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Banikas, Hristos

Banikas, Hristos

GM🇬🇷

FIDEFIDE 4202031· Male· Greece· Born in 1978

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Hristos Banikas, a 48-year-old Greek Grandmaster, is rated 2545 and ranked 5th among Greek players, and 337th worldwide. He has held steady between 2525 and 2550 for 23 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A, 2025 National Team Champiosnhip A Category, and 2025 National Team Cup Tie Breaks. His peak of 2646 was reached at age 36 (Jul 2014); he also reached World #112 in May 2014 and spent 18 months as Greek #1.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 23) and IM in 2001 (age 23).

Current rating

2545

Standard

Rpd2606·Blz2601

All-time high

2646

−101 pts below
Jul 2014 · age 36

Activity

18

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#5

#5 · Greek players · of 3,076
18 months in #1 nationally (2011–2014)

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
16th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2561
Mar 2024
2023
12th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 45 · rated 2599
Jun 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2600
at age 42
Aug 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2600
at age 40
Aug 2018
2017
1,000 career games
at age 39
Oct 2017
2014
18 months in National #1
since Sep 2011
Dec 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jakob Leon PajekenIM 2,443
FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A · Aug 2025 · +3.6 Elo
Evolution
+1
2544 → 2545
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
4W5D0L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJakob Leon PajekenIM2,443·FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A·R7·+3.6
2.[W]vsJulius ChittkaFM2,312·FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A·R6·+2.1
3.[W]vsTamas Gunes OngutFM2,292·FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A·R2·+1.9
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FE 27 Citta' di Trieste - A
Open Swiss
Aug 20256.5/9#122551+2.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsIoannis NikolaidisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2444
+0 −0 =17
17 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsVasilios KotroniasGM
🇬🇷GRE·2371
+4 −0 =10
14 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsDimitrios MastrovasilisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2525
+0 −0 =13
13 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAthanasios MastrovasilisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2419
+0 −0 =12
12 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsSpyridon SkembrisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2270
+4 −1 =5
10 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings

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Greece
#5
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#194
in continent
World
#337
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Greece
1
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2,634
2
🇬🇷Papaioannou, IoannisFollow Ioannis PapaioannouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,611
3
🇬🇷Pavlidis, AntoniosFollow Antonios PavlidisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,573
4
🇬🇷Kourkoulos-Arditis, StamatisFollow Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,570
52,545
6
🇬🇷Mastrovasilis, DimitriosFollow Dimitrios MastrovasilisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,525
7
🇬🇷Alexakis, DimitrisFollow Dimitris AlexakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,524
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
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,713
...
194🇬🇷Banikas, Hristos2,545
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
337🇬🇷Banikas, Hristos2,545