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Dimitrios Mastrovasilis
D Mastrovasilis 
 

Number of games in database: 836
Years covered: 1992 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2540 (2517 rapid, 2543 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2631
Overall record: +243 -140 =307 (57.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 146 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (181) 
    B54 B90 B33 B20 B51
 Ruy Lopez (67) 
    C67 C68 C78 C65 C84
 French Defense (48) 
    C11 C17 C00 C02 C10
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B12 B18 B11 B15 B10
 French (24) 
    C11 C00 C10 C12
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (23) 
    C84 C91 C89 C92 C93
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (105) 
    B47 B40 B48 B44 B22
 Slav (63) 
    D12 D10 D17 D18 D13
 Sicilian Taimanov (57) 
    B47 B48 B46 B49 B45
 Queen's Gambit Declined (37) 
    D31 D30 D35 D37 D39
 Ruy Lopez (36) 
    C67 C65 C80 C82 C77
 Semi-Slav (30) 
    D45 D48 D44 D49 D47
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Mastrovasilis vs Short, 2011 1-0
   D Mastrovasilis vs A Volokitin, 2017 1-0
   D Mastrovasilis vs K Bischoff, 2003 1-0
   D Mastrovasilis vs A Pavlidis, 2009 1-0
   D Mastrovasilis vs Tiviakov, 2009 1-0
   S Zawadzki vs D Mastrovasilis, 2001 0-1
   I Papaioannou vs D Mastrovasilis, 2005 1/2-1/2
   T Rendle vs D Mastrovasilis, 2005 0-1
   D Mastrovasilis vs Mamedyarov, 2005 1/2-1/2
   D Mastrovasilis vs F Blohberger, 2023 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Queenstown Classic (2009)
   Greek Team Championship (2006)
   World Junior Championship (2002)
   World Junior Championship (2003)
   European Junior Championship (2002)
   European Junior Championship (2001)
   European Championship (2017)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)
   European Championship (2003)
   Calvia Olympiad (2004)
   Turin Olympiad (2006)
   European Championship (2005)
   European Championship (2009)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   European Championship (2023)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Rapid Championship
   D Mastrovasilis vs V Vyval (Dec-08-24) 1-0, rapid
   G Ribeiro vs D Mastrovasilis (Dec-08-24) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   D Mastrovasilis vs A Trushko (Dec-08-24) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   A Lauda vs D Mastrovasilis (Dec-08-24) 0-1, rapid
   E Kiratzopoulos vs D Mastrovasilis (Dec-07-24) 0-1, rapid

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DIMITRIOS MASTROVASILIS
(born Jun-12-1983, 42 years old) Greece
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Grandmaster

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

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

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

Wikipedia article: Dimitrios Mastrovasilis

Last updated: 2021-11-26 21:14:46

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 page 1 of 34; games 1-25 of 836  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Ulmanis vs D Mastrovasilis 0-1311992EU-ch U10C30 King's Gambit Declined
2. P Chilingirova vs D Mastrovasilis 1-0211992Komotini OpenE70 King's Indian
3. Bacrot vs D Mastrovasilis 1-0391992Wch U10E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation
4. K Jakubowski vs D Mastrovasilis  ½-½601993EU-ch U10C47 Four Knights
5. D Mastrovasilis vs Bacrot ½-½151993EU-ch U10B01 Scandinavian
6. Ganguly vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0731993Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
7. Bacrot vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0661993Wch U10D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
8. R Memekidou vs D Mastrovasilis  0-1171993Komotini GPA00 Uncommon Opening
9. Aronian vs D Mastrovasilis 0-1161994EU-ch U12B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
10. V Akobian vs D Mastrovasilis  ½-½511994EU-ch U12E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
11. Grischuk vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0291995EU-ch U12B42 Sicilian, Kan
12. D Mastrovasilis vs A Wirig  1-0431995EU-ch U12B01 Scandinavian
13. Ganguly vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0481996Wch U14B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
14. V Akobian vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0901996EU-ch U14D00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. V Akobian vs D Mastrovasilis  ½-½221996Wch U14D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
16. E Grivas vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0631997Ikaria opA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
17. T Yilmaz vs D Mastrovasilis  0-1521997Athens Akropolis opB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
18. K Rusev vs D Mastrovasilis 0-1391997Wch U14D02 Queen's Pawn Game
19. D Mastrovasilis vs A Greenfeld  0-1441998Korinthos op 2ndB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. I Dorfanis vs D Mastrovasilis 0-1361998GRE-chTD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. I Nikolaidis vs D Mastrovasilis 1-033199848th Greek ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. E Grivas vs D Mastrovasilis 0-157199848th Greek ChampionshipA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
23. I Papaioannou vs D Mastrovasilis 1-077199848th Greek ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. H Papaioannou vs D Mastrovasilis  0-1341999Corinth OpenB24 Sicilian, Closed
25. D Mastrovasilis vs G Prassas  1-0241999Corinth OpenB32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-21-06  PhilFeeley: Nice two rooks vs. queen ending here:

