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Tsakas, Nikolaos
🇬🇷FIDE 4276558· Male· Greece· Born in 1986
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Nikolaos Tsakas, a 40-year-old Greek player, is rated 1786. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017), 38 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Cyprus Open Chess Championship 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including 234e Rapide FIDE Interchess) and 2 blitz events (including Final leg of Kaissa Chess Grand Prix 2025 (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 1841 was reached at age 38 (Dec 2024).
Current rating
1786
Standard
Rpd1788·Blz1754
All-time high
1841
−55 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 38
Dec 2024 · age 38
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#80,760
#80,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+174 Elo)
1667 → 1841
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1841
at age 38 · −55 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 38
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1667 → returned at 1820
Mar 2023
2022
79th Greek 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1724
Apr 2022
2019
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1726 → returned at 1724
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-31
1817 → 1786
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 1 win
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #47 | 1879 | -31.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRafail AntoniouFM
🇨🇾CYP·2305
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsKonstantinos Karathymios
🇨🇾CYP·1769
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsVassilis Aristotelous
🇨🇾CYP·1793
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsKosmas Karagiannis
🇬🇷GRE·1885
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsEleni PicaWCM
🇨🇾CYP·1684
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Greece
#997
out of 3,681 players
Europe
#58,260
in continent
World
#80,758
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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