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Nikitakis, Michail
🇬🇷FIDE 42142563· Male· Greece· Born in 2015
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Michail Nikitakis, a 11-year-old Greek player, is rated 1937 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 12. He is rising rapidly, having gained +138 Elo over the past 12 months. 73 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 National Youth Champiosnhips Finals - open U12, 27th Open Tournament 2026 by PAO Chess Club, and 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - POA Rounds 6-7. Also played 4 rapid (including PAO CC Rapid Sep 2025 Angeliki Parra Memorial) and 1 blitz events (including 24th European Youth Blitz Championship - open 10) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #87 in U10, World #19 in U8 and #1 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1937
Standard
Rpd1957·Blz1812
All-time high
1937
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#296 · players worldwide under 12 · of 14,529
Career timeline
10 entries2026
1st Greek U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1937
May 2026
All-time peak 1937
at age 11
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 10
Sep 2025
87th U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 1814
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 10
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 9
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+138
1799 → 1937
Tournaments
11
65 games
Score
46/ 6570.8%
39W14D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsGrigorios Tamiolakis1,637·17th National Greek Youth Team U16 Championship 2025 finals·R3·-32.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 1940 | +26.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/5 | #4 | 2538 | +33.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/1 | #37 | 2333 | +4.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 4/2 | #98 | 2390 | -27.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3.5/6 | #15 | 1775 | -26.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #172 | 2436 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #25 | 1842 | -5.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 6.5/5 | #3 | 2455 | +35.7 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 1854 | +18.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/7 | #44 | 1980 | +68.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGrigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris
🇨🇭SUI·2025
+8 −0 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsIoannis Kalonomos
🇬🇷GRE·1886
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaximos Megagiannis
🇬🇷GRE·1826
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKonstantinos Ignatiadis
🇬🇷GRE·1948
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsTheodoros Sideris
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#498
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#29,128
in continent
World
#39,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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