Georgios Mitsis and WGM Marina Makropoulou are the 2022 Greek Chess Champions. The championships (round-robin tournaments with classical time control) took place in the headquarters of the Greek Chess Federation in Athens from December 3 to 11.

The 4th ranked Georgios Mitsis, rated 2365, clinched his first national title with a round to spare, scoring 7 out 9, 1½ points ahead of FM Nikolaos Koutlas and GM Spyridon Skembris.
The 20-year-old got off to a flying start winning the first three games, including against #2 IM Konstantinos Moutousis and #3 GM Spyridon Skembris. Georgios scored five wins and made four draws, had a performance of 2552 and gained 42.4 rating points.

FM Nikolaos Koutlas won the silver medal thanks to his greater number of victories (four), while GM Spyridon Skembris (three victories) took the bronze.

Final standings:

A first-round win turned out to be a crucial one for WGM Marina Makropoulou. She beat Antonia Christodoulaki, who, however, managed to bounce back and catch up with Marina in the final round. Marina scored 7/10 and claimed the title thanks to the first tiebreak, their direct encounter. 

The rating favourite, aged 62, clinched her ninth national title in Greece (tenth in total; she also won the 1984 Romanian Women’s Championship) and broke two records: the number of women’s champions titles and the oldest woman to win the national championship in Greece.

Antonia Christodoulaki, who also scored 7/10 points, had to settle for the silver medal, and Magdalini Mihailidou, who netted 6/10 and took the bronze.

Final standings: 

Photo: Ioannis Makropoulos