The chess games of Stelios Halkias

Stelios Halkias
Number of games in database: 552
Years covered: 1992 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2549
Highest rating achieved in database: 2602
Overall record: +198 -97 =224 (59.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      33 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (35)
    E92 E94 E91 E90 E62
Slav (31)
    D17 D11 D15 D13 D12
Queen's Pawn Game (25)
    A46 A41 A45 A40 D04
Queen's Gambit Declined (24)
    D30 D38 D37 D31 D39
Queen's Indian (19)
    E12 E15 E14 E13 E16
Orthodox Defense (19)
    D52 D58 D63 D60 D55

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (83)
    B33 B30 B22 B40 B45
Tarrasch Defense (28)
    D34 D32
Queen's Gambit Declined (22)
    D38 D31 D37 D30 D39
Queen's Pawn Game (20)
    D02 A46 E10 E00 A40
Ruy Lopez (20)
    C78 C72 C68 C77 C61
English (14)
    A13 A10 A16 A14

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Halkias vs Pribyl, 2000 1-0
   Hug vs S Halkias, 2005 0-1
   S Halkias vs S Kristjansson, 2004 1-0
   G Sargissian vs S Halkias, 2004 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   X Anibal Open (2003)
   EU-ch 4th (2003)
   5th Individual European Chess Championship (2004)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   Reykjavik Open (2008)
   Gibraltar (2010)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2011)
   Politiken Cup (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)

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STELIOS HALKIAS
(born Apr-11-1980) Greece

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Steliois Halkias was the Greek Under-12 and Under-16 champion. In 1992, he was the bronze medalist at the European U12 championship. In 2002, he was awarded the GM title. His result in the European Individual Championships (2010) enabled him to qualify for the World Cup (2011). There he faced Russian super-GM Alexander Morozevich in the first round, holding him to two drawn games in the classical game mini-match, but succumbed 2-0 in the 25 minute rapid game match tiebreaker.

Photo: http://www.bidmonfa.com/halkias_ste...

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. S Halkias vs V Malakhov	0-1	40	1992	Wch U12	A61 Benoni
2. Sadvakasov vs S Halkias	1-0	38	1993	Wch U14	B23 Sicilian, Closed
3. S Halkias vs I Starostits	1-0	58	1995	EU-ch U16	D85 Grunfeld
4. S Halkias vs Tringov	1-0	30	1997	Ikaros/Thessaloniki	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
5. T Gelashvili vs S Halkias	0-1	52	1997	Ikaros/Thessaloniki	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
6. S Halkias vs I Papaioannou	½-½	5	1998	48th Greek Championships	C48 Four Knights
7. Zhong Zhang vs S Halkias	1-0	24	1998	World Junior Championships	B40 Sicilian
8. M Kobalia vs S Halkias	½-½	15	1998	World Junior Championships	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
9. E Grivas vs S Halkias	1-0	28	1998	48th Greek Championships	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
10. Sadvakasov vs S Halkias	1-0	37	1998	Wch U20	A16 English
11. I Nikolaidis vs S Halkias	½-½	9	1998	48th Greek Championships	A04 Reti Opening
12. S Halkias vs T Gelashvili	0-1	25	1998	GRE-chT	E12 Queen's Indian
13. S Halkias vs Kasimdzhanov	½-½	24	1999	Wch U20	E92 King's Indian
14. S Halkias vs T Gelashvili	0-1	36	1999	Korinthos op 3rd	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. Aronian vs S Halkias	1-0	26	1999	Wch U20	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
16. M Szymanski vs S Halkias	0-1	21	2000	KB Czech Open	A57 Benko Gambit
17. S Halkias vs K Mouroutis	1-0	37	2000	Greek Chess Championship	A15 English
18. A Simutowe vs S Halkias	½-½	50	2000	World Junior	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
19. M Senff vs S Halkias	1-0	29	2000	World Junior	B33 Sicilian
20. S Halkias vs E Hedman	1-0	40	2000	KB Czech Open	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
21. S Halkias vs V Meijers	1-0	55	2000	34th Olympiad	D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
22. M Visschedijk vs S Halkias	0-1	59	2000	HZ Open	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
23. S Halkias vs A Mastrovasilis	1-0	56	2000	Greek Chess Championship	D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
24. K Haznedaroglu vs S Halkias	½-½	55	2000	World Junior	B33 Sicilian
25. S Halkias vs A Filipenko	0-1	35	2000	KB Czech Open	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav


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Nov-29-04		mahmoudkubba: Who is the player?? any informationabout him before I use the Google analysis method please?? waw I am the first to Kibitz here!

Nov-29-04		tomh72000: Well, the name is very Greek, but other than that I know nothing.

Dec-16-04		Honza Cervenka: Stelios Halkias is an young GM from Greece. I have seen him few years ago in Pardubice where he played in KB Open tournament. See http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/ser...

Aug-31-05		halcyonteam: I like his style, his early kingside demolish. He always storm with a horde of powerful pawns.

Mar-04-06		BIDMONFA: Stelios Halkias HALKIAS, Stelios http://www.bidmonfa.com/halkias_ste... _

Apr-21-06		PhilFeeley: White binds black up pretty good with 16. Ncd6 and attacks relentlessly, but black manages to escape in the end: [Event "Kavala International Tournament 2005"] [Site "Kavala"] [Date "2005.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kourousis E"] [Black "Halkias S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1948"] [BlackElo "2548"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Ncd6 Rf8 17. Rc1 Ba8 18. Bh3 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 c5 20. Nxf7 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Rb7 25. Bf5 g6 26. Be4 Rxf4 27. Qg3 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf8 29. e6 Re7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Rf4 Rxe6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Qxh7+ Kc8 37. Qh6 Qd5 38. Qf8+ Kb7 0-1

Jul-22-06		niemzo: Just won L'Ami in the Amsterdam tournament and should be tied for first with one round to go.Great result for him so far.

Dec-01-06		niemzo: A great win for him in the German international open in Bavaria.

Apr-11-10		wordfunph: i like his first name Stelios.. happy 30th birthday GM Stelios!

Jul-06-11		engineerX: In this interview ( http://www.chessvibes.com/developin... ) he is asked which is the best game he has played. And he answers that he has played a very nice positional queen sacrifice [Event "Wch U20"] [Date "1998.11.19"] [White "Halkias, Stelios"] [Black "Ippolito, Dean"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2430"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 g5 17. Re1 Kg7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. g4 Qh3 24. Bc3+ f6 25. d6 Qf3 26. d7 Re2 27. Bxf6+ Kf7 28. Rf1 Re4 29. Bxe4 Qxg4+ 30. Bg2 Qxd7 31. Bc3 h5 32. f4 g4 33. Be4 h4 34. Kg2 Qe6 35. Re1 Qxa2 36. f5 b5 37. Rd1 Qa4 38. Rd4 h3+ 39. Kf2 Qa1 40. f6 g3+ 41. hxg3 h2 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Bc6 h1=N+ 45. Kg2 1-0 But this game is not in chessgames.com's database

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