35th Kavala Open Chess Tournament "Vasilis Theodoridis"

35th Kavala Open Chess Tournament "Vasilis Theodoridis" was a 110-player classical Swiss in Kavala, Greece, 27 Jul – 4 Aug 2026. Won by Szpar with 7½/9 (2614 performance). Virtanen (2224) was the breakout, performing at 2423 and gaining 38 rating points. Top seed Kourkoulos-Arditis (2570) finished 7th with 6/9. Last updated 23 Oct 2026, 00:57 UTC.

Dates: 27 Jul – 4 Aug
Place: Kavala, Greece
Format: 9-round swiss
Time control: 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec / move

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Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMSzpar, MiloszPOL	2518	7½	2614	+10
2	GMPeng, Li MinSUI	2529	7	2536	+3
3	GMStefansson, Vignir VatnarISL	2540	6½	2469	−6
4	IMKrallis, ChristosGRE	2424	6½	2533	+14
5	IMBadelka, OlgaAUT	2406	6½	2465	+8
6	FMPapadopoulos, GeorgiosGRE	2359	6½	2488	+16
7	GMKourkoulos-Arditis, StamatisGRE	2570	6	2498	−7
8	GMIoannidis, EvgeniosGRE	2473	6	2349	−10
9	GMMastrovasilis, AthanasiosGRE	2430	6	2413	−1
10	IMLopez Rayo, SantiagoCOL	2425	6	2410	−1
11	IMCampos Gomez, ManuelCOL	2421	6	2490	+9
12	IMAaditya DhingraIND	2404	6	2470	+7
13	IMFavaloro, AndreaITA	2391	6	2455	+8
14	IMKurmann, OliverSUI	2354	6	2307	−4
15	WGMToncheva, NadyaBUL	2347	6	2493	+16
16	IMAronyak GhoshIND	2549	5½	2474	−5
17	GMTilicheev, ViacheslavSRB	2430	5½	2527	+11
18	GMRios Gomez, Cristhian CamiloCOL	2406	5½	2315	−10
19	FMSydoryka, VladyslavUKR	2402	5½	2372	−2
20	GMKrush, IrinaUSA	2401	5½	2340	−5
21	IMKalogridis, AntoniosGRE	2399	5½	2436	+5
22	IMSavitha Shri BIND	2368	5½	2428	+8
23	FMStefanou, DimitriosGRE	2358	5½	2359	+3
24	FMVassis, MichailGRE	2353	5½	2348	+1
25	IMNeelash SahaIND	2476	5	2434	−4
26	WGMYu, JenniferUSA	2335	5	2299	−6
27	FMStamatiou, RodolfosGRE	2324	5	2481	+34
28	FMMakridis, DimitriosGRE	2311	5	2447	+30
29	IMAbrahamyan, TatevUSA	2365	4½	2282	−6
30	GMBabujian, LevonARM	2337	4½	2317	−1
31	FMShaik Sumer ArshIND	2317	4	2336	+5
32	IMKavutskiy, KostyaUSA	2315	4	2316
33	FMBagwe GaurangIND	2311	4	2281	−4
34	FMVirtanen, TeemuFIN	2224	4	2423	+38
35	WFMSiskou, EvangeliaGRE	1955	4	2439	+101
36	IMCarnicelli, ValerioITA	2436	3½	2255	−13
37	FMCiric, PavleSRB	2271	3½	2283	+2
38	CMOikonomopoulos, FilipposGRE	2258	3½	2342	+28
39	CMKrawczyk, FlawianPOL	2325	3	2237	−16
40	FMNoy, EyalISR	2314	3	2302	−2
41	FMGkavardinas, AntoniosGRE	2304	3	2290	−2
42	WGMChernyak, ViktoriaISR	2203	3	2352	+23
43	CMOdabasi, RuzgarTUR	2182	3	2325	+21
44	FMAshwath KaushikSGP	2278	2½	2383	+13
45	Saine, ZacharyCAN	2124	2½	2147	+2
46	WGMKrasteva, BeloslavaBUL	2304	2	2384	+6
47	CMDarshan GIND	2173	2	2307	+16
48	Vardakas, GrigoriosGRE	2110	2	2256	+17
