{"id":17023,"date":"2024-12-16T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/?page_id=17023"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:18:26","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17023\" class=\"elementor elementor-17023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3100e53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent \" data-id=\"3100e53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d841a4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_slip\" data-id=\"2d841a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_slip.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-slip pxl-text-slip1 pxl-slide-to-left  pxl-text-white-shadow text-fill\" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pxl-item--container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--text \">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-text-backdrop\">TOURNAMENT WINNERS THROUGH THE YEARS-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--text \">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pxl-text-backdrop\">TOURNAMENT WINNERS THROUGH THE YEARS-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a463c10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"a463c10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a39715 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"9a39715\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bff57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"83bff57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131cfd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"131cfd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis-600x510.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis-1024x871.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vasilis-theodoridis-835x710.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ab848 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"53ab848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d84d3bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"d84d3bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-d84d3bf-1630\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\tVasilis Theodoridis\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1e9604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"e1e9604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>Vasilis Theodoridis, founder of the Chess International Tournament of Kavala since 1991, dedicated his life to promoting chess and nurturing its growth in the region. Through his vision and tireless efforts, he established one of the most prestigious chess events in Greece, leaving behind a legacy that will inspire generations to come.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a94194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"9a94194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>His passion for chess extended far beyond organizing tournaments; he worked tirelessly to introduce the game to young players and bring the community together. Under his leadership, Kavala became a hub for chess excellence, attracting players from around the world and fostering a love for the game that continues to thrive today.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8f3a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"b8f3a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-b8f3a35-6640\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\tPast Winners of the Tournament\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b4aec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"22b4aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5751b0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"5751b0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44725c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"44725c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/527557358_1076789357872641_9039372843285541563_n.jpg\" alt=\"527557358_1076789357872641_9039372843285541563_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/527627492_1076789177872659_861665117843824681_n.jpg\" alt=\"527627492_1076789177872659_861665117843824681_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/528072606_1076789201205990_6998115841315437943_n.jpg\" alt=\"528072606_1076789201205990_6998115841315437943_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/528680931_1076789294539314_4804811303811846097_n.jpg\" alt=\"528680931_1076789294539314_4804811303811846097_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf59d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"8cf59d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e2191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"45e2191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-45e2191-1922\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t34th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7dd487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"f7dd487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\tThe winner of the 34th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala \u201cVasilis Theodoridis\u201d was IM Can Durak (TUR), who finished clear first with 7.5\/9. He was followed by GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) and IM Aaryan Varshney (IND), both scoring 7\/9, in a strong and competitive international field.\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b5a4e elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c0b5a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/s2.chess-results.com\/tnrWZ.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30&#038;SNode=S0&#038;tno=1118602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db6b11 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"9db6b11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbd026f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"cbd026f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd6d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"6fd6d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-6fd6d26-6975\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t33rd Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304bf59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"304bf59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the 33rd Open International Chess Tournament &#8220;Vasilis Theodoridis,&#8221; held from July 29 to August 5, Andreas Keliris emerged as the winner with a score of 7.5\/9, claiming a cash prize of \u20ac2,500.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9404713 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9404713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr891755.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf538d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"dbf538d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf3561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"1bf3561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-32-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-32 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-32-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-32 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-32-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-32 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775e14c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"775e14c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf27efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"bf27efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-bf27efd-5103\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t32nd Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-018c5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"018c5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the 32nd Open International Chess Tournament &#8220;Vasilis Theodoridis,&#8221; held from July 28 to August 4, the Chinese player Jinshi Bai emerged as the winner with a score of 7.5\/9, claiming a cash prize of \u20ac2,000.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e985d5 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8e985d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr798465.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347b3ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"347b3ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e66df6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"8e66df6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880b20a elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"880b20a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-880b20a-7471\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t31st Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387a574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"387a574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Stamatis Kourkoulos wins the 31st International Tournament of Kavala.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the 31st Open International Chess Tournament, held from July 26 to August 2, Stamatis Kourkoulos emerged as the winner with a score of 7\/9, claiming a cash prize of \u20ac2,000.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347e54a elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"347e54a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr670729.