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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
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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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. V Tukmakov vs H Banikas  1-029 1992 Katerini opE74 King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5
2. H Banikas vs Petursson  0-156 1993 It opA16 English
3. J Stocek vs H Banikas  ½-½32 1994 EU-ch U18E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
4. H Banikas vs K Mokry  ½-½20 1995 EUCup Gr4E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
5. H Banikas vs Beliavsky  ½-½50 1995 EUCup Gr4E77 King's Indian
6. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas  ½-½34 1995 EU-ch U18B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
7. H Banikas vs I Miladinovic  ½-½41 1995 Aegina opD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
8. V Malakhov vs H Banikas  0-160 1996 Wch U18B54 Sicilian
9. Bacrot vs H Banikas  ½-½59 1996 OlympiadA00 Uncommon Opening
10. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili  ½-½36 1996 Kastoria opE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. Kotronias vs H Banikas  ½-½71 1996 Ch GreeceB32 Sicilian
12. H Banikas vs Sadvakasov  1-032 1996 Wch U18E41 Nimzo-Indian
13. G Vescovi vs H Banikas  ½-½41 1996 Wch U18E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
14. H Banikas vs I Koukos  1-026 1996 GRE-ch U20 28thD85 Grunfeld
15. T Gelashvili vs H Banikas  ½-½37 1997 Ikaros/ThessalonikiB35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
16. Ponomariov vs H Banikas  ½-½39 1997 Wch U20B22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. H Banikas vs Tringov  ½-½36 1997 Ikaros/ThessalonikiA68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack
18. H Banikas vs G Timoshenko  ½-½30 1997 Agios Nikolaos opE12 Queen's Indian
19. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili  0-145 1997 Thessaloniki ttA50 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Croife Ricardo Petry vs H Banikas  0-141 1997 Wch U20A48 King's Indian
21. Movsesian vs H Banikas  ½-½29 1997 Wch U20B30 Sicilian
22. H Banikas vs Dao Thien Hai  0-140 1998 World Junior ChampionshipsA81 Dutch
23. H Banikas vs T Gelashvili  ½-½21 1998 Panormo ztE12 Queen's Indian
24. H Banikas vs Zhong Zhang  ½-½46 1998 World Junior ChampionshipsD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
25. H Banikas vs Sadvakasov  0-156 1998 Wch U20E46 Nimzo-Indian
 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 373  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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...
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Mar-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: happy 32nd birthday Hristos!
Jul-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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