The 6th Paleohora Open Chess Tournament took place on 19-26th July at the Municipality of Kandanos – Selino Community Centre, in Paleohora, Crete, Greece.
Russian Grandmaster Andrey Rychagov is obviously enjoying Crete as he won the tournament for the second year in a row. Rychagov emerged clear winner after concluding the event with 7,5/9 points, leaving the chasing pack of ten players half a point behind.
In 2012 Rychagov took the winner’s trophy after edging the Indian GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar on tie-breaks.
202 players from 21 federations, including 16 Grandmasters, took participation in the event. The total prize fund was 7000 EUR.
Final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2544 – 7.5
2. GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2538 – 7
3. GM David Alberto ITA 2589 – 7
4. GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2564 – 7
5. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2470 – 7
6. GM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2502 – 7
7. GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2520 – 7
8. GM Baron Tal ISR 2469 – 7
9. GM Pap Misa SRB 2489 – 7
10. GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2536 – 7
11. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2538 – 7
12. GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2609 – 6.5
13. IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2449 – 6.5
14. IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2470 – 6.5
15. GM Popilski Gil ISR 2506 – 6.5
16. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2376 – 6.5
17. Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis GRE 2185 – 6.5
18. Stathopoulos Ioannis GRE 2247 – 6.5
19. Makka Evanthia GRE 2107 – 6.5
20. IM Kargin Arseny RUS 2440 – 6
21. GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2458 – 6
22. GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2449 – 6
23. Kanakaris Georgios GRE 2310 – 6
24. IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2430 – 6
25. Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2125 – 6
26. Kouvatsos Filippos GRE 2181 – 6
27. Pfeffer Ruprecht GER 2232 – 6
28. FM De Wachter Matthias BEL 2281 – 6
29. FM Nogly Christoph GER 2270 – 6
30. Bellos Ioannis GRE 1986 – 6
31. Chernukhin Alexander RUS 2080 – 6
32. Poulos Georgios GRE 2059 – 6
33. Skagseth Havard M NOR 1930 – 6
34. GM Polzin Rainer GER 2446 – 5.5
35. Panagiotakos Nikolaos GRE 2191 – 5.5
Impressive.