Nikita Maiorov was the lucky winner of the 2nd International Chess Tournament of Anogia "Ideon Andron" 2013, which took place on 10-17th July at the Piraeus Bank Event Venue, Anogia, Crete.
Maiorov, a 28 year-old grandmaster from Belarus, edged first seed Stelios Halkias on tiebreaks after both players finished the 9 rounds with 7 points.
The eventual champion arrived as sole leader to the final round but could not put down untitled Konstantinos Markidis, while Halkias defeated GM Dejan Antic with black to catch him in the standings.
Precisely Markidis got third place and added 16 points to his Elo rating.
The total prize fund is 4000 EUR. Top prizes are EUR 1300/ 1000/ 500/ 250.
Tournament website
Final Standings (top finishers):
1 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2538 7
2 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2565 7
3 Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2376 6.5
4 GM Pap Misa SRB 2489 6.5
5 Goumas Georgios GRE 2380 6.5
6 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2470 6
7 WGM Cherednichenko Svetlana UKR 2290 6
8 Milonakis Georgios GRE 2213 6
9 GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2458 6
10 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2430 5.5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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