Dimitrios Mastrovasilis

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Dimitrios Mastrovasilis
Mastrovasilis in Polish Team Chess Championship "Ekstraliga" (2021)
CountryGreece
Born (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 40)
TitleGrandmaster (2003)
FIDE rating2576 (April 2024)
Peak rating2631 (January 2012)

Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (Greek: Δημήτριος Μαστροβασίλης; born 12 June 1983) is a Greek chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and the FIDE World Cup in 2017 and 2023.

Career[edit]

Mastrovasilis took the silver medal in the under 18 division at the European Youth Chess Championships of 2000.[1] In 2003 Mastrovasilis won the 1st Mediterranean Junior Championship in Ajelat, Libya.[2][3] The following year he tied for 1st–2nd with Kiril Georgiev at Topola.[4] In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Vadim Malakhatko, Mircea Pârligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament.[5] In 2012 he won the Artemis Cup in Leros.[6]

Mastrovasilis participated in the FIDE World Cup in 2017 and in 2023. In 2017 he was eliminated in 1st round by the Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov losing 1.5 — 0.5 in their match.[7] In 2023, he eliminated the Austrian GM Felix Blohberger in the tiebreaks and advanced to round 2, where he was eliminated by the Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi, also in the tiebreaks. [8]

In team events, Mastrovasilis represented Greece in the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship and the European Team Chess Championship.[9] In 2016, he was part of team Europe, which defeated team Poland in the 8th Lublin Union Memorial.[10]

Personal life[edit]

His brother is chess grandmaster Athanasios Mastrovasilis.[6] He is married to Polish Woman Grandmaster Jolanta Zawadzka.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jugend-Europameisterschaft U18 Burschen. chess-results.com.
  2. ^ 1st Mediterranean Junior Championship 2003. FIDE.
  3. ^ Minutes of General Assembly 2007 Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Mediterranean Chess Association.
  4. ^ "Karadjord.-Serb.1804-2004". FIDE. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007". ChessBase. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis lifts the Artemis Cup". Chessdom. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ^ "FIDE World Cup 2017: Eljanov out; 22 tiebreaks!". Chess News. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Σκάκι: Στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο με τους καλύτερους συμμετείχαν Τσολακίδου και Μαστροβασίλης". www.kavalanews.gr (in Greek). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Dimitrios Mastrovasilis". OlimpBase. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  10. ^ Schulz, André (23 June 2016). "Chess Festival Lublin: Europe wins against Poland". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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