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Kourousis, Epameinondas
IM🇨🇿FIDE 4211626· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 1991
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Epameinondas Kourousis, a 35-year-old Czech International Master, is rated 2328 and sitting in the top 1% of Czech players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 14 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open, 1. liga zapad 2025-2026 r7-8, and Extraliga 2025-2026 r5-6. Also played 1 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He took a 15-month break between Apr 2023 and Aug 2024. His peak of 2433 was reached at age 24 (Apr 2015, Czech #34 at the time).
Competes for Czech Republic since Sep 2014. Awarded IM in 2015 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #7, #7, #5 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2328
Standard
Rpd2348·Blz2244
All-time high
2433
−105 pts below
Apr 2015 · age 24
Apr 2015 · age 24
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#76 · Czech players · of 5,624
Career timeline
20 entries2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2369 → returned at 2372
Apr 2023
2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 27
Mar 2018
2015
IM title awardedIM
at age 24 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2015
May 2015
Peak Czech rank: #34
at age 24 · rated 2433
Apr 2015
All-time peak 2433
at age 24 · −105 from today
Apr 2015
2014
Crossed 2400
at age 23
Dec 2014
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-14
2342 → 2328
Tournaments
9
23 games
Score
9.5/ 2341.3%
5W9D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/8 | #63 | 2357 | +4.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #105 | 1601 | -4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #59 | 3128 | +5.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #78 | 2131 | -5.1 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #108 | 1607 | -3.9 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #44 | 2425 | +1.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #105 | 2255 | -2.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #80 | 1638 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1.5/6 | #297 | 2271 | -6.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJan RubesIM
🇨🇿CZE·2375
+2 −2 =6
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVojtech PlatGM
🇸🇰SVK·2483
+0 −8 =2
10 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsAlexandros Rigopoulos-Tsigkos
🇬🇷GRE·2069
+8 −2 =0
10 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsJan VykoukIM
🇨🇿CZE·2529
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPetr NeumanGM
🇨🇿CZE·2393
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
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Czech Republic
#76
out of 6,368 players
Europe
#2,115
in continent
World
#3,254
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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