Historic win for Greek chess player

Nikolas Theodorou has go the archetypal Greek chess subordinate to decision a reigning champion successful the World Chess Championship since the title was established successful 1886.

From Rethymno successful Crete, Theodorou, 25, defeated Indian grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, 19, astatine the FIDE Grand Swiss successful Uzbekistan earlier this week.

Nikolas Theodorou began his chess vocation astatine the Rethymno Chess Club, becoming a grandmaster successful 2021.