Vlachos, Anatole

Anatole Vlachos, a 24-year-old Greek International Master, is rated 2483 — just 5 short of his peak of 2488 (Mar 2026, age 24) and ranked 9th among Greek players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 88 rated games in the past year (≈93/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Coupe de France 8e Finale, 4rd Gambit GM Closed Tournament 2026, and Les betises de Cambrai - GM 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including Les Internationaux de France Rapide 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Greek #9 in Dec 2025 and has been in Greek top 10 for 14 months and counting.

Competes for Greece since Jun 2015. Awarded IM in 2020 (age 18) and FM in 2018 (age 16). Earned GM norms at 13th International Tournament of Palaiochora 2020 - A group and Vezerkepzo GM November 2025. At junior level, he reached World #61 in U20, World #42 in U18, World #21 in U16, World #78 in U14, World #41 in U12 and World #34 in U10.