Vasilios Kotronias
Vasilios Kotronias (first name sometimes spelled Vassilios; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014). Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990 by FIDE. He was the first Greek chess player to become a Grandmaster.
Vasilios Kotronias
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- Name
- Vasilios Kotronias
- Born
- 25 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Athens, Greece
- Nationality
- Greece
- Occupation
- chess player · writer · politician
- Fields
- chess · literary activity · politics
- Languages
- Modern Greek
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Vasilios Kotronias (first name sometimes spelled Vassilios; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014). Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990 by FIDE. He was the first Greek chess player to become a Grandmaster.
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Vasilios Kotronias (born 1964) is a chess player, non-fiction writer and politician, among other activities, of Greek nationality. The chess player was born in Athens. Activity centred on chess, literary activity and politics. Languages used include Modern Greek.
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Biography
Biography
Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched federations to become a Greek national player once again.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vasilios Kotronias • Country — Greece Cyprus (1998–2004) • Born — 25 August 1964 • Birthplace — Athens, Greece • Title — Grandmaster (1990) • Peak Rating — 2628 (January 2008) • Peak Ranking — No. 44 (July 1996) • Fide Id — 5900212
International tournament record
International tournament record
• 1st 1988 Athens (Acropolis International) • 1st 1993 Komotini • 1st 1993 Corfu • 1st 1994 Gausdal • 1st 1995 Gausdal • 1st 1996 Rishon le Zion • 1st 1998 Panormo • 1st 2003 Gibraltar Chess Festival (jointly with Nigel Short) • equal 1st 2003/04 Hastings International Chess Congress • equal first at 2008 Cappelle-la-Grande Open • 1st 2020 Ikaros Chess Festival
Most played openings
Most played openings
• With the White pieces — With the Black pieces • Sicilian (212) — Sicilian Defense (188) • Ruy Lopez (117) — King's Indian (140) • French Defense (71) — Sicilian Richter-Rauser (55) • Ruy Lopez, Closed (62) — English (27) • French Tarrasch (57) — Queen's Pawn Game (25) • Caro-Kann (49) — Queen's Gambit Declined (18)
Team events
Team events
In team chess, he has participated in many Chess Olympiads since 1984, including eight on top board, with an overall score of +63 −29 = 62 (61%). In seven appearances at the European Team Chess Championships, all played at board one, he made a score of +19 −13 = 26. At León, in 2001, he earned an individual silver medal for his score of 5½/8. He also earned a bronze medal for his performance on the second board at the Dresden Olympiad 2008 and a gold medal for his performance on the reserve board at the European Team Championship 2013 in Warsaw.
Politics
Politics
He was a candidate for the European Parliament with The River, in the elections of 25 May 2014. After leaving the River, Kotronias joined Syriza and was a candidate in the 2019 general elections. He failed to get elected, as he finished last amongst the 18 candidates of his party.
Notable games
Notable games
• Vasilios Kotronias vs Evgeny Tomashevsky, European Individual Championships (2013), Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79), 1-0 • Vasilios Kotronias vs Hikaru NakamuraGibtelecom (2009), Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18), 1-0 • Peter Heine Nielsen vs Vasilios Kotronias, Hastings 2004, King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System Neo-Classical Line (E98), 0-1 • Vasilios Kotronias vs Nikolaos Skalkotas, 34th Greek Teams Championship 2005, Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Chigorin Defense (C99), 1-0 • Laurent Fressinet vs Vasilios Kotronias, 12th European Individual Championship (2011), King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92), 0-1
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1964
Vasilios Kotronias born at Athens.
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- 1.FIDE rating history :: Kotronias, Vasilios. OlimpBase.
- 2.Transfers in 2004. FIDE.
- 3.Crowther, Mark. The Week in Chess 209: Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete. The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. 1998-11-09.
- 4.Crowther, Mark. The Week in Chess 431: Gibraltar Chess Congress. The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. 2003-12-10.
- 5.Qeios. DNA-Binding Protein Ikaros. Definitions. 2020-02-08. 10.32388/g9wwhs.
- 6.The chess games of Vasilios Kotronias.
- 7.Greece – European Parliament election candidates. Europe Decides.
- 8.Εκλογική Περιφέρεια Α' Αθηνών | Εθνικές εκλογές – Ιούλιος 2019.
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