The best Greek Open tournament of the last years was Negroponte 2010. The open section was won by GM Suat Atalik who scored 8 points out of 9!, and the women section was won by his wife, Ekaterina Atalik, scoring 6,5 out 9 (link). This year we were about to play in the tournament again but because of the known reasons the tournament could not take place. However chess enthusiasts of Chalkida had the opportunity to watch a satisfactory event although it was only for 3 days: the 1st husband-wife match in the history of chess!
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