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Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Nik
🇬🇷FIDE 25817655· Male· Greece· Born in 2002
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Dimitrios Nik Papanikolaou, a 24-year-old Greek player, is rated 1875 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +118 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA play off - play out, and 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A. Also played 2 rapid (including 9th White Tower Rapid 2025) and 12 blitz events (including 1st International Open Blitz YMATH 2025) recently. He took a 107-month break between Feb 2015 and Feb 2024.
At junior level, he reached #79 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1875
Standard
Rpd1796·Blz1887
All-time high
1875
at best
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#54,478
#54,478 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1875
at age 24
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 24
Mar 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+563 Elo)
1233 → 1796
Oct 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Sep 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 22
Mar 2024
2015
Inactive for 107 months
paused at 1233 → returned at 1437
Feb 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+118
1757 → 1875
Tournaments
7
32 games
Score
18.5/ 3257.8%
18W1D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKonstantinos Boufidis1,534·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B·R1·-15.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/7 | #69 | 2025 | +31.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #19 | 2690 | +23.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/6 | #46 | 2109 | +51.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #71 | 1395 | -1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | 1790 | +1.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #20 | 1813 | +9.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVasileios Keramaros
🇬🇷GRE·1850
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAlexadros Paris Papadopoulos
🇬🇷GRE·1755
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGeorgios Rafail Mantazis
🇬🇷GRE·2134
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2026
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vsStavros Marinidis
🇬🇷GRE·1903
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLazaros Th Lazaridis
🇬🇷GRE·1577
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Greece
#681
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#39,996
in continent
World
#54,477
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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