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Gkekos, Ioannis
🇬🇷FIDE 42131227· Male· Greece· Born in 1990
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Ioannis Gkekos, a 36-year-old Greek player, is rated 1802 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Friendship Cup N. Strofalis Rounds 1-5, 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - C Category, and Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025. Also played 62 rapid (including Series Open Rapid SO Petralonon Dec 2025 - 3) and 3 blitz events (including 7th rapid SO Xalandriou) recently.
Current rating
1802
Standard
Rpd1843·Blz1805
All-time high
1802
at best
May 2026 · age 36
May 2026 · age 36
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#75,757
#75,757 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
75th Greek 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1802
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1802
at age 36
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 36
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+257 Elo)
1508 → 1765
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 34
Mar 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 34
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+8
1794 → 1802
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
8.5/ 2632.7%
12W4D10L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsEleftherios Mamouzelos1,884·28th Chess Open Heraklion Attikis - ATHENS CHALLENGE 2026 - A·R3·+12.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsIlias Giannoulis
🇬🇷GRE·1812
+22 −11 =3
36 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsIoannis Panopoulos
🇬🇷GRE·2039
+2 −26 =5
33 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsPaschalis Kokalas
🇬🇷GRE·1675
+27 −5 =1
33 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsNikolaos Giannoukakos
🇬🇷GRE·1586
+29 −1 =1
31 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsKonstantinos Nikolakis
🇬🇷GRE·1489
+25 −1 =1
27 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Greece
#933
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#54,852
in continent
World
#75,756
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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