Andreas Kelires
{{Short description|Greek-Cypriot chess grandmaster (born 1999)}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1 July 1999}}
|birth_place = Nicosia, Cyprus
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|title = Grandmaster (2016)
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Andreas Kelires ({{langx|el|Αντρέας Κελίρης}}; born 1 July 1999) is a Greek-Cypriot chess grandmaster. He is a two-time Cypriot Chess Champion.
Chess career
Born in 1999, Kelires won the Cypriot Chess Championship in 2013 and 2014.{{cite web |url=http://chesscy.com/?page_id=254 |title=Για Δεύτερη Συνεχόμενη Χρονιά Πρωταθλητής Κύπρου ο Αντρέας Κελίρης|trans-title=Andreas Kelires Cyprus Champion for the second consecutive year|language=el |publisher=Cyprus Chess Federation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813225214/http://chesscy.com/?page_id=254 |archivedate=13 August 2015 |date = 13 April 2014|author =Staff writer(s)}} He earned his international master title in 2015[http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5900727&title=IM&pb=41 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 7-10 November 2014, Sochi, RUS] FIDE and his grandmaster title in 2016.[http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5900727&title=GM&pb=46 87th FIDE Congress 2016, 1-14 September, Baku, Azerbaijan] FIDE He transferred to Greece in 2016. He is the No. 8 ranked Greek player as of February 2018.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=GRE|title=Federations Ranking - Greece|author=Staff writer(s)|publisher=FIDE|date=February 2018|access-date=2018-02-23|archive-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113316/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=GRE|url-status=dead}} In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship, where he placed one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh,{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr295754.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&turdet=YES&flag=30|title =European Individual Chess Championship 2018|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =28 March 2018}} scoring 5½/11 (+5–5=1).{{cite web|url =http://chess-results.com/tnr295754.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=GRE&turdet=YES&flag=30&snr=122|title =European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Kelires Andreas|author =Staff writer(s)|publisher =Chess Results|date =28 March 2018}}
References
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External links
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Category:Cypriot chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Nicosia
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
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