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Harakis, Alexis M

FM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 403954· Male· Wales· Born in 1971

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Alexis M Harakis, a 55-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2171 and ranked 7th among WLS players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012) and 17 months (2013–2015). Recent appearance: 2026 Welsh Championship. Also played 1 rapid (including Cyprus Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Cyprus Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2304 was reached at age 48 (Mar 2019, #3 nationally at the time); he spent 85 months in top 5, with a longest streak of 6 consecutive years.

Competes for Wales since Apr 2025. Awarded FM in 2019 (age 48).

Current rating

2171

Standard

Rpd2197·Blz2172

All-time high

2304

−133 pts below
Mar 2019 · age 48

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#7

#7 · WLS players · of 244
85 months in National top 5 (2017–2026)

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
85 months in national top 5
longest streak 77 months · since May 2017
Feb 2026
2025
Switched federation: ENG → WLS
at age 54
Apr 2025
2022
1st 50-55 player nationally
at age 51 · rated 2283
Apr 2022
2019
Peak national rank: #3
at age 48 · rated 2304
Mar 2019
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 48 · rated 2304
Mar 2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 48
Mar 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Rudy Van Kemenade 1,930
2026 Welsh Championship · Apr 2026 · +4.0 Elo
Evolution
-21
2192 → 2171
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
4W0D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRudy Van Kemenade1,930·2026 Welsh Championship·R7·+4.0
2.[W]vsJoe Fathallah1,926·2026 Welsh Championship·R1·+3.9
3.[W]vsDavid McGhee1,908·2026 Welsh Championship·R5·+3.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlex BullenCM2,029·2026 Welsh Championship·R2·-13.9
2.[L]vsSven P. ZeidlerFM2,118·2026 Welsh Championship·R4·-11.5
3.[L]vsJonathan L B BlackburnFM2,258·2026 Welsh Championship·R6·-7.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Welsh Championship
Swiss
Apr 20264/7#92060-21.2
Worst Elo result: 2026 Welsh Championship (-21.2 Elo, finished #9).

Rankings

/
Wales
#7
out of 269 players
Europe
#6,990
in continent
World
#9,844
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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3
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2,255
4
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5
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6
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8
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9
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10
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2,137
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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3
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5
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6
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7
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2,729
8
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8
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10
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6990🇬🇧Harakis, Alexis M2,171
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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9844🇬🇧Harakis, Alexis M2,171