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Spyridon Skembris

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Spyridon Skembris
Spyridon Skembris in 2008
CountryGreece
Born (1958-02-22) 22 February 1958 (age 66)
Corfu, Greece
TitleGrandmaster (1990)
Peak rating2565 (January 1993)

Spyridon Skembris (Greek: Σπυρίδων Σκέμπρης; born 22 February 1958) is a Greek chess Grandmaster (1990), four-time Greek Chess Championship winner (1981, 1984, 1989, 1993).

Chess career

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In the 1980s and until the mid-1990s, Spyridon Skembris was one of the top Greek chess players. He competed many times in the individual finals of the Greek Chess Championship, winning the title of national champion four times (in 1981, 1984, 1989 and 1993).[1]

He achieved his first significant success in the international arena in 1977, sharing the 3rd place (behind Artur Yusupov and Alonso Zapata, together with Petar Popović, Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo and Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen) in the World Junior Chess Championship (U20 age group) in Innsbruck. In the following years, he achieved successes, among others in:

Spyridon Skembris played for Greece in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Spyridon Skembris played for Greece in the European Team Chess Championships:[3]

  • In 1989, at second board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+2, =5, -2),
  • In 1992, at second board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+4, =5, -0) and won individual gold medal.

In 1981, Spyridon Skembris was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title nine years later. He achieved the highest rating in his career on January 1, 1993, with a score of 2565 points, he shared 95th place on the FIDE world list, while also taking 1st place among Greek chess players.[4] From 2013 he is FIDE Trainer.

References

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  1. ^ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Spyridon Skembris". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Spyridon Skembris". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ FIDE rating history :: Skembris, Spyridon
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