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Galanis, Nikolaos-Panagiotis
CM🇬🇷FIDE 25813862· Male· Greece· Born in 2005
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Nikolaos-Panagiotis Galanis, a 21-year-old Greek Candidate Master, is rated 2005 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +61 Elo over the past 12 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, 2026 Team Cup of ESSTH-CHALK Rounds 1-3, and 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5. Also played 2 rapid (including 9th White Tower Rapid 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 1st International Open Blitz YMATH 2025) recently.
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #24, #20, #21, #28 and #81 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2005
Standard
Rpd1882·Blz1937
All-time high
2005
at best
Dec 2025 · age 20
Dec 2025 · age 20
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#26,724
#26,724 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 21
May 2026
2025
24th Greek U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2005
Dec 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2005
at age 20
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+61
1944 → 2005
Tournaments
8
49 games
Score
24.5/ 4950.0%
16W17D16L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGeorgios Beliotis2,158·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R7·+15.4
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsDavid Zion Chiu1,890·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R4·-11.6
3.[L]vsKyriakos Orfanidis2,005·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5·R1·-10.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/7 | #51 | 2045 | +7.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #16 | 2093 | +6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #17 | 1865 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/8 | #21 | 1994 | -4.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #264 | 2148 | +32.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/3 | #27 | 2545 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #5 | 1994 | +9.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #67 | 1966 | +2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsZisis TsaknakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2292
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsStefanos MagkalakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2343
+0 −8 =2
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMichail KaramichosCM
🇬🇷GRE·2205
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsAnastasios Anagnostis Tzovanis
🇬🇷GRE·1925
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDimitrios StoimenidisCM
🇬🇷GRE·2133
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#335
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#19,740
in continent
World
#26,724
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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