GM

Banikas, Hristos

GRE GRE·Born 1978·FIDE #4202031·2,017 Games

Classical25451,814 Games
Rapid260689 Games
Blitz2601114 Games

Statistics

2017

Total

892

Wins

859

Draws

263

Losses

44%43%13%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.8% average
High resilience (69%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (81% in 99 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 166 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.9%
Middlegame95.1%
Endgame96.3%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%
Winning (+2 or more)95%
70 Games
Equal position96%
83 Games
Losing (-2 or more)91%
13 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
30%
23 errors
♙
22%
17 errors
♔
14%
11 errors
♞
14%
11 errors
♗
12%
9 errors
♕
7%
5 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 33average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
40% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

2
3
2
6
2
5
2
2
2
3
abcdefgh
Many
Few
Critical squares
f56 err
e45 err
c13 err
g63 err
a52 err
f5/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Petrov, Martin2533

Nono turno: Petrov, Marti... · 5 Sept 2025

½-½
D
Petrov, Martin2538

27º Festival Internaziona... · 5 Sept 2025

½-½
D
Kadric, Denis2536

27º Festival Internaziona... · 4 Sept 2025

½-½
W
Pajeken, Jakob Leon2443

27º Festival Internaziona... · 3 Sept 2025

0-1
W
Pajeken, Jakob Leon2444

Settimo turno: Pajeken, J... · 3 Sept 2025

0-1
D
Alexiadis, Hristos2361

Quinto turno: Alexiadis, ... · 2 Sept 2025

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
Reti vs King's Indian
66.7%
15 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6

QGD: Orthodox
60.0%
15 Games·Wins

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

Black
Sicilian: e6 Systems
46.9%
81 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Caro-Kann: Main Line
50.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#27Rb5??
Tactics
vs Chittka
OTB·2025
▶
#9Re1??
Tactics
vs Ongut
OTB·2025
▶
#36a4??
Tactics
vs Alexakis
OTB·2024
▶
#32Rh1??
Tactics
vs Kormas
OTB·2023
▶
#54Ke2??
Endgame
vs Maerevoet
OTB·2022
▶
#25Bh3??
Tactics
vs Hamitevici
OTB·2022
▶
#43Ke5??
Endgame
vs Megalios
OTB·2021
▶
#52h4??
Endgame
vs Zysk
OTB·2021
▶
#64Kg3??
Endgame
vs Song
OTB·2021
▶
#17g5??
Tactics
vs Melkumyan
OTB·2019
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position
1008 Games
50%41%9%
1.d4
68%
725
1.Nf3
76%
139
1.c4
81%
99
1.e4
71%
42
1.Nc3
50%
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1.g3
100%
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