Stelios Halkias
Number of games in database: 344
Years covered: 1992 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2584
Highest rating achieved in database: 2589
Overall record: +127 -74 =133 (57.9%)*
   * 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 (23)      E92 E94 E90 E70 E91  Queen's Pawn Game (19)      A41 A45 A40 D02 A46  Slav (17)      D17 D15 D11 D13 D16  Queen's Indian (16)      E12 E15 E13 E16  Queen's Gambit Declined (13)      D30 D31 D38 D37  Orthodox Defense (13)      D52 D60 D55 D50 D63	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (66)      B33 B30 B22 B40 B45  Tarrasch Defense (25)      D34 D32  Queen's Gambit Declined (11)      D38 D37 D31 D39 D30  French Defense (10)      C07 C18 C02 C17 C19  Queen's Pawn Game (9)      A40 D02 D05 D01 A46  Modern Benoni (8)      A57 A58

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

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page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344  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 Tringov   1-0 30 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 4. T Gelashvili vs S Halkias   0-1 52 1997 Ikaros/Thessaloniki A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 5. E Grivas vs S Halkias   1-0 28 1998 48th Greek Championships D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. Sadvakasov vs S Halkias   1-0 37 1998 Wch U20 A16 English 7. I Nikolaidis vs S Halkias   ½-½ 9 1998 48th Greek Championships A04 Reti Opening 8. S Halkias vs T Gelashvili   0-1 25 1998 GRE-chT E12 Queen's Indian 9. S Halkias vs I Papaioannou   ½-½ 5 1998 48th Greek Championships C48 Four Knights 10. Zhong Zhang vs S Halkias   1-0 24 1998 World Junior Championships B40 Sicilian 11. M Kobalia vs S Halkias   ½-½ 15 1998 World Junior Championships D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 12. S Halkias vs T Gelashvili   0-1 36 1999 Korinthos op 3rd D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Aronian vs S Halkias   1-0 26 1999 Wch U20 D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. S Halkias vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 24 1999 Wch U20 E92 King's Indian 15. S Halkias vs Z Hagarova   1-0 30 2000 KB Czech Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. S Halkias vs Emms   ½-½ 17 2000 34th Olympiad A61 Benoni 17. S Halkias vs H Banikas   ½-½ 7 2000 Greek Chess Championship A04 Reti Opening 18. S Kozhuharov vs S Halkias   1-0 37 2000 World Junior B32 Sicilian 19. S Halkias vs Pribyl 1-0 25 2000 KB Czech Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Skembris vs S Halkias   ½-½ 12 2000 Greek Chess Championship C03 French, Tarrasch 21. S Halkias vs M Ginzburg   1-0 26 2000 World Junior D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. V Malakhov vs S Halkias   ½-½ 45 2000 Wch U20 D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 23. S Halkias vs R Skytte 1-0 27 2000 World Junior D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. B Rechel vs S Halkias   1-0 42 2000 KB Czech Open B33 Sicilian 25. J Markos vs S Halkias   0-1 38 2000 34th Olympiad A40 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344

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.

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