Zygouris, Hristos

Hristos Zygouris, a 52-year-old Greek player, is rated 2140 and sitting in the top 5% of Greek players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 6-7, and 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A. Also played 8 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2001–2003), 27 months (2016–2019) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2271 was reached at age 27 (Jul 2001); he also reached Greek #52 in Jul 2002.