National Champions
Greek Chess Champions
A list of Greek Chess Championship winners, covering the open Panhellenic individual championship and its main title records.
Last reviewed: June 12, 2026.
Current Champion
Vangelis Patrelakis
Current champion after winning the 2025 Greek Championship in Aigio.
Most Listed Wins
Vasilios Kotronias, 10
First Championship
Listed open champions from 1934; numbered postwar championship line from 1949
Listed Champions
33
78 listed title wins across 78 chronological entries.
Championship History
The Greek championship list starts with pre-war winners Dimitrios Papantoniou and Stavros Fryganas, then resumes after World War II before becoming a regular postwar championship line.
Georgios Makropoulos, Hristos Banikas, and Vasilios Kotronias are among the defining repeated champions. Kotronias holds the open record with ten titles across 1986 to 2014.
The 2025 Panhellenic Individual Championship was held in Aigio. Vangelis Patrelakis won the open section and claimed his first national title.
Greece Champion List
Champions are shown chronologically from oldest to newest. Shared titles and tied first places are represented by the same year appearing for more than one player.
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Dimitrios Papantoniou |
| 1935 | Stavros Fryganas |
| 1947 | Marios Mikrouleas |
| 1948 | Christos Mylonas |
| 1949 | Fotis Mastihiadis |
| 1950 | Dimitrios Parliaros |
| 1951 | Georgios Gaitanaros |
| 1952 | Georgios Gaitanaros |
| 1953 | Georgios Gaitanaros |
| 1954 | Dimitrios Parliaros |
| 1956 | Triantafyllos Siaperas |
| 1957 | Panayotis Panagopoulos |
| 1958 | Haralambos Syngellakis |
| 1959 | Alexandros Angos |
| 1960 | Anastasios Anastasopoulos |
| 1961 | Anastasios Anastasopoulos |
| 1962 | Hristos Kokkoris |
| 1963 | Konstantinos Hadziotis |
| 1964 | Aristides Paidousis |
| 1965 | Lazaros Vizantiadis |
| 1966 | Lazaros Vizantiadis |
| 1967 | Anastasios Anastasopoulos |
| 1969 | Hristos Kokkoris |
| 1970 | Hristos Kokkoris |
| 1971 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1972 | Triantafyllos Siaperas |
| 1973 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1974 | Miltiadis Grigoriou |
| 1975 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1976 | Panayotis Balaskas |
| 1977 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1978 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1979 | Panayotis Balaskas |
| 1980 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1981 | Spyridon Skembris |
| 1982 | Nikolaos Skalkotas |
| 1983 | Efstratios Grivas |
| 1984 | Spyridon Skembris |
| 1985 | Georgios Makropoulos |
| 1986 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1987 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1988 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1989 | Spyridon Skembris |
| 1990 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1991 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1992 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1993 | Spyridon Skembris |
| 1994 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 1995 | Ioannis Nikolaidis |
| 1996 | Efstratios Grivas |
| 1997 | Ioannis Papaioannou |
| 1998 | Ioannis Papaioannou |
| 1999 | Ioannis Papaioannou |
| 2000 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2001 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2002 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2003 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2004 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2005 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2006 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 2007 | Ioannis Papadopoulos |
| 2008 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2009 | Hristos Banikas |
| 2010 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 2011 | Antonios Pavlidis |
| 2012 | Antonios Pavlidis |
| 2013 | Sotirios Malikentzos |
| 2014 | Vasilios Kotronias |
| 2015 | Athanasios Mastrovasilis |
| 2016 | Antonios Pavlidis |
| 2017 | Ioannis Nikolaidis |
| 2018 | Athanasios Mastrovasilis |
| 2019 | Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis |
| 2021 | Athanasios Mastrovasilis |
| 2022 | Georgios Mitsis |
| 2023 | Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis |
| 2024 | Stamatis Kourkoulos Arditis |
| 2025 | Vangelis Patrelakis |
Sources
Current-champion details were checked against official federation, organizer, or FIDE reports where available. Historical winner lists were cross-checked against maintained championship tables.