Peter Biyiasas

Peter Biyiasas at the 1980 Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee
Association	Canada (until 1979) United States (since 1980)
Born	November 19, 1950 Athens
title	International Master (1972) Grand Master (1978)
Current  Elo rating	2450 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2485 (January 1979 to January 1980)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Peter Biyiasas (born November 19, 1950 in Athens ) is a Canadian-American chess master .

Peter Biyiasas grew up in Vancouver . In 1972 he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of British Columbia . In the same year he first won the Canadian Championship , at the same time zone tournament . In the interzonal tournament Petrópolis 1973 he reached 15th place in 1975 he qualified again, in the interzonal tournament Manila 1976 he was 17th Biyiasas took part with Canada in the chess Olympiads 1972 , 1974 , 1976 and 1978 , in 1972 he achieved the third best result on board 4, In 1976 the third best result on the top board and in 1978 the second best individual result on board 2. In 1972 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master and in 1978 the title of Grand Master . Since 1980 he has been registered for the United States Chess Federation . In 1981 he played a series of 17 blitz games against Bobby Fischer , who had been inactive for years at that time and who was his guest, all of which Biyiasas lost. In the mid-1980s he retired from tournament chess and has worked as a programmer ever since.

Biyiasas was temporarily married to the American chess player and official Ruth Haring .

Tournament successes

• Toronto 1972, Canadian Championship: 1st place
• Norristown 1973: 1st – 4th with Rogoff , Pilnik and Parma
• Calgary 1975, Canadian Championship: 1st place
• New York 1977: 3rd / 4th Place, 1st / 2nd Soltis and Shamkowitsch
• Philadelphia 1978, World Open: 1st - 8th space
• Wijk aan Zee 1980, Hoogovens : 4th – 6th Place, 1st / 2nd Browne and Seirawan , 3rd Korchnoi
• Zrenjanin 1980: 2nd place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Biyiasas' results at the Chess Olympiads on OlimpBase (English)
2. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 , Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 77.
3. ↑ Peter Biyiasas' Elo history up to 2001 on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Shelby Lyman: Winning streak set Fischer apart as dominant force ( Memento from June 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), The Columbus Dispatch, June 14, 2008

Web links

Commons : Peter Biyiasas  - Collection of Images

• Peter Biyiasas at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Replayable chess games by Peter Biyiasas on chessgames.com (English)