Here are the top finishers of the 2007 Acropolis International Tournament:
1 GM Smirin Ilia 2649 ISR 7
2 GM Georgiev Kiril 2663 BUL 6½
3 GM Parligras Mircea 2542 ROM 6½
4 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2541 GRE 6½
5 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2596 BEL 6½
6 GM Banikas Hristos 2567 GRE 6½
7 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2618 MDA 6½
8 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2551 LTU 6
9 GM Halkias Stelios 2580 GRE 6
10 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2604 GEO 6
11 IM Esen Baris 2441 TUR 6
12 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2596 POL 6
13 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2602 GRE 6
14 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2546 UKR 6
15 GM Mastrovasilis Ath. 2538 GRE 6
Here is the official website with full standings: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2007/
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
«ACROPOLIS»
Athens, 14-22 August 2007
Organizers: Greek Chess Federation (GCF), Prefecture of Athens
Venue: Hotel President (****) – 43 Kifissias Ave., Athens
Regulations: Swiss System 9 rounds, invitational FIDE rated tournament, 70-80 players, minimum required FIDE rating 2200 (women 2050), GM & IM title norms possible, FIDE time-control (90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes until the end of the game plus an incremental time of 30 seconds per move from move 1). Tie-break criteria: Direct encounter: If all the tied players have met each other then the sum of points from these encounters. Otherwise, the following order of tie-break criteria apply: a. average rating of opponents, b. sum of progressive scores, c. Buchholz, d. Sonnenborg-Berger. In all cases, FIDE rules apply.
Prizes (in euros): 1st: 2500, 2nd: 1500, 3rd: 1000, 4th: 800, 5th: 600, 6th: 500, 7th: 400, 8th: 300,
9th-15th: 250 each, 16th-20th: 200 each, 21st-25th: 150 each.
Women: 1st: 1000, 2nd: 750, 3rd: 500, 4th: 400, 5th: 350, 6th-10th: 250 each,
11th-15th: 200 each, 16th-20th: 150 each.
Also trophies for winners for each category. In case of a tie, cash prizes are divided equally.
If a woman player is entitled to more than one cash prizes, she receives both of them.
What happened to Smirin? Wasn’t he over 2700 at one point?
The European Team Championships, another big event, will also take place in Greece later this year: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1433