The 19th Kavala Open was held from 30th July to 7th August 2010, in Kavala, Greece. 94 players took participation in the main A group, among them were 29 Grandmasters.

Grandmasters Adam Tukhaev of Ukraine and the 2008 World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta of India shared the first place with 7.0 points each.

IM Elina Danielian won the top woman prize, while IM Harika Dronavalli was second best woman, only half a point behind. Top junior was another Armenian, Vahe Baghdasaryan, who defeated four Grandmasters and added 63 rating points to immediately claim the FM title.

Final standings:
1-2. GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2518 and GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2587 - 7.0
3-8. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2588, GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2606, GM Mamedov Nidjat AZE 2604, GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2673, GM Graf Alexander GER 2590 and IM Danielian Elina ARM 2431 - 6.5
9-15. GM Bakre Tejas IND 2509, GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2538, GM Jojua Davit GEO 2530, IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2504, GM Yakovich Yuri RUS 2570, FM Paichadze Luka GEO 2467 and GM David Alberto LUX 2622 - 6.0 etc

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