No big upsets at round 1 of the Ikaros Chess Festival

149 players at the chess festival

The beautiful nature of Ikaria

The Ikaros Chess festival started this weekend in Aghios Kirykos at Ikaria, Greece. There are 149 players participating at the main tournament, the Aegean Open, among them we have 4 GMs, 7 IMs, 4 WGMs, 1 WFM) plus a handful of strong young Greek players. The players represent 13 federations (Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Israel, Poland. Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia)

In the first round there were not any major upset, the only exceptions being the defeat of WGM Irina Zakurdjaeva from Nikos Sarakenidis and of IM Bjorn Brinck-Claussen from the young Panagiotis Kostas.

One of the interesting events that was held prior the main tournament was the open blitz tournament. It happened during the trip to Ikaria, on the ferry from Sardinia Vera that brought the players to Aghios Kirykos! 66 Players played, among them the GMs Evgeny Postny and GM Christos Banikas who assumed the two first places. Third was IM Rafal Lubczynski while fourth was his friend Pawel Novak. Finally the fifth place (and the first place in the ladies category) was for Veronika Minina. The event attracted the interest of many travelers who are not accustomed to such happenings on board. "The players had a good time and as they said, due to the strong wind in the Aegean Sea, it was the most shaking tournament they had ever played until now!" shared the organizer of the festival Dimitris Skyrinoglou.

