Acropolis International chess tournament

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The Acropolis International is a chess tournament held in Athens. The longest running international chess tournament in Greece, the first event was won by Luděk Pachman in 1968. The next event was not held until 1977, but subsequently it has been organized on a fairly regular basis by the Greek Chess Federation, totaling 22 tournaments through 2007.[1]

The 2007 tournament was part of the Association of Chess Professionals Tour (ACP Tour).[1]

[edit] Winners

Acropolis International in Athens
# Year Winner
1 1968 Flag of Czechoslovakia Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia)
2 1977 Flag of Romania Valentin Stoica (Romania)
3 1978 Flag of West Germany Bela Soos (West Germany)
4 1979 Flag of Romania Aurel Urzica (Romania)
5 1980 Flag of Yugoslavia Dusan Raikovic (Yugoslavia)
6 1982 Flag of Greece Nikolaos Skalkotas (Greece)
7 1983 Flag of Bulgaria Nikola Padevsky (Bulgaria)
8 1984 Flag of Yugoslavia Sasa Velickovic (Yugoslavia)
9 1985 Flag of Romania Valentin Stoica (Romania)
10 1986 Flag of Greece Efstatios Grivas (Greece)
11 1987 Flag of the Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov (Soviet Union)
12 1988 Flag of Greece Vassilios Kotronias (Greece)
13 1989 Flag of Bulgaria Petar Velikov (Bulgaria)
14 1991 Flag of Greece Efstratios Grivas (Greece)
15 1992 Flag of Germany Rainer Knaak (Germany)
16 1993 Flag of Iceland Hannes Stefansson (Iceland)
17 1997 Flag of Georgia (country) Tamas Gelashvili (Georgia)
18 2003 Flag of Cyprus Vassilios Kotronias (Cyprus)
19 2004 Flag of Greece Athanasios Mastrovasilis (Greece)
20 2005 Flag of Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)
21 2006 Flag of Georgia (country) Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia)
22 2007 Flag of Israel Ilya Smirin (Israel)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b “Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007”, ChessBase News, 26 August 2007, <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4073>. Retrieved on 10 April 2008