Mastrovasilis, Mirzoev and Hunt share first at Artemis Cup

3rd International Chess Tournament Artemis Cup
Athanasios Mastrovasilis, Azer Mirzoev and Adam Hunt share the first place

The 3rd International Chess Tournament "Artemis Cup" was held from 12th to 19th July at the Convention Center Crithoni’s Paradise Hotel, Crithoni on the island of Leros, Greece.

The 9-round Swiss open was organized by the Municipality of Leros, E.S.TH. (Union Of Chess Players Of Thessaloniki) and Educational and Cultural Youth Club "Artemis". The prize fund amounted to 5600 EUR, with 1200 EUR being reserved for the winner.

GM Athanasios Mastrovasilis, who was also joint winner in the 2nd Artemis Cup, GM Azer Mirzoev and IM Adam Hunt share the first place with 7 points each. Mastrovasilis takes the trophy on best tiebreak.

Leros is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. Leros is known for its imposing medieval castle of the Knights of Saint John, built on a Byzantine fortress. In ancient times it was considered the island of Parthenos Iokallis and linked to the Hellenistic and Roman literature on Meleager and the Meleagrides.

Official website

Final top 20 standings:

1 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2537 - 7
2 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2415 - 7
3 IM Hunt Adam C ENG 2436 - 7
4 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis GRE 2545 - 6.5
5 FM Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2323 - 6.5
6 GM Gordon Stephen J ENG 2533 - 6.5
7 GM Jeremic Veljko SRB 2519 - 6.5
8 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2604 - 6
9 GM Horvath Adam HUN 2478 - 6
10 IM Csonka Attila Istvan HUN 2373 - 6
11 IM Devereaux Maxim L ENG 2376 - 6
12 IM Meszaros Tamas HUN 2462 - 6
13 IM Estremera Panos Sergio ESP 2364 - 6
14 WIM Sahl Sheila Barth NOR 2190 - 6
15 FM Matthiesen Arne DEN 2313 - 6
16 IM Borsuk Angela ISR 2254 - 6
17 GM Czebe Attila HUN 2526 - 5.5
18 WGM Calzetta Ruiz Monica ESP 2293 - 5.5
19 Kafetzis Georgios GRE 1984 - 5.5
20 IM Bokros Albert HUN 2470 - 5.5
21 Soultatis Kostas GRE 2050 - 5.5
22 WGM Partac Elena MDA 2106 - 5.5

Crete Chess Tournaments

Crete Chess Tournaments
3rd Rethymno Open and 4th Paleochora Open

3rd Rethymno Open

For one week Rethymno, the town of culture and art is becoming the center of chess events around Europe.

The Third International Chess Tournament "Rethymno 2011" is going to be held from 11 till 18 July 2011 and give hospitality to great personalities of chess from many different European countries and as a result the spiritual battles are expected to be fabulous and definitely intensive.

At the same time, all the participants will have the opportunity to learn about the history of this town through a series of cultural events, an issue which is going to characterize Rethymno as chess and multicultural town during the period of the tournament!

Last year winner was GM Mircea Parligras. You can visit the official web site of Rethymno tournament, 11-18th July 2011, www.rethymnochess.gr. Players list is bellow.

4th Paleochora Open

Municipality of Kandanos - Selino in cooperation with Chess Akademy of Chania organize the 4rd International Chess Tournament Paleohora in magic south Crete.

Paleohora is a small city belonging to the Municipality of Kandanos - Selino, located 60 km south - west of the city of Chania. The Chania prefecture is the western of the four prefectures of the island of Crete and one of the most popular touristic destinations in Greece, during the summer. Accessing Chania is easy, due its popularity and can be done either by boat or by airplane, since the city has an airport (visit transition). Especially in the summer there are directs flights departing from the most European cities.

The southern part of Chania prefecture is exceptionally beautiful and thousands of tourists are visiting during the summer. The traveler can visit the astonishing Samaria Gorge and the blue-flagged beaches following the southern coastline of the prefecture. The municipality of Kandanos - Selino is famous for its beaches, especially the magic Elafonisi beach, as well as the city of Paleohora, a graphical city with rich nightlife.

Last year winner was GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko. Official web site of Paleochora tournament, 20-27th July 2011, www.chaniachess.gr, e-mail: info@chaniachess.gr

3rd International Rethymno Open 2011 - Participants:

1 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2656
2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2652
3 GM David Alberto LUX 2609
4 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2597
5 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2593
6 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2589
7 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2586
8 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2576
9 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2573
10 GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2573
11 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2562
12 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2560
13 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2547
14 GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2543
15 GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2539
16 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2535
17 IM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2519
18 IM Pap Misa SRB 2507
19 GM Can Emre TUR 2498
20 IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2494

Π.Σ. ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙΟΥ leads Greek Team Championship

Team leaders after 6 rounds

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Π.Σ. ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙΟΥ	6	5	1	0	11	242.5	35.5
2	2	Σ.Ο. ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ	6	4	2	0	10	210.5	30.0
3	7	Ε.Ο.Α.Ο. "Ο ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗΣ" ΝΙΚΑΙΑΣ	6	5	0	1	10	144.5	27.0
4	8	Ε.Ε.Σ. ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΛΟΥ	6	4	1	1	9	166.5	27.5
5	10	ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΣ Γ.Σ.Σ.	6	4	1	1	9	136.5	28.5
6	6	Ε.Σ. ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ	6	4	0	2	8	167.0	28.5
7	4	Α.Ο. "ΚΥΔΩΝ" ΧΑΝΙΩΝ	6	4	0	2	8	147.5	27.0
8	19	ΛΕΣΧΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΦΛΩΡΙΝΑΣ	6	3	2	1	8	121.0	23.0

Leading team performance:

Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2776	UKR		½	1	1	½	0		3.0	5	2597
2	GM	Polgar Judit	2699	HUN			1	½	1			2.5	3	2392
3	GM	Halkias Stelios	2602	GRE	1			½		1		2.5	3	2366
4	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2588	GRE	1	1		½	1			3.5	4	2365
5	GM	Banikas Hristos	2593	GRE	1	1	1		1	1		5.0	5	2216
6	WIM	Papadopoulou Vera	2210	GRE	1	½	1			1		3.5	4	1966

Full standings here.

Serbian Teams for the ETCC

Serbian Teams for the ETCC
Branko Damljanovic returns from the mini-retirement

At the press conference held on 1st July Serbian Chess Federation has announced the teams for the European Team Chess Championship which will be played later this year in Greece.

Captain of the men's team, GM Bosko Abramovic, drafted the following players - Ivan Ivanisevic, Branko Damljanovic (who is returning to the team after serving as a captain for the 2009 ETCC), Aleksandar Kovacevic, Milos Perunovic and Dragan Solak.

Captain of the women's team, WGM Ana Benderac, decided on the following lineup - Natasa Bojkovic, Irina Chelushkina, Andjelija Stojanovic, Ljilja Drljevic and reigning junior champion Jovana Eric.

Natasa Bojkovic

Benderac said that she hopes the team could repeat the excellent run from the 2010 Chess Olympiad when they constantly played on the top tables and contested the medal until the very last round. This time she hopes for better concentration in the final yards.

The federation also announced that Milos Roganovic and Jovana Eric will represent the country at the World Junior Championship on 1-16th August in Chennai, India.

Legendary Grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic attended the press conference and gave valuable advice to the players and the chess federation.