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Vardakas, Stefanos
🇬🇷FIDE 4205294· Male· Greece· Born in 1963
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Stefanos Vardakas, a 63-year-old Greek player, is rated 1934. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA, 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, and FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000. Also played 3 rapid (including 4 Memorijalen turnir VENCI POPOV) and 1 blitz events (including 1st International Open Blitz YMATH 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2004–2005) and 27 months (2010–2012). His peak of 2064 was reached at age 39 (Oct 2002).
Current rating
1934
Standard
Rpd1781·Blz1847
All-time high
2064
−130 pts below
Oct 2002 · age 39
Oct 2002 · age 39
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40,105
#40,105 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2024
17th Greek 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2020
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+103 Elo)
1917 → 2020
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 61
May 2024
2020
21st Greek 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2049
Aug 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 56
Jan 2019
2017
33rd Greek 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 2013
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
1971 → 1934
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
10W9D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 4/4 | #8 | 2670 | +18.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/6 | #145 | 1834 | -19.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #56 | 1807 | -39.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/7 | #7 | 1962 | +1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTheodoros Theodoulidis
🇬🇷GRE·1940
+0 −4 =4
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIoannis Kosmidis
🇬🇷GRE·2156
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsAlexandros Babalikis
🇬🇷GRE·1937
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsAnthimos Sougakis
🇬🇷GRE·1977
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsNikolaos LagopatisCM
🇬🇷GRE·2071
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Nov 2022
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Rankings
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Greece
#505
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#29,616
in continent
World
#40,104
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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