Ioannis Nikolaidis is a Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 chess

Chess

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 Grandmaster (1995).

He won Greek Chess Championship

Greek Chess Championship

The Greek Chess Championship is normally played the year after the title year. For example, the 24th championship was played in 1975....

 in 1995. and came third in the Balkan Individual Chess Championship of 2002 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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. Played for Greece

Greece

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 in the Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

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s of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.

Other results include: 7th-11th with Zurab Sturua

Zurab Sturua

Zurab Sturua is a Georgian chess grandmaster .He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984 and 1985 and played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads of 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004....

, Giorgi Bagaturov

Giorgi Bagaturov

Giorgi Bagaturov is a Georgian-Armenian chess grandmaster.He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1989, 1995 and 1999 and played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiad of 1998....

, Angelos Vouldis and Ashot Nadanian

Ashot Nadanian

Ashot Nadanian is an Armenian chess International Master , chess theoretician and chess coach....

 in the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete

Crete

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 1998, which was the qualifying tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999

FIDE World Chess Championship 1999

The FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 was held in Las Vegas, United States, between 31 July and 28 August 1999. The championship was won by Russian Alexander Khalifman, making him the FIDE World Chess Champion.-Format:...

; third in the Bolzano open 2000; first in the 16th international tournament in Nikea 2008. In 2005, he tied for second-third places with Maxim Turov

Maxim Turov

Maxim Turov is a Russian chess Grandmaster .In 2005 and 2011 he won the Dutch Open Championship in Dieren. In 2009, came second in Doroshkevich Memorial, first in Eforie Nord, in Nordhausen Open and in Faaker See Open...

 in the Ikaros

IKAROS

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 Chess Festival.

In the May 2010 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2490.

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