The 2022 Greek Chess Championships took place in Athens from 3-11 December. The Open event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament and the Women’s event was an 11-player round-robin, with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
Georgios Mitsis convincingly won the 71st edition of the Gree Chess Championship scoring 7/9 points. He was a point and a half ahead of the runner-ups FM Nikolaos Koutlas and GM Spyridon Skembris. The 20-year-old won his maiden Greek Champion title with a round to spare.
WGM Marina Makropoulou won the Women’s event thanks to the first-round victory against Antonia Christodoulaki. The two players scored 7 points, each, to tie for the top. The first tie-break criteria was a direct encounter, and WGM Marina Makropoulou won the decisive game. Aged 62, Marina Makropoulou clinched her ninth national title in Greece and broke two records: the number of women’s champions titles and the oldest woman to win the national championship in Greece. Scroll down for final rankings
Final rankings – 71st Greek Chess Championship:
| 1 | Mitsis, Georgios (2365) | 7 |
| 2 | FM Koutlas, Nikolaos (2267) | 5½ |
| 3 | GM Skembris, Spyridon (2381) | 5½ |
| 4 | IM Alexakis, Dimitris (2486) | 5 |
| 5 | FM Trimitzios, Petros (2358) | 5 |
| 6 | FM Markidis, Konstantinos (2290) | 4½ |
| 7 | FM Alexiadis, Hristos (2342) | 4½ |
| 8 | IM Moutousis, Konstantinos (2392) | 3½ |
| 9 | Naoum, Spyridon (2352) | 3 |
| 10 | Marinakis, Hristos (2118) | 1½ |
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Final rankings – 44th Greek Women’s Chess Championship:
| 1 | WGM Makropoulou, Marina (2130) | 7 |
| 2 | Christodoulaki, Antonia (2063) | 7 |
| 3 | Mihailidou, Magdalini (1815) | 6 |
| 4 | WFM Makka, Evanthia (2008) | 5½ |
| 5 | WIM Makka, Ioulia (1952) | 5½ |
| 6 | Androni, Konstantina (1964) | 5 |
| 7 | Gkoutzouki, Aikaterini Argyro (1618) | 5 |
| 8 | Drakaki, Anna-Maria (1956) | 5 |
| 9 | Deli, Eleanna Ratzvika (1718) | 3½ |
| 10 | Amiridou, Dimitra (1871) | 3 |
| 11 | Kiousi, Panagiota (1818) | 2½ |
