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Kafantaris, Pavlos
🇬🇷FIDE 25813897· Male· Greece· Born in 2006
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Pavlos Kafantaris, a 20-year-old Greek player, is rated 1773 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5 and 12th Team Memory Cup 2025. Also played 2 blitz events (including 17th open Blitz G Ioakeimidis 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #56, #48, #36, #21, #14 and #57 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1773
Standard
Rpd1646·Blz1752
All-time high
1773
at best
Apr 2026 · age 20
Apr 2026 · age 20
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#84,884
#84,884 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 1773
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
56th Greek U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1759
May 2025
6-month rising streak
+42 Elo
May 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
2023
48th Greek U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1570
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+16
1757 → 1773
Tournaments
2
6 games
Score
4/ 666.7%
3W2D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIoannis Mitsopoulos1,839·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5·R1·+11.9
2.[D]vsNikolaos Tsilias1,980·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5·R4·+5.3
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsNikolaos G Seretis2,104·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group A - rounds 1-5·R5·-2.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #18 | 1974 | +15.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2.5/2 | #64 | 2393 | +1.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMichail KaramichosCM
🇬🇷GRE·2205
+4 −4 =4
12 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAntonios KalogridisIM
🇬🇷GRE·2403
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsStefanos MagkalakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2343
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsDimitrios StoimenidisCM
🇬🇷GRE·2133
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsAthanasios Tzontas
🇬🇷GRE·1795
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings
/
Greece
#1,044
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#61,068
in continent
World
#84,882
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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