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Vasilios Kotronias (Greek: Βασίλειος Κοτρωνιάς; first name sometimes spelled Vasilios, born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess grandmaster and chess author.

Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990. He is nine-time Greek Champion.[1]

Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched Federations to become a Greek national player once again.

International tournament record

1st 1988 Athens (Acropolis International)
1st 1993 Komotini
1st 1993 Corfu
1st 1994 Gausdal
1st 1995 Greek Championship
1st 1995 Gausdal
1st 1996 Rishon le Zion
1st 1998 Panormo[2]

Team events

In team chess, he has participated in many Chess Olympiads since 1984, including eight on top board, with a healthy overall plus score of +55, = 55, -27. In seven appearances at the European Team Championships, all played at board one, he made a score of +19, = 26, -13. At León, in 2001, he earned an individual silver medal for his score of 5½/8.

Notable games

Peter Heine Nielsen vs Vasilios Kotronias, Hastings 2004, King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System Neo-Classical Line (E98), 0-1
Vasilios Kotronias vs Nikolaos Skalkotas, 34th Greek Teams Championship 2005, Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Chigorin Defense (C99), 1-0
Thomas E Rendle vs Vasilios Kotronias, Gibraltar Masters 2005, Bird Opening: From Gambit, Lasker Variation (A02), 0-1

Publications

Kotronias, Vassilios (2011). The Grandmaster Battle Manual. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-52-7.
(With Andreas Tzermiadianos) Beating the Petroff, Sterling Pub Co Inc, 2005.
Beating the Flank Openings, Batsford Chess Library, 1998.
Beating the Caro-Kann, Batsford Chess Library, 1994.

References

^ "The Grandmaster Battle Manual". ChessCafe.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ Crowther, Mark (1998-11-09). "The Week in Chess 209: Zonal 1.5 Panormo, Crete". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

German Wiki
Team record at Olimpbase

External links

FIDE rating card for Vasilios Kotronias
Vasilios Kotronias player profile at ChessGames.com
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