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.

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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

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