Efstratios Grivas
Number of games in database: 196
Years covered: 1980 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2482
Highest rating achieved in database: 2513
Overall record: +47 -41 =98 (51.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      10 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (20)      E90 E71 E97 E94 E92  Queen's Indian (11)      E15 E16 E14 E17 E19  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A41 A46  Grunfeld (7)      D91 D94 D79  Modern Benoni (6)      A57 A68 A70 A58  English (6)      A11 A15 A14 A10 A13	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (32)      E62 E97 E92 E67 E60  Sicilian (23)      B32 B30 B22 B27 B80  Ruy Lopez (9)      C80 C82 C83 C68 C92  Ruy Lopez, Open (7)      C80 C82 C83  Dutch Defense (7)      A81 A85 A96  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      A45 A40

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Grivas vs A Braun, 2008 1-0
   D Solak vs E Grivas, 2006 1/2-1/2
   E Grivas vs Nunn, 1991 1-0

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EFSTRATIOS GRIVAS (born Mar-30-1966) Greece [what is this?] Efstratios Grivas was born in Egio, Greece. He was awarded the FM title in 1983, the IM title in 1984 and the GM title in 1993. Then he moved on to becoming an International Arbiter in 1998, International Organizer also in 1998 and a FIDE Senior Trainer (2005), quitting OTB play in 2009. Wikipedia article: Efstratios Grivas

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Grivas vs Kotronias   ½-½ 36 1980 Athens A81 Dutch 2. J Benjamin vs E Grivas   0-1 52 1982 Copenhagen (Denmark) E97 King's Indian 3. E Grivas vs Kotronias   1-0 24 1982 Athens A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 4. E Grivas vs Kotronias   0-1 34 1982 Athens A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 5. Blatny vs E Grivas   ½-½ 40 1985 Sharjah B22 Sicilian, Alapin 6. E Grivas vs Khalifman   0-1 45 1986 Ch Europe (juniors) E15 Queen's Indian 7. E Grivas vs Short 1-0 25 1986 Olympiad D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 8. E Grivas vs Kotronias   1-0 46 1986 Athens E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 9. E Grivas vs Psakhis   0-1 30 1987 Bela Crkva A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 10. Vasiukov vs E Grivas   ½-½ 17 1987 Athens Acropolis op C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. D Komljenovic vs E Grivas   0-1 28 1987 Munich A80 Dutch 12. N Skalkotas vs E Grivas   ½-½ 23 1987 Athens,GRE A81 Dutch 13. E Grivas vs G Timoshchenko   0-1 41 1988 Plovdiv A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 14. E Grivas vs Petursson   ½-½ 21 1988 Ol Thessaloniki E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 15. Geller vs E Grivas   1-0 34 1988 Akropolis C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. Nunn vs E Grivas   1-0 41 1988 Thessaloniki olm C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. E Grivas vs Khalifman 0-1 36 1989 Ch URS A57 Benko Gambit 18. E Grivas vs V Maki   1-0 49 1989 EU-chT (Men) E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 19. B Zueger vs E Grivas   ½-½ 12 1989 EU-chT (Men) A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 20. Bagirov vs E Grivas   0-1 40 1989 05, Leningrad E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 21. V Kovacevic vs E Grivas   ½-½ 17 1989 Vinkovci ;CBM 16 A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. E Grivas vs Blatny   1-0 43 1989 Haifa ETC A46 Queen's Pawn Game 23. C Hadjiyiannis vs E Grivas   0-1 34 1989 EU-chT (Men) A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 24. E Grivas vs Hector   ½-½ 32 1989 EU-chT (Men) D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 25. E Grivas vs M Todorcevic   1-0 62 1989 EU-chT (Men) A00 Uncommon Opening  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196

Feb-28-07    vonKrolock: Mr. <Grivas>, please have a look in my post from today 28-ii-07 here Teichmann vs Allies, 1902 Sep-20-08    GrahamClayton: Grivas is the full-time trainer for the Turkish national team. Source: Yochanan Afek "Corus 2008: The Youngest Ever Winner!", "CHESS", April 2008 Jun-21-09    Benzol: Has anyone read his book "The Complete Guide To The Grivas Sicilian"? I'd never heard of it before today. What do the moves/lines consist of? Jun-21-09    myschkin: . . . Review (+ Sample (pdf)) http://www.chessville.com/reviews/A... http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hanse... Jun-21-09    myschkin: . . . Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efstra... Homepage: http://www.chess.gr/portraits/grivas/ Jun-21-09    Benzol: <myschkin> Many thanks. :) Aug-12-09    thegoldenband: GM Grivas did a wonderful job on a very hard task: annotating the last game of his colleague and friend, Nikos Karapanos, who died at the board on August 10th. The game and annotations can be found here: http://tournaments.chessdom.com/acr... Mar-30-10    wordfunph: i almost named my son Efstratios...but finally settled for Hristos Hugo. My wife objected coz it's lengthy. Trivia on GM Grivas: 1982 World Junior Championship in Copenhagen: In the first round, Joel Benjamin played a player from Greece which he was not familiar. His opponent handled the Bayonet King's Indian a bit strangely for black and Benjamin lost. They sat down for the post-mortem and his opponent exclaimed "I am an expert in the King's Indian." That player, Efstratios Grivas, went on to become a respectable grandmaster. happy birthday Efstratios! Feb-20-11    wordfunph: "My name, Efstratios, is an ancient Greek name and in ancient Greece it was used as a title, meaning 'the leader of a strong/good army'." - GM Eftratios Grivas (in his book A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian) Dec-02-11    Benzol: The Star Wars fans have missed an opportunity with this man. Grievous bodily harm as a pun also suggests itself. Mar-30-12    wordfunph: "The chess player of 2009 has encountered more types of positions than the chess player of 1975 and knows the proper ways to deal with these positions. Therefore, a chess player today has a great advantage over a chess player of 35 years ago." - GM Eftratios Grivas happy birthday, Efstratios! Mar-30-12    Penguincw: Happy Birthday! Aug-26-12    Calli: A copy cat http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubom... Aug-26-12    perfidious: <Calli> As well as being rather too obvious-someone with greater knowledge of English grammar would have eliminated at least one error which was simply plagiarised.

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