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Nikolaou, Georgios
FM🇬🇷FIDE 4203801· Male· Greece· Born in 1980
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Georgios Nikolaou, a 46-year-old Greek FIDE Master, is rated 2149 and sitting in the top 5% of Greek players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Open Petros Kolyvas Memorial 2025, 7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship, and 18th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT - A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2026 New Year's Eve Chess Marathon Rapid YES to CHESS) recently. His peak of 2337 was reached at age 34 (Oct 2014, Greek #25 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2017 (age 37).
Current rating
2149
Standard
Rpd2184·Blz2232
All-time high
2337
−188 pts below
Oct 2014 · age 34
Oct 2014 · age 34
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#141 · Greek players · of 3,076
Career timeline
24 entries2026
14th Greek 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2149
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 44
Oct 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 43
Mar 2023
2022
11th Greek 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2218
Apr 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 42
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2178 → returned at 2218
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+37
2112 → 2149
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
18.5/ 3159.7%
14W9D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsChristos Tsarsitalidis2,287·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R9·+14.3
3.[W]vsMariam Sichinava1,999·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R4·+6.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/7 | #2 | 2251 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 2161 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #41 | 2138 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1.5/6 | #318 | 2126 | -0.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsZbigniew Sienczewski
🇵🇱POL·1901
+24 −3 =15
42 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsAlexandros Kostouros
🇬🇷GRE·2022
+17 −2 =18
37 games·last met May 2018
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vsLoukas Papadimitriou
🇬🇷GRE·1983
+17 −2 =9
28 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsTheodoros Sideris
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+19 −2 =5
26 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsDimitrios Delithanasis
🇬🇷GRE·1886
+9 −4 =12
25 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
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Greece
#141
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#8,099
in continent
World
#11,305
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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