GMHristos Banikas

GRE Born 1978 Male
FIDE ID
4202031

About Hristos Banikas

Hristos Banikas was born in Thessaloniki in 1978. He won Greece’s under-12 title in 1990, under-16 title in 1993 and under-20 title in 1996. He then won eight senior Greek championships, including six consecutive titles from 2000 through 2005. He became a grandmaster in 2001. Show more

Hristos Banikas was born in Thessaloniki in 1978. He won Greece’s under-12 title in 1990, under-16 title in 1993 and under-20 title in 1996. He then won eight senior Greek championships, including six consecutive titles from 2000 through 2005. He became a grandmaster in 2001. In 2002 he won the European rapid championship in Crete on tiebreak ahead of Sergei Movsesian. He also won that year’s Balkan Individual Championship in Istanbul.

FIDE ratings

2543

Classical

Published FIDE

2606

Rapid

Published FIDE

2601

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#334
National rank · GRE
#4

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2646 Jul 2014
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
512

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
451 2013-08-18 3rd Isthmia Open Vrachati GRE 1.3 Hristos Banikas Ioannis Poulopoulos 1-0 45 Open
452 2013-08-04 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 9.2 Mikita Mayorau Hristos Banikas 0-1 34 Open
453 2013-08-03 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 8.4 Hristos Banikas Gil Popilski 1-0 37 Open
454 2013-08-02 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 7.4 Spyridon Skembris Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 28 Open
455 2013-08-01 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 6.3 Hristos Banikas Ioannis Georgiadis 1/2-1/2 16 Open
456 2013-07-31 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 5.2 R. Rajpara Ankit Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 40 Open
457 2013-07-30 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 4.3 Hristos Banikas Alexander Berezovics 1-0 33 Open
458 2013-07-29 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 3.1 Spyridon Kapnisis Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 14 Open
459 2013-07-29 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 2.1 Hristos Banikas Panteleimon Tzouganakis 1-0 39 Open
460 2013-07-28 5th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 1.1 Igor Ryabov Hristos Banikas 0-1 32 Open
461 2013-07-26 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 9.3 Hristos Banikas Aleksandar Colovic 1/2-1/2 50 Open
462 2013-07-25 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 8.3 Spyridon Kapnisis Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 12 Open
463 2013-07-24 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 7.2 Hristos Banikas Jayaram Ashwin 1/2-1/2 25 Open
464 2013-07-23 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 6.1 Dejan Antic Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 47 Open
465 2013-07-22 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 5.1 Hristos Banikas Andrey Rychagov 1/2-1/2 23 Open
466 2013-07-21 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 4.1 Misa Pap Hristos Banikas 0-1 55 Open
467 2013-07-20 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 3.1 Hristos Banikas Matthias De Wachter 1-0 64 Open
468 2013-07-20 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 2.1 Alexander Chernukhin Hristos Banikas 0-1 47 Open
469 2013-07-19 6th Paleochora Open Paleochora GRE 1.1 Hristos Banikas Dmitry Minko 1-0 31 Open
470 2013-07-09 31st Greek Team Cup Final 4 Athens GRE 2.2 Hristos Banikas Spyridon Skembris 1-0 19 Open
471 2013-07-08 31st Greek Team Cup Final 4 Athens GRE 1.3 Athanasios Papadimitriou Hristos Banikas 0-1 87 Open
472 2013-07-07 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 7.3 Antonios Pavlidis Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 31 Open
473 2013-07-06 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 6.2 Stamatis Argiroudis Hristos Banikas 0-1 40 Open
474 2013-07-05 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 5.3 Hristos Banikas Ioannis Nikolaidis 1/2-1/2 32 Open
