Tuesday held quite a demanding schedule for the participants of the 34th NATO Chess Championship due to the double round. The 2nd round started at 8.00 am followed by the 3rd at 2.00 pm.
The twists and turns of today’s rounds certainly bode well for a highly competitive Championship. One of the most pleasant surprises is that in the top 8 of the final ranking after the 3rd round we have 4 Greek players with 3 wins in equal games (Rachmanidis, Alexakis, Papasimakopoulos, Pavlidis) while Katerina Pavlidou (Elo 2153) tied with last year’s Champion , German FM Robert Stein (Elo 2409).
The Latvian WGM Dana Reizniece – Ozola also remains on an absolute winning streak, tied with the 4 Greeks, Patrick Emilio Aizpurua (Panama) and Hans – Christoph Andersen (Germany) in 1st place.
At group level, Greece is in 1st place with 12 points, Germany is 2nd with 10.5 points and Latvia is 3rd with 9.5 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.