Spyridon Kapnisis Explained

Spyridon Kapnisis
Country:	Greece
Grandmaster (2011)
Peakrating:	2529 (July 2011)
Fideid:	4203445

Spyridon Kapnisis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σπυρίδων (Σπύρος) Καπνίσης; is a Greek chess player. He was awarded the title of chess grandmaster in 2011.^[1]

Chess career

In 2003, Kapnisis won the Mediterranean Chess Championship taking place in Beirut, Lebanon with 7.5 points in 9 rounds^[2]

He was awarded the title of International Master in 2004 and the title of Grandmaster in 2011. He achieved his peak rating of 2529 in July 2011.^[1]

He has served as coach of the Greek national teams in events including the 43rd Chess Olympiad.^[3]

Personal life

Kapnisis has studied finance in University of Piraeus^[4]

External links

• • Spyridon_Kapnisis chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kapnisis, Spyridon . ratings.fide.com.
2. Web site: The 1st Mediterranean Chess Association Championships, Beirut, Lebanon, Sep 25th - Oct 6th 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105150/http://www.medchess.org/old/mca_ch2003/mca_ch.htm . 4 March 2016.
3. Web site: 43η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα - Χανιώτικα Νέα . el . 24 September 2018.
4. Web site: Μάχη γιγάντων στο ελληνικό σκάκι στις 30 Μαίου . saronicmagazine.gr . el . 9 February 2018.