Efstratios Grivas: Chess
Efstratios Grivas: Chess
Efstratios Grivas: Chess
Efstratios
Grivas
Efstratios Grivas (30.03.1966)
is a highly experienced chess trainer and chess author
Has been awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) the titles of:
▪ International Chess Grandmaster (1993)
▪ FIDE Senior Trainer (2005)
▪ International Chess Arbiter (1998)
▪ International Chess Organiser (1998)
His main successes over the board were:
▪ Silver Medal Olympiad 1998 (3rd Board)
▪ Gold Medal European Team Championship 1989 (3rd Board)
▪ 4th Position World Junior Championship U.20 1985
▪ 5 Balkan Medals (2 Gold - 1 Silver - 2 Bronze)
▪ 3 times Winner of the International ‘Acropolis’ Tournament
▪ 28 times Winner of Greek Individual & Team Championships
▪ Winner of Various International Tournaments
▪ Among the 120 best players of the World in 1993
▪ Rating Record in 1999 *2528* (equal to today 2630 ~)
▪ Best Individual Results: Z.Almasi ½ ½ - V.Anand ½ - Z.Azmaiparashvili 1 -
J.Benjamin 1 - F.Caruana ½ - M.Chiburdanidze ½ ½ ½ - L.Christiansen ½ -
Z.Efimenko ½ - J.Ehlvest ½ - B.Gelfand ½ - Kir.Georgiev 1 - R.Huebner ½ -
V.Kramnik 0 - P.Leko ½ ½ ½ - S.Lputian 1 - S.Movsesian ½ - J.Nunn 1 ½ ½ ½ -
J.Polgar ½ ½ - S.Polgar ½ - A.Shirov ½ - N.Short ½ - I.Smirin ½ - V.Smyslov ½
½ ½ - P.Svidler ½ - V.Topalov ½ - R.Vaganian ½ - L.Van Wely ½
▪ An opening variation has been named after him. The ‘Grivas Sicilian’ is
characterised by the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6
What he does/did:
▪ Secretary of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (2009-2018)
▪ Member of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (2019-)
▪ Director of the FIDE Grivas Chess International Academy (Athens-2012)
▪ Director of the UAE Chess Federation FIDE Academy (Abu Dhabi-2015)
▪ Technical Director of the Greek Chess Federation (1996-1999)
▪ Technical Director of the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation (2014-2016)
▪ Head Trainer of the Turkish Men’s National Team (2006-2012)
▪ Head Coach of the Greek Men’s National Team (2013)
▪ Head Coach of the Sri Lanka Men’s National Team (2014)
▪ Head Coach of the United Arab Emirates Men’s National Team (2016)
▪ Workshops with National Teams of Austria (Women), Germany (Women),
Jordan (Men & Women), Mauritius (Men) and Sri Lanka (Men & Women)
▪ Winner of the FIDE Boleslavsky Medal 2009 & 2015 (best author)
▪ Winner of the FIDE Euwe Medal 2011 & 2012 & 2017 (best junior trainer)
▪ Winner of the FIDE Razuvaev Medal 2014 (Trainers’ education)
▪ Captain/Winner of the World Team - USA vs. The World U.17-14 2017
▪ Trainer of Various GMs & IMs - In 2009-2011 alone, he formed 7 GMs!
▪ Trainer of the FIDE World Women Champion Antoaneta Stefanova
▪ Trainer of the FIDE World Junior Champion U.20 2012 Alex Ipatov
▪ Trainer of the Gold Medal Winner (Group D’) Team of Sri Lanka in the 41st
Chess Olympiad
▪ Worked over 12.000 hours on training!
▪ Official Commentator of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Ch 2013
▪ Organiser of the European Youth Championships 1999, FIDE Congress 2015 &
Asian Nations Cup 2015
▪ Lecturer at FIDE Seminars for Training & Certifying Trainers
▪ Author of 92 Books/DVDs in Arabic, English, French, Greek, Iranian, Italian,
Mongolian, Spanish & Turkish languages
▪ Cooperating with the World’s Most Important Magazines
Efstratios Grivas tutorial program contains:
▪ Build an Opening Repertoire
▪ Broaden your Tactical Abilities
▪ Become an Expert in Middlegame Handling
▪ Understand Endgame Techniques
▪ Deeply Analyse your Games