GRE | 0 | |
| 110 | Dimoulas Haris | GRE | 0 | |
| 111 | Dimoulas Odysseas | GRE | 0 | |
| 112 | Fragkoulakis Loukas | GRE | 0 | |
| 113 | Kartsakis Patroklos | GRE | 0 | |
| 114 | Kazantzoglou Aristotelis | GRE | 0 | |
| 115 | Kokolakis Pavlos | GRE | 0 | |
| 116 | Kollias Konstantinos Roq | GRE | 0 | |
| 117 | Kouroupakis Odysseas | GRE | 0 | |
| 118 | Kyritsis Ioannis | GRE | 0 | |
| 119 | Lasko Daniel | USA | 0 | |
| 120 | Lasko Michael | CAN | 0 | |
| 121 | Makris Georgios 47996 | GRE | 0 | |
| 122 | Margaronis Dionysios | GRE | 0 | |
| 123 | Mavraki Nikoleta | GRE | 0 | |
| 124 | Mavridi Maria Vasileia | GRE | 0 | |
| 125 | Ntionias Alexandros | GRE | 0 | |
| 126 | Ozcelik Solakoglu Gamze | TUR | 0 | |
| 127 | Paliogiannis Dimitrios | GRE | 0 | |
| 128 | Pantelakis Charalampos | GRE | 0 | |
| 129 | Pariotakis Georgios | GRE | 0 | |
| 130 | Psarianos Emmanouil | GRE | 0 | |
| 131 | Reischl Oliver | AUT | 0 | |
| 132 | Sarkisian Lana | GEO | 0 | |
| 133 | Scafe Alessandro | ITA | 0 | |
| 134 | Seretakis Georgios | GRE | 0 | |
| 135 | Spyridakis Emmanouil | GRE | 0 | |
| 136 | Spyropoulou Evangelia | GRE | 0 | |
| 137 | Tzatzimaki Maria | GRE | 0 | |
| 138 | Tzatzimakis Vasilios | GRE | 0 | |
| 139 | Tzouvalis Konstantinos | GRE | 0 | |
| 140 | Ustundag Eren | FRA | 0 | |
| 141 | Vingre Maija | LAT | 0 |
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