The end of the 4th round of the 34th NATO Chess Championship finds two Greeks at the top: IM Dimitris Alexakis (2504 ELO) and FM Petros Rachmanidis (2219 ELO) with an absolute number of wins in as many games (4 out of 4). We remind you that, according to the regulations, the two players, because they belong to the same team, will not face each other.
In places 3-8 there is a six-way tie with 3.5 points in 4 games: FM Robert Stein, FM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos, FM Finn Pedersen, Andrew Jeselson, WGM Dana Reizniece – Ozola, Patryk Michalowski.
FM Stein got his blood back by beating IM Tasos Pavlidis while FM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos managed to grab a draw with a triple replay from WGM Dana Riezniece – Ozola in his opponent’s time pressure.
At the group level, there were several rearrangements with Greece only remaining in 1st place with 14.5 points, in 2nd-3rd place the USA tied with Poland with 12.5 points.
All the results of the matches can be found by clicking here -> Results/ Standings NATO CC
Its games are streamed through the Lichess.org platform and you can watch the 2nd round by clicking here -> Lichess Online Games – R2 & the 3rd round by clicking here -> Lichess Online Games – R3
The 34th NATO Chess Championship is organized by the secretariat of the ASAED (Supreme Council for Sports of the Armed Forces) and the International Military Chess Committee of NATO (IMCC) with co-organizers the Chess Club of Rhodes “IPPOTIS”, the South Aegean Region, the Municipality of Rhodes and the Hellenic Chess Federation (ESO).
Special thanks for their continuous support to the South Aegean Region, the Regional Governor Mr. HATZIMARKOS GIORGOS & the Deputy Regional Governor for Sports Mr. DELAPORTAS AKIS, the RODOS PALACE Hotel 5* and Mr. KAMPOURAKIS ANTONIS, XENAKIS mobility, Dodecanese Beekeeping, J@D Rent a Car, At Holidays, the Accounting Office “Papadimitriou & Associates”, Elektrodomi S.A.