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GM Ioannis Nikolaidis

Full name

Ioannis Nikolaidis

Born

1/1/1971 (age 53)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Greece

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation (51 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (18 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (16 games)

Dutch Defense (14 games)

King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense (14 games)

Black Pieces

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (19 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (11 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (11 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Anti-Nimzo-Indian Variation (11 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (10 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2516) Nikolaos Spyropoulos (2438)	1-0	44	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2508) Petros Rahmanidis (2294)	1-0	28	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2508) Adarsh Tripathi (2304)	1-0	36	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2491) Nikolaos Sandalakis (2229)	1-0	27	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2508) Sahib Singh (2290)	0-1	62	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2516) Nagarkatte Vedant (2320)	½-½	31	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2516) Tao Pang (2430)	½-½	22	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2516) Dimitris Alexakis (2462)	½-½	57	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2516) Spyridon Kapnisis (2431)	½-½	9	2024
Ioannis Nikolaidis (2508) Christos Krallis (2324)	½-½	27	2024

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