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Gkekas, Sokratis

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FIDEFIDE 4200608· Male· Greece· Born in 1959

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Sokratis Gkekas, a 67-year-old Greek player, is rated 2044 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 39 months (2014–2018), 21 months (2018–2019) and 13 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA. Also played 9 rapid events (including 195th Rapid Panellinion cafe July 2025) recently. His peak of 2245 was reached at age 42 (Jan 2001); he also reached Greek #67 in Feb 2014.

Current rating

2044

Standard

Rpd1983·Blz—

All-time high

2245

−201 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 42

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 10%

#21,487 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
6th Greek 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2059
Feb 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2059 → returned at 2048
Apr 2024
2020
5th Greek 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2138
Oct 2020
2018
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2193 → returned at 2144
Feb 2018
2015
4th Greek 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2212
Sep 2015
2014
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2212 → returned at 2193
Oct 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Charalampos Koukos 1,473
2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA · Apr 2026 · +0.7 Elo
Evolution
-4
2048 → 2044
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
2W3D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA
Team
Apr 20263.5/5#11911-4.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsDimitrios TsomisFM
🇬🇷GRE·1802
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMaximos Svistounov
🇬🇷GRE·1676
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsOrestis Kyriakidis
🇬🇷GRE·1976
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVentzislav Zafirov
🇬🇷GRE
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsLampros Gavalakis
🇬🇷GRE·1669
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings

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Greece
#267
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#15,785
in continent
World
#21,487
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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267🇬🇷Gkekas, Sokratis2,044
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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4
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5
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6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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15785🇬🇷Gkekas, Sokratis2,044
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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21487🇬🇷Gkekas, Sokratis2,044