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Karakatsanis, Nikolaos
🇬🇷FIDE 4219236· Male· Greece· Born in 1999
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Nikolaos Karakatsanis, a 27-year-old Greek player, is rated 2047 — just 1 short of his peak of 2048 (Nov 2020, age 21) and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 2 years. 19 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025, and 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Attica Team Rapid Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 Attica Team Blitz Championship) recently.
At junior level, he reached #19, #22, #15, #25 and #63 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2047
Standard
Rpd1978·Blz1924
All-time high
2048
−1 pts below
Nov 2020 · age 21
Nov 2020 · age 21
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,118 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
15 entries2025
500 career games
at age 26
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 25
Apr 2024
2020
All-time peak 2048
at age 21 · −1 from today
Nov 2020
2019
19th Greek U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2033
Oct 2019
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Sep 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+6
2041 → 2047
Tournaments
4
19 games
Score
8/ 1942.1%
7W2D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsStefanos KazantzoglouFM2,272·34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A·R5·+16.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/7 | #63 | 2058 | -0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #151 | 2767 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/8 | #180 | 2099 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0/2 | #393 | 1255 | -19.4 |
Rankings
/
Greece
#263
out of 3,641 players
Europe
#15,520
in continent
World
#21,118
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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