The Heraklion IT Grand Prix takes place annually since 2011 and comprises of 3 tournaments, in January, April and September of each year, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The 24th Heraklion Open is the third event of the 8th Grand Prix and takes place from September 3-10, 2018, at the Galaxy Hotel. The format is a 9-round Swiss tournament, played with the standard time-control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30 second bonus per move starting from move 1.
Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish.
Starting list
1 Karpatchev Aleksandr
2 Lekic Dusan
3 Lewis Andrew P
4 Kulkarni Bhakti
5 Townsend M Paul
6 Lirindzakis Timotheos
7 Serpetsidakis Nikolaos
8 Panagiotakos Nikolaos
9 Patil Mitali
10 Kouvidis Ioannis
11 Vitsaxakis Nikolaos
12 Brokalakis – Gounaris Christos
13 Kadianis Georgios
14 Burnett Leon P
15 Hairetis Ioannis
16 Bras Emanouel
17 Fragiadakis Emanouel
18 Aggeletos Marios
19 Vagionakis Markos
20 Spirou Gerasimos
21 Stratigi Evangelia
22 Koutsourakis Ioannis
23 Koutsaftis Efstratios
24 Koumis Filippos
25 Papidakis Georgios
26 Aggelakis Ilias
27 Natoli Domenico
28 Kotsinis Alexandros
29 Xirouhakis Emmanouil
30 Dagkonaki Aspasia
31 Kazakos Nikolaos
32 Galanakis Nikos
33 Foinikianaki Stella
34 Klampatseas Christos
35 Ergazaki Eirini
36 Kotsoglou Georgios
37 Koutsouraki Ariadni
38 Dagkonaki Antonia
39 Georgakakis Michail
40 Alexandrakis Georgios
41 Heretis Georgios
42 Tsapaki Asimenia
43 Dagkonakis Dimitrios
44 Gorantonakis Georgios
45 Ntagiantas Dimitrios
46 Anastasaki Anastasia St
47 Terzakis Georgios
48 Fragkiadakis Nikolaos Emm
49 Roditakis Emmanouil
50 Kapnistou Maria
51 Kavouras Kosmas
52 Kealar Ioannis
53 Vlatas Dimitrios
54 Farsaris Michail
55 Matthaiaki Nefeli
56 Aggeletou Fereniki
57 Koutsourakis Emmanouil
58 Perakis Savvas
59 Spyridakis Michail
60 Alexandrakis Athanasios
61 Fragkiadaki Ourania
62 Kontaki Maria
63 Chatzidakis Emmanouil 48423
64 Farsaris Charalampos
65 Anastasakis Vasileios Georgios
66 Lantzourakis Nikolaos
67 Karouzou Melina Andomachi
68 Bras Vasileios
69 Argyriadis Nikolaos
70 Kasnakidou Sotiria
71 Charitaki Eirini
72 Charitaki Maria
73 Chrysou Ioanna
74 Foinikianaki Aikaterini
75 Mathioudaki Marianna
76 Nyktari Anna Maria
77 Nyktraris Minas
