Greek Women and Romanian Men Dominate World Amateur Chess Championship

In a dramatic last round of the World Amateur Chess Championship, Romanian players kept better concentration and scored wins on top two tables. Stefan Parlog beat Euclides Roberto Ferreira to claim the Championship and earn FM title. Radu-Cristian Toma, constantly present on the top boards, won against the Greek challenger Odyseas Kesidis and kept the second place behind his compatriot. Laszlo Nagy, who started furiously with six points from six rounds but then lost two in succession, returned back to winning path and secured bronze medal, even if only on better tiebreak. (Photo: Women winners)

Greek ladies have swiftly collected all women prizes. Efstathia Andrikopoulou was the most successful among them and takes WFM title and new rating of 2050 elo (current 1640). Sisters Ageliki and Elisavet Papathanasiou finished on second and third place respectively.

Men Winners of the World Amateur Chess Championship

Andrikopoulou and sisters Papathanasiou celebrating


Round 8 report

Last round results

Round 9 on 2009/05/03 at 10.00
Bo. Name Result Name
1 Parlog Stefan 1 – 0 Ferreira Euclides Roberto
2 Kesidis Odyseas 0 – 1 Toma Radu-Cristian
3 Nagy Laszlo 1 – 0 Panagiotopoulos Basilios
4 Rzayev Asgar 1 – 0 Lianas Ioannis
5 Kafetzis Georgios 0 – 1 Hrisomalis Theodoros
6 Benson Oisin P ? – ? Lakakis Ioannis
7 Serra Azul Neto Francisco 0 – 1 Santamaria V. Miguel
8 Lazaridis-Elmaloglou Lazaros 0 – 1 Anagnostopoulos Ioannis
9 S Bhat Vaibhav 1 – 0 Nikoleris Evangelos
10 Tsakiris Haralambos 0 – 1 Sideris Giorgos
11 Merkouris Panagiotis 1 – 0 Zeppos Panagiotis
12 Masouros Panagiotis 1 – 0 Papathanasiou Elisavet
13 Hrisostomidis Alkiviadis ? – ? Boutsioukis Nikolaos
14 Jain Singhai Niklesh N 0 – 1 Kesaris Evangelos
15 Gouliaros-Antoniadis Alexandro ? – ? Konstantinidis Lazaros
16 Bernal Nelson 0 – 1 Papathanasiou Ageliki
17 Kapogiannatos Hristoforos 1 – 0 Dirlis Nikolaos
18 Bahar-Mosse Iakov 1 – 0 Tourkolias Dimitrios
19 Andrikopoulou Efstathia 1 – 0 Nikolaidou Eleni-Isioni
20 Paouris Nikolaos 1 – 0 Tsolaki Eleni
21 Ballas Kleon-Evangelos 1 – 0 Papouis Diomides
22 Moliotis Hristos 1 – 0 Georgiadis Alexandros
23 Ifantis Ilias 1 – 0 Zygourakis Themistoklis
24 Derveniotis Evagelos 0 – 1 Hasiotis Polichronis
25 Tsinaris Fotis ? – ? Papadopoulos Gerasimos
26 Mousa Medhat 1 – 0 Petousis Konstantinos
27 Charpidou Anna 0 – 1 Chander Mohan Sharma
28 Lekatis Ioannis 0 – 1 Dadello Andrzej
29 Theoharidis Georgios 0 – 1 Drakaki Anna-Maria
30 Papadakis Georgios 0 – 1 Naghib Parisa
31 Pantelidis Hristos 1 – 0 Georgiou Andreas
32 Papadimitropoulos Efthimios 1 – 0 Kipraki Nikoleta
33 Demiris Georgios 0 – 1 Avgitidis Isaak
34 Glyptis Georgios 0 – 1 Serefidou Despina
35 Hajiyev Aziz Farhad Oglu ? – ? Halkias Ioannis
36 Feldman Laora ? – ? Ioannidis Evgenios
37 Haliandros Apostolos ? – ? Spirou Gerasimos
38 Hatzipanteli Theodora 1 – 0 Shahabi Farjam
39 Alevizopoulos Panagiotis 0 – 1 Giannopoulos Ioannis
40 Benson Nicola 0 – 1 Ballas Athanasios-Panagiotis
41 Papadakis Alexandros 0 – 1 Tsotsos Savvas
42 Khampria Abhishek 1 – 0 Pathak Yash
43 Espinoza Eduardo 1 – 0 O’ Neill De Waal Arhold
44 Giannoulakis Labros 1 bye


