The 31st Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala 2022 is going to take place 26 July – 2 August in Kavala, Greece. Featuring 261 players, 39 of which titled, coming from 22 countries, this summer open is one of the large European events. Top seeded is Indian Grandmaster G.N. Gopal and his main competition comes from Grandmasters Jan-Christian Schroeder, Pier Luigi Basso, Shardul Gagare, Stelios Halkias, Venkataraman Karthik, Subramaniyam H Bharath and International Masters Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, Mert Yilmazyerli, Thomas Beerdsen, Liam Vrolijk, Arthur Pijpers, Georgios Kanakaris, etc. Full information about Kavala Chess Open / Live games / Official website
Participants list Kavala Open 2022
| 1 | GM | Gopal G.N. | IND | 2593 |
| 2 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | GER | 2563 |
| 3 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2561 |
| 4 | IM | Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis | GRE | 2535 |
| 5 | IM | Yilmazyerli Mert | TUR | 2520 |
| 6 | GM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2514 |
| 7 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2513 |
| 8 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2512 |
| 9 | IM | Beerdsen Thomas | NED | 2500 |
| 10 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2483 |
| 11 | GM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | IND | 2479 |
| 12 | IM | Vrolijk Liam | NED | 2464 |
| 13 | IM | Pijpers Arthur | NED | 2458 |
| 14 | IM | Can Isik | TUR | 2445 |
| 15 | FM | Kilic Eray | TUR | 2422 |
| 16 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2416 |
| 17 | IM | Kanakaris Georgios | GRE | 2389 |
| 18 | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | POL | 2378 |
| 19 | GM | Pap Misa | SRB | 2375 |
| 20 | FM | Trimitzios Petros | GRE | 2369 |
| 21 | FM | Celik Hasan Huseyin | TUR | 2363 |
| 22 | FM | Levin Guy | ISR | 2363 |
| 23 | Gouloutis Nikolaos | GRE | 2362 | |
| 24 | FM | Ladopoulos Dimitrios | GRE | 2335 |
| 25 | FM | Panesar Vedant | IND | 2318 |
| 26 | FM | Koutlas Nikolaos | GRE | 2314 |
| 27 | Kazakos Markos | GRE | 2312 | |
| 28 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2308 |
| 29 | Vafiadis Kleanthis | GRE | 2286 | |
| 30 | WIM | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2278 |
| 31 | WGM | Charkhalashvili Inga | GEO | 2276 |
| 32 | FM | Kalogridis Antonios | GRE | 2272 |
| 33 | Spyratos Nikolaos | GRE | 2268 | |
| 34 | Tsaknakis Zisis | GRE | 2266 | |
| 35 | FM | Markidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2259 |
| 36 | Georgiou Kostantinos | GRE | 2259 | |
| 37 | FM | Ortega Lopez Mikel | ESP | 2249 |
| 38 | IM | Kantorik Marian | SVK | 2222 |
| 39 | Michalicka Milan | SVK | 2216 | |
| 40 | Sandalakis Nikolaos | GRE | 2213 | |
| 41 | Triantos Konstantinos | GRE | 2210 | |
| 42 | IM | Maksimovic Branimir | SRB | 2203 |
| 43 | FM | Tarhan Adar | TUR | 2201 |
| 44 | Bozinakis Pavlos | GRE | 2195 | |
| 45 | Rahmanidis Petros | GRE | 2191 | |
| 46 | Levi Netanel | ISR | 2190 | |
| 47 | Stefanou Dimitrios | GRE | 2184 | |
| 48 | Magalakis Stefanos | GRE | 2181 | |
