Top 3 remain unbeaten
Three players - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Jinshi Bai (CHN) and GM Andreas Kelires (GRE) were the leaders 6.5/8 heading into the final round. Jinshi defeated Kelires and Surya drew with the top seed of the tournament, GM Hristos Banikas (GRE). Thus, Jinshi won the tournament, Surya finished second. GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) got the better of FM Evaggelos Patrelakis (GRE) and 15-year-old FM Edvin Trost (SWE) won against GM Alberto David (ITA). Ziaur and Edvin shared second place with Surya.
A total of 150 players including 12 GMs, 5 IMs and 2 WIMs took part from 26 countries across the world in A group (>1800). The tournaments were organized by Municipality of Kantanos – Selino, Chania Chess Academy, Region of Chania, Greek Chess Federation at Paleochora Primery School & Cultural Center of Paleochora in Paleochora, Greece from 19th to 26th July 2023. The time control for the Classical event was 90 min for 40 moves + 15 min for all game + 30sec per move from the first move.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Bai, Jinshi | CHN | 2560 | 7,5 | 0 | 54,5 | 42,5 | 44,50 | 9 | 7,5 | 6,26 | 1,24 | 10 | 12,4 | |||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | IND | 2571 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 42,5 | 40,75 | 9 | 7 | 6,02 | 0,98 | 10 | 9,8 | |||
| 3 | 13 | GM | Rahman, Ziaur | BAN | 2452 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 36,25 | 9 | 7 | 7,42 | -0,42 | 10 | -4,2 | |||
| 4 | 15 | FM | Trost, Edvin | U16 | SWE | 2437 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 36 | 35,25 | 9 | 7 | 6,49 | 0,51 | 10 | 5,1 | ||
| 5 | 9 | GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | ITA | 2508 | 6,5 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 35,25 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,22 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | |||
| 6 | 21 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2406 | 6,5 | 0 | 51,5 | 41 | 35,50 | 9 | 6,5 | 4,80 | 1,70 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | 1 | GM | Banikas, Hristos | GRE | 2599 | 6,5 | 0 | 51 | 40 | 35,25 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,17 | -0,67 | 10 | -6,7 | |||
| 8 | 10 | GM | Nikolov, Momchil | BUL | 2494 | 6,5 | 0 | 50,5 | 39 | 36,00 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,18 | -0,68 | 10 | -6,8 | |||
| 9 | 3 | GM | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2566 | 6,5 | 0 | 50 | 39 | 35,25 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,07 | -0,57 | 10 | -5,7 | |||
| 10 | 12 | GM | Nevednichy, Vladislav | ROU | 2453 | 6,5 | 0 | 49 | 37,5 | 35,00 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,79 | -0,29 | 10 | -2,9 | |||
| 11 | 7 | IM | Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis | GRE | 2531 | 6,5 | 0 | 49 | 37,5 | 33,50 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,57 | -0,07 | 10 | -0,7 | |||
| 12 | 8 | GM | Kelires, Andreas | GRE | 2525 | 6,5 | 0 | 48 | 36,5 | 32,50 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,81 | -0,31 | 10 | -3,1 | |||
| 13 | 17 | FM | Spyropoulos, Nikolaos | GRE | 2428 | 6,5 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 32,25 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,12 | 0,38 | 10 | 3,8 | |||
| 14 | 18 | FM | Kvaloy, Aksel Bu | U16 | NOR | 2415 | 6,5 | 0 | 45,5 | 35,5 | 31,75 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,68 | -0,18 | 10 | -1,8 | ||
| 15 | 16 | FM | Kalogeris, Ioannis | GRE | 2434 | 6,5 | 0 | 44,5 | 35 | 30,50 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,18 | -0,68 | 10 | -6,8 |