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-028a445 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"028a445\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4c55c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"7a4c55c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-31-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-31 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-31-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-31 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-31-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-31 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7369a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"cd7369a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0146fed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"0146fed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f1bffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"3f1bffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-30-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-30 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-30-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-30 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-30-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-30 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d3df3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"a0d3df3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df7f1e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"df7f1e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-df7f1e8-8491\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t30th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f30ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"5f30ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tied for 1st\u20132nd place with a score of 7.5\/9 were the Russian Anton Demchenko and the American Akshat Chandra, while 3rd place with 7\/9 went to the Bulgarian Martin Petrov.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940c7a2 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"940c7a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr560265.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e7b53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"47e7b53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51797bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"51797bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a8020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"15a8020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-15a8020-9698\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t29th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b91479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"8b91479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Christos Krallis wins the 29th Open International Tournament of Kavala.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On Sunday, August 2, the 29th Open International Tournament of Kavala concluded, with 15-year-old Christos Krallis emerging as the winner with a score of 6\/7.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac78906 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"ac78906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr531042.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06559a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"f06559a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b03475d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"b03475d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-29-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-29 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-29-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-29 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-29-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-29 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd7c5e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fd7c5e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e8a77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"27e8a77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-810858b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"810858b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-28-1jpg-3.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-28 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-28-2jpg-2.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-28 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-28-3jpg-2.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-28 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d368f6e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d368f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb57997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"eb57997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-eb57997-2247\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t28th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9d36bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"d9d36bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>Plat and Andriasian are the winners of the 28th International Tournament of Kavala.<\/p><p>Tied for 1st\u20132nd place with a score of 7.5\/9 were the Czech player Vojtech Plat and the Armenian Zaven Andriasian, while 3rd place with 7\/9 was secured by the 18-year-old Petros Trimitzios.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00e718 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f00e718\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr441481.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c442e33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"c442e33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8585508 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"8585508\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8872d elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"2e8872d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-2e8872d-2590\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t27th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc555ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"dc555ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Czech player Plat wins the 27th International Tournament of Kavala.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The winner, with a score of 7.5\/9, was the Czech player Vojtech Plat, who also claimed the top cash prize of \u20ac2,500.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-976facc elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"976facc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr359126.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4bd1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"ab4bd1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab36a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"2ab36a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1534185944-134-scaled-r03qvhh33wgzpyuu1xljgu0lflgncrkqv9b6pwtabg.webp\" alt=\"1534185944-134\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1534185915-134-scaled-r03qvfleq8ef2qxkcwsabuho8tpwxdda7007rcw2nw.webp\" alt=\"1534185915-134\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1534185690-134-r03qviexaqia1ktgwg061bs20zc0kgoh7dyo76rw58.webp\" alt=\"1534185690-134\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e369400 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e369400\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c91d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"34c91d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b930c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"b2b930c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-26-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-26 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-26-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-26 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-26-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-26 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e7a5e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"75e7a5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a319a8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"a319a8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-a319a8c-3185\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t26th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92de188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"92de188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">26th Open International Chess Tournament &#8220;KAVALA 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tied for 1st\u20133rd place with a score of 7\/9 were the Ukrainians Bortnyk Olexandr and Bernadskiy Vitaliy, along with the Russian Vladimir Dobrov.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce76ad elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5ce76ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr279129.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5b3a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"af5b3a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b1aa75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"2b1aa75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e643981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"e643981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-e643981-8283\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t25th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d2f28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"88d2f28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 25th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala saw a tie at the top, with GM Zaven Andriasian (ARM) taking 1st place, followed by IM Andreas Kelires (GRE) in 2nd, and GM Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) in 3rd, all scoring 6.5 points. The top female player was WFM Iulija Osmak (UKR) with 5.5 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c1aa elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3c2c1aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr220628.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fa839 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"43fa839\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c089465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"c089465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1470493472-1267.jpg\" alt=\"1470493472-1267\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1470493472-1262.jpg\" alt=\"1470493472-1262\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1470493472-1261.jpg\" alt=\"1470493472-1261\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1470493472-1264.jpg\" alt=\"1470493472-1264\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7c15a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"ea7c15a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1ca92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"ad1ca92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2bd0f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"a2bd0f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1439548753-1184.jpg\" alt=\"1439548753-1184\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1439548753-1181.jpg\" alt=\"1439548753-1181\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1439548753-11810.jpg\" alt=\"1439548753-11810\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2048fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e2048fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305c7a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"305c7a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-305c7a7-1652\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t24th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bfd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"97bfd68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 24th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala concluded with GM Sergei Tiviakov (NED) securing 1st place with 7 points. GM Evgeny Postny (ISR) and GM Alexandr Kharitonov (RUS) followed in 2nd and 3rd place, both scoring 6.5 points. The top female player was WGM Jolanta Zawadzka (POL), who scored 6 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af4b201 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"af4b201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr172217.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b6eed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"73b6eed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370c049 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"370c049\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf00eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"1bf00eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-1bf00eb-2268\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t23rd Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90dabd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"90dabd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>Pavlidis wins the 23rd Kavala Open with his 3rd norm and the GM title.<\/p><p>The winner, with 7 points in 9 games (5 wins, 4 draws), was the international master from Kavala, Antonis Pavlidis, who achieved his third GM norm and is now awaiting FIDE to officially award him the grandmaster title.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573edbb elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"573edbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr139873.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;flag=30&#038;wi=821&#038;transfer=J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a101b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"6a101b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a311b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"a311b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-23-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-23 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-23-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-23 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-23-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-23 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541e58f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"541e58f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435dab2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"435dab2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8276f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"6c8276f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-22-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-22 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-22-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-22 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-22-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-22 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56c4d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e56c4d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8072d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"8072d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-8072d41-7941\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t22th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940797e elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"940797e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The competition at the top was intense, resulting in a tie among 7 players for 1st\u20137th place, each scoring 6.5 points in 9 games. Based on the tiebreak criteria, the final rankings were as follows:<\/p><p>1st Tamir Nabaty (ISR),2nd Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND),3rd Alexandr Kharitonov (RUS),4th Dimitris Mastrovasilis (GRE),5th Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU),6th and top female player Nino Batsiashvili (GEO),7th Thanos Mastrovasilis (GRE).<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f28897c elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f28897c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr106851.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f51ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"84f51ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d780d74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d780d74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d5c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"49d5c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-49d5c7a-2613\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t21st Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e58a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"8e58a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 21st Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala saw GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND) securing 1st place with 7.5 points. IM Alessio Valsecchi (ITA) and GM Sethuraman S.P. (IND) followed in 2nd and 3rd place, both scoring 6.5 points. The top female player was WGM Jolanta Zawadzka (POL), who scored 5 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ba490 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"43ba490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr77031.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0c819 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"3c0c819\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc923e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"4cc923e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/med_1343980944-96.jpg\" alt=\"med_1343980944-96\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/med_1343980913-96.jpg\" alt=\"med_1343980913-96\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/med_1343980880-96.jpg\" alt=\"med_1343980880-96\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69da05d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"69da05d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7032d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d7032d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4581b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"7f4581b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-20-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-20 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-20-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-20 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-20-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-20 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-870d9c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"870d9c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354e75b elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"354e75b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-354e75b-5266\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t20th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce2e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"3ce2e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The tournament began on July 30, and after 9 rounds, the winner with 7 points was the Serbian Dragan Solak, breaking the tie with the 2nd place Polish player Mateusz Bartel.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77335af elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"77335af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr53575.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;turdet=YES&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bbb49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"88bbb49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddd7f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"7ddd7f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d27838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"5d27838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-5d27838-5334\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t19th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62c430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"a62c430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 19th Open International Kavala Chess Tournament, held over 9 rounds, showcased strong competition with notable Grandmasters like GM Tukhaev Adam (UKR) and GM Gupta Abhijeet (IND) both finishing with 7 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e722b03 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e722b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr36513.aspx?lan=1&#038;art=1&#038;flag=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec756c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"1ec756c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a250e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"e3a250e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-7715.