7th SKG Open 2025 – Group A LIVE
The 7th SKG Open 2025 will take place from August 08 to August 14 in Thessaloniki, Greece. This tournament is separated into 2 categories – Group A and Group B. The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Greece, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Chongsheng Zeng (2553), GM Yunguo Wan (2501), IM Anees M Mohamed (2428), FM Christos Krallis (2390), FM Jain Rosh (2372), IM Bartlomiej Niedbala (2370), FM Zisis Tsaknakis (2355), FM Christos Dogias (2355), GM Mikheil Kekelidze (2353), IM Maran K Senthil (2351), GM Spyridon Skembris (2297), Christos Tsarsitalidis (2287), Sevastianos Papadogiannis (2278), Stefanos Magkalakis (2267), FM Stamatis Argiroudis (2249), FM Akaki Qalichava (2245), FM Nikolaos Poupalos (2234), WIM Susanna Gaboyan (2220), FM Petros Trimitzios (2216), Konstantinos Tsarsitalidis (2210). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Group B
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7th SKG Open 2025 – Group A Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Zeng, Chongsheng | CHN | 2553 |
| 2 | GM | Wan, Yunguo | CHN | 2501 |
| 3 | IM | Mohamed, Anees M | IND | 2428 |
| 4 | FM | Krallis, Christos | GRE | 2390 |
| 5 | FM | Rosh, Jain | IND | 2372 |
| 6 | IM | Niedbala, Bartlomiej | POL | 2370 |
| 7 | FM | Tsaknakis, Zisis | GRE | 2355 |
| 8 | FM | Dogias, Christos | GRE | 2355 |
| 9 | GM | Kekelidze, Mikheil | GEO | 2353 |
| 10 | IM | Senthil, Maran K | IND | 2351 |
| 11 | GM | Skembris, Spyridon | GRE | 2297 |
| 12 | Tsarsitalidis, Christos | GRE | 2287 | |
| 13 | Papadogiannis, Sevastianos | GRE | 2278 | |
| 14 | Magkalakis, Stefanos | GRE | 2267 | |
| 15 | FM | Argiroudis, Stamatis | GRE | 2249 |
| 16 | FM | Qalichava, Akaki | GEO | 2245 |
| 17 | FM | Poupalos, Nikolaos | GRE | 2234 |
| 18 | WIM | Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM | 2220 |
| 19 | FM | Trimitzios, Petros | GRE | 2216 |
| 20 | Tsarsitalidis, Konstantinos | GRE | 2210 | |
| 21 | Roinos, Ilias | GRE | 2201 | |
| 22 | Triantafilidis, Mihail | GRE | 2197 | |
| 23 | Zygouris, Hristos | GRE | 2187 | |
| 24 | Leftheriotis, Alexandros | GRE | 2171 | |
| 25 | CM | Antoniou, Rafail | CYP | 2171 |
| 26 | Krastev, Goran | BUL | 2162 | |
| 27 | Beliotis, Georgios | GRE | 2158 | |
| 28 | Mnatsakanyan, Aren | ARM | 2150 | |
| 29 | Betsakos, Konstantinos | GRE | 2137 | |
| 30 | Kormas, Georgios | GRE | 2134 | |
| 31 | Teng, Jiarong | CHN | 2134 | |
| 32 | CM | Ravshanov, Sheralijon | UZB | 2129 |
| 33 | FM | Nikolaou, Georgios | GRE | 2117 |
| 34 | WIM | Zhao, Yunqing | CHN | 2107 |
| 35 | Aker, Meric Zeynel | TUR | 2102 | |
| 36 | Yu, Shuxiao | CHN | 2100 | |
| 37 | Boutikos, Eleftherios | GRE | 2062 | |
| 38 | Sidiropoulos, Vasilis | GRE | 2061 | |
| 39 | Samaridis, Konstantinos | GRE | 2057 | |
| 40 | AIM | Mantazis, Georgios Rafail | GRE | 2053 |
| 41 | Lekkas, Anastasios | GRE | 2052 | |
| 42 | Vardakas, Grigorios | GRE | 2047 | |
| 43 | Nenova, Andzhelika | BUL | 2044 | |
| 44 | FM | Sirigos, Nikolaos | GRE | 2041 |
| 45 | Dristellas, Neoklis | GRE | 2039 | |
| 46 | Banov, Boil | BUL | 2029 | |
| 47 | Kolytas, Spiridon | GRE | 2028 | |
| 48 | WFM | Siskou, Evangelia | GRE | 2028 |
| 49 | Tsapaki, Asimenia | GRE | 2027 | |
| 50 | Ziomas, Konstantinos Dimitrios | GRE | 2027 | |
| 51 | AFM | Ioannidis, Konstantinos I | GRE | 2020 |
| 52 | Mavridis, Emmanouil | GRE | 2009 | |
| 53 | Iliev, Vasil | BUL | 2000 | |
| 54 | Ntounias, Ioannis | GRE | 1999 | |
| 55 | WCM | Adamczyk, Zuzanna | POL | 1999 |
| 56 | Sichinava, Mariam | GEO | 1999 | |
| 57 | Fanos, Haralambos | GRE | 1993 | |
| 58 | Skodras, Marios Konstantinos | GRE | 1989 | |
| 59 | Konstantelias, Konstantinos | GRE | 1982 | |
| 60 | Toliopoulos, Konstantinos | GRE | 1981 | |
| 61 | Mykhailets, Polina | UKR | 1981 | |
| 62 | Trapalis, Theodoros | GRE | 1977 | |
| 63 | Avanesyan, Aleksandr | ARM | 1976 | |
| 64 | Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis Panagiot | GRE | 1973 | |
| 65 | Kalomiris, Athanasios | GRE | 1963 | |
| 66 | Tsilidis, Christos | GRE | 1954 | |
| 67 | Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis | GRE | 1952 | |
| 68 | Ozturk, Efe | TUR | 1949 | |
| 69 | Galanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis | GRE | 1944 | |
| 70 | Exarchos, Antonios | GRE | 1942 | |
| 71 | Heran-Boily, Samuel | NOR | 1940 | |
| 72 | Poon, Pak Yu | HKG | 1933 | |
| 73 | AFM | Ouzounis, Konstantinos Kyr | GRE | 1929 |
| 74 | Tsilimparis, Ioannis | GRE | 1925 | |
| 75 | AIM | Kazakis, Mattheos Konstantinos | GRE | 1916 |
| 76 | Karounis, Ioannis | GRE | 1907 | |
| 77 | Papageorgiou, Ioannis | GRE | 1904 | |
| 78 | Tsinaris, Fotis | GRE | 1904 | |
| 79 | Mihailidou, Magdalini | GRE | 1901 | |
| 80 | Balafoutas, Alexandros | GRE | 1898 | |
| 81 | Anastasopoulou, Andrianna | GRE | 1897 | |
| 82 | Alepoudeas, Stylianos | GRE | 1891 | |
| 83 | Chiu, David Zion | HKG | 1890 | |
| 84 | Aral, Demir | TUR | 1887 | |
| 85 | Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis Aris | GRE | 1879 | |
| 86 | Weingarten, Phineas | USA | 1867 | |
| 87 | Tsekoura, Vaia | GRE | 1835 | |
| 88 | Petridis, Dimitrios Panagiotis | GRE | 1832 | |
| 89 | Bania, Eleni | GRE | 1829 | |
| 90 | Giakoustidou, Evgenia | GRE | 1829 |