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Papaioannou, Ioannis

Papaioannou, Ioannis

GM🇬🇷

FIDEFIDE 4201345· Male· Greece· Born in 1976

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Ioannis Papaioannou, a 50-year-old Greek Grandmaster, is rated 2611 and ranked 2nd among Greek players, and 132nd worldwide. He has held steady between 2600 and 2625 for 10 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent appearances: European Team Ch 2025 and 2025 National Team Champiosnhip A Category. His peak of 2652 was reached at age 41 (Aug 2017); he also reached World #85 in Jan 2002 and spent 160 months as Greek #1, with a longest streak of 8 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 25).

Current rating

2611

Standard

Rpd2614·Blz2666

All-time high

2652

−41 pts below
Aug 2017 · age 41

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Greek players · of 3,059
160 months in #1 nationally (2001–2025)

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
160 months in National #1
longest streak 107 months · since Jan 2001
Jul 2025
2024
4th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 48 · rated 2626
Oct 2024
2019
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2623 → returned at 2633
Dec 2019
2017
500 career games
at age 41
Dec 2017
10th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2652
Aug 2017
Crossed 2650
at age 41
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Anton DemchenkoGM 2,628
European Team Ch 2025 · Oct 2025 · +0.2 Elo
Evolution
-15
2626 → 2611
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
4W5D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsLuke J McShaneGM2,614·European Team Ch 2025·R7·-5.0
2.[L]vsAleksandar IndjicGM2,618·European Team Ch 2025·R4·-4.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Team Ch 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20251/4#1882385-12.4
2025 National Team Champiosnhip A Category
Open Swiss
Jun 20255.5/7#202572-3.1

Most-Played Opponents

vsAthanasios MastrovasilisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2419
+2 −1 =6
9 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsIoannis NikolaidisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2444
+1 −0 =6
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsDimitrios MastrovasilisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2527
+0 −0 =7
7 games·last met Oct 2015
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vsStelios HalkiasGM
🇬🇷GRE·2505
+0 −0 =6
6 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsSotirios MalikentzosIM
🇬🇷GRE·2436
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2015
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Rankings

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Greece
#2
out of 3,641 players
Europe
#69
in continent
World
#132
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Greece
1
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2,635
22,611
3
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2,573
4
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2,570
5
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2,545
6
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2,538
7
🇬🇷Mastrovasilis, DimitriosFollow Dimitrios MastrovasilisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,527
8
🇬🇷Halkias, SteliosFollow Stelios HalkiasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,505
9
🇬🇷Patrelakis, EvaggelosFollow Evaggelos PatrelakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
9
🇬🇷Vlachos, AnatoleFollow Anatole VlachosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
Europe
1
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2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
69🇬🇷Papaioannou, Ioannis2,611
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
...
132🇬🇷Papaioannou, Ioannis2,611