Greek chess stars shine at Youth Olympiad

The bronze medal won by Greece's national team at the FIDE World Youth U16 Olympiad in Eindhoven in the Netherlands this past Saturday marks our country's second prize in this esteemed global event. Following the silver medal secured by Hristos Banikas, Stelios Halkias, Anastasis Tzoumpas and Stamatis Argyroudis in 1994, the remarkable young talents Dimitrios Makridis, Stefanos Magkalakis, Antonios Gkavardinas and Aikaterini Gkoutzouki achieved an incredible feat. Emerging from the 23rd position in the tournament based on their average international rating, they propelled the national team to a commendable third place among 63 competing nations. This puts them behind champions China and the runners-up, Turkey.

Allow me to introduce these steadily ascending chess players in the sequence they participated within the team.

Dimitrios Makridis

At 16...