Ikaros Chess festival round 1

XYLOGIANNOPOULOS ANTONIOS 0 0 - 1 0 GM POSTNY EVGENY
GM BANIKAS HRISTOS 0 1 - 0 0 FINOKALIOTIS GEORGIOS
DIAMANDIS GEORGIOS 0 0 - 1 0 GM MARKUS ROBERT
HADDAD GABRIEL 0 0 - 1 0 GM SHNEIDER ALEKSANDR
IM NIKOLOV MOMCHIL 0 1 - 0 0 MASOUROS PANAGIOTIS
BLATSI ZOI 0 0 - 1 0 IM HENRICHS THOMAS
IM SIEBRECHT SEBASTIAN 0 1 - 0 0 STAMIRIS GERASIMOS
KOUTRAKIS STAMATIOS 0 0 - 1 0 IM LUBCZYNSKI RAFAL
IM LEKIC DUSAN 0 1 - 0 0 KAPAGIANNIDIS DIMITRIOS
SARAKENIDIS NIKOLAOS 0 1 - 0 0 WGM ZAKURDJAEVA IRINA
WFM RAEVA ELITSA 0 1 - 0 0 IATROS ARISTIDIS
KOSTAS PANAGIOTIS 0 1 - 0 0 IM BRINCK-CLAUSSEN BJORN
AGGELIS NIKOLAOS 0 1 - 0 0 PAGALI MARIANNA
MPAGATELAS KIRIAKOS 0 0 - 1 0 WGM SREBRNIC ANA
WGM DOLZHIKOVA OLGA 0 1 - 0 0 KARAOULANIS DIMITRIOS
BARBAGIANNIS PANAYOTIS 0 0 - 1 0 WGM MELNIKOVA YANA
KOUKOUFIKIS ALEXANDROS 0 1 - 0 0 BOUTSIOUKIS NIKOLAOS
KOUKOUFIKIS IOANNIS 0 0 - 1 0 LAGOPATIS NIKOLAOS
IM KOSTIUKOVA LIUBOV 0 1 - 0 0 AGGELI ELENI
MITSAKOS ACHILLEAS 0 ½ - ½ 0 MININA VERONIKA
DOUNIS ALEXANDROS 0 1 - 0 0 SYFANTOS NIKOLAOS
STAMATAKOS DIMITRIOS 0 0 - 1 0 LAZARIDIS STAVROS
SUSLIN ALEXANDER 0 1 - 0 0 BABOS VASILIOS
PAPADIANAKIS MARIOS 0 ½ - ½ 0 STAMATOPOULOS IOANNIS
SOULTATIS KOSTAS 0 1 - 0 0 TSIRIGKANOS ATHANASIOS
PAPADOPOULOS EMANOUIL 0 0 - 1 0 BALASKAS PANAYOTIS
TSIOTRIDIS PANAYOTIS 0 1 - 0 0 MYTILINIS SOKRATIS
KORONAS VASILIOS 0 0 - 1 0 ORNITHOPOULOS NIKOLAOS
PATRIARHEAS GEORGIOS 0 0 - 1 0 TOMPROS ANDREAS-HRISTOS
EFKARPIDIS STYLIANOS 0 0 - 1 0 KAKKANAS EVANGELOS
LOUPOS VASILIOS 0 1 - 0 0 TESKOS GEORGIOS
KONTOS VASILIOS 0 0 - 1 0 FROSINOS IOANNIS
HAHABIS NIKOLAOS 0 ½ - ½ 0 BOUTSIOUKIS DIMITRIOS
DELIGIANNIS PARASKEVAS 0 ½ - ½ 0 TSIROPOULAS APOSTOLOS
SAVOGLOU NIKOLAOS 0 ½ - ½ 0 HEROPOULOS STEFANOS
STERGIOU VASILIOS 0 0 - 1 0 VLAHOS ELISSEOS
SIGOUROS IOANNIS 0 1 - 0 0 ARVANITAKIS PANAGIOTIS
