34th Open International of Kavala “Vasilis Theodoridis” LIVE

The 34th Open International of Kavala “Vasilis Theodoridis” is taking place July 28 – August 04 in Kavala, Greece. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Greece, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

More than 210 players will participate in the 2025’s edition of the tournament. The top rated player is GM Valery Kazakouski (2588), followed by GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2580) and GM Antonios Pavlidis (2577). Top 20 is completed by GM Chongsheng Zeng (2553), GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (2540), GM Abhijeet Gupta (2535), GM Marin Bosiocic (2525), GM Nikolozi Kacharava (2519), IM Bojan Maksimovic (2514), GM Mark Heimann (2513), GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2509), IM Sebastian Dario Iermito (2503), GM Yunguo Wan (2501), GM Emin Ohanyan (2491), GM Ortik Nigmatov (2488), GM Ulvi Sadikhov (2488), GM Vojtech Plat (2487), GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2482), GM Leandro Krysa (2478), IM Jonasz Baum (2476). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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34th Open International of Kavala “Vasilis Theodoridis” participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Kazakouski, Valery	LTU	2588
2	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GRE	2580
3	GM	Pavlidis, Antonios	GRE	2577
4	GM	Zeng, Chongsheng	CHN	2553
5	GM	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios	GRE	2540
6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2535
7	GM	Bosiocic, Marin	CRO	2525
8	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GEO	2519
9	IM	Maksimovic, Bojan	BIH	2514
10	GM	Heimann, Mark	USA	2513
11	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	ISL	2509
12	IM	Iermito, Sebastian Dario	ITA	2503
13	GM	Wan, Yunguo	CHN	2501
14	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2491
15	GM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2488
16	GM	Sadikhov, Ulvi	AZE	2488
17	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2487
18	GM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2482
19	GM	Krysa, Leandro	ARG	2478
20	IM	Baum, Jonasz	POL	2476
21	IM	Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2470
22	IM	Bronstein, Or	ISR	2459
23	IM	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2457
24	IM	Saydaliev, Saidakbar	UZB	2457
25	IM	Culum, Sanjin	BIH	2450
26	IM	Drozdowski, Kacper	POL	2450
27	IM	Patrelakis, Evaggelos	GRE	2442
28	IM	Aaryan, Varshney	IND	2436
29	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	IND	2431
30	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2428
31	FM	Kalogridis, Antonios	GRE	2426
32	IM	Veinberg, Nimrod	ISR	2425
33	IM	Eren, Ataberk	TUR	2422
34	FM	Poltorak, Sebastian	POL	2421
35	IM	Durak, Can	TUR	2420
36	IM	Di Benedetto, Edoardo	ITA	2419
37	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2416
38	FM	Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom	UZB	2412
39	IM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas	UZB	2409
40	FM	Karolczuk, Iwo	POL	2406
