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Benakis, Ioannis
🇬🇷FIDE 25858360· Male· Greece· Born in 2009
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Ioannis Benakis, a 17-year-old Greek player, is rated 1942 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 A, 2026 National Youth U18 Championships - open, and Individual Championship Open U18 2025 West Crete. Also played 1 rapid event (including 5th Rapid ESSK Nov 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #25, #25, #55, #40, #7 and #16 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1942
Standard
Rpd1748·Blz—
All-time high
1942
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#38,328
#38,328 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
25th Greek U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1942
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1942
at age 17
Jun 2026
2025
25th Greek U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1937
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+526 Elo)
1312 → 1838
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Nov 2024
2023
55th Greek U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1363
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+5
1937 → 1942
Tournaments
8
55 games
Score
29/ 5552.7%
21W16D18L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsParaskevas Pantelei Loutragotis1,948·International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 A·R7·+20.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #13 | 2043 | +75.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #38 | 1269 | -9.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #16 | 1911 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/9 | #29 | 1884 | +17.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/4 | #3 | 1800 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #10 | 1781 | -37.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/8 | #71 | 2035 | +38.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #25 | 1735 | -90.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEmmanouil Mavridis
🇬🇷GRE·2061
+2 −13 =3
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIoannis Theodoroglakis
🇬🇷GRE·1738
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsNikolaos Loukakis
🇬🇷GRE·1817
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMichail Em Christodoulakis
🇬🇷GRE·1812
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIoannis Kalligeris
🇬🇷GRE·1716
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#480
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#28,321
in continent
World
#38,327
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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