XENAKIS NIKOLAOS 0 1 - 0 0 SIEMPOS KONSTANTINOS
LATIFIS GEORGIOS 0 ½ - ½ 0 DIMOPOULOS NIKOLAOS
LOUPOS NIKOLAOS 0 1 - 0 0 LIAPI ZENEBISI IRINI
DRAKOPOULOS KOSMAS 0 0 - 1 0 SVERKOUNOS SPYRIDON
PANAGAKIS PANAGIOTIS 0 1 - 0 0 KOUROUKLIS EFTHYMIOS-NEKTARIOS
DOUNI ASPASIA 0 0 - 1 0 NIKOLOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS
THEODOROPOULOS NIKOLAOS 0 1 - 0 0 BABOS IOANNIS
BARBAGIANNIS ANGELOS 0 0 - 1 0 DIAMANTOPOULOS NIKOLAOS
NICHLOS ANTONIOS 0 1 - 0 0 LIAPI ZENEBISI FILIPPA-ARET
DOULIDIS ANASTASIOS 0 ½ - ½ 0 FOTIADIS ANASTASIOS
METAXAS GEORGIOS 0 - - + 0 HAROKOPOS HRISTOS
KEFALOS NIKOLAOS 0 0 - 1 0 KAHRIMANIS SPYRIDON
STERGIOU GEORGIOS 0 1 - 0 0 KEFALOU MARIA-HRYSOYLA
PROKOS DIMITRIOS 0 0 - 1 0 KOSKINAS MARIOS
POULOS STYLIANOS 0 1 - 0 0 SHAKA ANXHELA
TSAMANTANI ELENI-MARINA 0 0 - 1 0 TRIPODIS SOTIRIOS
KARAPIPERIS ALEXANDROS 0 1 - 0 0 TSAMATSOULIS HRISTOS
VLAHOU MARGARITA 0 0 - 1 0 ZAIRIS PAVLOS
GIALIAS HRISTOS 0 1 - 0 0 ZAIRI ARTEMIS
ZAIRIS MIHAIL 0 0 - 1 0 VLAHOS GEORGIOS
XIROUHAKIS ALEXANDROS 0 ½ - ½ 0 DIAMANTIS ODYSSEAS
KAPOGIANNATOS HRISTOFOROS 0 1 - 0 0 HALIORIS STEFANOS-ANTHIMOS
HATZIMIHAIL PANAGIOTIS 0 ½ - ½ 0 KILAKOS DIMITRIOS
GOURNAS LYKOURGOS 0 1 - 0 0 RAHMANIDIS PETROS
ANTONIADIS AGAMEMNON 0 0 - 1 0 DRAKOPOULOS POLYHRONIS-PANAYOT
KONTOGIANNI MARIA-HRISTINA 0 0 - 1 0 BECKER DIRK
DIAMANTIS FIVOS 0 0 - 1 0 KAZAGLIS DIMITRIOS-STEFANOS
TSOUKARAKI ATHINA 0 0 - 1 0 GEORGIOU ANDREAS
KARGOPOULOS NIKOLAOS 0 0 - 1 0 KONTOGIANNIS GEORGIOS
VLAHOS EFSTATHIOS 0 1 - 0 0 KARNAVAS ALEXANDROS
KOHILAS XENOFONTAS 0 0 - 1 0 DOULIDIS PAVLOS-GEORGIOS
FRAGKIADAKI EIRINI 0 ½ - ½ 0 LIAPIS MIHAIL
MYTILINIS ANTONIOS 0 1 - 0 0 KEFALOS STAMATIOS
TSOUKARAKIS IOANNIS 0 0 - 1 0 XIROMERITIS EVANGELOS
KOUVARI STAMATIA 0 1 - 0 0 KEFALOS ISIDOROS
ZAIRIS IOANNIS 0 0 - 1 0 RAHMANIDIS GEORGIOS

