Zoi Iordanidou takes the women title, Maria Ikonomopoulou with yet another strong performance
The Iranian grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi won convincingly the Ikaros Chess Festival 2010. He finished with 8,0/9, a full point ahead. He won seven games and concluded two draws against the second placed FM Ivajlo Enchev and GM Sergey Zagrebelny.
The first women prize went to Zoi Iordanidou with 7,0/9, who scored the same points as WGM Maria Manakova, but had better tiebreak. The young Greek talent Maria Ikonomopoulou had one more time a fantastic performance and with 6,0/9 she is adding 39 ELO points more to the 35 points won at the Greek Chess League.
More about Elshan Moradiabadi
Elshan Moradi Abadi, born 22 May 1985, is a chess grandmaster from Iran. His first big success came when he was 16, when he won the 2001 Iranian Chess Championship with a score of 10/11, ahead of Ehsan Ghaem Maghami.
He was one of the members of Iran national team in the first World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing (2008), in which the Iranian team surprisingly clinched the third place ahead of Hungary, USA and India.
Elshan Moradiabadi has 3 bronze medals from the Asian Indoor Games (2007 Individual Blitz, 2007 team rapid, and 2009 Team Blitz) and 1 bronze from the Asian games in Doha 2006 team classical.
On the May 2010 FIDE rating list his Elo rating was 2558, while in July he reached the highest point in his carreer of 2571. With the points won at the Ikaros Chess Festival, Elshan Moradi Abadi is set to break his personal record one more time.
Ikaros Chess Festival FInal standings
1 GM MORADIABADI ELSHAN IRI 2571
2 GM NIKOLOV MOMCHIL BUL 2552
3 GM ZAGREBELNY SERGEY UZB 2480
4 FM ENCHEV IVAJLO BUL 2441
5 WGM MANAKOVA MARIA SRB 2306
6 FM NIKOLAIDIS KONSTANTINOS GRE 2290
7 FM HARITAKIS THEODOROS GRE 2289
8 SIMEONIDIS IOANNIS GRE 2259
9 KOUKOUFIKIS ALEXANDROS GRE 2255
10 IM KAMENETS ANATOLIJ UKR 2246
11 KOKOLIAS KONSTANTINOS GRE 2238
12 DOUNIS ALEXANDROS GRE 2235
13 PARGINOS VASSILIOS GRE 2227
14 TEPELENIS NIKOLAOS GRE 2224
15 VALDEN PETROS GRE 2223
16 LAGOPATIS NIKOLAOS GRE 2208
17 WGM KOUVATSOU MARIA GRE 2185
18 FM POUNTZAS HRISANTHOS GRE 2181
19 KOUKOUFIKIS GEORGIOS GRE 2178
20 AFTSOGLOU IOANNIS GRE 2155
21 MARKANTONAKI HARITOMENI GRE 2129
22 ISKOS ALEXANDROS GRE 2112
23 IORDANIDOU ZOI GRE 2107
24 KESOGLOU KONSTANTINOS GRE 2098
25 WFM STEFANIDI MARIA-ANNA GRE 2092
26 KONSTANTELIAS KONSTANINOS GRE 2085
27 KARAMALIS GEORGIOS GRE 2084
28 PAPPAS ANDREAS GRE 2080
29 ORNITHOPOULOS NIKOLAOS GRE 2080
30 WFM PETRAKI MARIA GRE 2067
31 IKONOMOPOULOU MARIA GRE 2066
32 TSAGAROPOULOS SPYRIDON GRE 2051
33 DOUDONIS HRISTOS GRE 2031
34 MANELIDOU MARIA GRE 2024
35 RIGOPOULOS-TSIGKOS ALEXANDROS GRE 2020
36 TSIOTRIDIS PANAYOTIS GRE 2013
37 GRAPSA GEORGIA GRE 2005
38 PANAGIOTOPOULOS VASILIOS GRE 1981
39 MARKIDOU CHRISTIANNA CYP 1971
40 SIGOUROS IOANNIS GRE 1952
41 MASOUROS PANAGIOTIS GRE 1945
42 DIMOPOULOS NIKOLAOS GRE 1933
43 XENAKIS NIKOLAOS GRE 1930
44 KAPAGIANNIDIS DIMITRIOS GRE 1928
45 FINOKALIOTIS GEORGIOS GRE 1927
46 KOLYTAS DIMITRIOS GRE 1927
47 PETSETIDI MARIA GRE 1924
48 SARAKENIDIS NIKOLAOS GRE 1912
49 MEGALIOS KONSTANTINOS GRE 1896
50 FROSINOS IOANNIS GRE 1878
51 ANDRONI KONSTANTINA GRE 1870
52 PAGALI MARIANNA GRE 1856
53 DIRLIS NIKOLAOS GRE 1850
54 STAMATAKOS DIMITRIOS GRE 1846
55 NIKOLAIDOU ELENI GRE 1831
56 DEFTEREOS PAVLOS-EFSTATHIOS GRE 1814
57 SPILIADIS ATHANASIOS GRE 1807
58 PANAGIOTOPOULOS LEONIDAS GRE 1807
59 NIKOLOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS GRE 1806
60 KOUKOUFIKIS IOANNIS GRE 1771
61 MAROULAKOS STAVROS GRE 1764
62 ZERVOGIANNIS ALEXANDROS GRE 1761
63 MITSAKOS ACHILLEAS GRE 1750
64 PAPADOPOULOS EMANOUIL GRE 1744
65 TSOUNIS SERAFIM GRE 1739
66 MIHTIS THEODOROS GRE 1728
67 STERGIOU GEORGIOS GRE 1719
68 KONTOS VASILIOS GRE 1714
69 SOURSOS PANAYOTIS GRE 1704
70 PAHAKI HRISTINA-DESPOINA GRE 1692
71 AVRAMOPOULOS PERIKLIS GRE 1684
72 LATIFIS GEORGIOS GRE 1663
73 HAIROPOULOS STEFANOS GRE 1660
74 TESKOS GEORGIOS GRE 1659
75 EFKARPIDIS STYLIANOS GRE 1616
76 HALKIADAKIS EVANGELOS GRE 1604
77 FLOROS KONSTANINOS GRE 1596
78 VAZOURA ELEFTHERIA GRE 1578
79 DOULIDIS PAVLOS-GEORGIOS GRE 1564
80 KIRIAKAKIS KONSTANTINOS GRE 1503
81 ANDRONI DIMITRA GRE 1492
82 LEMONIS KYRIAKOS GRE 1481
83 ARVANITAKIS PANAGIOTIS GRE 1463
84 DOUNI ASPASIA GRE 1364
85 DOUNI MARIA GRE 1359
86 KOSTIANIS GEORGIOS GRE 0
87 LAPPAS KONSTANTINOS GRE 0
88 HARAVITSIDIS MILTIADIS GRE 0
89 KOUKOUFIKI STEFANIA GRE 0
90 POULOS STYLIANOS GRE 0
91 KANELLIS NIKOLAOS GRE 0
92 LEKKAS DIMITRIOS-ARISTOTELIS GRE 0
93 PATOUHA MARIA GRE 0
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