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Balafoutis, Ilias

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FIDEFIDE 25858173· Male· Greece· Born in 2008

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Ilias Balafoutis, a 18-year-old Greek player, is rated 1848 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSAMTH POA Play off, 2026 Team Championship of ESSAMTH POA East, Rounds 1-5, and 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B. Also played 2 rapid (including 8th Old City Rapid 2025 A) and 2 blitz events (including 41st Kavala's Christmas Cup Blitz) recently.

At junior level, he reached #41, #29, #63 and #64 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1848

Standard

Rpd1787·Blz1867

All-time high

1848

at best
May 2026 · age 18

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#61,949

#61,949 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
All-time peak 1848
at age 18
May 2026
2025
41st Greek U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1826
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Jan 2025
2024
29th Greek U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1821
Apr 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Apr 2024
100 career games
at age 16
Apr 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Michail Karakasidis 2,095
2026 Team Championship of ESSAMTH POA East, Rounds 1-5 · Feb 2026 · +12.7 Elo
Evolution
+27
1821 → 1848
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
8/ 1361.5%
6W4D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Team Championship of ESSAMTH POA Play off
Team
Feb 20261/1#152422+9.6
2026 Team Championship of ESSAMTH POA East, Rounds 1-5
Team
Feb 20262/3#52028+10.4
34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/8#1021830+6.8
2025 Team Cup of ESSAMTH
Team
May 20250.5/1#261730-5.2
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

/
Greece
#760
out of 3,641 players
Europe
#45,291
in continent
World
#61,949
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Greece
1
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2,635
2
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2,611
3
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2,573
4
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2,570
5
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2,545
6
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2,538
7
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2,527
8
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2,505
9
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2,483
9
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2,483
...
760🇬🇷Balafoutis, Ilias1,848
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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45291🇬🇷Balafoutis, Ilias1,848
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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61949🇬🇷Balafoutis, Ilias1,848