“Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace” Open International Blitz Tournament LIVE

The “Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace” Open International Blitz Tournament will take place on September 13 in Konak (Ministry of Macedonia – Thrace), Greece. It is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 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 Grigor Grigorov (2512), IM Dimitris Alexakis (2495), IM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos (2436), GM Evgenios Ioannidis (2435), GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2431), GM Petar G. Arnaudov (2417), IM Nikola Nikolovski (2404), Nikolaos Galopoulos (2336), FM Zoran Stojcevski (2301), IM Antonios Kalogridis (2278), FM Dimitrios Papakonstantinou (2267), IM Velislav Kukov (2266), FM Anastasia Avramidou (2220), Stefanos Magkalakis (2209), FM Georgios Ketzetzis (2181), FM Lampros Giannoulakis (2178), FM Andrej Veljanoski (2176), Nikolaos Gouloutis (2172), Efthimios Kiratzopoulos (2170), FM Dimitrios Ladopoulos (2167). Scroll down for the full participants list.

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“Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace” Open International Blitz Tournament Participants

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg
1	1	GM	Grigorov, Grigor	BUL	2512
2	2	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	GRE	2495
3	3	IM	Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros	GRE	2436
4	4	GM	Ioannidis, Evgenios	GRE	2435
5	5	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GRE	2431
6	6	GM	Arnaudov, G. Petar	BUL	2417
7	7	IM	Nikolovski, Nikola	MKD	2404
8	8		Galopoulos, Nikolaos	GRE	2336
9	9	FM	Stojcevski, Zoran	MKD	2301
10	10	IM	Kalogridis, Antonios	GRE	2278
11	11	FM	Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios	GRE	2267
12	12	IM	Kukov, Velislav	BUL	2266
13	13	FM	Avramidou, Anastasia	GRE	2220
14	14		Magkalakis, Stefanos	GRE	2209
15	15	FM	Ketzetzis, Georgios	GRE	2181
16	16	FM	Giannoulakis, Lampros	GRE	2178
17	17	FM	Veljanoski, Andrej	MKD	2176
18	18		Gouloutis, Nikolaos	GRE	2172
19	19		Kiratzopoulos, Efthimios	GRE	2170
20	20	FM	Ladopoulos, Dimitrios	GRE	2167
21	21		Mihov, Filip	MKD	2166
22	22	FM	Argiroudis, Stamatis	GRE	2156
23	23		Papadimitriou, Athanasios	GRE	2127
24	24		Milovanovic, Ninoslav	SRB	2123
25	25	CM	Stoimenidis, Dimitrios	GRE	2118
26	26		Konstantinidis, Mavroudis	GRE	2107
27	27		Fragoulidis, Ioannis	GRE	2101
28	28		Tagkaloglou, Savvas Stefanos	GRE	2087
29	29		Iskos, Alexandros	GRE	2085
30	30	FM	Hadzimanolis, Antonios	GRE	2083
31	31		Theofilopoulos, Aris	GRE	2082
32	32		Leftheriotis, Alexandros	GRE	2079
33	33		Minas, Ioannis	GRE	2071
34	34		Merkouropoulos, Dionysios	GRE	2063
35	35	FM	Svicevic, Rastko	SRB	2046
36	36		Samakas, Stavros	GRE	2044
37	37		Ballas, Athanasios-Panagiotis	GRE	2041
