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Vasilios Kotronias

1964 - Today

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Vasilios Kotronias (Greek: Βασίλειος Κοτρωνιάς; first name sometimes spelled Vassilios; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014). Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990 by FIDE. He was the first Greek chess player to become a Grandmaster. Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched federations to become a Greek national player once again. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasilios Kotronias is the 338th most popular chess player (down from 319th in 2024), the 953rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 952nd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Vasilios Kotronias ranks 337 out of 461. Before him are Étienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Jacob Aagaard, Joel Benjamin, and Peng Zhaoqin. After him are Curt Hansen, Tan Zhongyi, Zhang Zhong, Mohammed Al-Modiahki, Walter Arencibia, Vladislav Tkachiev, and Aleksander Delchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Vasilios Kotronias ranks 1,058. Before him are Eckhardt Schultz, Mary T. Meagher, Nicolas Hénard, Tibor Gécsek, Joel Benjamin, and Kim Jong-song. After him are Jiří Rohan, Denean Howard, Gadis Arivia, Curt Hansen, Rebecca Gibney, and Wendy Melvoin.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vasilios Kotronias ranks 954 out of 1,024. Before him are Lampros Choutos (1979), Kostas Fortounis (1992), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (1991), Mihalis Yannakakis (1953), Eleftherios Petrounias (1990), and Anastasios Sidiropoulos (1979). After him are Peggy Zina (1975), Gianna Terzi (1980), Giorgos Giakoumakis (1994), Giannis Kalitzakis (1966), Stathis Tavlaridis (1980), and Athanasia Tsoumeleka (1982).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Greece

Among chess players born in Greece, Vasilios Kotronias ranks 1. After him are Anna-Maria Botsari (1972), and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (1983).

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