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Balafas, Ioannis

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FIDEFIDE 42190134· Male· Greece· Born in 2013

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Ioannis Balafas, a 13-year-old Greek player, is rated 1499 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +61 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Ultima by ASOP Dias LOW K18 Mar 2026, Ultima by ASOP Dias LOW K18 Jan 2026, and 2026 Attica Youth Championships - open U14. Also played 11 blitz events (including Tag team blitz by ASOP Dias Mar 2026 - 2) recently.

Current rating

1499

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1426

All-time high

1499

at best
May 2026 · age 13

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#185,099

#185,099 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

5 entries
2026
Best 12-month gain (+61 Elo)
1438 → 1499
May 2026
All-time peak 1499
at age 13
May 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 13
Mar 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 13
Mar 2026
First FIDE rating
1438 · at age 13
Mar 2026

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Christos Skaltsonis 1,480
Ultima by ASOP Dias LOW K18 Jan 2026 · Jan 2026 · +2.4 Elo
Evolution
—
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
5.5/ 1830.6%
4W3D11L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Ultima by ASOP Dias LOW K18 Mar 2026
Swiss
Feb 20261.5/3#214550.0
Ultima by ASOP Dias LOW K18 Jan 2026
Swiss
Jan 20262.5/3#813010.0
2026 Attica Youth Championships - open U14
Swiss
Jan 20261.5/2#268280.0
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

/
Greece
#2,490
out of 3,641 players
Europe
#116,650
in continent
World
#185,037
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Greece
1
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2,635
2
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2,611
3
🇬🇷Pavlidis, AntoniosFollow Antonios PavlidisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,573
4
🇬🇷Kourkoulos-Arditis, StamatisFollow Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,570
5
🇬🇷Banikas, HristosFollow Hristos BanikasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,545
6
🇬🇷Alexakis, DimitrisFollow Dimitris AlexakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,538
7
🇬🇷Mastrovasilis, DimitriosFollow Dimitrios MastrovasilisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,527
8
🇬🇷Halkias, SteliosFollow Stelios HalkiasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,505
9
🇬🇷Patrelakis, EvaggelosFollow Evaggelos PatrelakisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
9
🇬🇷Vlachos, AnatoleFollow Anatole VlachosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
...
2490🇬🇷Balafas, Ioannis1,499
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
116650🇬🇷Balafas, Ioannis1,499
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
185037🇬🇷Balafas, Ioannis1,499