The competition with 37 titled players starts tomorrow
Round 1 of the strong open tournament Ikaros Chess Festival begins on the 12th of July with the participation of 171 players. They come from 23 countries and include 36 titled participants.
The pairings for the first round are already known. The top seeded GM Robert Kempinski will have the difficult task to face with black the progressing Indian WFM Swathi Mohota. GM Vorobiov, GM Markus, GM Tukmakov, GM Bobras GM Mista, GM Zagrebelny, and Im Robert Ris are all matched up against local players at the start.
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Pairings round 1
1 WFM SWATI MOHOTA – GM KEMPINSKI ROBERT
2 GM VOROBIOV EVGENY E – ORNITHOPOULOS NIKOLAOS
3 GRAPSA GEORGIA – GM MARKUS ROBERT
4 GM BOBRAS PIOTR – PAPAHRISTOUDIS ANASTASIOS
5 DE BOER ALBERT – GM MISTA ALEKSANDER
6 GM TUKMAKOV VLADIMIR B – DANCHENKO DIMITRIOS
7 KALOGIANNIDIS IOANNIS – GM RYCHAGOV ANDREY
8 GM ZAGREBELNY SERGEY – XYLOGIANNOPOULOS ANTONIOS
9 TSIOTRIDIS PANAYOTIS – IM SPIRIN OLEG
10 IM SZYMANSKI MARCIN – DEMEROUTIS PERIKIS
11 NILSSON ERLING – IM RIS ROBERT
12 IM LEKIC DUSAN – NIKOMANIS ANDREAS
13 HADDAD GABRIEL – IM TJIAM DHARMA
14 FM KOEPKE CHRISTIAN – KOLOMVAS DIMITRIOS
15 STOUMBOU ELENI – IM LAHIRI ATANU
16 IM VUCIC MLADEN – AGGELI ELENI
17 TSOUNIS SERAFIM – FM KLIP HANS
18 IM GROETZ HARALD – KOUKOUFIKIS IOANNIS
19 SYFANTOS NIKOLAOS – FM DE HAAN ERIC
20 IM MARYASIN BORIS – VLAHOS GEORGIOS
21 NIKOLOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS – WGM MANAKOVA MARIA
22 IM KHETSURIANI BESARION – ANDRONI KONSTANTINA
23 BARBAGIANNIS LEONIDAS – WGM AGINIAN NELLY
24 IM GRABINSKY VLADIMIR – MITSAKOS ACHILLEAS
25 POULIDIS STEFANOS – FM AGGELIS NIKOLAOS
26 NIKOLAOU GEORGIOS – NIELSEN MARTIN SKOVSO
27 DALAKAS IOANNIS – WGM HRABINSKA MYROSLAVA
28 FM GAZIS EFSTATHIOS – PAPADOPOULOS EMANOUIL
29 KAZAGLIS DIMITRIOS-STEFANOS – WGM SREBRNIC ANA
30 WIM KHURTSILAVA INGA – MEGALIOS KONSTANTINOS
31 AVGITIDIS ISAAK – SIGALAS FRANGISKOS
32 FM TASSOPOULOS MARIOS – KAKLEAS SOTIRIOS
33 KONTOS VASILIOS – WGM LEVUSHKINA ELENA
34 LAGOPATIS NIKOLAOS – KONTOGIANNIS GEORGIOS
35 SIDIROPOULOS LEONIDAS – KOUKOUFIKIS ALEXANDROS
36 GOUMAS IOANNIS – PAPADOPOULOS ASTERIOS
37 PAVLIDIS DIMITRIS – SERETAKIS NIKOLAS
38 WIM VAN WEERSEL ARLETTE – STERGIOU GEORGIOS
39 HATZOPOULOS IOANNIS – DOUNIS ALEXANDROS
40 REJ DENNIS – EFKARPIDIS STYLIANOS
41 PAPADOPOULOS GEORGIOS – SINGLETON MICHAEL P F
42 NATHANAIL EMANOUEL – TESKOS GEORGIOS
43 HALKIADAKIS EVANGELOS – WFM STEIL-ANTONI FIONA
44 KOKOLIAS KONSTANTINOS – VAZOURA ELEFTHERIA
45 KONTOGIANNI MARIA-HRISTINA – KUDRIASHOVA IRINA
46 SPIROU PANAGIOTIS – HAROKOPOS HRISTOS
47 ATHANASOPOULOS STAVROS – POULOS GEORGIOS
48 WIM TSIFANSKAYA LUDMILA A – KOUROUKLIS EFTHYMIOS-NEKTARIOS
49 DOULIDIS PAVLOS-GEORGIOS – PAPPAS ANDREAS
50 WIM VRUBLEVSKAYA OLGA – GORTSILAS ELIAS
51 DOUNI MARIA – KLIFOTH KURT
52 WFM UROSEVIC MARIJA – DRAKOPOULOS POLIHRONIS
53 KIOUTSOUK NIKOLAOS – VLAHAKIS IOANNIS
54 BAKATSELOS HRISTOS – DOUNI ASPASIA
55 KILAKOS DIMITRIOS – ANAGNOSTOPOULOS KONSTANTINOS
56 PANAGIOTOPOULOS LEONIDAS – KAMITSIS NIKOLAOS
57 MORES KONSTANTINOS – TSATSARONIS DIMITRIOS
58 GIALIAS HRISTOS – DRAKOPOULOS KOSMAS
59 BOUZAS DIMITRIOS – HALIORIS STEFANOS-ANTHIMOS
60 FILI ANASTASIA – ALEXIOU-KARAKASIDIS STAVROS
61 ZIVAS KONSTANTINOS A – DOULIDIS ANASTASIOS
62 MALTEZOS GEORGIOS – AIVALIOTIS CHRISTOS
63 ANAGNOSTOPOULOU ELENI – ANDRONI DIMITRA
64 TAMVAKOS PANAGIOTIS – BOUZA MIRTO – ELENI
65 KIRIAKAKI GALINI – TSOUKARAKI ATHINA
66 LADAS DIMITRIOS – KIRIAKAKIS KONSTANTINOS
67 KIRIAKAKIS VASILIOS – TSOUKARAKIS IOANNIS
68 TREKLI NIKI – LABOS APOSTOLOS
69 MEGALIOS IOANNIS – FRAGKIADAKI EIRINI
70 PAPADIMITRAKIS KONSTANTINOS – ANDREADAKIS GEORGIOS
71 TSOKAS LEONTIOS NIKOLOAS – KOUVARI STAMATIA
72 LOUKA EKATERINI – AIVALIOTIS DIMITRIOS
73 ALBERT JONATHAN – LOUKAS STAMATIS
74 MATSAKIS MICHAEL – GEMELAS STERGIOS
75 GLAROU DIMITRA – MESKENS STEPHAN
76 POULOS STYLIANOS – HRISTODOULOU DIMITRIOS
77 KANTOUNI IOANNA – PROESTOS DIAMANTIS
78 PROESTOS IRAKLIS – KEFALOS ISIDOROS
79 KEFALOS STAMATIOS – STANKEVIC MAZENA
80 TROUMOULIARIS ANTONIOS – KEFALOU MARIA-HRYSOYLA
81 KEKELOS DIMITRIOS – TROUMOULIARIS EMMANOUIL
82 AIVALIOTIS STAMATIS – BOUZAS SOTIRIOS
83 DIAMANTIS GEORGIOS D – KIOUTSOUKOS DIMITRIOS
