Paris Klerides


Paris Klerides is a Cypriot chess player.

Chess career

He won the Cypriot Chess Championship six times: in 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2015.
He played for Cyprus in every Chess Olympiad from the 32nd to the 39th.
He has served as the FIDE Social Action Commission councillor and the president for FIDE Zone 1.10.
In April 2018, he won the European Small Nations Blitz Chess Championship.
He was the Chief Arbiter of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2022 and the World Blitz Chess Championship 2022.