Greek Chess Championship
national 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
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.
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