Stelios Halkias
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Stelios Halkias, 2010 |
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Born | April 11, 1980 Thessaloniki |
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International Master (1998) Grand Master (2002) |
Current Elo rating | 2563 (September 2020) |
Best Elo rating | 2602 (May 2011) |
Tab at the FIDE (English) |
Stelios Halkias ( Greek Στέλιος Χαλκιάς , born April 11, 1980 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek chess player .
He played for Greece at nine Chess Olympiads : 2000 to 2016 . He also took part in eight European team championships (2001 to 2013 and 2017) and in the team world championship (2010).
At the 2011 Chess World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk , he failed in the first round to Alexander Morozevich . In 2015, Halkias won the Grand Masters tournament on Lev Gutman's 70th birthday. In the same year he won the Bad Wörishofen chess festival .
In Germany he played for the Sportfreunde Katernberg ( 2007/08 to 2009/10 ).
In 1998 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). The title of Grand Master (GM) was awarded to him in 2002.
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Web links
Commons : Stelios Halkias - Collection of Images
- Replayable chess games by Stelios Halkias on chesstempo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
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SURNAME | Halkias, Stelios |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | greek chess player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Thessaloniki |