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Sarakenidis, Nikolaos
🇬🇷FIDE 4245865· Male· Greece· Born in 1979
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Nikolaos Sarakenidis, a 47-year-old Greek player, is rated 1849. He has slipped back 43 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 10th International Open IDAION ANTRO 2025 B, 2nd Summer open Chess Square July 2025, and 1st Summer open Chess Square June 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 10th International Open IDAION ANTRO 2025 Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2022–2023). His peak of 1946 was reached at age 38 (Jul 2017).
Current rating
1849
Standard
Rpd1931·Blz1934
All-time high
1946
−97 pts below
Jul 2017 · age 38
Jul 2017 · age 38
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#61,760
#61,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
500 career games
at age 46
May 2025
47th Greek 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1919
Apr 2025
2022
55th Greek 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1878
May 2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1878 → returned at 1862
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1874 → returned at 1878
Sep 2019
2017
64th Greek 35-40 player
at age 38 · rated 1946
Jul 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-26
1875 → 1849
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
12.5/ 2256.8%
9W7D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #51 | 1857 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/8 | #5 | 1852 | +3.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/4 | #27 | 1599 | -26.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/4 | #24 | 2567 | -2.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLoukas Papadimitriou
🇬🇷GRE·1983
+2 −10 =1
13 games·last met Feb 2017
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vsDimitrios Galanos
🇬🇷GRE·2029
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsPanag Anairousis
🇬🇷GRE·1887
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2016
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vsZbigniew Sienczewski
🇵🇱POL·1901
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met May 2017
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vsFilipos Koerant
🇬🇷GRE·1874
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2015
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Rankings
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Greece
#761
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#45,172
in continent
World
#61,759
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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