The Acropolis International was a chess tournament held in Athens. The longest running international chess tournament in Greece, the first event was won by Luděk Pachman in 1968. The next event was not held until 1977, but subsequently it has been organized on a fairly regular basis by the Greek Chess Federation, totaling 22 tournaments through 2007.
The 2007 tournament was part of the Association of Chess Professionals Tour (ACP Tour). The 2009 tournament took place in Chalkida on the island of Euboea. It turned out to be the last one.
# | Year | Winner |
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1 | 1968 | Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia) |
2 | 1977 | Valentin Stoica (Romania) |
3 | 1978 | Bela Soos (West Germany) |
4 | 1979 | Aurel Urzica (Romania) |
5 | 1980 | Dusan Raikovic (Yugoslavia) |
6 | 1982 | Nikolaos Skalkotas (Greece) |
7 | 1983 | Nikola Padevsky (Bulgaria) |
8 | 1984 | Sasa Velickovic (Yugoslavia) |
9 | 1985 | Valentin Stoica (Romania) |
10 | 1986 | Efstratios Grivas (Greece) |
11 | 1987 | Evgeni Vasiukov (Soviet Union) |
12 | 1988 | Vasilios Kotronias (Greece) |
13 | 1989 | Petar Velikov (Bulgaria) |
14 | 1991 | Efstratios Grivas (Greece) |
15 | 1992 | Rainer Knaak (Germany) |
16 | 1993 | Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) |
17 | 1997 | Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) |
18 | 2003 | Vassilios Kotronias (Cyprus) |
19 | 2004 | Athanasios Mastrovasilis (Greece) |
20 | 2005 | Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) |
21 | 2006 | Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) |
22 | 2007 | Ilya Smirin (Israel) |
23 | 2008 | Ilya Smirin (Israel) |
24 | 2009 | Borki Predojević (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |