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Lafkidis, Apostolos
🇬🇷FIDE 25869930· Male· Greece· Born in 2010
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Apostolos Lafkidis, a 16-year-old Greek player, is rated 2125 — just 1 short of his peak of 2126 (Feb 2026, age 16) and ranked 9th among Greek players under 16, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +133 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 National Youth U18 Championships - open, 17th National Greek Youth Team U16 Championship 2025 finals, and Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 24th European Youth Rapid Championship - open 16) and 7 blitz events (including 24th European Youth Blitz Championship - open 16) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #3, #2 and #3 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2125
Standard
Rpd2129·Blz2083
All-time high
2126
−1 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 16
Feb 2026 · age 16
Activity
59
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Greek players under 16 · of 276
Career timeline
13 entries2026
6th Greek U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2126
Feb 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2126
at age 16 · −1 from today
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Jul 2025
2024
4th Greek U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2069
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+85
2040 → 2125
Tournaments
8
47 games
Score
28/ 4759.6%
20W16D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2245 | +116.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #56 | 2401 | +8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #305 | 2434 | +3.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #102 | 1089 | -31.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #15 | 1979 | -35.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/9 | #153 | 2127 | +37.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #16 | 1962 | -33.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/7 | #89 | 2042 | +19.2 |
Worst Elo result: 32nd Open Nikaias "Honour to National Resistance" 2025 A (-35.2 Elo, finished #15).
Most-Played Opponents
vsDimosthenis Panagiot Tzortzatos
🇬🇷GRE·2143
+9 −9 =4
22 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAnastasios GeorgiadisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2306
+4 −5 =7
16 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVasileios FragkosCM
🇬🇷GRE·2217
+2 −12 =2
16 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAntonios Pavlis
🇬🇷GRE·1720
+13 −1 =1
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMichail VassisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2338
+4 −9 =2
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#167
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#9,558
in continent
World
#13,220
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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