My good friends Zaheilas L oukas & Kefalos Kosmas ,great chess lovers and supporters, created a prototype book with lots of patience love and care highligting chess olympiads into world’s historical events making it interesting to read for any reader !
Good luck ,hopefully i will contribute in the edition to follow !
GM Mastrovasilis A
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | ΜΑΣΤΡΟΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ | GRE | 2531 | ΕΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 21,00 |
| 2 | 1 | IM | ΚΟΥΡΚΟΥΛΟΣ-ΑΡΔΙΤΗΣ ΣΤΑΜΑΤΗΣ | GRE | 2538 | ΣΟ ΚΑΛΛΙΘΕΑΣ | 4,5 | 1,5 | 3 | 16,50 |
| 3 | 2 | FM | ΑΛΕΞΑΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ | GRE | 2475 | ΠΕΙΡΑΙΚΟΣ ΟΣ | 4,5 | 1,0 | 3 | 15,75 |
| 4 | 6 | IM | ΙΩΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΙΟΣ | GRE | 2454 | ΑΜΟ “Ο ΓΑΛΑΞΙΑΣ” | 4,5 | 0,5 | 2 | 16,25 |
| 5 | 8 | IM | ΚΑΝΑΚΑΡΗΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ | GRE | 2372 | ΣΟ ΚΑΒΑΛΑΣ | 4,0 | 1,0 | 3 | 18,50 |
| 6 | 5 | GM | ΝΙΚΟΛΑΪΔΗΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ | GRE | 2545 | ΠΕΙΡΑΙΚΟΣ ΟΣ | 4,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 15,25 |
| 7 | 9 | ΜΗΤΣΗΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ | GRE | 2355 | ΟΑΑ “ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟ” | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 13,00 | |
| 8 | 7 | FM | ΤΡΙΜΙΤΖΙΟΣ ΠΕΤΡΟΣ | GRE | 2359 | ΟΣ ΤΡΙΑΝΔΡΙΑΣ | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 10,75 |
| 9 | 3 | GM | ΚΑΠΝΙΣΗΣ ΣΠΥΡΙΔΩΝ | GRE | 2466 | ΕΟΑΟ “Ο ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗΣ” ΝΙΚΑΙΑΣ | 2,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 10,50 |
| 10 | 10 | GM | ΚΟΤΡΩΝΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ | GRE | 2492 | ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΚΟΖΑΝΗΣ
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0,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,00 |
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | WFM | ΜΑΡΚΑΝΤΩΝΑΚΗ ΧΑΡΙΤΩΜΕΝΗ | GRE | 2133 | ΑΟ ”ΖΗΝΩΝ” ΓΛΥΦΑΔΑΣ | 7,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 30,50 |
| 2 | 9 | WIM | ΠΑΥΛΙΔΟΥ ΑΙΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΗ | GRE | 2203 | ΕΟΑΟ “Ο ΦΥΣΙΟΛΑΤΡΗΣ” ΝΙΚΑΙΑΣ | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,50 |
| 3 | 10 | ΜΑΚΚΑ ΕΥΑΝΘΙΑ | GRE | 2046 | ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ ΓΣ | 5,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 23,00 | |
| 4 | 5 | WGM | ΜΑΚΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΙΝΑ | GRE | 2182 | ΝΟ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑΣ “Ο ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ” | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 17,75 |
| 5 | 6 | WFM | ΓΡΑΨΑ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑ | GRE | 1946 | ΑΜΟ “Ο ΓΑΛΑΞΙΑΣ” | 4,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 19,50 |
| 6 | 3 | ΔΡΑΚΑΚΗ ΑΝΝΑ-ΜΑΡΙΑ | GRE | 1942 | ΕΣ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΡΙΑΣ | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 14,25 | |
| 7 | 7 | ΑΝΔΡΩΝΗ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΑ-ΕΛΕΝΗ | GRE | 1970 | ΣΑΣ ΚΟΡΩΠΙΟΥ | 3,5 | 1,5 | 2 | 12,75 | |
| 8 | 4 | ΜΙΧΑΗΛΙΔΟΥ ΜΑΓΔΑΛΗΝΗ | GRE | 1728 | “ΠΝΕΥΜΑΘΛΟΝ” | 3,5 | 1,5 | 1 | 14,00 | |
| 9 | 8 | ΣΚΑΡΑΚΗ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ | GRE | 1979 | ΑΣ ΠΑΠΑΓΟΥ | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 15,50 | |
| 10 | 1 | WIM | ΜΑΚΚΑ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ | GRE | 2023 | ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ ΓΣ | 2,5 | 0,0 | 1 | 13,75 |
Lamia was the organizer of the Greek Championships of 2021 !
The municipality along with local clubs did their best to support the event and the players ,conditions were very good and all participants are looking forward in playing again in the hospitable city of Lamia (central Greece)
The covid protocole was strict thus avoiding any undesirable problems .