Final Standings

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 Parlog Stefan ROU 1971 8
2 Toma Radu-Cristian ROU 1979 7,5
3 Nagy Laszlo GER 1931 7
4 Rzayev Asgar AZE 0 7
5 Ferreira Euclides Roberto BRA 0 6,5
6 Kesidis Odyseas GRE 1933 6,5
7 Sideris Giorgos GRE 1893 6,5
8 Hrisomalis Theodoros GRE 1982 6,5
9 S Bhat Vaibhav IND 1784 6,5
10 Anagnostopoulos Ioannis GRE 1931 6,5
11 Santamaria V. Miguel COL 0 6,5
12 Merkouris Panagiotis GRE 1971 6
13 Lakakis Ioannis GRE 1876 6
14 Masouros Panagiotis GRE 1958 6
15 Benson Oisin P IRL 1972 6
16 Panagiotopoulos Basilios GRE 1857 6
17 Kesaris Evangelos GRE 0 6
18 Serra Azul Neto Francisco BRA 1966 5,5
19 Nikoleris Evangelos GRE 1896 5,5
20 Andrikopoulou Efstathia GRE 1640 5,5
21 Lazaridis-Elmaloglou Lazaros GRE 1852 5,5
22 Kafetzis Georgios GRE 1885 5,5
23 Paouris Nikolaos GRE 1867 5,5
24 Papathanasiou Ageliki GRE 1906 5,5
25 Hrisostomidis Alkiviadis GRE 1790 5,5
26 Boutsioukis Nikolaos GRE 1918 5,5
27 Bahar-Mosse Iakov GRE 1883 5,5
28 Tsakiris Haralambos GRE 1699 5,5
29 Lianas Ioannis GRE 1987 5,5
30 Ballas Kleon-Evangelos GRE 1865 5,5
31 Kapogiannatos Hristoforos GRE 1901 5,5
32 Konstantinidis Lazaros GRE 1945 5
33 Zeppos Panagiotis GRE 1840 5
34 Gouliaros-Antoniadis Alexandro GRE 1854 5
35 Mousa Medhat EGY 0 5
36 Hasiotis Polichronis GRE 1812 5
37 Moliotis Hristos GRE 1680 5
38 Papathanasiou Elisavet GRE 1620 5
39 Ifantis Ilias GRE 1820 5
40 Chander Mohan Sharma IND 0 5
41 Jain Singhai Niklesh N IND 1969 4,5
42 Nikolaidou Eleni-Isioni GRE 1872 4,5
43 Dirlis Nikolaos GRE 1849 4,5
44 Tsolaki Eleni GRE 1632 4,5
45 Tsinaris Fotis GRE 0 4,5
46 Bernal Nelson COL 0 4,5
47 Dadello Andrzej POL 1825 4,5
48 Papadopoulos Gerasimos GRE 1780 4,5
49 Tourkolias Dimitrios GRE 1840 4,5
50 Naghib Parisa IRI 1697 4,5
51 Pantelidis Hristos GRE 1659 4,5
52 Papouis Diomides CYP 0 4,5
53 Serefidou Despina GRE 1634 4,5
54 Papadimitropoulos Efthimios GRE 0 4,5
55 Avgitidis Isaak GRE 0 4,5
56 Drakaki Anna-Maria GRE 1601 4,5
57 Petousis Konstantinos GRE 1775 4
58 Derveniotis Evagelos GRE 0 4
59 Georgiadis Alexandros GRE 1989 4
60 Zygourakis Themistoklis GRE 1724 4
61 Halkias Ioannis GRE 0 4
62 Charpidou Anna GRE 1772 3,5
63 Theoharidis Georgios GRE 1819 3,5
64 Glyptis Georgios GRE 1562 3,5
65 Kipraki Nikoleta GRE 1637 3,5
66 Demiris Georgios GRE 1635 3,5
67 Hajiyev Aziz Farhad Oglu AZE 1601 3,5
68 Georgiou Andreas CYP 0 3,5
69 Lekatis Ioannis GRE 1623 3,5
70 Hatzipanteli Theodora GRE 1544 3,5
71 Feldman Laora ISR 0 3,5
72 Giannopoulos Ioannis GRE 1622 3,5
73 Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 1513 3,5
74 Spirou Gerasimos GRE 0 3,5
75 Tsotsos Savvas GRE 0 3,5
76 Giannoulakis Labros GRE 0 3,5
77 Ballas Athanasios-Panagiotis GRE 1500 3,5
78 Haliandros Apostolos GRE 0 3,5
79 Papadakis Georgios GRE 0 3,5
80 Shahabi Farjam IRI 0 3
81 Khampria Abhishek IND 0 3
82 Alevizopoulos Panagiotis GRE 0 2,5
83 Benson Nicola IRL 0 2,5
84 Espinoza Eduardo PER 0 2,5
85 Papadakis Alexandros GRE 0 2,5
86 Efthimiou Georgios GRE 1840 2
87 Pathak Yash IND 0 2
88 Theodoropoulos Nikolaos GRE 0 1
89 Psaltis Aristidis GRE 1786 1
90 Papadopoulos Fotis GRE 0 1
91 Kioutsoukos Dimitrios GRE 0 1
92 O’ Neill De Waal Arhold RSA 0 1
93 Negrut Gabriela-Liliana ROU 1961 0
Fanourgakis Konstantinos GRE 1909 0
Kamaretsos Konstantinos GRE 1893 0
Bogdanov Alexander GRE 0 0
Kazemabadi Reza Aminian IRI 0 0
Mashreghikhorasai Mahshid IRI 0 0
Nagafabadi Mahdiyeh IRI 0 0
Namazian Majid IRI 0 0
Papapostolou Apostolos GRE 0 0
Parandeh Mehdi IRI 0 0
103 Adamidis Sotirios GRE 0 0