| 49th Greek Team Chess Championship: Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa 2021 |
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| 49th Greek Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 7th September - 7th November 2021 |
| City: | Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa (Greece) |
| Location information: | Group South: Athens; Group North: Thessaloniki; Final 4: Larissa. |
| Venue: | Final 4: Metropol Hotel, Larissa |
| Organizers: | Greek Chess Federation (ESO) |
| Tournament Director: | The Board of Chess Clubs Union Thessaloniki-Chalkidiki |
| Chief Arbiter: | F: FA Hristos Bousios (GRE) GS: Kleopatra Halvatzoglou (GRE) GN: IA Stylianos Mimikos (GRE) |
| Eligible: | Boards 1-4: open; board 5: women; boards 6-7: girls U20 and U16; boards 8-10: open U20, U16 and U12. |
| Seeding: | Regional groups: official initial numbers shown in the source; ten-board category restrictions apply. |
| Teams participating: | 29 |
| Players participating: | 550 (incl. 25 GMs, 26 IMs, 2 WGMs, 27 FMs, 7 WIMs, 3 CMs and 3 WFMs) |
| Games played: | 1020 (15 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Two seven-round Swiss groups: South (Athens, 14 teams, September 7-12) and North (Thessaloniki, 15 teams, October 5-10). The first two teams from each group advanced to the Final 4 in Larissa (November 6-7): semi-finals, final and bronze-medal match. |
| Final order decided by: | Groups: match points (2/1/0); Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger excluding the weakest opponent; board points; opponents' match points excluding the weakest opponent; direct encounter; drawing of lots. North: bye gives 1 match point and 5.5 board points. Final places 1-4 follow the knock-out bracket, including rapid play-offs. Other teams retain their regional places. |
| Match winner: | Final 4: a tied classical match is followed by a 10m+10s rapid rematch with reversed colours, then up to two 5m+3s blitz rematches. If still tied, Berlin weighting on the classical match, then the team with Black on board 1 advances. |
| Time control: | 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes to finish; 30 seconds increment from move 1. Final 4 default time: 60 minutes. Draw offers before move 30 prohibited. |
| Website: | Official general regulations, 2020-2021 edition |
| Other websites: | South group: standings, rosters and boards North group: standings, rosters and boards Final 4: classical results Final 4 regulations and tie-break procedure Official final report, including rapid results |
| Sources: | Greek Chess Federation; Chess-Results 577022, 580755 and 587838; TWIC 1401, 1405 and 1409; official FIDE standard rating lists, September, October and November 2021. Published individual board list |
| PGN game file: | 21greece.pgn |