4th International Open ‘Vardaris’ was held from 15 to 19 February in Thessaloniki.
The tournament was divided in 4 groups.
The winner was the young 13 years old Belgian FM Daniel Dardha with 6 out of 7, followed by IM Martin Petrov with 5,5 and FM Arben Dardha with 5 points.
Martin Petrov was leading the whole tournament, while the winner started with a loss but then he won 6 games on a row.
replay the games here
Aerial view of Thessaloniki
final standings Vardaris 2018
1 Dardha Daniel 6
2 Petrov Martin 5,5
3 Dardha Arben 5
4 Markidis Konstantinos 5
5 Stanojoski Zvonko 5
6 Trimitzios Petros 5
7 Papasimakopoulos Alexandros 5
8 Giannoulakis Lampros 5
9 Dorfanis Ilarion 4,5
10 Tsaknakis Zisis 4,5
11 Mavrikakis Georgios 4,5
12 Avramidou Anastasia 4,5
13 Stefanov Emil 4,5
14 Bogdanovski Vlatko 4,5
15 Vardakas Grigorios 4,5
16 Spyropoulos Nikolaos 4,5
17 Kazakos Markos 4,5
18 Alexiadis Hristos 4,5
19 Arsovic Goran 4,5
20 Papadopoulos Panayotis 4,5
21 Nikolakis Panagiotis Marios 4,5
22 Tsikerdanos Konstantinos 4
23 Triantos Konstantinos 4
24 Gavriil Odysseas-Panagiotis 4
25 Pappas Mihail 4
26 Betsakos Konstantinos 4
27 Dirlis Nikolaos 4
28 Arsovic Jelena 4
29 Yordanov Nikolay 4
30 Malataras Gerasimos 4
31 Yordanova Svetla 3,5
32 Leftheriotis Alexandros 3,5
33 Kanov Nikola 3,5
34 Katsiampas Efthymios 3,5
35 Sava Christiansen-Danut-Eugen 3,5
36 Tsinaris Fotis 3,5
37 Antonoglou Christos 3,5
38 Kasioumis Vasilios 3,5
39 Mantzakouras Loukas 3,5
40 Loukopoulos Panagiotis-Athanasi 3,5
41 Anagnostopoulos Ioannis 3,5
42 Stratigos Spiros 3
43 Berbatis Antonios 3
44 Alumert Orkun Efe 3
45 Stoinev Metodi 3
46 Hidzos Georgios 3
47 Kirilov Ivaylo 3
48 Mihailidou Magdalini 3
49 Hatzis-Bakratsas Alexandros 3
50 Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela 3
51 Prezerakos Dimitrios 3
52 Kalogridis Antonios 3
53 Stamatiou Rodolfos 3
54 Nastase Andreea-Cristina 3
55 Triantafilidis Mihail 3
56 Papagiannis Asterios 2,5
57 Sotiropoulos Anastasios-Theohar 2,5
58 Karagiannis Thomas Aristotelis 2,5
59 Vourlis-Koletis Miltiadis 2,5
60 Van Veenendaal Elmer 2,5
61 Kouta Antonia 2,5
62 Dritsas Stavros Nikolaos 2,5
63 Tsolaki Eleni 2,5
64 Blitsas Orestis 2,5
65 Vardakas Stefanos 2
66 Xhuveli Dion 2
67 Koutlas Nikolaos 2
68 Baroutas Athanasios 2
69 Symeonidis Theofilos 2
70 Ioannidis Evgenios 1,5
71 Seehagen Jan 1,5
72 Gavriilidis Orestis 1,5
73 Giakoustidis Spiros-Avgerinos 1,5
74 Spathopoulos Diogenis 1,5
75 Agrafiotis Marios Efraim 1,5
76 Krstevski Vladimir 1
