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Gkegkas, Michail
🇩🇪FIDE 16251067· Male· Germany· Born in 2002
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Michail Gkegkas, a 24-year-old German player, is rated 1904. He is progressing steadily with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Oberliga Baden 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He took a 21-month break between Dec 2017 and Oct 2019. His peak of 1935 was reached at age 24 (Apr 2026).
Current rating
1904
Standard
Rpd1930·Blz1938
All-time high
1935
−31 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 24
Apr 2026 · age 24
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#47,148
#47,148 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
All-time peak 1935
at age 24 · −31 from today
Apr 2026
100 career games
at age 24
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+252 Elo)
1618 → 1870
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Oct 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
Sep 2022
2017
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1299 → returned at 1341
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+34
1870 → 1904
Tournaments
19
57 games
Score
30.5/ 5753.5%
25W12D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3/5 | #6 | 1956 | +6.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #85 | 1120 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #431 | 1822 | -26.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #205 | 2731 | +21.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #22 | 2062 | +4.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 2545 | +6.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2605 | +7.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #72 | 945 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #17 | 1867 | -4.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #49 | 2148 | +6.2 |
Rankings
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Germany
#5,187
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#34,738
in continent
World
#47,147
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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