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GM Vasilios Kotronias

Full name

Vasilios Kotronias

Born

1/1/1964 (age 60)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Greece

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (42 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (33 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (29 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (27 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (24 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (105 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (67 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (51 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (44 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (39 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Vasilios Kotronias (2461) Milosz Szpar (2495)	1-0	40	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2461) Petros Rahmanidis (2294)	1-0	59	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2415) Alexandros Rigopoulos-Tsigkos (2039)	1-0	70	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2415) Giorgi Sibashvili (2423)	1-0	49	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2417) Vasileios Koudounis (2217)	1-0	53	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2417) Anatole Vlachos (2472)	1-0	59	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2461) Spyridon Kapnisis (2405)	0-1	40	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2461) Sahib Singh (2290)	0-1	41	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2417) Georgios Kanakaris (2402)	0-1	38	2024
Vasilios Kotronias (2415) Luka Budisavljevic (2468)	½-½	77	2024

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