38	38	AIM	Mantazis, Georgios Rafail	GRE	2029
39	39	FM	Kalogridis, Themistoklis	GRE	2024
40	40	CM	Papadopoulos, Panayotis	GRE	2020
41	41		Vardakas, Grigorios	GRE	2016
42	42		Tetepoulidis, Ioannis	GRE	2014
43	43		Skodras, Marios Konstantinos	GRE	2012
44	44		Samakas, Anastasios	GRE	2006
45	45		Boutikos, Eleftherios	GRE	2003
46	46		Samaridis, Konstantinos	GRE	2002
47	47		Alexandri, Dimitra	GRE	1998
48	48		Seretis, Nikolaos G	GRE	1998
49	49		Hrisomalis, Theodoros	GRE	1995
50	50	CM	Lagopatis, Nikolaos	GRE	1983
51	51		Betsakos, Konstantinos	GRE	1975
52	52		Dimakis, Stavros	GRE	1948
53	53		Danis, Hrisovalantis	GRE	1945
54	54		Gerasopoulos, Nikolaos	GRE	1931
55	55		Tsinaris, Fotis	GRE	1929
56	56		Drakaki, Anna-Maria	GRE	1924
57	57		Toliopoulos, Konstantinos	GRE	1921
58	58		Galanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis	GRE	1889
59	59		Margaritis, Ioannis M	GRE	1884
60	60		Maggos, Nikolaos	GRE	1868
61	61		Themelis, Georgios	GRE	1868
62	62	WFM	Grapsa, Georgia	GRE	1864
63	63		Vardakas, Stefanos	GRE	1864
64	64		Tzovanis, Anastasios Anagnostis	GRE	1862
65	65	AFM	Ioannidis, Konstantinos I	GRE	1861
66	66		Vardaka, Sofia	GRE	1860
67	67		Amiridou, Dimitra	GRE	1857
68	68		Sideris, Georgios	GRE	1850
69	69		Keramaros, Vasileios	GRE	1839
70	70		Soultanis, Dimitrios	GRE	1837
71	71		Kivelos, Sotirios	GRE	1835
72	72		Lianas, Ioannis	GRE	1828
73	73		Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Nik	GRE	1828
74	74		Orfanidis, Kyriakos	GRE	1825
75	75		Papadopoulos, Alexadros Paris	GRE	1825
76	76		Karzias, Christos	GRE	1822
77	77		Galaras, Anestis	GRE	1821
78	78		Hatzigrigoriou, Georgios	GRE	1821
79	79	AIM	Marinidis, Stavros	GRE	1818
80	80	WFM	Siskou, Evangelia	GRE	1806
81	81		Mihailidou, Magdalini	GRE	1802
82	82		Balafoutas, Alexandros	GRE	1788
83	83		Kotsalis, Evagelos	GRE	1788
84	84		Misios, Konstantinos	GRE	1783
85	85		Zouroufidis, Konstantinos	GRE	1783
86	86	WCM	Koutsogiannopoulou, Theodora	GRE	1781
87	87		Alexandri, Vasiliki	GRE	1776
88	88		Spagkakas, Konstantinos	GRE	1775
89	89		Giannopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	1770
90	90		Alexandrakis, Vasileios Sp	GRE	1753
91	91		Kafantaris, Pavlos	GRE	1745
92	92		Christou, Lambros	GRE	1730
93	93		Sampsonoglou, Vasilios	GRE	1727
94	94		Seretis, Anastasios	GRE	1723
95	95		Sampsonoglou, Dimitrios	GRE	1719
96	96		Chrysostomidis, Alkiviadis	GRE	1716
97	97		Ninios, Georgios	GRE	1701
98	98		Tsintsar, Zoran	GRE	1693
99	99		Bimpikas, Ioannis	GRE	1686
100	100		Kyriakidis, Christoforos	GRE	1683
101	101		Arzoumanidis, Alexandros	GRE	1676
102	102		Polyzos, Vasileios	GRE	1674
103	103	AIM	Mitsopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	1670
104	104		Tsolaki, Eleni	GRE	1661
105	105		Triantaphylidis, Alexandros I	GRE	1654
106	106		Chasiotis, Odysseas	GRE	1651
107	107		Nikolaidis, Ioannis St	GRE	1633
108	108		Chatzipanagiotou, Asimenia	GRE	1627