475 2013-07-04 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 4.3 Hristos Zygouris Hristos Banikas 0-1 56 Open
476 2013-07-03 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 3.2 Apostolos Tsiropoulas Hristos Banikas 0-1 17 Open
477 2013-07-03 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 2.3 Hristos Banikas Sebastian Filippas 1-0 18 Open
478 2013-07-02 41st TCh-GRE Rio (Achaia) GRE 1.2 Hristos Banikas Christos Goritsas 1-0 37 Open
479 2012-12-26 World Cities Team KO Al-Ain UAE 2.6 Hristos Banikas Andrey Kvon 1/2-1/2 28 Open
480 2012-12-25 World Cities Team KO Al-Ain UAE 1.22 David W L Howell Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 56 Open
481 2012-12-24 World Cities Team GpC Al-Ain UAE 3.6 Hristos Banikas Vladimir Feldman 1-0 35 Open
482 2012-12-23 World Cities Team GpC Al-Ain UAE 2.6 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Hristos Banikas 0-1 59 Open
483 2012-12-22 World Cities Team GpC Al-Ain UAE 1.2 Arturs Neiksans Hristos Banikas 1-0 51 Open
484 2012-09-09 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 11.13 Sabino Brunello Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 30 Open
485 2012-09-07 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 10.13 Miguel Illescas Cordoba Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 29 Open
486 2012-09-06 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 9.17 Hristos Banikas Mohammed Al-Sayed 1/2-1/2 38 Open
487 2012-09-05 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 8.13 Hristos Banikas Jure Borisek 1/2-1/2 64 Open
488 2012-09-03 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 6.21 Hristos Banikas Sameer Mansour 1-0 41 Open
489 2012-09-01 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 5.33 Hristos Banikas Daniel Mieles Palau 1-0 44 Open
490 2012-08-31 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 4.13 Milan Drasko Hristos Banikas 1-0 49 Open
491 2012-08-30 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 3.36 Christian Jeitz Hristos Banikas 0-1 45 Open
492 2012-08-29 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 2.8 Hristos Banikas Sergey Karjakin 1/2-1/2 15 Open
493 2012-08-28 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 1.19 Terry Farley Hristos Banikas 0-1 65 Open
494 2012-07-14 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 9.3 Hristos Banikas Sundar M. Shyam 1/2-1/2 11 Open
495 2012-07-13 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 8.2 Yuriy Kryvoruchko Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 35 Open
496 2012-07-12 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 7.6 Hristos Banikas Misa Pap 1-0 34 Open
497 2012-07-11 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 6.12 Simon T Ansell Hristos Banikas 0-1 78 Open
498 2012-07-10 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 5.8 Hristos Banikas Aleksandar Colovic 1/2-1/2 17 Open
499 2012-07-09 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 4.7 Kore Akshayraj Hristos Banikas 1/2-1/2 29 Open
500 2012-07-08 4th Rethymno Open Rethymno GRE 3.17 Hristos Banikas Pal Royset 1-0 36 Open
  1. vs Ioannis PoulopoulosWon · 1-0White · 2013-08-18 · Round 1.33rd Isthmia Open
  2. vs Mikita MayorauWon · 0-1Black · 2013-08-04 · Round 9.25th Rethymno Open
  3. vs Gil PopilskiWon · 1-0White · 2013-08-03 · Round 8.45th Rethymno Open
  4. vs Spyridon SkembrisDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-08-02 · Round 7.45th Rethymno Open
  5. vs Ioannis GeorgiadisDraw · ½–½White · 2013-08-01 · Round 6.35th Rethymno Open
  6. vs R. Rajpara AnkitDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-31 · Round 5.25th Rethymno Open
  7. vs Alexander BerezovicsWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-30 · Round 4.35th Rethymno Open
  8. vs Spyridon KapnisisDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-29 · Round 3.15th Rethymno Open
  9. vs Panteleimon TzouganakisWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-29 · Round 2.15th Rethymno Open
  10. vs Igor RyabovWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-28 · Round 1.15th Rethymno Open
