The 2022 Greek Chess Championships took place in Athens from 3-11 December. The Open event was played as a 10-player round-robin tournament and the Women’s event was an 11-player round-robin, with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
Georgios Mitsis convincingly won the 71st edition of the Gree Chess Championship scoring 7/9 points. He was a point and a half ahead of the runner-ups FM Nikolaos Koutlas and GM Spyridon Skembris. The 20-year-old won his maiden Greek Champion title with a round to spare.
WGM Marina Makropoulou won the Women’s event thanks to the first-round victory against Antonia Christodoulaki. The two players scored 7 points, each, to tie for the top. The first tie-break criteria was a direct encounter, and WGM Marina Makropoulou won the decisive game. Aged 62, Marina Makropoulou clinched her ninth national title in Greece and broke two records: the number of women’s champions titles and the oldest woman to win the national championship in Greece. Scroll down for final rankings
Final rankings – 71st Greek Chess Championship:
1
Mitsis, Georgios (2365)
7
2
FM Koutlas, Nikolaos (2267)
5½
3
GM Skembris, Spyridon (2381)
5½
4
IM Alexakis, Dimitris (2486)
5
5
FM Trimitzios, Petros (2358)
5
6
FM Markidis, Konstantinos (2290)
4½
7
FM Alexiadis, Hristos (2342)
4½
8
IM Moutousis, Konstantinos (2392)
3½
9
Naoum, Spyridon (2352)
3
10
Marinakis, Hristos (2118)
1½
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Final rankings – 44th Greek Women’s Chess Championship:
1
WGM Makropoulou, Marina (2130)
7
2
Christodoulaki, Antonia (2063)
7
3
Mihailidou, Magdalini (1815)
6
4
WFM Makka, Evanthia (2008)
5½
5
WIM Makka, Ioulia (1952)
5½
6
Androni, Konstantina (1964)
5
7
Gkoutzouki, Aikaterini Argyro (1618)
5
8
Drakaki, Anna-Maria (1956)
5
9
Deli, Eleanna Ratzvika (1718)
3½
10
Amiridou, Dimitra (1871)
3
11
Kiousi, Panagiota (1818)
2½