Greek Chess Championship

The Greek Chess Championship is the major individual National Championship in Greece. The record holding winners are Vasilios Kotronias at the Open/Men's Championship with 10 titles and Marina Makropoulou at the Women's Championship with 9 titles.

Winners

# Year Open/Men's Winner (1) 1934 Dimitrios Papantoniou (2) 1935 Stavros Fryganas (3) 1947 Marios Mikrouleas (4) 1948 Christos Mylonas 1 1949 Fotis Mastihiadis 2 1950 Dimitrios Parliaros 3 1951 Georgios Gaitanaros 4 1952 Georgios Gaitanaros 5 1953 Georgios Gaitanaros 6 1954 Dimitrios Parliaros 7 1956 Triantafyllos Siaperas 8 1957 Panayotis Panagopoulos 9 1958 Haralambos Syngellakis 10 1959 Alexandros Angos 11 1960 Anastasios Anastasopoulos 12 1961 Anastasios Anastasopoulos 13 1962 Hristos Kokkoris 14 1963 Konstantinos Hadziotis 15 1964 Aristides Paidousis 16 1965 Lazaros Vizantiadis 17 1966 Lazaros Vizantiadis 18 1967 Anastasios Anastasopoulos 19 1969 Hristos Kokkoris 20 1970 Hristos Kokkoris 21 1971 Georgios Makropoulos 22 1972 Triantafyllos Siaperas 23 1973 Georgios Makropoulos 24 1974 Miltiadis Grigoriou 25 1975 Georgios Makropoulos 26 1976 Panayotis Balaskas 27 1977 Georgios Makropoulos 28 1978 Georgios Makropoulos 29 1979 Panayotis Balaskas 30 1980 Georgios Makropoulos 31 1981 Spyridon Skembris 32 1982 Nikolaos Skalkotas 33 1983 Efstratios Grivas 34 1984 Spyridon Skembris 35 1985 Georgios Makropoulos 36 1986 Vasilios Kotronias 37 1987 Vasilios Kotronias 38 1988 Vasilios Kotronias 39 1989 Spyridon Skembris 40 1990 Vasilios Kotronias 41 1991 Vasilios Kotronias 42 1992 Vasilios Kotronias 43 1993 Spyridon Skembris 44 1994 Vasilios Kotronias 45 1995 Ioannis Nikolaidis 46 1996 Efstratios Grivas 47 1997 Ioannis Papaioannou 48 1998 Ioannis Papaioannou 49 1999 Ioannis Papaioannou 50 2000 Hristos Banikas 51 2001 Hristos Banikas 52 2002 Hristos Banikas 53 2003 Hristos Banikas 54 2004 Hristos Banikas 55 2005 Hristos Banikas 56 2006 Vasilios Kotronias 57 2007 Ioannis Papadopoulos 58 2008 Hristos Banikas 59 2009 Hristos Banikas 60 2010 Vasilios Kotronias 61 2011 Antonios Pavlidis 62 2012 Antonios Pavlidis 63 2013 Sotirios Malikentzos 64 2014 Vasilios Kotronias 65 2015 Athanasios Mastrovasilis 66 2016 Antonios Pavlidis 67 2017 Ioannis Nikolaidis 68 2018 Athanasios Mastrovasilis 69 2019 Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis -- 2020 (not held due to COVID-19) 70 2021 Athanasios Mastrovasilis 71 2022 Georgios Mitsis

# Year Women's Winner (1) 1947 Mousina Klio 1 1978 Artemis Fouriki 2 1979 Artemis Fouriki 3 1980 Artemis Fouriki 4 1981 Maria Petraki 5 1982 Katerina Nika 6 1983 Katerina Nika 7 1984 Eva Kondou 8 1985 Eva Kondou 9 1986 Efrosini Kasioura Anna-Maria Botsari 10 1987 Eva Kondou 11 1988 Anna-Maria Botsari 12 1989 Maria Petraki 13 1990 Marina Makropoulou 14 1991 Aspasia Giaitzi 15 1992 Eva Kondou 16 1993 Maria Petraki 17 1994 Marina Makropoulou 18 1995 Ekaterini Fakhiridou 19 1996 Marina Makropoulou 20 1997 Anna-Maria Botsari 21 1998 Marina Makropoulou 22 1999 Marina Makropoulou 23 2000 Maria Kouvatsou 24 2001 Anna-Maria Botsari 25 2002 Anna-Maria Botsari 26 2003 Ekatrini Fakhiridou 27 2004 Marina Makropoulou 28 2005 Ekatrini Fakhiridou 29 2006 Anna-Maria Botsari 30 2007 Marina Makropoulou 31 2008 Anna-Maria Botsari 32 2009 Vera Papadopoulou 33 2010 Anna-Maria Botsari 34 2011 Marina Makropoulou 35 2012 Ekaterini Pavlidou 36 2013 Ekaterini Pavlidou 37 2014 Haritomeni Markantonaki 38 2015 Ekaterini Pavlidou 39 2016 Stavroula Tsolakidou 40 2017 Ekaterini Pavlidou 41 2018 Ioulia Makka 42 2019 Haritomeni Markantonaki -- 2020 (not held due to COVID-19) 43 2021 Haritomeni Markantonaki 44 2022 Marina Makropoulou

Multiple Winners

(+4 titles)

Open/Men's Winners

10 - Vasilios Kotronias

8 - Hristos Banikas

7 - Georgios Makropoulos

4 - Spyridon Skembris

Women's Winners

9 - Marina Makropoulou

8 - Anna-Maria Botsari

4 - Eva Kondou, Ekaterini Pavlidou

References

• Lists of winners: [1] and [2]
• O'Connell, Kevin (1977), "Greece", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishers, p. 132, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
• Crowther, Mark (28 December 1998), THE WEEK IN CHESS 216: 48th Greek Championships, London Chess Center
• Crowther, Mark (17 December 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 684: Greek Championships, London Chess Center
• 2003 results Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine from chess.gr
• 2005 results Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine from chess.gr
• 2007 results from fide.com