The 22nd Open International Tournament of Kavala is set to take place on 6-13th August at the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre in Kavala, Greece.
The tournament is organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union.
There will be three playing groups: Open A (for players rated over 1900), Open B (U2000 elo) and Open C (U1050 elo and U13 years of age). All groups will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system.
The total prize fund is 8500 EUR. Top prizes are EUR 2000, 1200, 750, 500, 400 etc.
Last year winner was GM Abhijeet Gupta
Participants Open A:
1 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2606
2 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2603
3 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2603
4 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2579
5 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2577
6 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2554
7 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2544
8 GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2538
9 GM Paichadze Luka GEO 2537
10 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2528
11 GM Firman Nazar UKR 2526
12 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2525
13 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2523
14 IM Nigalidze Gaioz GEO 2497
15 IM Benidze Davit GEO 2495
16 GM Kosic Dragan MNE 2490
17 IM Azaladze Shota GEO 2481
18 IM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2473
19 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2470
20 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2470
21 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2470
22 IM Javakhadze Zurab GEO 2455
23 FM Lilov Valeri BUL 2434
24 IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2421
25 GM Papadopoulos Ioannis K. GRE 2415
26 IM Firat Burak TUR 2414
27 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2405
28 WGM Bulmaga Irina ROU 2403
29 Kourousis Epaminondas GRE 2391
30 IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan TUR 2384
31 Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2376
32 FM Motuz Karol SVK 2361
33 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2353
34 IM Koepke Christian GER 2351
35 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2343
36 Krishna C.R.G. IND 2339
37 WGM Botsari Anna-Maria GRE 2337
38 Filippas Sebastian GRE 2332
39 WGM Levushkina Elena GER 2315
40 Villegas Pierre MNC 2288
41 Nikolaou Georgios GRE 2285
42 FM Vojtek Vladimir SVK 2278
43 WFM Dimitrijevic Aleksandra BIH 2272
44 Dagkakis Panagiotis GRE 2251
45 Stathopoulos Ioannis GRE 2247
46 Papadimitriou Athanasios GRE 2232
47 FM Bombek Peter SVK 2227
48 CM Koksal Ege TUR 2225
49 YURTSEVEN MELIH TUR 2225
50 Phadke Sohan IND 2211
51 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini GRE 2193
52 Dorfanis Ilarion GRE 2185
53 Ketzetzis Georgios GRE 2183
54 Panagiotopoulos Alexandros GRE 2166
55 Papakonstantinou Dimitrios GRE 2145
56 WFM Khazhomia Salome GEO 2139
57 Kostopoulos Evaggelos GRE 2133
58 Kazakos Emmanouil GRE 2131
59 Anagnostopoulos Konstantinos GRE 2097
60 Aftsoglou Ioannis GRE 2090
61 Rigopoulos-Tsigkos Alexandros GRE 2085
62 Chakravarthi Y.V.K. IND 2084
63 Gimnopoulos Lazaros GRE 2082