  11. vs Aleksandar ColovicDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-26 · Round 9.36th Paleochora Open
  12. vs Spyridon KapnisisDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-25 · Round 8.36th Paleochora Open
  13. vs Jayaram AshwinDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-24 · Round 7.26th Paleochora Open
  14. vs Dejan AnticDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-23 · Round 6.16th Paleochora Open
  15. vs Andrey RychagovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-22 · Round 5.16th Paleochora Open
  16. vs Misa PapWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-21 · Round 4.16th Paleochora Open
  17. vs Matthias De WachterWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-20 · Round 3.16th Paleochora Open
  18. vs Alexander ChernukhinWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-20 · Round 2.16th Paleochora Open
  19. vs Dmitry MinkoWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-19 · Round 1.16th Paleochora Open
  20. vs Spyridon SkembrisWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-09 · Round 2.231st Greek Team Cup Final 4
  21. vs Athanasios PapadimitriouWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-08 · Round 1.331st Greek Team Cup Final 4
  22. vs Antonios PavlidisDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-07 · Round 7.341st TCh-GRE
  23. vs Stamatis ArgiroudisWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-06 · Round 6.241st TCh-GRE
  24. vs Ioannis NikolaidisDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-05 · Round 5.341st TCh-GRE
  25. vs Hristos ZygourisWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-04 · Round 4.341st TCh-GRE
  26. vs Apostolos TsiropoulasWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-03 · Round 3.241st TCh-GRE
  27. vs Sebastian FilippasWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-03 · Round 2.341st TCh-GRE
  28. vs Christos GoritsasWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-02 · Round 1.241st TCh-GRE
  29. vs Andrey KvonDraw · ½–½White · 2012-12-26 · Round 2.6World Cities Team KO
  30. vs David W L HowellDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-12-25 · Round 1.22World Cities Team KO
  31. vs Vladimir FeldmanWon · 1-0White · 2012-12-24 · Round 3.6World Cities Team GpC
  32. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoWon · 0-1Black · 2012-12-23 · Round 2.6World Cities Team GpC
  33. vs Arturs NeiksansLost · 1-0Black · 2012-12-22 · Round 1.2World Cities Team GpC
  34. vs Sabino BrunelloDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-09-09 · Round 11.1340th Olympiad Open
  35. vs Miguel Illescas CordobaDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-09-07 · Round 10.1340th Olympiad Open
  36. vs Mohammed Al-SayedDraw · ½–½White · 2012-09-06 · Round 9.1740th Olympiad Open
  37. vs Jure BorisekDraw · ½–½White · 2012-09-05 · Round 8.1340th Olympiad Open
  38. vs Sameer MansourWon · 1-0White · 2012-09-03 · Round 6.2140th Olympiad Open
  39. vs Daniel Mieles PalauWon · 1-0White · 2012-09-01 · Round 5.3340th Olympiad Open
  40. vs Milan DraskoLost · 1-0Black · 2012-08-31 · Round 4.1340th Olympiad Open
  41. vs Christian JeitzWon · 0-1Black · 2012-08-30 · Round 3.3640th Olympiad Open
  42. vs Sergey KarjakinDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-29 · Round 2.840th Olympiad Open
  43. vs Terry FarleyWon · 0-1Black · 2012-08-28 · Round 1.1940th Olympiad Open
  44. vs Sundar M. ShyamDraw · ½–½White · 2012-07-14 · Round 9.34th Rethymno Open
  45. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-07-13 · Round 8.24th Rethymno Open
  46. vs Misa PapWon · 1-0White · 2012-07-12 · Round 7.64th Rethymno Open
  47. vs Simon T AnsellWon · 0-1Black · 2012-07-11 · Round 6.124th Rethymno Open
  48. vs Aleksandar ColovicDraw · ½–½White · 2012-07-10 · Round 5.84th Rethymno Open
  49. vs Kore AkshayrajDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-07-09 · Round 4.74th Rethymno Open
  50. vs Pal RoysetWon · 1-0White · 2012-07-08 · Round 3.174th Rethymno Open