Kolytas, Spiridon

Spiridon Kolytas, a 25-year-old Greek player, is rated 2115 — his current career high and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +145 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, 46th White Tower - 8th SKG International Open A, and 7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship. Also played 3 rapid (including 19th open National Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 11th open National Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2016), 42 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2021–2023).

At junior level, he reached #41, #48, #30, #19, #35 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.