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Apostolou, Nikolaos
🇬🇷FIDE 4257430· Male· Greece· Born in 1984
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Nikolaos Apostolou, a 42-year-old Greek player, is rated 1742 — just 26 short of his peak of 1768 (Mar 2024, age 40). He has fluctuated between 1725 and 1756 over the past 2 years. 21 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - B1 Local Rounds 6-9, 2026 Team Championship of ESSNA - B1 Local Rounds 1-5, and Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 19th open National Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 11th open National Blitz Championship 2025) recently.
Current rating
1742
Standard
Rpd1686·Blz1755
All-time high
1768
−26 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 40
Mar 2024 · age 40
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#95,328
#95,328 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
68th Greek 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 1742
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+135 Elo)
1633 → 1768
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1768
at age 40 · −26 from today
Mar 2024
2020
86th Greek 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1681
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1600
at age 35
Aug 2019
2015
100 career games
at age 31
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1742 → 1742
Tournaments
5
26 games
Score
16/ 2661.5%
17W2D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #87 | 809 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/4 | #3 | 2451 | +20.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #60 | 1821 | -10.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/4 | #6 | 1951 | -4.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #18 | 1775 | +6.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSpyridon-odysseys Bouboulis
🇬🇷GRE·2009
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsIlias Diatsintos
🇬🇷GRE·1483
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsAndreas Laggousis
🇬🇷GRE·1938
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsPanteleimon Vakakis
🇬🇷GRE·1793
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsTheodoros Sideris
🇬🇷GRE·1954
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2021
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Rankings
/
Greece
#1,165
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#67,937
in continent
World
#95,326
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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