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Nikolaos Ornithopoulos
Nikolaos Ornithopoulos
	Nikolaos Ornithopoulos in Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2016
Country	Greece
Born	7 February 1938 (age 86)
Peak rating	2165 (July 2004)

Nikolaos Ornithopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Ορνιθόπουλος; born 7 February 1938) is a Greek chess player.

Biography[edit]

From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s Nikolaos Ornithopoulos was one of Greek leading chess players.

Nikolaos Ornithopoulos played for Greece in the Chess Olympiads:^[1]

In 1964, at second reserve board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+2, =1, -3),
In 1966, at second board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+10, =2, -6),
In 1968, at fourth board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+1, =3, -5).

Nikolaos Ornithopoulos played for Greece in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:^[2]

In 1977, at fourth board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -1).

In 1990s and 2000s Nikolaos Ornithopoulos participated in senior chess tournaments.