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Greece Best chess players in Greece

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
5,451
GrandmastersGM
18
International MastersIM
35
Woman GrandmastersWGM
3
  1. 1 GM Nikolas Theodorou GreeceGreece 2639 New
  2. 2 GM Ioannis Papaioannou GreeceGreece 2605 New
  3. 3 GM Antonios Pavlidis GreeceGreece 2574 New
Best chess players in Greece, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Nikolas Theodorou GreeceGreece2639NewNew·2000
2 GM Ioannis Papaioannou GreeceGreece2605NewNew·1976
3 GM Antonios Pavlidis GreeceGreece2574NewNew·1993
4 GM Hristos Banikas GreeceGreece2543NewNew·1978
5 GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis GreeceGreece2530NewNew91998
6 GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis GreeceGreece2524NewNew21983
7 GM Anatole Vlachos GreeceGreece2514NewNew82002
8 GM Dimitris Alexakis GreeceGreece2513NewNew92003
9 GM Stelios Halkias GreeceGreece2497NewNew·1980
10 GM Evgenios Ioannidis GreeceGreece2483NewNew92001
11 IM Evaggelos Patrelakis GreeceGreece2480NewNew·2004
12 GM Ioannis Nikolaidis GreeceGreece2460NewNew91971
13 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou GreeceGreece2452NewNew162000
14 IM Antonios Kalogridis GreeceGreece2447NewNew92006
15 GM Athanasios Mastrovasilis GreeceGreece2442NewNew·1979
16 IM Ioannis Kalogeris GreeceGreece2442NewNew·1998
17 IM Christos Krallis GreeceGreece2431NewNew92005
18 IM Georgios Gkoumas GreeceGreece2428NewNew·1991
19 FM Nikolaos Koutlas GreeceGreece2426NewNew82006
20 IM Sotirios Malikentzos GreeceGreece2424NewNew·1992
21 IM Nikolaos Galopoulos GreeceGreece2417NewNew·1993
22 FM Georgios Papadopoulos GreeceGreece2416NewNew·1998
23 FM Michail Vassis GreeceGreece2406NewNew92010
24 FM Dimitrios Ladopoulos GreeceGreece2405NewNew·1998
25 FM Vasileios Dim Katsanis GreeceGreece2404NewNew·2010
26 IM Angelos Sandalakis GreeceGreece2393NewNew61988
27 GM Ioannis K. Papadopoulos GreeceGreece2375NewNew·1988
28 IM Nikolaos Spyropoulos GreeceGreece2375NewNew·2004
29 FM Stefanos Kazantzoglou GreeceGreece2375NewNew·2009
30 FM Panagiotis Koutoukidis GreeceGreece2372NewNew·1996
31 FM Dimitrios Makridis GreeceGreece2372NewNew·2007
32 FM Vasilios Kasioumis GreeceGreece2370NewNew·2004
33 IM Panagiotis Christodoulou GreeceGreece2368NewNew·1991
34 GM Vasilios Kotronias GreeceGreece2367NewNew91964
35 GM Spyridon Kapnisis GreeceGreece2360NewNew·1981
36 FM Dimitrios Papakonstantinou GreeceGreece2355NewNew·1996
37 IM Hristos Alexiadis GreeceGreece2354NewNew·2000
38 FM Rodolfos Stamatiou GreeceGreece2352NewNew·2006
39 FM Christos Dogias GreeceGreece2352NewNew·2007
40 IM Georgios Kanakaris GreeceGreece2346NewNew·1991
41 IM Georgios Mitsis GreeceGreece2341NewNew·2002
42 IM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos GreeceGreece2339NewNew·1996
43 FM Panagiotis Michelakos GreeceGreece2329NewNew·1996
44 FM Vasilios Kotrotsos GreeceGreece2328NewNew·1985
45 FM Stefanos Magkalakis GreeceGreece2323NewNew·2007
46 FM Anastasia Avramidou GreeceGreece2320NewNew92000
47 GM Efstratios Grivas GreeceGreece2314NewNew·1966
48 FM Hristos Kokkoris GreeceGreece2312NewNew·1942
49 FM Mihail Chatzidakis GreeceGreece2310NewNew·1975
50 CM Panayotis Papadopoulos GreeceGreece2310NewNew·1996

Questions

There are 5,451 active FIDE rated players in Greece, 18 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Nikolas Theodorou with 2639 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Greece?

GM Nikolas Theodorou, rated 2639 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Greece?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has 18 grandmasters in Greece.

Who is the highest rated woman in Greece?

IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, rated 2452 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Greece?

IM Antonios Kalogridis, rated 2447 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.