Athanasios Mastrovasilis (; born 18 April 1979) is a
Greek
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chess
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Grandmaster (2005), three-time
Greek Chess Championship The Greek Chess Championship is the major individual National Championship in Greece. The record holding winners are at the Open/Men's Championship with 10 titles and at the Women's Championship with 9 titles.
Winners
Multiple Winners
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winner (2015, 2018, 2021).
Chess career
In the years 1993–1999 Athanasios Mastrovasilis represented Greece at the
World Youth Chess Championship
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Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015 (OR 2016), the event has been s ...
(three times) and
European Youth Chess Championship
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The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007.
Until 2002 t ...
(also three times), achieving his best result in 1995 in
Guarapuava
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, where he took 5th place in the World Youth Chess Championship in U16 age group.
In the second half of 2010s Athanasios Mastrovasilis was one of the top Greek chess players. He competed many times in the individual finals of the
Greek Chess Championship The Greek Chess Championship is the major individual National Championship in Greece. The record holding winners are at the Open/Men's Championship with 10 titles and at the Women's Championship with 9 titles.
Winners
Multiple Winners
(+4 titl ...
, winning the title of national champion three times (in 2015, 2018, and 2021).
In 2004 he won ''
Acropolis International chess tournament''.
Athanasios Mastrovasilis played for Greece in the
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 2004, at second reserve board in the
36th Chess Olympiad
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in
Calvià
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* In 2010, at reserve board in the
39th Chess Olympiad
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in
Khanty-Mansiysk
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* In 2014, at reserve board in the
41st Chess Olympiad
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in
Tromsø
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* In 2016, at fourth board in the
42nd Chess Olympiad
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in
Baku
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* In 2018, at reserve board in the
43rd Chess Olympiad
The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) ...
in
Batumi
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(+2, =4, -2).
* In 2022, at third board in the
44th Chess Olympiad
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in
Chennai
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(+3, =3, -2).
Athanasios Mastrovasilis played for Greece and Greece 2 in the
European Team Chess Championship
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s:
* In 2009, at first reserve board in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in
Novi Sad
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(+2, =4, -1),
* In 2015, at fourth board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in
Reykjavík
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(+2, =1, -3),
* In 2017, at fourth board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship in
Hersonissos
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* In 2019, at reserve board in the 22nd European Team Chess Championship in
Batumi
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(+2, =5, -1).
Athanasios Mastrovasilis played for Greece in the
World Team Chess Championship
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:
* In 2010, at second reserve board in the 7th World Team Chess Championship in
Bursa
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(+1, =2, -1) and won individual silver medal.
In 2000, Athanasios Mastrovasilis was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title five years later. He achieved the highest
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in his career on September 1, 2010, with a score of 2556 points, he was then 6th among Greek chess players.
Personal life
His brother is chess grandmaster
Dimitrios Mastrovasilis.
GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis lifts the Artemis Cup
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References
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Thessaloniki
Greek chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
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