The 7th Thessaloniki Rapid Chess Festival was organized by the Pefka Chess Club and Thessaloniki & Halkidiki Chess Union on 9-10th April at the Philippion Hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The tournament format was 10-round Swiss with the time control 15′+3”. 207 players took participation in the event.
Grandmasters Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) and Athanasios Mastrovasilis (Greece) shared the first place with 8,5 points each. Georgiev took the winner’s trophy on better tie-break.
The total prize fund was 1750 EUR and the chief arbiter was FA Alexandros Iskos.
Final standings (top 35):
1. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2657 – 8.5
2. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2515 – 8.5
3. GM Tadic Branko SRB 2531 – 8
4. Papakonstantinou Dimitrios GRE 2140 – 8
5. FM Petrov Vladimir Sergeev BUL 2181 – 8
6. FM Malikentzos Sotirios GRE 2360 – 8
7. IM Milenkovic Mladen SRB 2331 – 8
8. GM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2614 – 8
9. IM Zlatanovic Boroljub SRB 2479 – 7.5
10. Stoinev Metodi BUL 2231 – 7.5
11. GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2445 – 7.5
12. GM Arnaudov G. Petar BUL 2528 – 7.5
13. IM Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2280 – 7.5
14. GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2402 – 7
15. Michos Thomas GRE 2171 – 7
16. IM Novoselski Zoran SRB 2374 – 7
17. FM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 1981 – 7
18. WIM Pavlidou Ekaterini GRE 2260 – 7
19. Tadic Stefan SRB 1743 – 7
20. Mishkovski Lubomir BUL 2052 – 7
21. Manelidis Savvas GRE 1942 – 7
22. WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2165 – 7
23. Zivkovic Marko SRB 2147 – 7
24. Vardakas Grigorios GRE 1525 – 7
25. WGM Benderac Ana SRB 2234 – 7
26. Exizoglou Dimitrios GRE 2127 – 7
27. WFM Avramidou Anastasia GRE 2016 – 7
28. WIM Velickovski-Nejkovic Maja SRB 2152 – 7
29. Papapostolou Apostolos GRE 1920 – 7
30. GM Georgiev Krum BUL 2422 – 6.5
31. Giannoulakis Labros GRE 2003 – 6.5
32. Mixakis Evangelos GRE 1648 – 6.5
33. Zdravkovic Dragan S SRB 1817 – 6.5
34. FM Biljanic Ljubomir SRB 2376 – 6.5
35. Vatkali Dimitra GRE 1968 – 6.5