49	Devnani KushIND	2209	1½	2167	−6
50	CMMnatsakanyan, ArenARM	2201	1½	2217	+3
51	FMSirigos, NikolaosGRE	2115	1½	2358	+18
52	CMPapadopoulos, PanayotisGRE	2298	1	2253	−2
53	Ansh M ShahIND	2259	1	1956	−37
54	CMVihaan Karthikeya NIND	2252	1	2126	−19
55	FMVeleshnja, ZinoALB	2227	1	2248	+1
56	FMRamirez Garcia, Jorge AlbertoMEX	2216	1	2146	−8
57	CMMamikonyan, Artem TARM	2210	1	2257	+7
58	Tsarsitalidis, ChristosGRE	2184	1	2145	−8
59	CMGimenez Menchon, CesarESP	2159	1	2271	+8
60	Serbes, GokayTUR	2069	1	2155	+12
61	Suman, SaideepIND	2034	1	2306	+26
62	Pitsakis, IliasGRE	2028	1	2264	+24
63	IMGaal, ZsokaHUN	2376	½	2125	−3
64	CMJagreet MisraIND	2260	½	1974	−53
65	FMStefanou, KonstantinosGRE	2260	½	1999	−19
66	Zhang, HaoxuanCHN	2253	½	2065	−10
67	CMAvanesyan, AleksandrARM	2239	½	2245	−1
68	FMLiskiewicz, JakubPOL	2235	½	2112	−9
69	CMFragkos, VasileiosGRE	2225	½	2140	−5
70	CMSaksham WadhwaIND	2189	½	2203	+1
71	Karademir, BugraTUR	2172	½	2079	−7
72	Kosmidis, IoannisGRE	2156	½	2202	+2
73	CMJoel Paul GantaIND	2148	½	2430	+7
74	FMMelikhov, Evgeny V.GRE	2139	½	2210	+3
75	CMStoimenidis, DimitriosGRE	2133	½	2109	−2
76	Lafkidis, ApostolosGRE	2125	½	2162	+3
77	FMBhagat KushIND	2352	0	1315	−8
78	FMKouskoutis, Georgios-AlexandrosGRE	2270	0	1652	−11
79	FMRibeiro, GustavoPOR	2217	0	1559	−12
80	CMKaramichos, MichailGRE	2205	0	1558	−24
81	CMBoutikos, EleftheriosGRE	2189	0	1542	−48
82	Pavel, Sebastian-IonutROU	2168	0	1584	−10
83	Vafiadis, KleanthisGRE	2160	0	1611	−8
84	IMMaksimovic, BranimirSRB	2158	0	1673	−1
85	WIMZhou, GuijueCHN	2149	0	1630	−3
86	Tzortzatos, Dimosthenis PanagiotGRE	2143	0	1625	−6
87	Zygouris, HristosGRE	2140	0	1624	−3
88	Margaritis, Ioannis MGRE	2139	0	1621	−6
89	Betsakos, KonstantinosGRE	2137	0	1677	−5
90	CMSahbudak, Baris CinarTUR	2137	0	1606	−7
91	Palaiologou, ApostolosGRE	2133	0	1601	−7
92	Theodoridis, CharalamposGRE	2132	0	1600	−14
93	Khymchenko, MaksymUKR	2128	0	1302	−22
94	CMMylonakis, IoannisGRE	2126	0	1572	−16
95	Kiryttopoulos, IoannisGRE	2123	0	1565	−8
96	WFMNenova, AndzhelikaBUL	2121	0	1558	−8
97	CMVivaan Vijay SaraogiIND	2121	0	1559	−8
98	Kyparissopoulos, SpyridonGRE	2119	0	1554	−4
99	CMDorfanis, IlarionGRE	2117	0	1553	−4
100	Merkouropoulos, DionysiosGRE	2096	0	1535	−8
101	Yardimci, CanTUR	2094	0	1524	−8
102	Loukopoulos, Panagiotis-AthanasiGRE	2091	0	1553	−4
103	Paarshva ParmarIND	2063	0	1530	−14
104	Stefan, VictorGRE	2061	0	1515	−4
105	Oner, Yigit EfeTUR	2047	0	1565	−5
106	Rychkov, RomanUSA	2034	0	1511	−3
107	Bougas, GeorgiosGRE	2021	0	1452	−8
108	Mixakis, EvangelosGRE	2012	0	1324	−7
109	Goutoufas, ChristosGRE	2008	0	1525	−3
110	Stoychev, OgnianBUL	2000	0	1517	−3

Results

Round 429 Jul, 14:00