Efstratios Grivas

Efstratios Grivas, 2012
Association	Greece
Born	March 30, 1966 Egio
title	International Master (1984) Grand Master (1993)
Current  Elo rating	2414 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2528 (January 1999)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Efstratios "Stratos" Grivas ( Greek Ευστράτιος "Στράτος" Γρίβας , born March 30, 1966 in Egio ) is a Greek chess player .

He won the Greek championship twice: 1983 and 1996. He played for Greece in eight Chess Olympiads : 1984 to 1998 . He also took part in three European team championships (1989 to 1997) and seven times in the Chess Balkans (1985 to 1994).

In 1984 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). He was awarded the title of Grand Master (GM) in 1993. Since 2005 he has held the title of FIDE Senior Trainer . As a chess trainer, for example, Grivas trained Alexander Ipatov .

Elo development

Publications

• A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian . Gambit Publications, 2005. ISBN 978-1-904600-36-7 .
• Beating the Fianchetto Defenses . Gambit Publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-904600-48-0 .
• Chess College 1: Strategy . Gambit Publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-904600-45-9 .
• Chess College 2: Pawn Play . Gambit Publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-904600-47-3 .
• Chess College 3: Technique . Gambit Publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-904600-57-2 .
• Modern chess planning . Gambit Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-904600-68-8 .
• Practical Endgame Play - mastering the basics . Everyman Chess, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85744-556-5 .

Web links

Commons : Efstratios Grivas  - Collection of Images

• Homepage
• Replayable chess games by Efstratios Grivas on chesstempo.com (English)
• Literature by and about Efstratios Grivas in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)