Halkidiki Chess Open 2006

This open tournament was held parallel with the 2nd World School Championship. There were 86 participants.


Final standings:
1-2. GM Ioannis Nikolaidis (GRE 2518) and IM Boris Itkis (ROM 2490) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
3-11. IM Nikoloz Shavtvaladze (GEO 2368), GM Krum Georgiev (BUL 2482), IM Michael Hoffmann (GER 2467), GM Efstratios Grivas (GRE 2500), IM Riho Liiva (EST 2411), Alexandros Grigoriadis (GRE), Konstantinos Markidis (GRE 2367), IM Matthias Thesing (GER 2413) and Rolando Renteria (COL 2165) 6.5/9 etc.


Iulian Sofronie 2419 - Ioannis Nikolaidis 2518
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. Be2 a6 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Nf4 21. Bf3 Rxd4 22. Nc4 Rd3 23. Rc3 Rcd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Be4 26. Ne3 Qe5 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. f4 Nxf4 30. Ke1 Rxh2 0-1


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