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De : Mary Vigliraki [mailto:theone@ret.forthnet.gr]
Envoyé : mercredi 27 novembre 2002 17:12
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Objet : PRESS RELEASE
Importance : Haute

WITH ORGANIZER THE GREEK CHESS FEDERATION

The Greek Championships of Men and Women start tomorrow

 

The 52nd Greek Championship of Men and the 25th Greek Championship of Women start tomorrow in Athens, and the leading chessplayers will claim the titles of Greek Champion.

Except of Aggelos Vouldis, in the Championship of Men will participate all the leading Greeks chessplayers. With their order of draw, they are:

ANDREAS TZERMIADJANOS

IM

2440

2445

DIM. ANAGNOSTOPOULOS 

GM

2438

2450

HR. BANJKAS

GM

2520

2540

GIANNIS NIKOLAIDIS

GM

2495

2520

STELIOS HALKIAS

GM

2528

2590

GIANNIS SYMEONIDIS

 

2329

2225

AN. MIHAILIDIS

 

2205

2175

TH. MASTROVASILIS

IM

2452

2455

GIANNIS PAPAIOANNOY

GM

2587

2610

DIM. MASTROVASILIS

IM

2461

2440

The meetings of 1st round are: Tzermiadianos-D. Mastrovasilis, Anagnostopoulos-Papaioannou, Banikas-Th. Mastrovasilis, Nikolaidis-Mihailidis, Halkias-Symeonidis. The games will last up to 6 December.

With regard to the 25th Championship of Women, it is the most powerful championship of last years. All leading women chessplayers give the present in the games. With their order of draw, the players that participate are:

ANNA MARIA BOTSARI

WGM

2320

2335

KATERINA FAHIRIDOU

WIM

2313

2275

ALEXANDRA STEIRI

 

2170

2035

ELLI SPERDOKLI

 

2106

2135

GEORGIA GRAPSA

 

2093

2020

MARINA MAKROPOULOU

WGM

2272

2295

I. MAKKA

WIM

2257

2305

MARIA KOUVATSOU

WGM

2212

2250

VERA PAPADOPOULOU

 

2165

2140

FROSO KASIOURA

 

2072

1895

The meetings of 1st round are: Botsari-Kasioura, Fahiridou-Papadopoulou, Steiri-Kouvatsou, Sperdokli-Makka, Grapsa-Makropoulou. 

The games of the both championships will be live broadcasted daily in the internet, in the official web page of Greek Chess Federation:  www.chessfed.gr, that organises the Championships.