Acropolis 2009

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 game plus increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1). A player who has not arrived one hour after the start of the round is forfeited.

Here are the events’ top seeds:

No.			Name	FideID	FED	RtgI	sex	Typ
1		GM	Smirin Ilia	2801990	ISR	2650
2		GM	Predojevic Borki	930849	BIH	2644
3		GM	Azarov Sergei	13501470	BLR	2630
4		GM	Belov Vladimir	4132394	RUS	2627
5		GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	4201345	GRE	2624
6		GM	Koneru Humpy	5008123	IND	2623	f
7		GM	Gurevich Mikhail	200930	TUR	2618
8		GM	Mamedov Nidjat	13400819	AZE	2614
9		GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	13900463	MDA	2607
10		GM	Gelashvili Tamaz	13600702	GEO	2605
11		GM	Banikas Hristos	4202031	GRE	2598
12		GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	12800023	LTU	2588
13		GM	Yakovich Yuri	4100654	RUS	2576
14		GM	Kolev Atanas	2900130	BUL	2569
15		GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	4202694	GRE	2567
16		GM	David Alberto	4000013	LUX	2565
17		GM	Gupta Abhijeet	5010608	IND	2565		U20
18		GM	Halkias Stelios	4201809	GRE	2564
19		IM	Muzychuk Anna	14111330	SLO	2542	f	U20
20		GM	Aroshidze Levan	13601865	GEO	2537
21		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	13601903	GEO	2536	f
22		GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2902257	BUL	2535	f
23		GM	Tukhaev Adam	14109476	UKR	2534
24		GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2903024	MKD	2530
25		GM	Nikolaidis Ioannis	4202139	GRE	2529
26		IM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	1211668	ROU	2526		U20
27		GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	4201990	GRE	2503
28		GM	Romanishin Oleg M	14100088	UKR	2503
29		IM	Danielian Elina	13300210	ARM	2502	f

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