Athanasios Mastrovasilis and Charitomeni Markantonaki came as the winners of the 70th National Chess Individual Championship and the 43rd Panhellenic Women’s Individual Championship. Coincidentally, both champions took their third national title. Both tournaments were 10-player round-robins (the open section turned into a 9-player event due to an unexpected withdrawal of Vasilios Kotronias) with classical time control held in Lamia from December 4-12.
The open event was a close affair as neither player (including the champion) completed the tournament unbeaten. Athanasios Mastrovasilis netted 5½/8 (+3), to clinch the title a full point ahead of the closest competitor. There was a three-way tie for second place, with Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, and Dimitrios Alexakis taking silver and bronze respectively as the winners of the direct encounters.
Final standings open:
1 | GM | Mastrovasilis, Athanasios | 2531 | 5½ |
2 | IM | Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis | 2538 | 4½ |
3 | FM | Alexakis, Dimitrios | 2475 | 4½ |
4 | IM | Ioannidis, Evgenios | 2454 | 4½ |
5 | IM | Kanakaris, Georgios | 2372 | 4 |
6 | GM | Nikolaidis, Ioannis | 2545 | 4 |
7 | Mitsis, Georgios | 2355 | 3½ | |
8 | FM | Trimitzios, Petros | 2359 | 3 |
9 | GM | Kapnisis, Spyridon | 2466 | 2½ |
Despite losing her first-round game against Ioulina Makka, Charitomeni Markantonaki scored an impressive 7/9 and came out on top in the women’s event. Ekaterini Pavlidou finished second, a full point behind the champion; Evanthia Makka is third (5½/9)
Final standings women:
1 | WFM | Markantonaki, Charitomeni | 2133 | 7 |
2 | WIM | Pavlidou, Ekaterini | 2203 | 6 |
3 | Makka, Evanthia | 2046 | 5½ | |
4 | WGM | Makropoulou, Marina | 2182 | 5 |
5 | WFM | Grapsa, Georgia | 1946 | 4½ |
6 | Drakaki, Anna-Maria | 1942 | 4 | |
7 | Androni, Konstantina-Eleni | 1970 | 3½ | |
8 | Michailidou, Magdalini | 1728 | 3½ | |
9 | Skaraki, Antigone | 1979 | 3½ | |
10 | WIM | Makka, Ioulia | 2023 | 2½ |
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