World Amateur Chess Championship – R8 Results and Standings, R9 Pairings

After a fierce battle on top boards in round eight, the World Amateur Chess Championship is heading into completely unclear finish. Stefan Parlog beat his fellow Romanian Radu-Cristian Toma to take over the first place. Toma is still sharing the second, joined by Euclides Roberto Ferreira from Curitiba, Brazil, and local player Odyseas Kesidis. It is curious that Ferreira has no FIDE rating, yet he is clearly playing very strong.

Results, standings and pairings are added bellow. For more pictures, visit the rich photo gallery.


Stefan Parlog

Euclides Roberto Ferreira

Radu-Cristian Toma

Laszlo Nagy


Round 8 Results

Round 8 on 2009/05/02 at 17.00
Bo. Name Result Name
1 Toma Radu-Cristian 0 – 1 Parlog Stefan
2 Ferreira Euclides Roberto 1 – 0 Nagy Laszlo
3 Merkouris Panagiotis 0 – 1 Kesidis Odyseas
4 Lakakis Ioannis ? – ? Serra Azul Neto Francisco
5 Panagiotopoulos Basilios 1 – 0 Masouros Panagiotis
6 Anagnostopoulos Ioannis ? – ? S Bhat Vaibhav
7 Sideris Giorgos ? – ? Kafetzis Georgios
8 Konstantinidis Lazaros 0 – 1 Rzayev Asgar
9 Gouliaros-Antoniadis Alexandro 0 – 1 Lianas Ioannis
10 Tsolaki Eleni 0 – 1 Hrisomalis Theodoros
11 Dirlis Nikolaos 0 – 1 Benson Oisin P
12 Santamaria V. Miguel 1 – 0 Jain Singhai Niklesh N
13 Papathanasiou Ageliki 0 – 1 Lazaridis-Elmaloglou Lazaros
14 Nikoleris Evangelos 1 – 0 Paouris Nikolaos
15 Georgiadis Alexandros 0 – 1 Tsakiris Haralambos
16 Boutsioukis Nikolaos 1 – 0 Moliotis Hristos
17 Bahar-Mosse Iakov ? – ? Andrikopoulou Efstathia
18 Nikolaidou Eleni-Isioni ? – ? Bernal Nelson
19 Zeppos Panagiotis 1 – 0 Tsinaris Fotis
20 Kesaris Evangelos 1 – 0 Ifantis Ilias
21 Papathanasiou Elisavet 1 – 0 Hasiotis Polichronis
22 Hrisostomidis Alkiviadis 1 – 0 Mousa Medhat
23 Kipraki Nikoleta 0 – 1 Kapogiannatos Hristoforos
24 Georgiou Andreas 0 – 1 Ballas Kleon-Evangelos
25 Tourkolias Dimitrios 1 – 0 Charpidou Anna
26 Papouis Diomides 1 – 0 Dadello Andrzej
27 Zygourakis Themistoklis ? – ? Derveniotis Evagelos
28 Papadopoulos Gerasimos 1 – 0 Papadimitropoulos Efthimios
29 Avgitidis Isaak ? – ? Theoharidis Georgios
30 Petousis Konstantinos 1 – 0 Feldman Laora
31 Naghib Parisa ? – ? Glyptis Georgios
32 Halkias Ioannis ? – ? Pantelidis Hristos
33 Chander Mohan Sharma 1 – 0 Hajiyev Aziz Farhad Oglu
34 Giannoulakis Labros 0 – 1 Demiris Georgios
35 Serefidou Despina 1 – 0 Alevizopoulos Panagiotis
36 Tsotsos Savvas 0 – 1 Lekatis Ioannis
37 Drakaki Anna-Maria 1 – 0 Benson Nicola
38 Ioannidis Evgenios ? – ? Haliandros Apostolos
39 Ballas Athanasios-Panagiotis 0 – 1 Papadakis Georgios
40 Giannopoulos Ioannis ? – ? Hatzipanteli Theodora
41 Shahabi Farjam 1 – 0 Khampria Abhishek
42 Spirou Gerasimos 1 – 0 Espinoza Eduardo
43 Pathak Yash 1 – 0 O’ Neill De Waal Arhold
44 Papadakis Alexandros 1 bye


Round 8 Standings

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


Round 9 Pairings

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