Hristos Banikas
Number of games in database: 299
Years covered: 1992 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2599
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +95 -60 =136 (56.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      8 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (19)      D17 D15 D12 D13 D11  King's Indian (18)      E70 E77 E67 E76 E90  Queen's Indian (15)      E12 E15  Queen's Pawn Game (12)      E10 D02 A50 A40 A41  Nimzo Indian (11)      E46 E39 E41 E43 E38  Bogo Indian (10)      E11	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (69)      B30 B47 B90 B40 B87  King's Indian (23)      E70 E94 E77 E97 E92  Sicilian Taimanov (12)      B47 B48 B49  Sicilian Najdorf (12)      B90 B92 B96 B97 B93  Sicilian Kan (8)      B42 B43 B41  Modern Benoni (6)      A57 A64

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HRISTOS BANIKAS (born May-20-1978) Greece [what is this?] Grandmaster (1978). In 2002, he won the European Rapid Chess Championship. He won the Greek championship in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008.

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 299  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Tukmakov vs H Banikas   1-0 29 1992 Katerini op E74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5 2. H Banikas vs Petursson   0-1 56 1993 It op A16 English 3. J Stocek vs H Banikas   ½-½ 32 1994 EU-ch U18 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 4. H Banikas vs I Miladinovic   ½-½ 41 1995 Aegina op D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 5. H Banikas vs K Mokry   ½-½ 20 1995 EUCup Gr4 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 6. H Banikas vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 50 1995 EUCup Gr4 E77 King's Indian 7. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas   ½-½ 34 1995 EU-ch U18 B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 8. Kotronias vs H Banikas   ½-½ 71 1996 Ch Greece B32 Sicilian 9. H Banikas vs Sadvakasov   1-0 32 1996 Wch U18 E41 Nimzo-Indian 10. G Vescovi vs H Banikas   ½-½ 41 1996 Wch U18 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 11. V Malakhov vs H Banikas   0-1 60 1996 Wch U18 B54 Sicilian 12. Bacrot vs H Banikas   ½-½ 59 1996 Olympiad A00 Uncommon Opening 13. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 36 1996 Kastoria op E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 14. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   0-1 45 1997 Thessaloniki tt A50 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Movsesian vs H Banikas   ½-½ 29 1997 Wch U20 B30 Sicilian 16. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas   ½-½ 37 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 17. Ponomariov vs H Banikas   ½-½ 39 1997 Wch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 18. H Banikas vs Tringov   ½-½ 36 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 19. H Banikas vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 30 1997 Agios Nikolaos op E12 Queen's Indian 20. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   1-0 57 1998 GRE-chT E46 Nimzo-Indian 21. H Banikas vs I Nikolaidis   ½-½ 12 1998 48th Greek Championships D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 22. I Papaioannou vs H Banikas   ½-½ 6 1998 48th Greek Championships A00 Uncommon Opening 23. H Banikas vs Dao Thien Hai   0-1 40 1998 World Junior Championships A81 Dutch 24. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 21 1998 Panormo zt E12 Queen's Indian 25. H Banikas vs Zhong Zhang   ½-½ 46 1998 World Junior Championships D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 299

Jan-04-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Hristos Banikas is currently Greece's third highest player on FIDE. Mar-15-06    niemzo: My favourite Greek player. I saw him play last year in the Kavala Open near my hometown.He is the reigning Greek Champion. May-19-06    BIDMONFA: Hristos Banikas BANIKAS, Hristos http://www.bidmonfa.com/banikas_hri... _ Mar-14-09    wordfunph: My son was named after GM HRISTOS Banikas. Jun-10-09    myschkin: . . . War in Chess: http://www.spyrosnakas.com/warinche... (GM Banikas - Rybka 3)

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