Thessaloniki Open – R7 Results and Standings, R8 Pairings
May 02, 2009

IM Esen Baris, GM Giorgi Bagaturov and Ilya Sidorenko have all won their 7th round games at the Thessaloniki Open to move ahead to the first place tie. Complete results, standings and round 8 pairings are posted bellow.
Round by round results and standings are available at the Thessaloniki Open index page.
Round 7 results
| Round 7 on 2009/05/01 at 17.00 | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Result | Name | ||
| 1 | IM | Esen Baris | 1 – 0 | IM | Obodchuk Andrei |
| 2 | IM | Poley Vladimir | 0 – 1 | GM | Bagaturov Giorgi |
| 3 | Pavlidis Antonios | 0 – 1 | Sidorenko Ilya | ||
| 4 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 1 – 0 | IM | Danilov Vladimir |
| 5 | IM | Ivanov Jordan | ½ – ½ | GM | Georgiev Krum |
| 6 | WIM | Burtasova Anna | 1 – 0 | FM | Okun Leonid |
| 7 | IM | Shavtvaladze Nikoloz | 1 – 0 | WIM | Makka Ioulia |
| 8 | Nikologorsky Matfei | 0 – 1 | GM | Sanduleac Vasile | |
| 9 | Jevtic Miroljub | 0 – 1 | FM | Velchev Hristo | |
| 10 | FM | Perdek Miroslaw | 1 – 0 | FM | Vragoteris Antonios |
| 11 | Aharon Ofir | 0 – 1 | FM | Simanjuntak Sebastian | |
| 12 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | ½ – ½ | Pavlidou Ekaterini | |
| 13 | WGM | Karlovich Anastazia | 1 – 0 | Matsenko Vadim | |
| 14 | Skoulakis Charalambos | 0 – 1 | Galopoulos N | ||
| 15 | Ivanov Borislav | 0 – 1 | Kounalakis Evryklis | ||
| 16 | FM | Galopoulos Panagiotis | 1 – 0 | Verikakis Manolis | |
| 17 | Tsintsar Zoran | 1 – 0 | Manelidou Maria | ||
| 18 | Sidiropoulos Nikolaos | 1 – 0 | Gymnopoulos Konstantinos | ||
| 19 | WIM | Polyakova Natalia | ½ – ½ | Demiralp Murat | |
| 20 | Atababayev Khalid | 1 – 0 | Hidzos Georgios | ||
| 21 | Mavreas Dimitrios | ½ – ½ | Giankoula Romeo | ||
| 22 | Constantinou Pavlos | 1 | bye | ||
| 23 | IM | Dimitrov Pavel | 0 | not paired | |
| 24 | IM | Dimitrov Radoslav | 0 | not paired | |
| 25 | FM | Nikolaidis Konstantinos | 0 | not paired | |
| 26 | Ketzetzis Georgios | 0 | not paired | ||
| 27 | WIM | Isgandarova Khayala | 0 | not paired | |
| 28 | Norkin Alexey | 0 | not paired | ||
| 29 | Grapsa Georgia | 0 | not paired | ||
| 30 | WFM | Navabi Shirin | 0 | not paired | |
| 31 | Romanos Theodoros | 0 | not paired | ||
| 32 | Tsikrikonis Panagiotis | 0 | not paired | ||
| 33 | Anagnostou Ioannis | 0 | not paired | ||
| 34 | Gountras Klearhos | 0 | not paired | ||
Round 7 Standings
| Rank after Round 7 | |||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | IM | Esen Baris | TUR | 2472 | 5,5 |
| 2 | GM | Bagaturov Giorgi | GEO | 2467 | 5,5 |
| 3 | Sidorenko Ilya | ISR | 2357 | 5,5 | |
| 4 | IM | Obodchuk Andrei | RUS | 2393 | 5 |
| 5 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | MKD | 2539 | 5 |
| 6 | IM | Poley Vladimir | BLR | 2338 | 4,5 |
| 7 | Pavlidis Antonios | GRE | 2307 | 4,5 | |
| 8 | IM | Shavtvaladze Nikoloz | GEO | 2454 | 4,5 |
| 9 | GM | Sanduleac Vasile | MDA | 2438 | 4,5 |
| 10 | IM | Ivanov Jordan | BUL | 2435 | 4,5 |
| 11 | FM | Perdek Miroslaw | POL | 2232 | 4,5 |
| 12 | FM | Velchev Hristo | BUL | 2284 | 4,5 |
| 13 | GM | Georgiev Krum | BUL | 2440 | 4,5 |
| 14 | WIM | Burtasova Anna | RUS | 2299 | 4,5 |
| 15 | FM | Okun Leonid | RUS | 2272 | 4 |
| 16 | FM | Simanjuntak Sebastian | INA | 2260 | 4 |
| 17 | IM | Danilov Vladimir | ROU | 2410 | 4 |
| 18 | WGM | Karlovich Anastazia | UKR | 2251 | 4 |
| 19 | Galopoulos N | GRE | 2247 | 4 | |
