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Skettos, Nicolas
🇨🇾FIDE 5900670· Male· Cyprus· Born in 1996
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Nicolas Skettos, a 30-year-old player, is rated 1969. He has fluctuated between 1919 and 2017 over the past 2 years. 69 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Round 9, Richardson Cup 2026 Semi-Final, and X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A. Also played 2 rapid (including Lothians Allegro Open 2026) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Glasgow Qualifier) recently. His peak of 2017 was reached at age 28 (Jun 2024, #7 nationally at the time); he spent 37 months in top 10.
At junior level, he reached #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1969
Standard
Rpd1934·Blz2009
All-time high
2017
−48 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 28
Jun 2024 · age 28
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
69 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#32,876
#32,876 · players worldwide · of 218,279
37 months in National top 10 (2022–2026)
37 months in National top 10 (2022–2026)
Career timeline
16 entries2026
37 months in national top 10
longest streak 16 months · since Jan 2022
Apr 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 29
Sep 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 28
Sep 2024
All-time peak 2017
at age 28 · −48 from today
Jun 2024
Peak national rank: #7
at age 28 · rated 2014
May 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 28
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+1
1968 → 1969
Tournaments
13
65 games
Score
32.5/ 6550.0%
29W13D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3/5 | #8 | 2045 | +12.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2617 | +6.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #21 | 1354 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #286 | 1972 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #44 | 1878 | -13.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 2736 | +19.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #76 | 1955 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #12 | 2002 | +6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2587 | +12.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #40 | 1180 | -8.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDerek McCormack
🇬🇧SCO·1926
+8 −5 =5
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRishi VijayakumarFM
🇬🇧SCO·2332
+8 −2 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsStephen Robinson
🇬🇧SCO·1889
+8 −3 =1
12 games·last met May 2023
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vsKonstantinos MichaelidesFM
🇨🇾CYP·2243
+1 −10 =0
11 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsAndrew N GreetIM
🇬🇧SCO·2413
+0 −9 =1
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Cyprus
#11
out of 136 players
Europe
#24,314
in continent
World
#32,875
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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