The 22nd Open International Tournament of Kavala was held on 6-13th August at the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheatre in Kavala, Greece.
Israeli Champion Tamir Nabaty took the winner’s trophy despite the last round defeat at the hands of GM Alexandr Kharitonov. Six players who won their final games on the top tables caught up with Nabaty, but the Israeli sported the best tie-break score.
There were three playing groups in Kavala: Open A (for players rated over 1900), Open B (U2000 elo) and Open C (U1050 elo and U13 years of age). All groups were played over nine rounds of Swiss system.
Open A had 75 participants from 15 countries, including 12 Grandmasters.
Open B had 106 players. Athanasios Emmanouilidis (GRE 1828) was the clear winner with 7,5 points. All standings below.
The tournament was organized by the Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia & Thrace Chess Union. The total prize fund was 8500 EUR. Top prizes were EUR 2000, 1200, 750, 500, 400 etc.
Group A final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2567 – 6.5
2 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2563 – 6.5
3 GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2547 – 6.5
4 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2595 – 6.5
5 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2573 – 6.5
6 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2412 – 6.5
7 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2541 – 6.5
8 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2608 – 6
9 IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2439 – 6
10 IM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2467 – 6
11 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2544 – 6
12 Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2124 – 6
13 Galopoulos Nikolaos GRE 2354 – 5.5
14 IM Firat Burak TUR 2416 – 5.5
15 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2478 – 5.5
16 WGM Bulmaga Irina ROU 2410 – 5.5
17 Stathopoulos Ioannis GRE 2248 – 5.5
18 Yurtseven Melih TUR 2244 – 5.5
19 FM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2024 – 5.5
20 Kourousis Epaminondas GRE 2388 – 5.5
Tough tournament.