[Event "Kavala International Tournament 2005"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mastrovasilis D"]
[Black "Pavlidou K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg5 Re5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Nh5 Ne7 17. Be5 Kh8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Qf3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Ng6 22. Nxf6 Re6 23. Nd7 Qxb2 24. Qxf7 Rae8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Rae1 Qxa3 28. h4 h5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. R8xe5 Qxd3 31. Rxh5 Qc3 32. Re4 Qb4 33. f3 a5 34. Rg5+ Kf6 35. Rd5 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 a4 37. Rexd4 b5 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. R7d6+ Ke7 41. Ra6 Qb2 42. Re4+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. h5 Kg5 45. Rg4+ Kh6 46. Ra6+ Kxh5 47. Rag6 Qe2 48. R4g5+ Kh4 49. f4 1-0

Jun-11-08  BIDMONFA: http://chessgames.com/perl/chesspla...

MASTROVASILIS, Dimitrios
http://www.bidmonfa.com/mastrovasil...
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Jun-12-09  wordfunph: FIDE awarded his GM title in 2004, Happy Birthday GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis!!!

Anyone knew the meaning of "Mastro" and "Vasilis"?

Sep-01-10
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: Placed 6th in Kalamaria Open (Greece) 28 Aug. - 1 Sept. 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr370...

May-27-12
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: http://www.scacchierando.net/public...
Mar-04-14
Premium Chessgames Member		  ketchuplover: He might have lost to a 12 year old recently.
Dec-11-14  waustad: He did commentary on chessbomb today for the 4th International Chess Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska 2014 tournament and seemed to do quite a good job. It isn't the highest profile tournament, but some decent female players are there.
Jun-12-17  kdogphs: Guy just qualified for the World Cup on 2017! Followed a bunch of his games from the EIC, pretty universal style, hope he makes it far in the World Cup!
Jun-12-17  cunctatorg: <@ wordfunph; Anyone knew the meaning of "Mastro" and "Vasilis"?>:

Well, you may have already find the answer after whole eight years!

In any case, "mastro" is a quite simple word, not a Greek word but perhaps a word of Latin origin or so; it simply means "master".

"Vasilis" is perhaps a word of Greek origin though it isn't a Homer's word, it became quite common during the Christian Era and the Byzantine Empire; "Vasileus" is just the King and the word became a little bit "international" as a Christian name etc.

Last but not least about GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis first name: Dimitrios is surely an ancient Greek word and it was the name of "Dimitra", the Goddess of Agriculture. Plato himself is giving the etymology of the word from the words "dido/dous=give" and "mEtEr=mHtHr=mother" at his "dialogue" on names, "Kratylus". That Goddess was giving as a mother and you can see the interesting (and general) fact that the ancient Greek names had a similar structure to that of the names of e.g. the natives of North America, the "Indians".

Aug-30-17  spysfi: I have submitted the following game between these two players long time ago. Dear Chessgames admins please include it in your database:

Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios - Navara, David

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Bxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. c3 e6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. g5 Nfd7 1h3. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Bxe4 Ra7 16. Bd2 g6 17. O-O-O N8d7 18. h4 c5 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. h5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Bb4 Nc5 23. Qc2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rg8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qd4 Nd5 28. Qxa7 Nxb4 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qxg8 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 Qb1+ 33. Kxb1 1-0

http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2016...

Aug-30-17  spysfi: This summer he gave a big (over sixty players) simul in Nafpaktos, Greece and I think he went like 59.5-0.5 against many players rated over 1500. I got a good position with black against his pet opening (Two knights Caro-Kann) where he admitted after the game that he mixed the move order. I was very excited to have his king left in the center and tried a central break with a pawn sacrifice for the win!! Finally, I lost easily the endgame in a complicated position...
Dec-16-21  Albertan: He won the 2021 Greek Men’s Chess Championship:

https://www.fide.com/news/1481

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