64 Ladopoulos Dimitrios GRE 2082
65 Poulopoulos Ioannis GRE 2066
66 Kazantzidis Ilias GRE 2058
67 Spirliadis Achileas GRE 2058
68 Hujo Jozef SVK 2054
69 Hrisomalis Theodoros GRE 2051
70 Minas Ioannis GRE 2045
71 Manelidou Maria GRE 2030
72 Skoulakis Charalambos GRE 2023
73 Krumova Ani BUL 2015
74 FM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2013
75 WFM Grapsa Georgia GRE 1992
76 Manelidis Savvas GRE 1984
77 Zarkua Elisabed GEO 1979
78 Serefidou Despina GRE 1971
79 Vatkali Dimitra GRE 1964
80 Alexiadis Hristos GRE 1963
81 Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 1956
82 Godbole Atharva IND 1943
83 Gouloutis Nikolaos GRE 1939
84 Drakopoulos Polihronis GRE 1933
85 Kralova Katarina SVK 1932
86 Soilemetzidis Konstantinos GRE 1932
87 Sourgkounis Angelos GRE 1916
88 Ponkshe Sarang IND 1915
89 Kral Klaudia SVK 1911
90 Giannoulakis Labros GRE 1906
91 Kalofonos Panayotis GRE 1902
92 Tsiros Fragkiskos Vlasios GRE 1891
Participants Open B:
1 Khazhomia Anuki GEO 1903
2 Yildiz Mustafa TUR 1888
3 Apostolakakis Ioannis GRE 1863
4 Gouderis Dimitrios GRE 1859
5 ARVANITIDIS EFSTRATIOS GRE 1851
6 Hatzihrisafis Dimos GRE 1839
7 Emmanouilidis Athanasios GRE 1829
8 Motuzova Marta SVK 1825
9 Ballas Athanasios-Panagiotis GRE 1801
10 Apostolakakis Konstantinos GRE 1782
11 Kemularia Mariam GEO 1772
12 Antoniadou Paraskevi GRE 1770
13 Tzimas Petros GRE 1770
14 Zisiadis Dimitrios GRE 1763
15 Tsekmes Dimitrios GRE 1760
16 Giannoutsos Panagiotis GRE 1753
17 Stoyanov Iliyan BUL 1740
18 Kokkalis Haralabos GRE 1729
19 Giannopoulos Ioannis GRE 1727
20 Koutsidis Achilleas GRE 1727
21 Themelis Georgios GRE 1702
22 Sotiropoulos Theodoros GRE 1699
23 Vyvyan Philippe FRA 1686
24 Stamidis Daniil GRE 1684
25 Can Isik TUR 1683
26 Malgarinos Spiridon GRE 1660
27 Charpidou Anna GRE 1653
28 Valianos Gerasimos GRE 1651
29 Moshou Alexia GRE 1611
30 Pasoglou Ekaterini GRE 1609
31 Kotsalis Evagelos GRE 1599
32 Bakirtzis Triantafilos GRE 1591
33 Varli Mehmet Fatih TUR 1590
34 Merasedoglou Nikolaos GRE 1586
35 Tsiamis Rafail GRE 1568
36 Hatzipanteli Theodora GRE 1564
37 Ladopoulos Ioannis GRE 1558
38 Bozanis Dimitrios GRE 1557
39 Merasedoglou Dimitrios – Nekt GRE 1553
40 Kelidou Maria GRE 1552
41 Hadolias Mihail GRE 1516
42 Topouzis Sotirios GRE 1489
43 Poulopoulou Ekaterini GRE 1485
44 Pavlidis Pavlos GRE 1484
45 Nikolaidis Athanasios GRE 1470
46 Papadopoulos Zisis GRE 1466
47 Samaridis Konstantinos GRE 1466
48 Karnachoritis Petros GRE 1408
49 Iliopoulou Eleni GRE 1403
50 Koutsidi Amalia GRE 1400
51 Tsakmakis Georgios GRE 1398
52 Atmatzidis-Hatziris Konstanti GRE 1377
53 Kountas Haralambos GRE 1377
54 Tsivelekidou Evgenia GRE 1370
55 Dimitriadis Iordanis GRE 1361
56 Hrisomalli Martina GRE 1361
57 Hrisomalis Hristos GRE 1358
58 Koutsidis Konstantinos GRE 1350
59 Krikoglou Iordanis GRE 1301
60 Tsakiri Marina GRE 1286
61 Kokkalis Grigorios GRE 1276
62 Kountas Mihail GRE 1271
63 Tsirlis Panteleimon GRE 1245
64 Vlastaris Nikolaos GRE 1239
65 Kiriakidis Sokratis GRE 1203
66 Kiriakidis Georgios GRE 1086
67 Minagias Dimitrios GRE 1083
68 Ahparidis Dimitrios GRE 0
69 Can Alpin TUR 0
70 Demelkas Ioannis GRE 0
71 Drakopoulos Kosmas GRE 0
72 Giannoulaki Ermofili GRE 0
73 Ntitouras Mihail GRE 0
74 Shabanay Lefter ALB 0
75 Vakirtzi Afroditi GRE 0