41	FM	Krallis, Christos	GRE	2406
42	IM	Dobrovoljc, Vid	SLO	2402
43	FM	Czernek, Tymon	POL	2398
44	IM	Kanakaris, Georgios	GRE	2396
45	IM	Yelisieiev, Yevhenii	GER	2394
46		Cao, Qingfeng	CHN	2394
47	IM	Cioara, Andrei-Nestor	ROU	2393
48	IM	Vasquez Toledo, Cristian	CHI	2391
49	FM	Stefanou, Dimitrios	GRE	2379
50		Li, Wenxiang	CHN	2376
51	IM	Jablonicky, Martin	SVK	2375
52	FM	Omonov, Asrorjon	UZB	2371
53	FM	Bhagat, Kush	IND	2369
54	FM	Kostov, Deyan Samuil	BUL	2367
55	IM	Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali	UZB	2366
56	FM	Zamengo, Fulvio	ITA	2365
57	FM	Garv, Gaur	IND	2363
58	FM	Frischmann, Rick	GER	2355
59	FM	Barzen, Pascal	GER	2348
60	FM	Koutlas, Nikolaos	GRE	2347
61	FM	Sriansh, Das	IND	2340
62	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia	IND	2335
63	FM	Ernst, Robert	AUT	2334
64	FM	Tsaknakis, Zisis	GRE	2333
65	WGM	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	2330
66	IM	Senthil, Maran K	IND	2328
67		Kalogridis, Themistoklis	GRE	2328
68	FM	Arakelyan, Manvel	ARM	2326
69	FM	Giannoulakis, Lampros	GRE	2318
70	FM	Zlatin, Alexander	ISR	2313
71	FM	Markidis, Konstantinos	GRE	2309
72	IM	Antunac, Goran	CRO	2308
73	FM	Noy, Eyal	ISR	2308
74	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2308
75	FM	Kouskoutis, Georgios-Alexandros	GRE	2305
76	FM	Priansh, Das	IND	2305
77	FM	Anand, Batsukh	MGL	2304
78		Dong, Hongfu	CHN	2298
79	FM	Ciric, Pavle	SRB	2297
80	IM	Danielyan, Vahe	ARM	2296
81	FM	Xhembulla, Aleksander	ALB	2295
82	FM	Ketzetzis, Georgios	GRE	2292
83	FM	Stefanou, Konstantinos	GRE	2291
84	CM	Sokhor, Nazar	UKR	2289
85	FM	Mahitosh, Dey	IND	2287
86		Chen, Yuan	CHN	2286
87	FM	Makridis, Dimitrios	GRE	2283
88		Janeczko, Jakub	POL	2282
89	FM	Alaverdyan, Gevorg	ARM	2278
90	FM	Gkavardinas, Antonios	GRE	2278
91	CM	Kazantzoglou, Stefanos	GRE	2272
92	FM	Stamatiou, Rodolfos	GRE	2269
93	FM	Yilmaz, Baver	TUR	2269
94	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2265
95	CM	Krawczyk, Flawian	POL	2264
96	WIM	Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen	CHI	2263
97	FM	Arnold, Rhys	NED	2256
98		Tsarsitalidis, Christos	GRE	2252
99	FM	Ankit, Ray	IND	2248
100	WFM	Piddubna, Bozhena	UKR	2246
101		Chen, Zhi	CHN	2246
102	FM	Veleshnja, Zino	ALB	2245
103	CM	Ambartsumian, Tyhran	ARM	2244
104		Swarna, Nihal	IND	2244
105	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2240
106		Georgiou, Kostantinos	GRE	2234
107		Zhang, Lanlin	CHN	2230
108	FM	Ergazakis, Ioannis	GRE	2228
109	FM	Trimitzios, Petros	GRE	2228
110	FM	Nayak, Rajesh	IND	2227
111		Magkalakis, Stefanos	GRE	2227
112	CM	Zeneli, Klendi	ALB	2225
113		Heimann, Alexander	USA	2224
114	FM	Qalichava, Akaki	GEO	2223
115	CM	Klepek, Witold	POL	2221
116		Gallana, Marco	ITA	2215
117	FM	Mostertman, Milan	NED	2212
118		Georgiadis, Anastasios	GRE	2210
119	CM	Grot, Blazej	POL	2207
120	CM	Papaioannou, Dimitrios	GRE	2206
121	CM	Demirtas, Alper	TUR	2205
122		Pattnayak, Nilsu	IND	2205
123	WFM	Liashkevich, Lizaveta	FID	2204
124		Dumbelovic, Novak	SRB	2202
125	FM	Yildiz, Egehan	TUR	2198
126		Wojdak, Jan	POL	2198
127	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	IND	2196
128	CM	Barak, Gil	ISR	2195
129	CM	Musial, Tomasz	POL	2195