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-7715\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-7714.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-7714\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-7713.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-7713\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-7711.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-7711\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-777.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-777\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1281368192-773.jpg\" alt=\"1281368192-773\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383a03b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"383a03b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c85f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"24c85f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df94fd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"df94fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-18-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-18 1jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-18-2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-18 2jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-18-3jpg.jpg\" alt=\"kavala-open-18 3jpg\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5698e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"8d5698e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85987da elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"85987da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-85987da-5377\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t18th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef219e elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"fef219e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 18th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala in 2009 ended with a tie among seven players scoring 7 points. The top 5 were ranked as follows: 1st GM Alberto David (LUX), 2nd GM Sandipan Chanda (IND), 3rd GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND), 4th GM Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), and 5th GM Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU). The best female performer was WGM Sopiko Khukhashvili (GEO), scoring 6 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd55e18 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bd55e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr24167.aspx?art=1&#038;rd=9&#038;lan=1&#038;m=-1&#038;wi=1000&#038;transfer=J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2265e05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"2265e05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9078695 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"9078695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78845cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"78845cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-78845cd-9716\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t17th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ab669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"a0ab669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 17th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from July 30 to August 7, 2008, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. The tournament featured a total prize fund of 13,000 euros. GM Stelios Halkias (GRE) emerged as the winner of the event.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6f9c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"bd6f9c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-823df03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"823df03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1218481096-5213.jpg\" alt=\"1218481096-5213\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1218481096-5220.jpg\" alt=\"1218481096-5220\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1218481096-5212.jpg\" alt=\"1218481096-5212\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9afeee5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"9afeee5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259c337 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"259c337\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0187777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"0187777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1187167626-412.jpg\" alt=\"1187167626-412\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1187167542-417.jpg\" alt=\"1187167542-417\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1187167542-4110.jpg\" alt=\"1187167542-4110\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1187167542-4112.jpg\" alt=\"1187167542-4112\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6de110 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"a6de110\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-976b7a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"976b7a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-976b7a6-9079\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t16th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-445ef2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"445ef2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 16th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala concluded with GM Ivan Ivanisevic (SRB) securing 1st place with 7.5 points. GM Vasilios Kotronias (GRE) followed in 2nd place with 7 points, while GM Tamaz Gelashvili (GEO) finished 3rd with 6.5 points. The best female performer was IM Elina Danielian (ARM), who also scored 6.5 points and finished 6th overall.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011fb1a elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"011fb1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/chess-results.com\/tnr8630.aspx?lan=3&#038;art=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">View Final Standings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7143d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e7143d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e6618 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"28e6618\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a74f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"3a74f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-3a74f5d-7555\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t15th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f594a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"3f594a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 15th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 4 to 11, 2006, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Dmitry Svetushkin (MDA) claimed 1st place, followed by GM Stelios Halkias (GRE) in 2nd and GM Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR) in 3rd. The total prize fund for the event was 10,000 euros.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f2d6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"f8f2d6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d53c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"f9d53c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1155386560-305.jpg\" alt=\"1155386560-305\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1155386784-303.jpg\" alt=\"1155386784-303\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1155387107-301.jpg\" alt=\"1155387107-301\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1155386963-304.jpg\" alt=\"1155386963-304\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74582e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"74582e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ab41c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"92ab41c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9392c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"9392c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1124620271-201.jpg\" alt=\"1124620271-201\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1124620182-204.jpg\" alt=\"1124620182-204\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1124620271-202.jpg\" alt=\"1124620271-202\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ee7fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e2ee7fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30ad048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"30ad048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-30ad048-2597\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t14th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252215e elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"252215e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\tThe 14th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 12 to 19, 2005, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Suat Atalik (BIH) claimed 1st place, followed by GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU) in 2nd and GM Spyros Skembris (GRE) in 3rd, all scoring 7.5 points. The total prize fund for the event was 8,500 euros.\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e415693 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e415693\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20bfb29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"20bfb29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90e965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"e90e965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-e90e965-8806\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t13th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c95ec00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"c95ec00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 13th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from July 31 to August 7, 2004, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Vladimir Belov (RUS) secured 1st place, while GM J\u00f3zsef Horv\u00e1th (HUN) finished 2nd, both scoring 7.5 points. The tournament featured 206 participants, including 19 GMs and 18 IMs, with a total prize fund of 7,500 euros.