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Kolytas, Spiridon
🇬🇷FIDE 4276310· Male· Greece· Born in 2001
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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 +137 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 4 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2016), 42 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included), 23 months (2021–2023) and 14 months (2023–2025).
At junior level, he reached #41, #48, #30, #19, #35 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2115
Standard
Rpd1986·Blz2008
All-time high
2115
at best
Mar 2026 · age 25
Mar 2026 · age 25
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#14,022 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
91st Greek 20-35 player
at age 25 · rated 2115
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2115
at age 25
Mar 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 25
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 24
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+185 Elo)
1761 → 1946
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1910 → returned at 1947
Oct 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+137
1978 → 2115
Tournaments
4
32 games
Score
20/ 3262.5%
16W8D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsChristos Tsarsitalidis2,287·7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championship·R5·+15.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #42 | 2156 | +9.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2215 | +33.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #25 | 2228 | +44.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/7 | #23 | 2253 | +49.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandros Leftheriotis
🇬🇷GRE·2139
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsSpiros Stratigos
🇬🇷GRE·2115
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSpyridon-Dionysios Makris
🇬🇷GRE·1993
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSpyridon TrifonasCM
🇬🇷GRE·1880
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2020
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vsXenophon MakrisCM
🇬🇷GRE·1829
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
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Greece
#183
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#10,150
in continent
World
#14,022
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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