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Stelios Halkias
S Halkias 
Photo by Andreas Kontokanis 

Number of games in database: 986
Years covered: 1992 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2508 (2487 rapid, 2466 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2602
Overall record: +310 -146 =331 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 199 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (64) 
    E92 E62 E91 E94 E63
 Queen's Pawn Game (55) 
    A46 D02 A41 A45 E00
 Slav (46) 
    D17 D15 D11 D16 D12
 English (39) 
    A15 A13 A16 A10 A18
 Queen's Indian (33) 
    E12 E14 E15 E17 E13
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D60 D58 D52 D55 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (125) 
    B33 B30 B40 B22 B45
 Queen's Pawn Game (42) 
    A46 D02 A45 E10 D05
 Tarrasch Defense (41) 
    D34 D32 D33
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C78 C77 C72 C68 C95
 Queen's Gambit Declined (32) 
    D38 D31 D37 D30 D35
 English (26) 
    A13 A10 A15 A14 A16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Halkias vs J Pribyl, 2000 1-0
   W Hug vs S Halkias, 2005 0-1
   S Halkias vs S Kristjansson, 2004 1-0
   S Halkias vs J Polgar, 2010 1-0
   S Halkias vs Timman, 2006 1-0
   S Halkias vs P Genov, 2001 1-0
   A Orlov vs S Halkias, 2007 0-1
   E El Gindy vs S Halkias, 2003 0-1
   S Halkias vs Lputian, 2000 1/2-1/2
   S Halkias vs T Nabaty, 2019 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Antalya (2001)
   European Youth Championship (Under-18) (1997)
   European Junior Championship (1999)
   Kavala Open (2001)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   World Junior Championship (1999)
   World Junior Championship (1998)
   Reykjavik Open (2011)
   Ano Liosia Open 2000/01 (2000)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   European Junior Championship (2000)
   Politiken Cup (2012)
   European Championship (2001)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 176 by 0ZeR0

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Championship
   S Halkias vs D Yuffa (Mar-12-23) 0-1
   E Safarli vs S Halkias (Mar-11-23) 1/2-1/2
   S Halkias vs K Ahmad (Mar-10-23) 1-0
   P Stremavicius vs S Halkias (Mar-09-23) 1/2-1/2
   S Halkias vs Martirosyan (Mar-08-23) 1/2-1/2

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STELIOS HALKIAS
(born Apr-11-1980, 45 years old) 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 Championship (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. Equal first at the Lev Gutman 70th birthday GM tournament in September 2015 played in Lingen in Germany.

Wikipedia article: Stelios Halkias

Last updated: 2021-04-11 10:16:58

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 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 986  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Stevic vs S Halkias  1-0351992Wch U12B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
2. S Halkias vs B Thorfinnsson  ½-½461992Wch U12E12 Queen's Indian
3. S Halkias vs V Malakhov  0-1401992Wch U12A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
4. E Grivas vs S Halkias  1-0331993Heraklio opE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
5. S Halkias vs Zi Wei Wong  1-0621993World Youth Championship (Under-14)D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. S Halkias vs D Murphy ½-½661993World Youth Championship (Under-14)D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. S Halkias vs K Gvein  ½-½431993World Youth Championship (Under-14)D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
8. S Halkias vs J P Weatherlake  ½-½291993World Youth Championship (Under-14)D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. T Mifsud vs S Halkias  0-1541993World Youth Championship (Under-14)E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
10. A Pausin vs S Halkias  ½-½451993World Youth Championship (Under-14)B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
11. Sadvakasov vs S Halkias  1-0381993World Youth Championship (Under-14)B23 Sicilian, Closed
12. S Halkias vs A Rizouk  ½-½191993World Youth Championship (Under-14)E97 King's Indian
13. R Aliyev vs S Halkias  1-0261993World Youth Championship (Under-14)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
14. V Turta vs S Halkias  1-0791993World Youth Championship (Under-14)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. T Petrik vs S Halkias  0-1451993World Youth Championship (Under-14)B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
16. I Ivanisevic vs S Halkias  1-0521994Varna Balkaniad (boys)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. S Halkias vs I Starostits 1-0581995EU-ch U16D85 Grunfeld
18. M Lazic vs S Halkias  1-0361996Kavala op 6thB07 Pirc
19. S Halkias vs G Tringov  1-0301997Ikaros/ThessalonikiA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
20. T Gelashvili vs S Halkias  0-1521997Ikaros/ThessalonikiA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
21. S Halkias vs N Vlahakis  1-0241997Chania op 7thD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
22. S Halkias vs F Doettling  1-0471997European Youth Championship (Under-18)E92 King's Indian
23. S Halkias vs R Bagirov  ½-½411997European Youth Championship (Under-18)D85 Grunfeld
24. A Eusebe vs S Halkias  0-1461997European Youth Championship (Under-18)B40 Sicilian
25. S Halkias vs A Matikozian  1-0671997European Youth Championship (Under-18)E73 King's Indian
 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 986  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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...
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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

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Apr-11-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: <wordfunph: i like his first name Stelios.. >

I don't. It is VERY close to <TOILETS> backwards.

Backwards toilets are bad.

Apr-11-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: With a backwards toilet, wonder how l'affaire Kramnik-Topalov would have gone.
Nov-26-14  john barleycorn: A true barracuda. Playing an Evans Gambit against Kramnik at the Quatar Open and doing fine (up to now):

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e5 g6 14. Nd2 b6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. Qh4 Nc6 21. Rae1 h5

Nov-26-14  SimonWebbsTiger: Draw with that Evans Gambit v. Kramnik! (Qatar 2014)
Nov-26-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Turns out that Halkias has a draw against a 12 year old future World Champ:

S Halkias vs Carlsen, 2002

Nov-26-14  john barleycorn: The Leko of Greece? :-)

Champions - future and ex - bring them I can draw them all.

Apr-11-15  diagonal: Stelios Halkias is recent and outright winner in 2015 of the traditional <Bad Wörishofen Schachfestival>, an Open played annually since 1985 (first winner then was Jan Smejkal):

https://www.chessorg.de/bad_woerish... (summary in german)

https://www.chessorg.de/Listen2015/... (final standings)

Mar-30-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: He should change his surname to <ELIOT>.

Then his full name would be (backwards)...

<TOILETS TOILET>.

However, I do not like toilets.

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