Winner on the women section was for the third time
Markantonaki H with 7/9 with flying colours winning all the critical matches !
2nd place for Pavlidou Aik and 3rd for Makka E.
Our player ( ESKalamaria) Drakaki A after a poor start recovered and finished 6th
On the men section also for the third time
Mastrovasilis Athanasios (ESThessaloniki) was the winner with 5,5/8 a point ahead from the pack of young and dangerous players .
2nd Kourkoulos A (Greek champion of 2019 and playing for the first time with the Greek nNational Team on Euro 2021) ,3rd Alexakis D with a strong finish and 4th Ioannidis E who managed to win the hybrid Greek preliminary securing a ticket for the World Cup !
On the penultimate round Mastrovasilis needed a draw to secure the gold which arrived only after a hard fough marathon vs his rival Ioannidis after losing a chance to conclude the event on the 8th round missing clear win vs Nikolaidis !
Well done to the players and organisers for a great sporting event !
In Warsaw Poland the chess elite players contest for the world’s top places in rapid and blitz events ! Many exciting games taking places and many upseting results for the favorites !
Final ranking in rapid after 13 games
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 59 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2593 | 9,5 | 103,0 | 109,0 | 2674 | 0,0 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | CFR | 2798 | 9,5 | 100,5 | 107,5 | 2699 | 0,0 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2842 | 9,5 | 97,0 | 103,0 | 2691 | 0,0 | |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2770 | 9,5 | 95,0 | 100,0 | 2649 | 0,0 | |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2801 | 9,0 | 98,0 | 103,0 | 2679 | 0,0 | |
| 6 | 14 | GM | Aronian Levon | USA | 2728 | 9,0 | 96,0 | 100,0 | 2544 | 0,0 | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2836 | 9,0 | 95,5 | 102,0 | 2650 | 0,0 | |
| 8 | 15 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2727 | 9,0 | 92,0 | 98,0 | 2588 | 0,0 | |
| 9 | 174 | GM | Gukesh D | IND | 2050 | 9,0 | 91,0 | 95,0 | 2619 | 0,0 | |
| 10 | 10 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2750 | 9,0 | 88,0 | 94,0 | 2592 | 0,0 | |
| 11 | 9 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | CFR | 2757 | 9,0 | 78,5 | 82,5 | 2519 | 0,0 |
The 17y.o Abdusattorov is the winner of the event !
Won the tie break match vs Nepomniachtchi 1,5-0,5 while beating in the main event the world ch. M Carlsen !
Clear first place for the former world champion A. Kosteniuk !
In second place another big surprise , Assaubayeva only 17 y.o who won the blitz event by a round to spare !
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 3 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | CFR | 2515 | 9,0 | 69,0 | 73,5 | 2377 | 0,0 | |
| 2 | 19 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | KAZ | 2369 | 8,5 | 65,0 | 69,5 | 2263 | 0,0 | |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Gunina Valentina | CFR | 2499 | 8,0 | 72,5 | 78,0 | 2374 | 0,0 | |
| 4 | 1 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | CFR | 2545 | 8,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 2299 | 0,0 | |
| 5 | 78 | WIM | Serikbay Assel | KAZ | 2023 | 7,5 | 72,0 | 77,0 | 2399 | 0,0 | |
| 6 | 7 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2483 | 7,5 | 68,0 | 71,0 | 2281 | 0,0 | |
| 7 | 9 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2471 | 7,5 | 67,5 | 72,0 | 2307 | 0,0 | |
| 8 | 20 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2367 | 7,5 | 63,0 | 67,5 | 2232 | 0,0 | |
| 9 | 11 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2443 | 7,5 | 62,5 | 65,5 | 2291 | 0,0 | |
| 10 | 30 | WGM | Michna Marta | GER | 2291 | 7,5 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 2146 | 0,0 |
| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pts. | Rk. | Group | |
| 63 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2576 | GRE | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6,5 | 90 | Open |
| 73 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2559 | GRE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7,0 | 66 | Open |
| 92 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2534 | GRE | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7,5 | 48 | Open |
| 64 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | 2110 | GRE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6,5 | 22 | Women |
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 13 | 34 | 92 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2534 | 6½ | 1 – 0 | 6½ | GM | Dreev Aleksey | CFR | 2621 | 48 | ||
| 13 | 47 | 63 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2576 | 6 | ½ – ½ | 6 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2353 | 149 | ||
| 13 | 50 | 73 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | GRE | 2559 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | AZE | 2202 | 170 | ||
| 11 | 17 | 64 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2110 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | IM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2337 | 25 |
Great play by GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios
48th place compeating vs the absolute elit
K Pavlidou finished 22th with her best lifetime performace !
