Nikita Maiorov first at 2nd Anogia International Open

Nikita Maiorov was the lucky winner of the 2nd International Chess Tournament of Anogia “Ideon Andron” 2013, which took place on 10-17th July at the Piraeus Bank Event Venue, Anogia, Crete.

Maiorov, a 28 year-old grandmaster from Belarus, edged first seed Stelios Halkias on tiebreaks after both players finished the 9 rounds with 7 points.

The eventual champion arrived as sole leader to the final round but could not put down untitled Konstantinos Markidis, while Halkias defeated GM Dejan Antic with black to catch him in the standings.

Precisely Markidis got third place and added 16 points to his Elo rating.

The total prize fund is 4000 EUR. Top prizes are EUR 1300/ 1000/ 500/ 250.

Tournament website

Final Standings:

1	GM	Maiorov Nikita	BLR	2538	7
2	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2565	7
3		Markidis Konstantinos	GRE	2376	6.5
4	GM	Pap Misa	SRB	2489	6.5
5		Goumas Georgios	GRE	2380	6.5
6	GM	Antic Dejan	SRB	2470	6
7	WGM	Cherednichenko Svetlana	UKR	2290	6
8		Milonakis Georgios	GRE	2213	6
9	GM	Skembris Spyridon	GRE	2458	6
10	IM	Lekic Dusan	MNE	2430	5.5
11	IM	Lirindzakis Timotheos	GRE	2286	5.5
12		Makka Evanthia	GRE	2107	5.5
13	FM	Stavrianakis Ioannis	GRE	2298	5.5
14	FM	Simeonidis Ioannis	GRE	2238	5.5
15		Drakaki Anna-Maria	GRE	1910	5.5
16	FM	Maris Ioannis	GRE	1954	5.5
17		Aggeletos Marios	GRE	1833	5.5
18		Hristodoulaki Antonia	GRE	1970	5.5
19		Sienczewski Zbigniew	POL	2075	5
20		Skaperdas Kostantinos	GRE	2141	5
21		Eleftherakis Stavros	GRE	1916	5
22		Iordanidou Zoi	GRE	2122	5
23		Kostouros Alexandros	GRE	2121	5
24		Kontogiannis Alexandros	GRE	1726	5
25		Vazelakis Dimitrios	GRE	1982	5
26		Tolias Fotis	GRE	1749	5
27		Koutsogiannopoulou Theodora	GRE	1886	5
28		Eleftherakis Panagiotis	GRE	1612	5
29		Sotiriadou Ioanna	GRE	1640	4.5
30		Karatzanos Konstantinos	GRE	1374	4.5
31		Kiriakakis Ioannis	GRE	1503	4.5
32		Mardoyan Ararat T. Artur	GRE	1430	4.5
33		Kontaki Maria	GRE	0	4
34		Hristodoulakis Stefanos	GRE	0	4
35		Ntagiantas Dimitrios	GRE	0	4
36		Fasoulas Emmanouil	GRE	0	4
37		Skembri Ioanna	GRE	0	4
38		Memos Ioannis	GRE	0	4
39		Kouvidis Ioannis	GRE	0	4
40		Stiakakis Konstantinos	GRE	0	4
41		Heretis Ioannis	GRE	0	4
42		Heretis Georgios	GRE	0	3.5
43		Poursalidis Nikos	GRE	0	3.5
44		Vrentzos Emmanouil	GRE	0	3.5
45		Hatzipanagiotou Asimenia	GRE	0	3.5
46		Hristodoulakis Michalis	GRE	0	3.5
47		Kakalis Nikolaos	GRE	0	3
48		Fafalaki Athanasia	GRE	0	3
49		Mirzak Valeria	GRE	0	3
50		Konios Charalampos	GRE	0	3
51		Memou Evaggelia	GRE	0	3
52		Aggeletou Fereniki	GRE	0	2.5
53		Saloustrou Despina	GRE	0	2.5
54		Sfiri-Bageri Olympia	GRE	0	2.5
55		Despotakis Vasilios	GRE	1791	1.5
56		Saloustros Konstantinos	GRE	0	1.5
57		Ntagianta Maria	GRE	0	1.5
58		Manoura Maria	GRE	0	0.5
59		Gialitakis Ioannis	GRE	0	0
		Memos Emmanouil	GRE	0	0
61		Heretis Haralampos	GRE	0	0
62		Hereti Maria	GRE	0	0