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Merkos, Thomas
🇬🇷FIDE 25806483· Male· Greece· Born in 2007
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Thomas Merkos, a 19-year-old Greek player, is rated 2096 — just 1 short of his peak of 2097 (Apr 2026, age 19) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +53 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 6-7, 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, and 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 1-5. Also played 4 rapid (including 45th Rapid Nikaias "Honour to National Resistance" 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Attica Team Blitz Championship) recently.
At junior level, he reached #18, #13, #10, #7, #3 and #36 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2096
Standard
Rpd1894·Blz1935
All-time high
2097
−1 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 19
Apr 2026 · age 19
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,790 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
18th Greek U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2097
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2097
at age 19 · −1 from today
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
13th Greek U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2009
Mar 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Mar 2024
2023
10th Greek U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1938
Nov 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+53
2043 → 2096
Tournaments
5
29 games
Score
20/ 2969.0%
16W8D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2545 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #32 | 2088 | +6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2620 | +26.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #64 | 2002 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 2085 | +20.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorgios Nteligiorgis
🇬🇷GRE·1781
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsAndreas-Marios Minadakis
🇬🇷GRE·1851
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDimosthenis Panagiot Tzortzatos
🇬🇷GRE·2143
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsChristos Tsarsitalidis
🇬🇷GRE·2184
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsTheodoros Sideris
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#205
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#11,472
in continent
World
#15,790
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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