CChessStats
Format
SA

Simantirakis, Apolon

🇬🇷

FIDEFIDE 25801767· Male· Greece· Born in 1981

Follow Apolon SimantirakisTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Apolon Simantirakis, a 45-year-old Greek player, is rated 1897 — just 2 short of his peak of 1899 (Mar 2024, age 43). He is progressing steadily with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025 and KYDONiA 2025 A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 4th Rethymno Rapid A) recently. He took a 33-month break between Aug 2021 and Jun 2024.

Current rating

1897

Standard

Rpd1853·Blz1874

All-time high

1899

−2 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 43

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#48,854

#48,854 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
100 career games
at age 44
Oct 2025
2024
All-time peak 1899
at age 43 · −2 from today
Mar 2024
2022
65th Greek 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1832
Apr 2022
2021
59th Greek 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1832
Dec 2021
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1832 → returned at 1885
Aug 2021
2018
Best 12-month gain (+72 Elo)
1764 → 1836
Feb 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025
perf 1961 (+64) · 6.5/9 · #2
Top opponent
vs Georgios Gasparakis 2,014
Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025 · Oct 2025 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
+31
1866 → 1897
Tournaments
4
21 games
Score
13.5/ 2164.3%
12W3D6L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJuris Mileiko1,684·Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025·R3·-15.5
2.[L]vsEmmanouil Mavridis2,096·2026 Team Cup of ESSK·R2·-4.8
3.[L]vsMateusz Skomial2,087·KYDONiA 2025 A·R7·-4.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Team Cup of ESSK
Team
Mar 20261/2#221780-3.2
2026 POA ESSK
Team
Mar 20261/3#771969+4.2
Chania Closed Chess Tournament Oct 2025
Round-Robin
Oct 20256.5/9#21961+22.0
KYDONiA 2025 A
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/7#151885+9.2

Rankings

/
Greece
#603
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#35,993
in continent
World
#48,853
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Greece
1
🇬🇷Theodorou, NikolasFollow Nikolas TheodorouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,634
2
🇬🇷Papaioannou, IoannisFollow Ioannis PapaioannouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,611
3
🇬🇷Pavlidis, AntoniosFollow Antonios PavlidisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,573
4
🇬🇷Kourkoulos-Arditis, StamatisFollow Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,570
5
🇬🇷Banikas, HristosFollow Hristos BanikasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,545
6
🇬🇷Mastrovasilis, DimitriosFollow Dimitrios MastrovasilisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,525
7
🇬🇷Alexakis, DimitrisFollow Dimitris AlexakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,524
8
🇬🇷Halkias, SteliosFollow Stelios HalkiasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,505
9
🇬🇷Patrelakis, EvaggelosFollow Evaggelos PatrelakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
9
🇬🇷Vlachos, AnatoleFollow Anatole VlachosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
...
603🇬🇷Simantirakis, Apolon1,897
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
35993🇬🇷Simantirakis, Apolon1,897
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
48853🇬🇷Simantirakis, Apolon1,897