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d88ca1f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d88ca1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b972115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"b972115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134828.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134828\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134836.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134836\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134839.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134839\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134832.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134832\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134834.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134834\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0dffb6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"c0dffb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857ab5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"857ab5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f9c7fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"9f9c7fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134333.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134333\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134224\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134138.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134138\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134247.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134247\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f57ba2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"0f57ba2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99682a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"99682a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-99682a1-2826\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t12th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c72f84a elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"c72f84a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 12th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala, part of the Kavala-Athens Greek Grand Prix, took place from August 8 to 15, 2003, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Vasilios Kotronias (GRE) and GM Boris Avrukh (ISR) shared 1st place, both scoring 7.5 points. The tournament had 202 participants and a prize fund of 7,000 euros, plus an additional 3,000 euros for the Grand Prix.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae28ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"8ae28ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91fcb3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"c91fcb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9096f elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"3a9096f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-3a9096f-1062\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t11th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88c91cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"88c91cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 11th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 10 to 17, 2002, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Nikolaj Pedersen (DEN) and GM Alexey Kamatgaleyev (RUS) tied for 1st place with 7.5 points each. The tournament featured 191 participants, including 13 GMs, 5 WGMs, 16 IMs, and other titled players. The total prize fund was 5,400 euros.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a26bf82 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"a26bf82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ebf6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"73ebf6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20230118_230007.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20230118_230007\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_133926.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_133926\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_133930.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_133930\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_134014.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_134014\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38eca8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"e38eca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7349d9a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"7349d9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f69f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"04f69f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-chess-4.jpeg\" alt=\"kavala-open-chess-4\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06096b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"06096b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75118d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"75118d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-75118d2-2199\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t10th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d05b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"d7d05b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 10th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala, held from August 21 to 29, 2001, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture, was part of the 1st European Chess Grand Prix. GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) and GM Mariyan Petrov (BUL) shared first place with 7.5 points each. The tournament featured 140 participants, and the total prize fund was 1,700,000 drachmas (approximately 5,000 euros).<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6099d21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"6099d21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02797fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"02797fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7d1a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"5f7d1a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-5f7d1a0-2709\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t9th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37bad1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"d37bad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 9th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from July 25 to August 1, 2000, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture. GM Thanos Mastrovasilis claimed first place with an impressive score of 8 points. The event featured 71 participants, and the total prize fund was 1,000,000 drachmas.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aede94c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"aede94c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cbfbf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5cbfbf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-chess-4.jpeg\" alt=\"kavala-open-chess-4\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf6848 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fdf6848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456f8dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"456f8dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c43992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5c43992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kavala-open-chess-4.jpeg\" alt=\"kavala-open-chess-4\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab90ea2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"ab90ea2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1542b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"1542b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-1542b48-6488\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t8th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d30dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"8d30dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 8th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala, held from August 11 to 19, 1998, at the Amphitheater of the Prefecture, featured 122 participants, including 8 GMs, 8 IMs, and 6 FMs. The total prize fund was 2,000,000 drachmas. GM Nenasev from Uzbekistan secured first place with 7.5 points. This edition also hosted the 1st Greek Women\u2019s Open Championship, marking an important milestone in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a165bc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"a165bc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601fe56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"601fe56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a4dda elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"48a4dda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-48a4dda-1627\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t7th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a74902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"3a74902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 7th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 13 to 21, 1997, at the Municipal Tobacco Warehouse. It attracted 135 participants, including 5 GMs, 1 WGM, 13 IMs, and 7 FMs, with a total prize fund of 1,500,000 drachmas. GM Nenasev from Uzbekistan claimed first place with 7.5 points, followed by GM Miladinovi\u0107 (competing under the Greek flag) in second place and GM Vasilios Kotronias (GRE) in third. The event continued to grow as a key fixture in the international chess calendar.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4bfd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"2d4bfd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d202e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"f8d202e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_130839.