The 38th International Chess Tournament “Ikaros” 2015, which completes 38 consecutive years of presence among the Greek and international chess events, commenced with the games of the first two rounds! Despite the current critical economic and social situation in Greece, the friends of the tournament proved their trust and their positive mood, with a total of 130 chess players from 13 countries (Albania, Australia – represented for the first time in Ikaros that can now boast that it has hosted chess players from 5 continents! -, Belgium, Denmark, USA, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine, Sweden, Czech Republic and of course Greece) participating in the two groups of the tournament.
For those who cannot be at Ikaria to enjoy the beauties of the island and follow the games that are hosted in the spacey Sports Center of Aghios Kirykos, the first eight games of each round are transmitted live throughskaki.gr and are also re-transmitted by chessdom.com and argedrez.com (especially suitable for smartphones).
Grandmasters Peter Prohaszka of Hungary and David Smerdon of Australia lead with perfect 4/4 score. You can see the full standings after round 4 and enjoy the photo report below.
Tournament website/ Standings and statistics/ LIVE games with analysis/ Round 1 photo report/ Round 2 photo report
Leaders after 4 rounds:
1 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2586 4
2 GM Smerdon David C AUS 2523 4
3 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2353 3,5
4 FM Robulj Nenad SRB 2307 3,5
5 IM Stankovic Milos SRB 2428 3,5
6 IM Nadj Hedjesi Balind SRB 2410 3,5
7 GM Velicka Petr CZE 2397 3,5
8 Petersen Soren Boeck DEN 2247 3
9 Zygouris Hristos GRE 2193 3
10 IM Pastircak Milan CZE 2374 3
11 IM Pezelj Novak SRB 2466 3
12 IM Karagiannis Athanasios GRE 2215 3