
GM Vassilios Kotronias finally returns to the Greek Olympic Chess Team. GM Kotronias was the highest rated Greek player when he argued with the Greek Chess Federation, an argument that lead him to join the Cyprus National Team. Kotronias played first board in the Cyprus Team in every Olympiad and European Team Championship ever since. But now the argument has been solved and the top Greek GM seems ready to return and lead the Greek team to greater achievements. Kotronias was born in 1964 in Athens, and has won the Greek championship 7 (!!) times. He obtained the GM title in 1990 and he is the first ever Greek to pass the 2600 FIDE rating (info by www.skaki.gr and www.chess.gr)