Spyridon Skembris

Spyridon Skembris is a Greek chess Grandmaster, four-time Greek Chess Championship winner.

Chess career

In the 1980s and until the mid-1990s, Spyridon Skembris was one of the top Greek chess players. He competed many times in the individual finals of the Greek Chess Championship, winning the title of national champion four times.
He achieved his first significant success in the international arena in 1977, sharing the 3rd place in the World Junior Chess Championship in Innsbruck. In the following years, he achieved successes, among others in:

Spyridon Skembris played for Greece in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1980, at second board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta,
In 1982, at first board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne,
In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
In 1986, at second board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai,
In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad,
In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila,
In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow.

Spyridon Skembris played for Greece in the European Team Chess Championships:

In 1989, at second board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa,
In 1992, at second board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen and won individual gold medal.

In 1981, Spyridon Skembris was awarded the FIDE International Master title and received the FIDE Grandmaster title nine years later. He achieved the highest rating in his career on January 1, 1993, with a score of 2565 points, he shared 95th place on the FIDE world list, while also taking 1st place among Greek chess players. From 2013 he is FIDE Trainer.