| Dimitrios Mastrovasilis | |
|---|---|
 Mastrovasilis in Polish Team Chess Championship "Ekstraliga" (2021) | |
| Country | Greece |
| Born | (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 41) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2003) |
| FIDE rating | 2537 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2631 (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
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 Pârligras, Hristos Banikas and Dmitry Svetushkin in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament. In 2012 he won the Artemis Cup in Leros.
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. 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.
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.
Personal life
His brother is chess grandmaster Athanasios Mastrovasilis. He is married to Polish Woman Grandmaster Jolanta Zawadzka.
References
- Jugend-Europameisterschaft U18 Burschen. chess-results.com.
- 1st Mediterranean Junior Championship 2003. FIDE.
- Minutes of General Assembly 2007 Archived 13 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Mediterranean Chess Association.
- "Karadjord.-Serb.1804-2004". FIDE. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- "Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007". ChessBase. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis lifts the Artemis Cup". Chessdom. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- "FIDE World Cup 2017: Eljanov out; 22 tiebreaks!". Chess News. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- "Σκάκι: Στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο με τους καλύτερους συμμετείχαν Τσολακίδου και Μαστροβασίλης". www.kavalanews.gr (in Greek). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- "Men's Chess Olympiads: Dimitrios Mastrovasilis". OlimpBase. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- Schulz, André (23 June 2016). "Chess Festival Lublin: Europe wins against Poland". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
External links
- Dimitrios Mastrovasilis chess games at 365Chess.com
- Dimitrios Mastrovasilis player profile and games at Chessgames.com