| 49 | Skaperdas Kostantinos | GRE | 2177 | |
| 50 | FM | Sirigos Nikolaos | GRE | 2170 |
| 51 | Dorfanis Ilarion | GRE | 2141 | |
| 52 | Abrahams Daniel | CAN | 2126 | |
| 53 | Barak Gil | ISR | 2124 | |
| 54 | Yaniv Ori | ISR | 2121 | |
| 55 | WFM | Pandey Srishti | IND | 2101 |
| 56 | Skoulakis Charalambos | GRE | 2082 | |
| 57 | Apostolakakis Konstantinos | GRE | 2072 | |
| 58 | Tsarsitalidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2059 | |
| 59 | AGM | Koroglou Viktor | GRE | 2056 |
| 60 | Samaridis Konstantinos | GRE | 2053 | |
| 61 | Lagashin Pavel | FID | 2045 | |
| 62 | Banov Boil | BUL | 2043 | |
| 63 | AFM | Ruzhansky Elias | BEL | 2026 |
| 64 | Nikolaev Georgi | BUL | 2026 | |
| 65 | Gkavardinas Antonios | GRE | 2010 | |
| 66 | Bozanis Dimitrios | GRE | 2009 | |
| 67 | Tsakona Maria | GRE | 2007 | |
| 68 | Rosol Alexander | AUT | 2001 | |
| 69 | Stefanou Konstantinos | GRE | 1996 | |
| 70 | Stoimenidis Dimitrios | GRE | 1993 | |
| 71 | Raptis Filippos | BEL | 1988 | |
| 72 | Tsivelekidou Evgenia | GRE | 1986 | |
| 73 | Bakalar Jan | SVK | 1985 | |
| 74 | Stoychev Ognian | BUL | 1982 | |
| 75 | Scherler Julius | SUI | 1971 | |
| 76 | Christodoulou Panormitis | GRE | 1933 | |
| 77 | Bardis Harilaos-Panagiotis | GRE | 1924 | |
| 78 | Georgoulias Dionisios | GRE | 1904 | |
| 79 | WCM | Ozsoy Idil Mira | TUR | 1898 |
| 80 | Tsarsitalidis Christos | GRE | 1896 | |
| 81 | Theoharidis Georgios | GRE | 1894 | |
| 82 | Stamatis Ioannis | GRE | 1884 | |
| 83 | Mixakis Evangelos | GRE | 1883 | |
| 84 | WCM | Can Isil | TUR | 1880 |
| 85 | Arandjelovic Aleksandar Z | SRB | 1871 | |
| 86 | Tsirigkanos Athanasios | GRE | 1870 | |
| 87 | Vallianos Gerasimos | GRE | 1870 | |
| 88 | Aftsoglou Ioannis | GRE | 1868 | |
| 89 | Amiridou Dimitra | GRE | 1868 | |
| 90 | Popov Georgi | BUL | 1866 | |
| 91 | Hartofylakas Spyros | GRE | 1863 | |
| 92 | Naymanova Patricie | BUL | 1863 | |
| 93 | Antonioudakis Georgios | GRE | 1859 | |
| 94 | AFM | Karamichos Michail | GRE | 1839 |
| 95 | Tsilidis Christos | GRE | 1810 | |
| 96 | Bektas Cagan Erdem | TUR | 1797 | |
| 97 | Demelkas Ioannis | GRE | 1797 | |
| 98 | Alevizakis Panagiotis | GER | 1796 | |
| 99 | Apostolakakis Ioannis | GRE | 1795 | |
| 100 | Toliopoulos Konstantinos | GRE | 1787 | |
| 101 | Rousos Stamatios | GRE | 1780 | |
| 102 | Moutzouris Emanuel | GRE | 1760 | |
| 103 | Rosol Philip | POL | 1741 | |
| 104 | Katsanis Vasileios Dim | GRE | 1726 | |
| 105 | Tagkaloglou Savvas Stefanos | GRE | 1724 | |
| 106 | Wul Kfir | ISR | 1714 | |
| 107 | Georgiadis Anastasios | GRE | 1701 | |
| 108 | Nasos Valerios | GRE | 1698 | |
| 109 | Gkavardinas Christos Konstantinos | GRE | 1695 | |
| 110 | Joel Paul Ganta | IND | 1694 | |
| 111 | Koutsogoulas Georgios | GRE | 1694 | |
| 112 | Groapa Aurelian | ROU | 1692 | |
| 113 | Weber Yonatan | ISR | 1682 | |
| 114 | Kazantzoglou Stefanos | GRE | 1676 | |
| 115 | Moshou Alexia | GRE | 1670 | |
| 116 | Tsekoura Vaia | GRE | 1670 | |
| 117 | Tsintsar Zoran | GER | 1666 | |
| 118 | Agnanti Danai | GRE | 1660 | |
| 119 | Stamatis Vasilios | GRE | 1655 | |
| 120 | Voutsas Leonidas | GRE | 1653 | |
| 121 | Papadianakis Marios | GRE | 1644 | |
