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Tsakona, Maria
WFM🇬🇷FIDE 25834827· Female· Greece· Born in 2006
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Maria Tsakona, a 20-year-old Greek Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2178 — her current career high and ranked 4th among Greek women, and in the top 4% worldwide. She is on a breakout run, having gained +113 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 6-7, 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 1-5, and 1. Frauen Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-3. Also played 1 rapid (including Open Rapid Jan 2026 Panathinaikos Chess Club) and 1 blitz events (including 17th open Blitz G Ioakeimidis 2025) recently.
Awarded WFM in 2025 (age 19). At junior level, she reached #12, #13, #12, #14, #10 and #23 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2178
Standard
Rpd1996·Blz1957
All-time high
2178
at best
Apr 2026 · age 20
Apr 2026 · age 20
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · Greek women · of 386
Career timeline
19 entries2026
12th Greek U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2178
May 2026
All-time peak 2178
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
WFM title awardedWFM
at age 19
Oct 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 19
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
May 2025
500 career games
at age 19
May 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+113
2065 → 2178
Tournaments
7
34 games
Score
25.5/ 3475.0%
23W5D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsStefanos KazantzoglouFM2,272·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A·R7·-5.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #30 | 2485 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #23 | 2506 | +6.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/3 | #1 | 3095 | +43.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2244 | +24.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #29 | 2282 | +9.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #120 | 2132 | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/7 | #9 | 2146 | +12.8 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnthoula Elpida Tsivelekidou
🇬🇷GRE·1570
+5 −1 =3
9 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsErmofili Giannoulaki
🇬🇷GRE·1530
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsMagdalini Mihailidou
🇬🇷GRE·1923
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDimitra Tzovani
🇬🇷GRE·1625
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsArtemis Mplitsa
🇬🇷GRE·1670
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Greece
#123
out of 3,641 players
Europe
#6,639
in continent
World
#9,393
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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