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Vardakas, Grigorios
🇬🇷FIDE 4264843· Male· Greece· Born in 2003
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Grigorios Vardakas, a 23-year-old Greek player, is rated 2108 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +65 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSKEDYM POA, 3rd International Open Katerini chess 2026 - A, and 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A. Also played 6 rapid (including 2nd Gavriil Mastrovasilis Memorial Rapid 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 1st International Open Blitz YMATH 2025) recently. His peak of 2173 was reached at age 19 (Jun 2022).
At junior level, he reached #8, #6, #5, #5, #4 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2108
Standard
Rpd2107·Blz1985
All-time high
2173
−65 pts below
Jun 2022 · age 19
Jun 2022 · age 19
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,659 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2026
97th Greek 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 2108
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
May 2026
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Feb 2023
2022
500 career games
at age 19
Oct 2022
All-time peak 2173
at age 19 · −65 from today
Jun 2022
8th Greek U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2172
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+65
2043 → 2108
Tournaments
6
41 games
Score
23.5/ 4157.3%
18W11D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/5 | #12 | 2160 | +10.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #62 | 2166 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #40 | 2215 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/8 | #12 | 2196 | +33.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #3 | 1981 | -7.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #54 | 1984 | -13.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVictor Stefan
🇬🇷GRE·2061
+5 −3 =6
14 games·last met May 2025
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vsDimitris AlexakisGM
🇬🇷GRE·2524
+1 −10 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAsterios Papagiannis
🇬🇷GRE·1969
+6 −1 =6
13 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsLampros GiannoulakisFM
🇬🇷GRE·2262
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsNikolaos GalopoulosIM
🇬🇷GRE·2426
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Greece
#195
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#10,625
in continent
World
#14,659
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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Europe
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