| 20 | FM | Vragoteris Antonios | GRE | 2264 | 3,5 |
| 21 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | GRE | 2252 | 3,5 |
| 22 | Nikologorsky Matfei | RUS | 2229 | 3,5 | |
| 23 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | GRE | 2229 | 3,5 |
| 24 | Tsintsar Zoran | GER | 1962 | 3,5 | |
| 25 | Kounalakis Evryklis | GRE | 2090 | 3,5 | |
| 26 | Sidiropoulos Nikolaos | GRE | 2081 | 3,5 | |
| 27 | FM | Galopoulos Panagiotis | GRE | 2151 | 3,5 |
| 28 | Pavlidou Ekaterini | GRE | 2162 | 3,5 | |
| 29 | Jevtic Miroljub | SRB | 2173 | 3,5 | |
| 30 | Ivanov Borislav | BUL | 2002 | 3 | |
| 31 | Aharon Ofir | ISR | 2134 | 3 | |
| 32 | Matsenko Vadim | RUS | 2144 | 3 | |
| 33 | Skoulakis Charalambos | GRE | 2091 | 3 | |
| 34 | Demiralp Murat | TUR | 2071 | 2,5 | |
| 35 | Atababayev Khalid | AZE | 2001 | 2,5 | |
| 36 | WIM | Polyakova Natalia | RUS | 2077 | 2,5 |
| 37 | Verikakis Manolis | GRE | 1959 | 2,5 | |
| 38 | Manelidou Maria | GRE | 2014 | 2,5 | |
| 39 | Mavreas Dimitrios | GRE | 1984 | 2,5 | |
| 40 | Hidzos Georgios | GRE | 2046 | 2 | |
| 41 | Gymnopoulos Konstantinos | GRE | 1894 | 2 | |
| 42 | Giankoula Romeo | ALB | 2026 | 2 | |
| 43 | Constantinou Pavlos | CYP | 2018 | 2 | |
| 44 | IM | Dimitrov Radoslav | BUL | 2388 | 0,5 |
| 45 | Grapsa Georgia | GRE | 2106 | 0,5 | |
| 46 | FM | Nikolaidis Konstantinos | GRE | 2270 | 0 |
| Ketzetzis Georgios | GRE | 2259 | 0 | ||
| WIM | Isgandarova Khayala | AZE | 2230 | 0 | |
| WFM | Navabi Shirin | IRI | 2092 | 0 | |
| Romanos Theodoros | GRE | 2081 | 0 | ||
| Tsikrikonis Panagiotis | GRE | 2052 | 0 | ||
| Anagnostou Ioannis | GRE | 2050 | 0 | ||
| Gountras Klearhos | GRE | 2031 | 0 | ||
| 54 | IM | Dimitrov Pavel | BUL | 2396 | 0 |
| 55 | Norkin Alexey | RUS | 2122 | 0 | |
Round 8 Pairings
| Round 8 on 2009/05/02 at 17.00 | |||||||
| Bo. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | ||
| 1 | Sidorenko Ilya | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Bagaturov Giorgi | ||
| 2 | GM | Georgiev Vladimir | 5 | 5½ | IM | Esen Baris | |
| 3 | IM | Obodchuk Andrei | 5 | 4½ | IM | Ivanov Jordan | |
| 4 | FM | Velchev Hristo | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Shavtvaladze Nikoloz | |
| 5 | GM | Georgiev Krum | 4½ | 4½ | Pavlidis Antonios | ||
| 6 | GM | Sanduleac Vasile | 4½ | 4½ | WIM | Burtasova Anna | |
| 7 | FM | Perdek Miroslaw | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Poley Vladimir | |
| 8 | IM | Danilov Vladimir | 4 | 4 | FM | Simanjuntak Sebastian | |
| 9 | FM | Okun Leonid | 4 | 4 | WGM | Karlovich Anastazia | |
| 10 | Galopoulos N | 4 | 3½ | Nikologorsky Matfei | |||
| 11 | FM | Vragoteris Antonios | 3½ | 3½ | FM | Galopoulos Panagiotis | |
| 12 | WIM | Fakhiridou Ekaterini | 3½ | 3½ | Tsintsar Zoran | ||
| 13 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | 3½ | 3½ | Sidiropoulos Nikolaos | ||
| 14 | Pavlidou Ekaterini | 3½ | 3½ | Jevtic Miroljub | |||
| 15 | Kounalakis Evryklis | 3½ | 3 | Aharon Ofir | |||
| 16 | Matsenko Vadim | 3 | 3 | Ivanov Borislav | |||
| 17 | Manelidou Maria | 2½ | 3 | Skoulakis Charalambos | |||
| 18 | Atababayev Khalid | 2½ | 2½ | WIM | Polyakova Natalia | ||
| 19 | Demiralp Murat | 2½ | 2½ | Mavreas Dimitrios | |||
| 20 | Verikakis Manolis | 2½ | 2 | Gymnopoulos Konstantinos | |||
| 21 | Hidzos Georgios | 2 | 2 | Constantinou Pavlos | |||
| 22 | Giankoula Romeo | 2 | bye | ||||

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