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33,064Registered players
28,153Active players
8,055FIDE-rated players
209Titled players

Top players

  1. 1 Theodorou, Nikolas GMBorn 2000 2639
  2. 2 Papaioannou, Ioannis GMBorn 1976 2605
  3. 3 Pavlidis, Antonios GMBorn 1993 2574
RankनामरेटिंगBorn
4 Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GM Rating 2556 Born 1998
5 Banikas, Hristos GM Rating 2543 Born 1978
6 Alexakis, Dimitris GM Rating 2536 Born 2003
7 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GM Rating 2528 Born 1983
8 Vlachos, Anatole IM Rating 2509 Born 2002
9 Halkias, Stelios GM Rating 2497 Born 1980
10 Patrelakis, Evaggelos IM Rating 2480 Born 2004

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Statistics

Registered players
33,064
Active players
28,153
Rated in Classical
8,055
Rated in Rapid
6,698
Rated in Blitz
4,914
Women
6,413
Juniors (under 20)
13,168

Rating spread, Classical

Active players in each band of 100 rating points.

Show as a table
1400 to 1499
601
1500 to 1599
641
1600 to 1699
554
1700 to 1799
428
1800 to 1899
323
1900 to 1999
242
2000 to 2099
163
2100 to 2199
85
2200 to 2299
55
2300 to 2399
28
2400 to 2499
16
2500 to 2599
6
2600 to 2699
2
2700 and above
0

Titles

  • 17GM
  • 36IM
  • 96FM
  • 34CM
  • 3WGM
  • 6WIM
  • 14WFM
  • 3WCM
Arbiters with a FIDE title
275
Trainers with a FIDE title
42

FIDE rating list, October 2026. Titles are counted as FIDE lists them on that date.

Officials

  • Efstathopoulos, EfstathiosPresident
  • Makropoulos, GeorgiosDelegate/Honorary President
  • Tozaros, ChristosVice President
  • Theofilaktidis, EfstathiosVice President
  • Lagogiannis, StylianosVice President
  • Goritsas, ChristosGeneral Secretary
  • Tsorbatzoglou, TheodorosDeputy General Secretary
  • Christodoulou, SotiriosTreasurer
  • Kouvatsos, SakisCalendar and Rating Officer
  • Tziferi, AlexandraNational Teams Officer
  • Avramidou, VarvaraChess in School Officer
  • Ilandzis, SpyridonMember
  • Karali, TaniaMember
  • Stefanidi, Maria-AnnaMember

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