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Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos
🇬🇷FIDE 4202457· Male· Greece· Born in 1938
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Nikolaos Ornithopoulos, a 88-year-old Greek player, is rated 1843. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 11 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 6-7, 2026 Team Friendship Cup P. Kolyvas South Rounds 1-5, and 2026 Team Friendship Cup N. Strofalis Rounds 1-5. Also played 7 rapid (including 45th Rapid Nikaias "Honour to National Resistance" 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Attica Team Blitz Championship) recently. He took a 17-month break between Jan 2002 and Jul 2003. His peak of 2165 was reached at age 66 (Jul 2004).
Current rating
1843
Standard
Rpd1808·Blz1844
All-time high
2165
−322 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 66
Jul 2004 · age 66
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#63,391
#63,391 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+75 Elo)
1768 → 1843
Jan 2025
2021
500 career games
at age 83
Aug 2021
2020
1st Greek 80+ player
at age 82 · rated 1900
Oct 2020
2017
1st Greek 75-80 player
at age 79 · rated 2002
Jun 2017
Re-crossed 2000
at age 79
May 2017
2010
1st Greek 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 2097
Nov 2010
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1855 → 1843
Tournaments
7
25 games
Score
12/ 2548.0%
8W8D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPanagiotis Kotsiopoulos1,729·48th IKAROS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURN. 2025 - AEGEAN OPEN A·R3·-12.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #134 | 1267 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #56 | 2442 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #269 | — | -8.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #116 | 2017 | +4.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2.5/3 | #83 | 2012 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #28 | 1934 | +31.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/9 | #36 | 1639 | -52.6 |
Worst Elo result: 48th IKAROS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURN. 2025 - AEGEAN OPEN A (-52.6 Elo, finished #36).
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorgios Nikea Papadopoulos
🇬🇷GRE·2006
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsIoannis Koukoufikis
🇬🇷GRE·1573
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2020
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vsEleni Fragkou
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsKostantinos Skaperdas
🇬🇷GRE·2072
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDimitrios Alexakis
🇬🇷GRE·1972
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#774
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#46,319
in continent
World
#63,390
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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