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Cyprus Best chess players in Cyprus

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
265
GrandmastersGM
1
International MastersIM
0
Woman GrandmastersWGM
0
  1. 1 GM Andreas Kelires CyprusCyprus 2531 New
  2. 2 FM Alexandros Isaakidis CyprusCyprus 2236 New
  3. 3 FM Konstantinos Michaelides CyprusCyprus 2230 New
Best chess players in Cyprus, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Andreas Kelires CyprusCyprus2531NewNew·1999
2 FM Alexandros Isaakidis CyprusCyprus2236NewNew·1998
3 FM Konstantinos Michaelides CyprusCyprus2230NewNew·2002
4 FM Rafail Antoniou CyprusCyprus2209NewNew·2008
5 CM Ioannis Damianou CyprusCyprus2139NewNew·2003
6 Konstantinos Konstantinidis CyprusCyprus2137NewNew·1994
7 Konstantinos Papatryfonos CyprusCyprus2134NewNew·1984
8 Nicolas Skettos CyprusCyprus2021NewNew·1996
9 WFM Marina Cherkasova CyprusCyprus1990NewNew·1983
10 Daniil Daniil CyprusCyprus1965NewNew·2009
11 Kyriakos Skouroupathis CyprusCyprus1955NewNew·2015
12 Samuel Johannes Constantinou CyprusCyprus1949NewNew·1999
13 Panagiotis Chiras CyprusCyprus1931NewNew·2009
14 Loukas Kefalas CyprusCyprus1922NewNew·1994
15 CM Panikos Savva CyprusCyprus1897NewNew·1963
16 Michalis Florentiades CyprusCyprus1897NewNew·1973
17 Savvas Konstantinides CyprusCyprus1877NewNew·2013
18 Themistoklis Amvrosiadis CyprusCyprus1863NewNew·2011
19 Michalis Emmanouel CyprusCyprus1861NewNew51987
20 Chris Vassiliou CyprusCyprus1860NewNew·1960
21 Vasilis Theocharous CyprusCyprus1851NewNew·2006
22 Andreas Hadjinicolaou CyprusCyprus1840NewNew·2004
23 Mark Bryan CyprusCyprus1835NewNew·1991
24 Christodoulos Daniil CyprusCyprus1820NewNew·2012
25 Marios Savva CyprusCyprus1803NewNew·1985
26 Evangelos Hadjidemetriou CyprusCyprus1796NewNew·2008
27 Vassilis Aristotelous CyprusCyprus1793NewNew·1956
28 WCM Aida Paunescu CyprusCyprus1793NewNew·2014
29 Harilaos Georgiou CyprusCyprus1793NewNew42012
30 Aurik Murali CyprusCyprus1780NewNew·2012
31 Andreas Karaolis CyprusCyprus1750NewNew112012
32 WCM Victoria Sokolova CyprusCyprus1739NewNew·2009
33 Andreas Georgiou CyprusCyprus1738NewNew·1973
34 Pantelis Saridis CyprusCyprus1738NewNew·2008
35 WCM Eleni Pica CyprusCyprus1735NewNew·2009
36 WCM Larisa Sokolova CyprusCyprus1729NewNew·1978
37 Fivos Kourouyiannis CyprusCyprus1724NewNew·1986
38 Constantinos Ioannou CyprusCyprus1707NewNew·2009
39 Michalis Hadjiioannou CyprusCyprus1704NewNew·2004
40 Stelios Abatzidis CyprusCyprus1702NewNew·1961
41 Prokopios Fragkos CyprusCyprus1699NewNew·1998
42 Ioannis Odysseos CyprusCyprus1699NewNew71999
43 Stelios Lazaris CyprusCyprus1696NewNew·1958
44 Ioannis Katsikidis CyprusCyprus1691NewNew·2013
45 WFM Christianna Markidou CyprusCyprus1684NewNew·1977
46 Christina Bouzana CyprusCyprus1682NewNew·2009
47 Pavlos Melas CyprusCyprus1678NewNew·2005
48 Andreas Georgiou CyprusCyprus1675NewNew·1996
49 Costas Hadjiyiannis CyprusCyprus1662NewNew·1950
50 Fotis Mylonas CyprusCyprus1654NewNew·1994

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Questions

There are 265 active FIDE rated players in Cyprus, one of them a grandmaster. The highest rated is GM Andreas Kelires with 2531 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Cyprus?

GM Andreas Kelires, rated 2531 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Cyprus?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has one grandmaster in Cyprus.

Who is the highest rated woman in Cyprus?

WFM Marina Cherkasova, rated 1990 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Cyprus?

FM Rafail Antoniou, rated 2209 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How often are FIDE ratings updated?

FIDE publishes a new rating list on the first day of every month. This page shows the list of November 2026. These are not live ratings.

Source: FIDE rating list of November 2026, 800,240 rated players. Last updated November 15, 2026.