130		Levi, Netanel	ISR	2193
131		Parligras, Cosmin	ROU	2193
132		Katsanis, Vasileios Dim	GRE	2192
133	FM	Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna	POR	2191
134		Zheng, Harry Z	ENG	2190
135	CM	Sahin, Sarp	TUR	2187
136	CM	Stoimenidis, Dimitrios	GRE	2185
137	CM	Papadopoulos, Panayotis	GRE	2177
138		Iskos, Alexandros	GRE	2177
139	WIM	Wang, Ellen	USA	2175
140	FM	Brigljevic, Milan	CRO	2173
141		Tezcan, Alper	TUR	2170
142	FM	Nikolaidis, Konstantinos	GRE	2161
143		Avsar, Gediz	TUR	2157
144		Hrisomalis, Theodoros	GRE	2157
145		Oikonomopoulos, Filippos	GRE	2156
146	CM	Yildiz, Serdar Murat	TUR	2155
147		Georgakopoulos, Nikolaos K.	GRE	2153
148		Mnatsakanyan, Aren	ARM	2150
149	FM	Gaikwad, Siddhant	IND	2148
150		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	IND	2143
151		Karademir, Bugra	TUR	2142
152		Levi, Or	ISR	2141
153		Betsakos, Konstantinos	GRE	2137
154		Teng, Jiarong	CHN	2134
155	IM	Maksimovic, Branimir	SRB	2131
156		Bai, Xue	CHN	2124
157		Tatvidze, Davit	GEO	2124
158		Androutsopoulos-Agiotatos, Vasil	GRE	2123
159	WFM	Pragnya, H G	IND	2119
160		Develi, Kemal Cagan	TUR	2112
161	CM	Dorfanis, Ilarion	GRE	2110
162		Kormas, Georgios	GRE	2110
163	WFM	Arshiya, Das	IND	2108
164		Korniotis, Filippos	GRE	2102
165		Yu, Shuxiao	CHN	2100
166	FM	Tabak, Stefan	NED	2097
167		Yildiz, Ali Aras	TUR	2089
168		Schroer, Marcel	NED	2086
169		Dzwierzynski, Bartosz	POL	2083
170	WIM	Zhao, Yunqing	CHN	2081
171	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	IND	2078
172		Samaridis, Konstantinos	GRE	2078
173	WIM	Petronic, Sanja	SRB	2076
174	CM	Sahbudak, Baris Cinar	TUR	2072
175	AFM	Karamichos, Michail	GRE	2071
176	CM	Shefer, Uri	ISR	2065
177		Anacak, Hasan Gunes	TUR	2065
178		Tsakona, Maria	GRE	2065
179		Karanikolas, Dimitrios	GRE	2063
180	WFM	Zeliantsova, Kseniya	FID	2062
181		Tsakonas, Konstantinos	GRE	2058
182		Brotto, Alessandro	ITA	2050
183		Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon	GRE	2049
184	CM	Gokturk, Murat Kutay	TUR	2048
185		Aditya, Kunal Patil	IND	2047
186	WIM	Chandreyee, Hajra	IND	2044
187		Yildiz, Talat	TUR	2043
188		Karakatsanis, Nikolaos	GRE	2041
189		Lafkidis, Apostolos	GRE	2040
190		Merkouropoulos, Dionysios	GRE	2040
191	WFM	Silva, Mariana	POR	2039
192		Bougas, Georgios	GRE	2039
193		Nenova, Andzhelika	BUL	2038
194		Pintor, Simao	POR	2038
195		Triantafyllakis, Dimitrios	GRE	2038
196		Dovbysh, Timur	UKR	2036
197		Aker, Meric Zeynel	TUR	2034
198		Gur, Ali	TUR	2033
199		Antonyan, Hamlet	ARM	2031
200	WFM	Szczotka, Klara	POL	2030
201	WIM	Marcetic, Marija	SRB	2026
202		Mavridis, Emmanouil	GRE	2020
203		Sunyuktha, C M N	IND	2020
204		Margaritis, Ioannis M	GRE	2019
205		Stoychev, Ognian	BUL	2018
206		Arjun, Satheesh	IND	2017
207		Bozilov, Dragan	SRB	2015
208	WFM	Barwinska, Ewa	POL	2014
209		Zavrakidis, Nikolaos	GRE	2014
210	CM	Rupesh, Reddy Y	IND	2011
211		Sahin, Burak Doga	TUR	2006
212		Bardis, Harilaos-Panagiotis	GRE	2005
213		Niharika, Challa	IND	2004
214		Stefan, Victor	GRE	2004
215		Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	2003
216		Ertugrul, Berkay	TUR	2002
217		Theodoridis, Charalampos	GRE	2001
218		Skytte, Robert	DEN	2000