Triantafyllos Siaperas
Triantafyllos Siaperas was a Greek chess International Master (IM), two-times Greek Chess Championship winner.
Biography
From the end of 1950s to the mid-1970s Triantafyllos Siaperas was one of Greek leading chess players. He twice won Greek Chess Championship: in 1956, and 1972. In 1968, in Athens Triantafyllos Siaperas participated in World Chess Championship European Zonal Tournament where ranked in 16th place.Triantafyllos Siaperas played for Greece in the Chess Olympiads:
- In 1956, at first board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow,
- In 1968, at second board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano,
- In 1970, at first board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen,
- In 1972, at first board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje.
- In 1973, at first board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries.
- In 1972, at first board in the 4th Men's Chess Balkaniad in Sofia,
- In 1973, at first board in the 5th Men's Chess Balkaniad in Poiana Brașov.