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 7
2 GM Parligras Mircea 2588 ROU 7
3 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2458 GEO 6½
4 GM Graf Alexander 2621 GER 6½
5 IM Danielian Elina 2495 ARM 6½
6 GM Kolev Atanas 2565 BUL 6½
7 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2532 ESP 6
8 GM Banikas Hristos 2572 GRE 6
9 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2587 MDA 6
10 IM Managadze Nikoloz 2444 GEO 6
11 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2563 GRE 6
Official website: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2008/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
He won the Acropolis? I wonder how much it will cost him to ship it home.
I have the Brooklyn Bridge for sale if anyone wants it.
Susan, you should mention that Dzaganidze gained a male GM norm. That is a big sucess for women player’s isn’t it?
btw, I have seen many people winning the whole city of Linares, so why not Acropolis as well 🙂
Too bad for Mircea 🙁
The Greekers must be in rage for letting all the money from Greek taxpayers go to foreigners. Problem with Greeks is that they do not know how to cheat in chess.
“Problem with Greeks is that they do not know how to cheat in chess.”
Yeah, but drop the soap in the shower stall and you will find out what activity they are good at…