Porto Carras aerial view
The World Amateur Chess Championships will be held in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece on the northern coast of the Aegean Sea. The dates are 13 April (arrivals, technical meeting) to 22 April 2015 (departures).
The games will take place in the conference center of the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort, on the Sithonia peninsula of Halkidiki, 100 km south of Thessaloniki airport. Porto Carras is an excellent holiday destination, surrounded by pure natural beauty and sandy beaches on the crystal-clear waters of the Aegean Sea.
The prize fund in the amount of 8.000 € will be awarded as:
Open Section: 1.000 €/ 800 €/ 600 €/ 500 €/ 400 €/ 300 €/ 200 €/ 200 €
Women Section: 700 €/ 500 €/ 400 €/ 300 €/ 300 €/ 200 €
Special prizes: U1800: 250 €/ 150 €; U1600: 250 €/ 150 €; U1400: 250 €/ 150 €; U1200: 250 €/ 150 €
Regulations and registration procedure (pdf)
Chief Arbiter is IA Sotiris Logothetis.
Tournament Director is FIDE IO Nikos Kalesis:
Tel. (+30) 6938326161
Fax (+30) 2641500112
Email: fidewacc2015@gmail.com
Participants:
1. Ruffenach Alain FRA 1974
2. Gibbs Dominic V ENG 1967
3. Occhipinti Giuseppe ITA 1961
4. Germen Yanay TUR 1952
5. Magallanes Gustavo ARG 1950
6. Pierandrei Cristiano ITA 1948
7. Caushaj Kastriot ALB 1941
8. Ahlqvist Esa FIN 1930
9. Dawson Alastair SCO 1924
10. Alkhaldi Bader KUW 1916
11. Giordos Vasilios GRE 1913
12. WCM Panesso Lina COL 1911
13. Koutsogiannopoulou Theodora GRE 1910
14. Karaivanov Alexander BUL 1909
15. Chetina Elizaveta RUS 1880
16. Azikri Gur ISR 1879
17. Wlogalski Olivier BEL 1877
18. Havumaki Jani FIN 1874
19. Dierckens Sarah BEL 1870
20. Bourogaa Younes FRA 1865
21. Mohnblatt Daniel FRA 1863
22. WCM Gitu Paula-Alexandra MDA 1858
23. Ramil Rumusud PHI 1857
24. Limono Handjojo INA 1844
25. Vivek.M. IND 1832
26. Jassem Philippe BEL 1820
27. Tolibayev Timur KAZ 1818
28. Aparajita Gochhikar IND 1800
29. Onturk Senan Utku TUR 1800
30. Klucznik Andre FRA 1776
31. Dagonia Steve FRA 1775
32. Boer Jan NED 1748
33. Le Bris Louis FRA 1745
34. Georgiou Andreas CYP 1739
35. Frederiksen Jens DEN 1738
36. Mc Roberts Holly J USA 1733
37. Tarraf Tarraf LIB 1712
38. Michaelides Konstantinos CYP 1697
39. Alessandro Sergio ITA 1692
40. Alhasan Hasan KUW 1683
41. Iatros Aristidis GRE 1664
42. Ezizov Jumamuhammet TKM 1642
43. Zygourakis Themistoklis GRE 1603
44. Thomre Abhishek IND 1563
45. Endresen Ola Torstein NOR 1557
46. Wilson F Leon USA 1554
47. Alhassan Meshari KUW 1454
48. Gupta Niti IND 1415
49. Alajmi Abdulrahman KUW 1384
50. Nezosi Christophe FRA 1342
51. Nezosi Constantin FRA 1049
52. Alhazzaa Abdulrahman KUW 0
53. Alotaibi Abdulsalam KUW 0
54. Crowe Jonathan Joseph USA 0
55. De Lange Gerard NED 0
56. De Lange Marieke NED 0
57. Hotwani Rahul NED 0
58. Preda Iulian Cosmin ESP 0
59. Puusepp Kaimar EST 0
60. Turu Indrek EST 0