{{Short description|Greek chess grandmaster (born 1980)}} {{expand Greek|topic=bio|date=April 2023|Marie-Louise Dräger}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Stelios Halkias |image = GM Stelios Halkias.jpg |caption = Stelios Halkias, 2010 |birthname = |country = [[Greece]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|11}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2002) |worldchampion = |rating = |peakrating = 2602 (May 2011) |FideID = 4201809 }} '''Stelios Halkias''' (born 11 April 1980) is a [[Greece|Greek]] [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM) by [[FIDE]] in 2002.
==Chess career== He has represented his country in a number of [[Chess Olympiad]]s, including [[34th Chess Olympiad|2000]], [[35th Chess Olympiad|2002]], [[36th Chess Olympiad|2004]], [[37th Chess Olympiad|2006]], [[38th Chess Olympiad|2008]], [[39th Chess Olympiad|2010]] and [[40th Chess Olympiad|2012]].
He played in the [[Chess World Cup 2011]], losing to [[Alexander Morozevich]] in the first round.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{FIDE}} * [https://www.365chess.com/players/Stelios_Halkias Stelios Halkias] chess games at 365Chess.com * {{Chessgames player|id=49439}}
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