Swiss System 9 rounds, invitational FIDE rated tournament, 70-80 players, minimum required FIDE rating 2200 (women 2000), GM & IM title norms possible, FIDE time-control (90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes until the end of the...
24th ICT Acropolis 2009
10th to 18th August 2009Chalkida – GreeceBULLETIN 1 PRESS RELEASE – ROUND 1 With the participation of 27 Grandmasters, 19 International Masters, 11 FIDE Masters, 10 Women Grandmasters, 8 Women International Masters, 2 Women FIDE Masters and many other...
Acropolis 2009
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT ACROPOLIS 2009 Chalkida – Greece 10-18 August 2009 PRESS RELEASE 3 The 24th ICT Acropolis 2009 begins! With the participation of 26 Grandmasters, 20 International Masters, 10 FIDE Masters, 12 Women Grandmasters, 8 Women International Masters,...
Smirin wins Acropolis
The 2008 Acropolis Open drew 84 chessplayers from 22 countries. GMs Smirin and Parligras tied for 1st, with Smirin taking the title on tie-breaks. Final Standings: 1 GM Smirin Ilia 2637 ISR 72 GM Parligras Mircea 2588 ROU 7...
Smirin and Mircea lead Acropolis
GM Ilia Smirin and GM Mircea Parligras lead the Acropolis chess tournamentthe chasing pack is close behindReport by Chessdom GM Ilia Smirin and GM Mircea Parligras are top of the table after 5 rounds of the Acropolis international chess...
Big Open Tournament in Acropolis
The strong Acropolis chess tournament starts todaymany strong players will participateReport by Chessdom.com The international chess tournament Acropolis starts today in Greece. 15 GMs over 2500 ELO will participate in the competition. Top seeded will be GM Ilia Smirin,...
Smirin wins Acropolis
Here are the top finishers of the 2007 Acropolis International Tournament: 1 GM Smirin Ilia 2649 ISR 7 2 GM Georgiev Kiril 2663 BUL 6½3 GM Parligras Mircea 2542 ROM 6½4 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2541 GRE 6½5 GM Malakhatko...
Smirin wins Acropolis International
The 2007 Acropolis International Chess Tournament is taking place in Athens, Greece from August 14 to 22, 2007. The tournament leaders going into the last round are: Ilia Smirin with 6½ pointsGeorgiev, Malakhatko, Banikas and Svetushkin with 6 points...