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_130839\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4276b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"1d4276b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d0a9b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"69d0a9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13065bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"13065bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG20230116164302.jpg\" alt=\"IMG20230116164302\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d588404 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d588404\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a13a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"2a13a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-2a13a3c-4743\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t6th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ff64cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"9ff64cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 6th Open International Chess Tournament of Kavala was held from August 10 to 18, 1996, at the Kavala Municipal Library (Megali Leschi). The tournament featured 136 participants, including 5 GMs and 9 IMs, competing for a prize fund of 800,000 drachmas. GM Antic (YUG) secured first place, followed by Dimitrov (BUL) in second and Spyros Skembris (GRE) in third. The event also saw strong performances from Banikas (GRE), Miladinovi\u0107 (GRE), Kaspi (ISR), and Bogdanovski (FYROM), all finishing with 7 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc66b88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"bc66b88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59310e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"b59310e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b53657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"1b53657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-1b53657-6179\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t5th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986a126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"986a126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 5th Open Chess Tournament of Kavala, held from August 12 to 20, 1995, took place at the Kavala Municipal Library (Megali Leschi). There were 128 participants (113 men and 15 women), including 3 IMs and 5 FMs. The prize fund was 500,000 drachmas. Giannis Papaioannou and Andreas Kofidis, both from Greece, shared first place with 7.5 points each.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b9f7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"d2b9f7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1681d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"1681d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_130352.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_130352\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb148eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fb148eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be72b49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"be72b49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267fd1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"267fd1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_122559.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_122559\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19aa90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"c19aa90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8699037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"8699037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-8699037-7110\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t4th Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736c066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"736c066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 4th Open Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 21 to 28, 1994, at the Kavala Municipal Library (Megali Leschi). There were 54 participants (45 men and 19 women), including 1 WGM, 2 IMs, and 1 FM. The prize fund was 400,000 drachmas. Andreas Kofidis claimed first place with 7.5 points, followed closely by Nikos Kalesis, also with 7.5 points, based on tie-break criteria.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad1123 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"5ad1123\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3ce01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"7d3ce01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0d1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"cf0d1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-cf0d1e7-6309\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t3rd Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e46f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"09e46f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 3rd Open Chess Tournament of Kavala took place from August 2 to 8, 1993, at the S.F.G.T. Hall. There were 32 participants (27 men and 5 women), with a prize fund of 300,000 drachmas. Petros Metaxas claimed first place with 6.5 points, securing victory in this competitive event.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbefa66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fbefa66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a92a25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"8a92a25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 2\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_122234.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_122234\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 2\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_122203.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_122203\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fdad4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"19fdad4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb571e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"fb571e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad6576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"3ad6576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_121649.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_121649\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeb1c80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"eeb1c80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6eae88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"b6eae88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-b6eae88-6102\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t2nd Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d6f7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"0d6f7ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 2nd Open Kavala Chess Tournament, held from August 3 to 9, 1992, served as the qualification event for the Northern Greece region for the Greek Open Championship. With 25 participants (22 male and 3 female), the tournament featured a prize pool of 200,000 drachmas. The winner, Panagiotis Dagakis from Greece, secured 6 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96dc980 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child \" data-id=\"96dc980\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c026e2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"c026e2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b47154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_heading\" data-id=\"1b47154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pxl-pxl_heading-1b47154-8690\" class=\"pxl-heading pxl-heading--tcustom\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-heading--inner\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<h3 class=\"pxl-item--title   pxl-color-custom wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"300ms\">\n\n\n\t1st Open\t\t\t\n\t<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fe6a78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pxl_text_editor\" data-id=\"1fe6a78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pxl_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pxl-text-editor\">\n\t<div class=\"pxl-item--inner \" data-wow-delay=\"500ms\">\n\t\t<p>The 1st International Kavala Chess Tournament, part of the &#8220;Corfu &#8211; Halkidiki &#8211; Kavala&#8221; Grand Prix, took place from September 14 to 22, 1991, at the Lucy Hotel. It had 132 participants (118 men, 14 women) including 9 GMs, 12 IMs, and 9 FMs. The prize fund was 2,700,000 drachmas. The top three players were Vasilis Kotronias (GRE), Kyril Georgiev (BUL), and Nikolai Andrianov (USR), each finishing with 7 points.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbfd0a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child \" data-id=\"cbfd0a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8ce84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"7d8ce84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3500,&quot;speed&quot;:2500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_120828.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_120828\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_120824.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_120824\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250109_120819.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20250109_120819\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOURNAMENT WINNERS THROUGH THE YEARS- TOURNAMENT WINNERS THROUGH THE YEARS- Vasilis Theodoridis Vasilis Theodoridis, founder of the Chess International Tournament of Kavala since 1991, dedicated his life to promoting chess and nurturing its growth in the region. Through his vision and tireless efforts, he established one of the most prestigious chess events in Greece, leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17023","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17023"}],"version-history":[{"count":217,"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20964,"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17023\/revisions\/20964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chesskavala.gr\/open\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}