Hristos Banikas
Number of games in database: 373
Years covered: 1992 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2609
Highest rating achieved in database: 2626
Overall record: +103 -54 =156 (57.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      60 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Slav (23)      D15 D17 D12 D13 D11  King's Indian (20)      E70 E77 E81 E76 E90  Queen's Indian (19)      E12 E15 E17 E16  Queen's Pawn Game (16)      E10 A40 A41 D02 A50  Semi-Slav (14)      D45 D47 D43 D44  Nimzo Indian (12)      E46 E43 E39 E38 E41	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (83)      B90 B30 B47 B40 B87  King's Indian (27)      E92 E97 E70 E94 E77  Sicilian Najdorf (20)      B90 B92 B98 B94 B96  Sicilian Taimanov (13)      B47 B48 B49 B46  Queen's Indian (10)      E17 E12 E15 E18  Sicilian Kan (9)      B42 B43 B41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kasparov vs H Banikas, 2001 1/2-1/2
   S Bogner vs H Banikas, 2008 0-1
   A Fier vs H Banikas, 2010 0-1
   H Banikas vs Deep Junior, 2001 1-0

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HRISTOS BANIKAS (born May-20-1978) Greece [what is this?] Grandmaster (2001). In 2002, he won the European Rapid Chess Championship. He won the Greek championship in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. Wikipedia article: Hristos Banikas

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 373  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 K Mokry   ½-½ 20 1995 EUCup Gr4 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 5. H Banikas vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 50 1995 EUCup Gr4 E77 King's Indian 6. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas   ½-½ 34 1995 EU-ch U18 B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 7. H Banikas vs I Miladinovic   ½-½ 41 1995 Aegina op D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 8. V Malakhov vs H Banikas   0-1 60 1996 Wch U18 B54 Sicilian 9. Bacrot vs H Banikas   ½-½ 59 1996 Olympiad A00 Uncommon Opening 10. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 36 1996 Kastoria op E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 11. Kotronias vs H Banikas   ½-½ 71 1996 Ch Greece B32 Sicilian 12. H Banikas vs Sadvakasov   1-0 32 1996 Wch U18 E41 Nimzo-Indian 13. G Vescovi vs H Banikas   ½-½ 41 1996 Wch U18 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 14. H Banikas vs I Koukos   1-0 26 1996 GRE-ch U20 28th D85 Grunfeld 15. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas   ½-½ 37 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 16. Ponomariov vs H Banikas   ½-½ 39 1997 Wch U20 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. H Banikas vs Tringov   ½-½ 36 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack 18. H Banikas vs G Timoshenko   ½-½ 30 1997 Agios Nikolaos op E12 Queen's Indian 19. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   0-1 45 1997 Thessaloniki tt A50 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Croife Ricardo Petry vs H Banikas   0-1 41 1997 Wch U20 A48 King's Indian 21. Movsesian vs H Banikas   ½-½ 29 1997 Wch U20 B30 Sicilian 22. H Banikas vs Dao Thien Hai   0-1 40 1998 World Junior Championships A81 Dutch 23. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili   ½-½ 21 1998 Panormo zt E12 Queen's Indian 24. H Banikas vs Zhong Zhang   ½-½ 46 1998 World Junior Championships D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 25. H Banikas vs Sadvakasov   0-1 56 1998 Wch U20 E46 Nimzo-Indian  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 373

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) May-20-10    wordfunph: happy 32nd birthday Hristos! Jul-29-10    Tabanus: Picture: http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... 5th today in the Paleochora Open (Greece) 22-29 July 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr363... Jan-05-11    kramputz: What is this in the bio?<Grandmaster (1978)> He became a GM in 2001

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