| 122 | Kalamoukos Grigorios | GRE | 1643 | |
| 123 | Merkouropoulos Dionysios | GRE | 1643 | |
| 124 | Gkoutzouki Aikaterini Argyro | GRE | 1642 | |
| 125 | Kalogridis Themistoklis | GRE | 1633 | |
| 126 | Labrakopoulos Alexandros | GRE | 1631 | |
| 127 | Konstantinidis Mavroudis | GRE | 1622 | |
| 128 | Iliopoulos Dimitris | GRE | 1609 | |
| 129 | Apostolakaki Evangelia | GRE | 1608 | |
| 130 | Dimakis Stavros | GRE | 1591 | |
| 131 | Bougas Georgios | GRE | 1590 | |
| 132 | Sidiropoulos Panagiotis Chr | GRE | 1583 | |
| 133 | WCM | Rasheva Nora | BUL | 1581 |
| 134 | Sahinidis Konstantinos | GRE | 1572 | |
| 135 | Zaires Karanasios Konstantinos | GRE | 1568 | |
| 136 | Ntouvelos Ioannis | GRE | 1557 | |
| 137 | Dimanoudis Petros | GRE | 1543 | |
| 138 | Margaritis Ioannis M | GRE | 1525 | |
| 139 | Galanis Emmanouil | GRE | 1521 | |
| 140 | Louka Marianthi | GRE | 1509 | |
| 141 | Parastatidis Charalampos | GRE | 1498 | |
| 142 | Pastras Ioannis | GRE | 1493 | |
| 143 | Kyparissopoulos Spyridon | GRE | 1491 | |
| 144 | Diamantakos Sotirios | GRE | 1477 | |
| 145 | Theodoridis Charalampos | GRE | 1476 | |
| 146 | Kyriakidis Anastasios P. | GRE | 1473 | |
| 147 | Scherler Josephine | SUI | 1473 | |
| 148 | Celik Ali Alper | TUR | 1471 | |
| 149 | Fregidis Nikolaos | GRE | 1471 | |
| 150 | Karakasidis Michail | GRE | 1462 | |
| 151 | Markides Markellos | CYP | 1451 | |
| 152 | Arsoniadis Theopistos | GRE | 1448 | |
| 153 | Skodras Marios Konstantinos | GRE | 1446 | |
| 154 | Platsaki Evgenia Valeria | GRE | 1440 | |
| 155 | Batsi Lida | GRE | 1439 | |
| 156 | Koutrakis Theodoros | GRE | 1438 | |
| 157 | Christodoulou Georgia | GRE | 1435 | |
| 158 | Sella Eyal | ISR | 1432 | |
| 159 | Vagianos Christos | GRE | 1429 | |
| 160 | Neumann Amit | ISR | 1422 | |
| 161 | Kazantzoglou Nikolaos | GRE | 1420 | |
| 162 | Brisebard Florentin | FRA | 1419 | |
| 163 | Hrisanidis Nikolaos | GRE | 1419 | |
| 164 | Raptis Olympios | BEL | 1415 | |
| 165 | Miliou Pinelopi | GRE | 1411 | |
| 166 | Blumenthal Uri | ISR | 1408 | |
| 167 | Anagnostopoulos Vasileios Na | GRE | 1407 | |
| 168 | Tsirigkanos Hristos | GRE | 1397 | |
| 169 | Fragou Maria V. | GRE | 1387 | |
| 170 | Sarafis Rafail | GRE | 1383 | |
| 171 | Goz Shachar | ISR | 1380 | |
| 172 | Ouzounis Konstantinos Kyr | GRE | 1380 | |
| 173 | Mplitsa Artemis | GRE | 1373 | |
| 174 | Tzempelikou Agapi | GRE | 1373 | |
| 175 | Stoykov Jordan | BUL | 1370 | |
| 176 | Blumenthal Michael | ISR | 1355 | |
| 177 | Athanasiou Soumela | GRE | 1338 | |
| 178 | Tsiboukelis Panagiotis | GRE | 1331 | |
| 179 | Siskou Evangelia | GRE | 1329 | |
| 180 | Tsekoura Stavroula | GRE | 1319 | |
| 181 | Kalamoukou Giolanta | GRE | 1314 | |
| 182 | Dimaki Evangelia | GRE | 1310 | |
| 183 | Kougioumtzis Iordanis | GRE | 1299 | |
| 184 | Papakyriakou Charalampos | GRE | 1298 | |
| 185 | Stoimenidis Markos | GRE | 1297 | |
| 186 | Tzovani Dimitra | GRE | 1295 | |
| 187 | Demelkas Vasileios | GRE | 1282 | |
| 188 | Makedos Ioannis | GRE | 1281 | |
| 189 | Doganay Kerem Gokalp | TUR | 1280 | |
| 190 | Hartofylakas Nikolaos | GRE | 1279 | |
| 191 | Christodoulou Sotirios | GRE | 1271 | |
