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Balafoutis, Ilias
🇬🇷FIDE 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 +27 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
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#62,017
#62,017 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+27
1821 → 1848
Tournaments
3
12 games
Score
7.5/ 1262.5%
6W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #15 | 2422 | +9.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #5 | 2028 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/8 | #102 | 1830 | +6.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsNikolaos Christos Tarchanidis
🇬🇷GRE·1786
+8 −5 =1
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsKonstantinos Kyr Ouzounis
🇬🇷GRE·1957
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMichail Karakasidis
🇬🇷GRE·2096
+1 −7 =3
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsEfstathios Maragkozidis
🇬🇷GRE·1597
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsVasileios NA Anagnostopoulos
🇬🇷GRE·1745
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
/
Greece
#764
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#45,351
in continent
World
#62,016
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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