All the links from top games vs
M Carlsen & Firouzja A
where Dimitrios missed golden opportunity !
“You cannot make a move with two hands!” | Mastrovasilis vs Firouzja | World Blitz 2021 – YouTube
Carlsen, Magnus vs. Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | FIDE World Blitz Championship | 2021 | chess24.com
On the blitz event quite unexpected was Nakamura’s withdrawal due to positive covid testing ! Hopefully the event was not interrupted with further losses .
Final ranking in blitz event
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2787 | 15,0 | 244,0 | 251,5 | 2660 | 0,0 | |
| 2 | 6 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2792 | 15,0 | 242,0 | 249,5 | 2640 | 0,0 | |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Firouzja Alireza | FRA | 2810 | 15,0 | 237,0 | 245,5 | 2609 | 0,0 | |
| 4 | 14 | GM | Dubov Daniil | CFR | 2749 | 14,5 | 253,5 | 262,0 | 2670 | 0,0 | |
| 5 | 15 | GM | Aronian Levon | USA | 2740 | 14,0 | 256,0 | 264,5 | 2682 | 0,0 | |
| 6 | 12 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2754 | 14,0 | 249,5 | 258,5 | 2640 | 0,0 | |
| 7 | 3 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | CFR | 2830 | 14,0 | 245,0 | 253,5 | 2646 | 0,0 | |
| 8 | 133 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2452 | 13,5 | 259,0 | 269,5 | 2689 | 0,0 | |
| 9 | 22 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | CFR | 2690 | 13,5 | 258,5 | 267,0 | 2674 | 0,0 | |
| 10 | 76 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | CFR | 2580 | 13,5 | 256,0 | 266,0 | 2678 | 0,0 | |
| 11 | 19 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2707 | 13,5 | 252,5 | 262,0 | 2659 | 0,0 | |
| 12 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2892 | 13,5 | 252,0 | 262,5 | 2664 | 0,0 | |
| 13 | 47 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2638 | 13,5 | 250,5 | 258,5 | 2641 | 0,0 | |
| 14 | 11 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | CFR | 2757 | 13,5 | 248,5 | 257,0 | 2665 | 0,0 | |
| 15 | 105 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | CFR | 2532 | 13,5 | 247,5 | 257,5 | 2677 | 0,0 | |
| 16 | 9 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2778 | 13,5 | 247,5 | 256,5 | 2651 | 0,0 |
We will have a decider for the gold medal between Duda and Vachier Lagrave much in Polish funs delight !
The Frenchman prevailed winning 2-1 after a critical win vs M. Carlsen in the 21st round !
Again best perf from Mastrovasilis D
| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pts. | Rk. | Group | |
| 77 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 2577 | GRE | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12,0 | 50 | Open |
| 81 | GM | Halkias Stelios | 2575 | GRE | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 9,5 | 129 | Open |
| 157 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | 2351 | GRE | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10,5 | 92 | Open |
| 51 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | 2177 | GRE | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9,0 | 42 | Women |
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 21 | 30 | 77 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2577 | 11 | 1 – 0 | 11 | GM | Kantor Gergely | HUN | 2517 | 115 | ||
| 21 | 45 | 157 | GM | Theodorou Nikolas | GRE | 2351 | 10 | ½ – ½ | 10 | GM | Paravyan David | CFR | 2656 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 54 | 81 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2575 | 9½ | 0 – 1 | 9½ | IM | Kosakowski Jakub | POL | 2340 | 161 | ||
| 17 | 21 | 51 | WIM | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2177 | 8½ | ½ – ½ | 8½ | GM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2294 | 25 |
Women final ranking
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | 29 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | KAZ | 2285 | 14,0 | 170,0 | 177,5 | 2328 | 0,0 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | CFR | 2475 | 12,5 | 157,5 | 164,5 | 2274 | 0,0 | |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Gunina Valentina | CFR | 2452 | 12,0 | 173,0 | 181,5 | 2332 | 0,0 | |
| 4 | 24 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | CFR | 2306 | 12,0 | 167,5 | 174,0 | 2271 | 0,0 | |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2483 | 11,5 | 168,5 | 176,0 | 2326 | 0,0 | |
| 6 | 43 | IM | Buksa Nataliya | UKR | 2199 | 11,5 | 167,5 | 173,5 | 2329 | 0,0 | |
| 7 | 11 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2394 | 11,5 | 156,5 | 164,0 | 2193 | 0,0 | |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | CFR | 2441 | 11,0 | 166,5 | 174,0 | 2298 | 0,0 | |
| 9 | 2 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2509 | 11,0 | 161,0 | 168,5 | 2274 | 0,0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | CFR | 2592 | 11,0 | 156,5 | 163,0 | 2274 | 0,0 |
In other news , all rusian athletes are playing under different flag due to Russia’s ban from international sporting competitions by the World Anti-Doping Agency !
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