ACROPOLIS

One of the most important Greek international chess festivals organized in Athens between 1968 and 2009 (with an interruption from 1994 to 2002). The event included 3 tournaments – two for men and one for women.

The  winners were: 1968 Ludek Pachman, 1977 Valentin Stoica, 1978 Bela Soos, 1979 Aurel Urzica, 1980 Duzan Rajkovic, 1982 Nikolaos Skalkotas, 1983 Nikola Padevsky, 1984 Sasa Velickovic, 1985 Valentin Stoica, 1987 Efstratios, 1987 Evgeni Vasiukov, 1988 Vasilios Kotronias, 1989 Petar Velikov, 1991 Efstratios Grivas, 1992 Rainer Knaak, 1993 Hannes Stefansson, 1997 Tamas Gelashvili, 2003 Vasilios Kotronias, 2004 Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, 2005 Vugar Gashimov, 2006 Vugar Gelashvili, 2007 Ilia Smirin, 2008 Ilia Smirin, 2009 Borki Predojevic.