Pairings round 2

GM POSTNY EVGENY 1 - 1 IM KOSTIUKOVA LIUBOV
DOUNIS ALEXANDROS 1 - 1 GM BANIKAS HRISTOS
GM MARKUS ROBERT 1 - 1 SUSLIN ALEXANDER
GM SHNEIDER ALEKSANDR 1 - 1 SOULTATIS KOSTAS
LAZARIDIS STAVROS 1 - 1 IM NIKOLOV MOMCHIL
IM HENRICHS THOMAS 1 - 1 TSIOTRIDIS PANAYOTIS
BALASKAS PANAYOTIS 1 - 1 IM SIEBRECHT SEBASTIAN
IM LUBCZYNSKI RAFAL 1 - 1 LOUPOS VASILIOS
ORNITHOPOULOS NIKOLAOS 1 - 1 IM LEKIC DUSAN
KAKKANAS EVANGELOS 1 - 1 WFM RAEVA ELITSA
FROSINOS IOANNIS 1 - 1 AGGELIS NIKOLAOS
WGM SREBRNIC ANA 1 - 1 SIGOUROS IOANNIS
VLAHOS ELISSEOS 1 - 1 WGM DOLZHIKOVA OLGA
WGM MELNIKOVA YANA 1 - 1 SARAKENIDIS NIKOLAOS
TOMPROS ANDREAS-HRISTOS 1 - 1 KOUKOUFIKIS ALEXANDROS
LAGOPATIS NIKOLAOS 1 - 1 KOSTAS PANAGIOTIS
MININA VERONIKA ½ - 1 XENAKIS NIKOLAOS
STAMATOPOULOS IOANNIS ½ - ½ MITSAKOS ACHILLEAS
HEROPOULOS STEFANOS ½ - ½ HAHABIS NIKOLAOS
TSIROPOULAS APOSTOLOS ½ - ½ PAPADIANAKIS MARIOS
BOUTSIOUKIS DIMITRIOS ½ - ½ SAVOGLOU NIKOLAOS
DIMOPOULOS NIKOLAOS ½ - ½ DELIGIANNIS PARASKEVAS
WGM ZAKURDJAEVA IRINA 0 - ½ LATIFIS GEORGIOS
IM BRINCK-CLAUSSEN BJORN 0 - 0 BARBAGIANNIS PANAYOTIS
BOUTSIOUKIS NIKOLAOS 0 - 0 PATRIARHEAS GEORGIOS
SIEMPOS KONSTANTINOS 0 - 0 KOUKOUFIKIS IOANNIS
AGGELI ELENI 0 - 0 XYLOGIANNOPOULOS ANTONIOS
FINOKALIOTIS GEORGIOS 0 - 0 SYFANTOS NIKOLAOS
BABOS VASILIOS 0 - 0 DIAMANDIS GEORGIOS
TSIRIGKANOS ATHANASIOS 0 - 0 HADDAD GABRIEL
MASOUROS PANAGIOTIS 0 - 0 STAMATAKOS DIMITRIOS
MYTILINIS SOKRATIS 0 - 0 BLATSI ZOI
STAMIRIS GERASIMOS 0 - 0 PAPADOPOULOS EMANOUIL
TESKOS GEORGIOS 0 - 0 KOUTRAKIS STAMATIOS
KAPAGIANNIDIS DIMITRIOS 0 - 0 KORONAS VASILIOS
IATROS ARISTIDIS 0 - 0 EFKARPIDIS STYLIANOS
PAGALI MARIANNA 0 - 0 KONTOS VASILIOS
ARVANITAKIS PANAGIOTIS 0 - 0 MPAGATELAS KIRIAKOS
KARAOULANIS DIMITRIOS 0 - 0 STERGIOU VASILIOS
VLAHOS GEORGIOS 1 - 1 LOUPOS NIKOLAOS
SVERKOUNOS SPYRIDON 1 - 1 GOURNAS LYKOURGOS
DRAKOPOULOS POLYHRONIS-PANAYOT 1 - 1 PANAGAKIS PANAGIOTIS
NIKOLOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS 1 - 1 KAZAGLIS DIMITRIOS-STEFANOS
KONTOGIANNIS GEORGIOS 1 - 1 THEODOROPOULOS NIKOLAOS
DIAMANTOPOULOS NIKOLAOS 1 - 1 VLAHOS EFSTATHIOS
DOULIDIS PAVLOS-GEORGIOS 1 - 1 NICHLOS ANTONIOS
KAHRIMANIS SPYRIDON 1 - 1 HAROKOPOS HRISTOS
BECKER DIRK 1 - 1 STERGIOU GEORGIOS
KOSKINAS MARIOS 1 - 1 KAPOGIANNATOS HRISTOFOROS
GEORGIOU ANDREAS 1 - 1 POULOS STYLIANOS
TRIPODIS SOTIRIOS 1 - 1 KOUVARI STAMATIA
RAHMANIDIS GEORGIOS 1 - 1 KARAPIPERIS ALEXANDROS
ZAIRIS PAVLOS 1 - 1 MYTILINIS ANTONIOS
XIROMERITIS EVANGELOS 1 - 1 GIALIAS HRISTOS
FOTIADIS ANASTASIOS ½ - ½ FRAGKIADAKI EIRINI
KILAKOS DIMITRIOS ½ - ½ XIROUHAKIS ALEXANDROS
DIAMANTIS ODYSSEAS ½ - ½ HATZIMIHAIL PANAGIOTIS
LIAPIS MIHAIL ½ - ½ DOULIDIS ANASTASIOS
HALIORIS STEFANOS-ANTHIMOS 0 - 0 TREKLI NIKI
TSAMANTANI ELENI-MARINA 0 - 0 KONTOGIANNI MARIA-HRISTINA
TSAMATSOULIS HRISTOS 0 - 0 TSOUKARAKI ATHINA
KEFALOS STAMATIOS 0 - 0 VLAHOU MARGARITA
ZAIRI ARTEMIS 0 - 0 TSOUKARAKIS IOANNIS
LIAPI ZENEBISI IRINI 0 - 0 ZAIRIS MIHAIL
ANDREADAKIS GEORGIOS 0 - 0 DRAKOPOULOS KOSMAS
KOUROUKLIS EFTHYMIOS-NEKTARIOS 0 - 0 ANTONIADIS AGAMEMNON
RAHMANIDIS PETROS 0 - 0 DOUNI ASPASIA
BABOS IOANNIS 0 - 0 DE BLOCK GERT
LIAPI ZENEBISI FILIPPA-ARET 0 - 0 DIAMANTIS FIVOS
KARNAVAS ALEXANDROS 0 - 0 KEFALOS NIKOLAOS
KEFALOU MARIA-HRYSOYLA 0 - 0 KARGOPOULOS NIKOLAOS

More about the Ikaros chess festival

Official webpage

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