1st Artemis Cup

1st Leros Open - Artemis Cup 2009, held July 11 - 19, 2009, Leros, Greece Final standings (9 rounds, 72 players): 1. GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR 2696) 7.0 2. GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO 2592) 7.0 3. GM Tamaz Gelashvili (GEO 2605) 6.5 4. GM Aleksandr Shneider (UKR 2539) 6.5 5. GM Veljko (SRB 2487) 6.5 6. WGM Monica Calzetta Ruiz (ESP 2344) 6.5 (The Chief would be proud)(Photo: XXVI Open Internacional d'Andorra, July 21, 2008) 22. IM Liubov Kostiukova (UKR 2208) 5.5 23. WGM Bianca Muhren (NED 2312) 5.0 24. WIM Sheila Barth Shal (NOR 2217) 5.0 31. Maria Ikonomopoulou (GRE 2052) 5.0 35. WFM Marie Frank-Nielsen (DEN 2000) 4.5 37. Ellisiv Reppen (NOR 1905) 4.5 56. Antonia Anagnostopoulou (GRE 1005) 3.0 59. Maria Kourumpa (GRE 1000) 3.0 65. Dimitra Gountinta (GRE 1005) 2.5

1st Artemis Cup

I love the name of this tournament! Taking place on Leros island takes place 11th-19th July 2009 (72 players). Report from The Week in Chess: Some early surprises: Mchedlishvili (2592) - Post (NED, 1951) ½ - ½ ! (1st rd.), Kostiukova L. (2208) - Shneider Al. (2539) ½ - ½, Nikolaidis I. (2510) - Muhren W. (NED, 2188) 0-1! (2nd rd.). The top-5 encounters of the 3rd rd.: Miroshnichenko (UKR, 2696) - Estremera (ESP, IM 2394) ½ - ½, Hunt Ad. (IM, 2428) - Gelashvili (GEO, 2605) ½ - ½, Kourkounakis (IM 2378) - Timoshenko G. (2556) ½ - ½, Mastrovasilis Ath. (2475) - Kotrotsos (2359) 1-0, Calzetta (WGM, 2344) - Jeremic (2487) ½ - ½. Top chess femme standings after 3 Rounds: 8. Calzetta Ruiz Monica WGM ESP 2344 2.5 14. Muhren Bianca WGM NED 2312 2 23. Frank-Nielsen Marie WFM DEN 2000 2 Monica Calzetta was a favorite player of The Chief (IM Ricardo Calvo).