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Nikolaidis, Ioannis

GM🇬🇷

FIDEFIDE 4202139· Male· Greece· Born in 1971

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Ioannis Nikolaidis, a 55-year-old Greek Grandmaster, is rated 2444 and ranked 14th among Greek players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 74th National Greek Championship 2025, 2025 National Team Cup - FINAL 4, and 2025 National Team Champiosnhip A Category. His peak of 2570 was reached at age 42 (Aug 2013, World #323 at the time); he spent 59 months in Greek top 5, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 30).

Current rating

2444

Standard

Rpd2535·Blz2513

All-time high

2570

−126 pts below
Aug 2013 · age 42

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#14

#14 · Greek players · of 3,076
59 months in National top 5 (2001–2021)

Career timeline

19 entries
2022
14th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 51 · rated 2536
May 2022
2021
59 months in national top 5
longest streak 35 months · since Jan 2001
Dec 2021
20th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 50 · rated 2549
Oct 2021
2020
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2540 → returned at 2549
Aug 2020
2018
1,000 career games
at age 47
Jan 2018
2013
Peak World rank: #323
at age 42 · rated 2570
Aug 2013

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisGM 2,585
74th National Greek Championship 2025 · Dec 2025 · +1.9 Elo
Evolution
-11
2455 → 2444
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
3.5/ 1131.8%
2W7D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
74th National Greek Championship 2025
Round-Robin
Dec 20253.5/9#92354-12.5

Most-Played Opponents

vsAthanasios MastrovasilisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2419
+3 −2 =18
23 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVasilios KotroniasGM
🇬🇷GRE·2371
+3 −7 =10
20 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSpyridon KapnisisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2362
+3 −2 =13
18 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsHristos BanikasGM
🇬🇷GRE·2545
+0 −0 =17
17 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsAthanasios KaragiannisIM
🇬🇷GRE·2106
+12 −0 =0
12 games·last met May 2023
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Rankings

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Greece
#14
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#667
in continent
World
#1,087
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
5
🇬🇷Banikas, HristosFollow Hristos BanikasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,545
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
...
14🇬🇷Nikolaidis, Ioannis2,444
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
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
667🇬🇷Nikolaidis, Ioannis2,444
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
1087🇬🇷Nikolaidis, Ioannis2,444