109	109		Gkalimpas, Iasonas	GRE	1623
110	110		Boudoulis, Pashalis	GRE	1621
111	111	AFM	Paterakis, Panagiotis Emm	GRE	1612
112	112		Antoniou Tragoudas, Ioannis	GRE	1612
113	113		Tziotzios, Dimitrios	GRE	1612
114	114		Betsakou, Sofia	GRE	1611
115	115		Kyriakopoulos, Charalampos	GRE	1610
116	116		Tsakiris, Sotirios	GRE	1605
117	117		Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Arg	GRE	1596
118	118		Mavridis, Athanasios Theo	GRE	1595
119	119		Papathoma, Kalliopi	GRE	1592
120	120		Giakoustidou, Evgenia	GRE	1589
121	121		Patriki, Alexandra	GRE	1575
122	122		Alexandrakis, Venizelos	GRE	1571
123	123		Bekiari, Angeliki	GRE	1569
124	124	AFM	Georgiadis, Georgios Eleftherios	GRE	1567
125	125		Spanidis, Orestis	GRE	1564
126	126		Asiatidis, Ioannis Athanasios	GRE	1561
127	127		Pasoglou, Nikoleta	GRE	1558
128	128		Tzoumas, Stamatios Iason	GRE	1558
129	129		Paschalidis, Nikolaos	GRE	1547
130	130		Skodras, Dionysios Eleftherios	GRE	1540
131	131		Diamantopoulos, Marios	GRE	1534
132	132		Liamos, Evangelos	GRE	1534
133	133		Kotsonis, Nikolaos	GRE	1532
134	134		Sidiras, Angelos	GRE	1529
135	135		Paraskevopoulou, Aikaterini	GRE	1528
136	136		Siskos, Ioannis	GRE	1525
137	137		Filippoglou, Ioannis	GRE	1521
138	138		Kistoglidis, Konstantinos	GRE	1521
139	139		Oikonomidis, Anastasios Ioannis	GRE	1512
140	140		Kougioumtzoglou, Margarita	GRE	1507
141	141		Angelakopoulou, Ioanna	GRE	1504
142	142		Ioakeimidis, Theodoros	GRE	1501
143	143		Dokidis, Panagiotis	GRE	1498
144	144		Lamprinos, Athanasios Angelos	GRE	1495
145	145		Theofylaktou, Kyriaki	GRE	1494
146	146		Pezikoglou, Apostolos	GRE	1491
147	147		Grammenos, Sotirios	GRE	1488
148	148		Tzavelas, Evangelos	GRE	1483
149	149		Lazaridis, Lazaros Th	GRE	1478
150	150		Ladopoulos, Vasileios	GRE	1476
151	151		Meselidis, Evangelos	GRE	1467
152	152		Betsakos, Haralampos	GRE	1464
153	153		Botskaris, Dimitrios	GRE	1461
154	154		Spanidis, Konstantinos	GRE	1458
155	155		Alexandrakis, Alexios	GRE	1447
156	156		Salgkamis, Daniil	GRE	1446
157	157		Ouzounis, Athanasios	GRE	1445
158	158		Lazarou, Efthymios	GRE	1435
159	159		Paschalidou, Eleni	GRE	1415
160	160		Gkrekidis, Konstantinos	GRE	1405
161	161		Tsonoulis, Athanasios 41520	GRE	1405
162	162		Arzoumanidis, Maximos	GRE	0
163	163		Deligiannis, Konstantinos	GRE	0
164	164		Floros, Konstaninos N	GRE	0
165	165		Georgiou, Filimon	GRE	0
166	166		Grigoriadis, Theodoros I	GRE	0
167	167		Iordanidis, Nikolaos Chrysovalantis	GRE	0
168	168		Kalaitzidou, Paraskevi	GRE	0
169	169		Kotsoni, Alexandra	GRE	0
170	170		Kouliadis, Panagiotis	GRE	0
171	171		Piperidou, Angeliki	GRE	0
172	172		Samou, Ioulia	GRE	0
173	173		Sanidas, Chrysafis	GRE	0
174	174		Stefanidis, Konstantinos	GRE	0
175	175		Tsakiris, Odysseas	GRE	0
176	176		Tserkezis, Konstantinos	GRE	0
177	177		Xanthopoulos, Vasilios Polyvios	GRE	0
178	178		Zafeiroulis, Apostolos	GRE	0