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Crowther, Mark (17 December 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 684: Greek Championships, London Chess Center; 2003 results Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine from chess.gr; 2005 results Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine from chess.gr; 2007 results [permanent dead link ] from fide.com
In 2022, with the chess team of the Saint Louis University, he achieved first place in the Final Four of the USA Collegiate Chess. Nikolas Theodorou played for Greece in the European Team Chess Championship: [2] In 2017, at third board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship in Hersonissos (+3, =1, -3).
Helgi Áss Grétarsson (born 18 February 1977) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster (GM). [1] In 1994 he won the World Junior Chess Championship under 20. [2] [3] One year prior to that he played as a goalkeeper for the Icelandic national soccer team in the 1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Female chess players in the modern era generally compete in a mix of open and women's tournaments. With women representing a low fraction of all chess players throughout history, it has been uncommon for women to win open tournaments where women and men are mixed together, particularly at the higher levels.
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
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Ioannis Nikolaidis (born 4 January 1971) is a Greek chess grandmaster (1995). He won the Greek Chess Championship in 1995. [1] and came third in the Balkan Individual Chess Championship of 2002 in Istanbul. [2] Nikolaidis played for Greece in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. [3]