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Kotsalis, Evagelos
🇬🇷FIDE 4225376· Male· Greece· Born in 1997
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Evagelos Kotsalis, a 29-year-old Greek player, is rated 1857 — his current career high. He has fluctuated between 1826 and 1857 over the past 2 years. 39 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA play off - play out, 2026 Team Cup of ESSTH-CHALK Rounds 1-3, and 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group B, rounds 1-5. Also played 2 rapid (including 9th White Tower Rapid 2025) and 5 blitz events (including 1st International Open Blitz YMATH 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2010–2012), 20 months (2015–2017) and 41 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #42, #40, #43, #54 and #31 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1857
Standard
Rpd1722·Blz1812
All-time high
1857
at best
May 2026 · age 29
May 2026 · age 29
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#59,454
#59,454 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1857
at age 29
May 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2024
2018
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 1735 → returned at 1728
Oct 2018
2017
42nd Greek U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1744
Oct 2017
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
2015
40th Greek U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1704
Dec 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
1844 → 1857
Tournaments
8
37 games
Score
20.5/ 3755.4%
15W11D11L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAris Theofilopoulos2,052·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group B, rounds 1-5·R3·+15.3
3.[W]vsGeorgios Moutzouridis1,868·2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA group B, rounds 1-5·R4·+10.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #23 | 1990 | +9.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #78 | 1148 | -7.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/3 | #13 | 2065 | +18.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #153 | 977 | -11.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #9 | 1949 | +20.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/7 | #28 | 1842 | +1.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #41 | 1745 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/4 | #8 | 1791 | -6.2 |
Worst Elo result: 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS B (-19.6 Elo, finished #41).
Most-Played Opponents
vsLampros GiannoulakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2262
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsAnna-Maria Drakaki
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsPanayotis PapadopoulosCM
🇬🇷GRE·2298
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsStefanos MagkalakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2343
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVasileios Keramaros
🇬🇷GRE·1850
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#733
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#43,543
in continent
World
#59,453
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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