The 23rd Open International Tournament of Kavala took place on 2-9th August 2014 at the Foyer of Kavala Prefecture Amphitheater in Kavala, a city in northern Greece.

The event was a 9-round Swiss, organized by Kavala Chess Club and East Macedonia and Thrace Chess Union.

IM Antonios Pavlidis (Greece) and GM Andrey Sumets(Ukraine) share first place on 7 points each. The first two prizes in the amount of 2.000 € and 1.200 € were divided equally in-between them.

Third place was shared by IM Marco Codenotti (Italy) and IM Minh To Nhat (Hungary) on 6,5 points each.

Official website

Final standings (top finishers):

1 IM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2521 7
2 GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2622 7
3 IM Codenotti Marco ITA 2346 6,5
4 IM To Nhat Minh HUN 2339 6,5
5 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2507 6
6 FM Todorovic Bojan SRB 2333 6
7 FM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2151 6
8 GM Arnaudov G. Petar BUL 2429 6
9 IM Cabarkapa Novak SRB 2372 6
10 Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2322 6
11 IM Enchev Ivajlo BUL 2393 5,5
12 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2325 5,5
13 Dorfanis Ilarion GRE 2168 5,5
14 Vucinic Gojko SRB 2377 5,5
15 IM Stella Andrea ITA 2427 5,5

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