| 192 | Balafoutis Ilias | GRE | 1270 | |
| 193 | Maniati Konstantina | GRE | 1270 | |
| 194 | Zouroufidis Ifikratis | GRE | 1264 | |
| 195 | Trivella Maria | GRE | 1261 | |
| 196 | Provias Christos | GRE | 1257 | |
| 197 | Goutioudis Zisis | GRE | 1247 | |
| 198 | Tarchanidis Nikolaos Christos | GRE | 1243 | |
| 199 | Chatzigavriil Georgios | GRE | 1231 | |
| 200 | Kapia Aggeliki | GRE | 1230 | |
| 201 | Zouroufidis Konstantinos | GRE | 1220 | |
| 202 | Bakirtzis Konstantinos | GRE | 1212 | |
| 203 | Spandonidis Vasileios | GRE | 1210 | |
| 204 | Kamperidis Charalampos | GRE | 1191 | |
| 205 | Maragkozidis Anastasios Ioannis | GRE | 1189 | |
| 206 | Kampouridis Paschalis | GRE | 1184 | |
| 207 | Anemogianni Savvina | GRE | 1165 | |
| 208 | Koukoumpi Athanasia | GRE | 1146 | |
| 209 | Tsourgiannis Nikolaos | GRE | 1146 | |
| 210 | Theodoridou Maria | GRE | 1136 | |
| 211 | Ahparidis Dimitrios | GRE | 1132 | |
| 212 | Bintiki Alexandra | GRE | 1131 | |
| 213 | Chasparis Angelos Panagiotis | GRE | 1130 | |
| 214 | Chasapis Christos | GRE | 1126 | |
| 215 | Gkogkolas Georgios | GRE | 1126 | |
| 216 | Tzima Despoina Anna | GRE | 1123 | |
| 217 | Pelalidou Marianna | GRE | 1116 | |
| 218 | Bougas Theodoros | GRE | 1110 | |
| 219 | Tzimou Ourania | GRE | 1093 | |
| 220 | Dragoumis Panagiotis | GRE | 1079 | |
| 221 | Tsomarelis Kyriakos | GRE | 1078 | |
| 222 | Tzempelikou Christina | GRE | 1078 | |
| 223 | Varveris Spyridon | GRE | 1075 | |
| 224 | Tsourgianni Kyriaki | GRE | 1070 | |
| 225 | Pelalidis Georgios | GRE | 1055 | |
| 226 | Papakyriakou Petros | GRE | 1046 | |
| 227 | Sahinidis Stavros | GRE | 1046 | |
| 228 | Mastoridis Angelos-Ioannis | GRE | 1028 | |
| 229 | Maragkozidis Efstathios | GRE | 1020 | |
| 230 | Karavouzis Ioannis | GRE | 1009 | |
| 231 | Karachalios Paris Alexandros | GRE | 1008 | |
| 232 | Bakirtzis Angelos | GRE | 0 | |
| 233 | Bilikaidou Vasileia | GRE | 0 | |
| 234 | Bilikaidou Zacharenia | GRE | 0 | |
| 235 | Demirtzoglou Maria Rafailia | GRE | 0 | |
| 236 | Deretzis Ioannis Marios | GRE | 0 | |
| 237 | Efthymiou Ioannis Marios | GRE | 0 | |
| 238 | Georgeles Georgios | GRE | 0 | |
| 239 | Georgiadis David | GRE | 0 | |
| 240 | Gorokhov Andreas | GRE | 0 | |
| 241 | Grollios Aristotelis | GRE | 0 | |
| 242 | Grollios Thomas Avraam | GRE | 0 | |
| 243 | Ioannidis Konstantinos I | GRE | 0 | |
| 244 | Kalpakidis Themistoklis | GRE | 0 | |
| 245 | Katsoulis Alexandros | GRE | 0 | |
| 246 | Katsoulis Nikolaos | GRE | 0 | |
| 247 | Kosmoglou-Kioseoglou Polydamas-Georgios | GRE | 0 | |
| 248 | Koukoumpi Christina | GRE | 0 | |
| 249 | Kyriakopoulos Nikolaos Chr | GRE | 0 | |
| 250 | Lioliosidi Eirini | GRE | 0 | |
| 251 | Manesi Sofia | GRE | 0 | |
| 252 | Margariti Stamatia | GRE | 0 | |
| 253 | Panagopoulos Christos Panagiotis | GRE | 0 | |
| 254 | Papadopoulos Sotirios N P | GRE | 0 | |
| 255 | Saini Nikoleta Loukia | GRE | 0 | |
| 256 | Siskos Ioannis | GRE | 0 | |
| 257 | Skodras Dionysios Eleftherios | GRE | 0 | |
| 258 | Spandonidis Christos | GRE | 0 | |
| 259 | Valsamidis Efstathios | GRE | 0 | |
| 260 | Vasilopoulou Anna | GRE | 0 | |
| 261 | Wuketich Stefan | AUT | 0 |
