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Kefalas, Loukas
🇨🇾FIDE 5901120· Male· Cyprus· Born in 1994
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Loukas Kefalas, a 32-year-old player, is rated 1923 — just 25 short of his peak of 1948 (Mar 2024, age 30). He is progressing steadily with +63 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A, Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2026, and Cyprus Open Chess Championship 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including Cyprus Clubs Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2012–2014), 18 months (2015–2016) and 51 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). He reached #10 nationally in Sep 2020.
At junior level, he reached #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1923
Standard
Rpd1881·Blz1915
All-time high
1948
−25 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 30
Mar 2024 · age 30
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,532
#42,532 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+63 Elo)
1860 → 1923
May 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 31
Oct 2025
2024
All-time peak 1948
at age 30 · −25 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Peak national rank: #10
at age 26 · rated 1914
Sep 2020
2019
Inactive for 51 months
paused at 1914 → returned at 1932
Dec 2019
2015
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1844 → returned at 1847
May 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+63
1860 → 1923
Tournaments
4
32 games
Score
18/ 3256.3%
13W10D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsImmanouel Temetzian1,922·4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A·R3·-10.0
3.[L]vsAlexandros N Ethelontis1,999·4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A·R6·-7.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #37 | 1979 | +21.4 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 4/9 | #6 | 2008 | +23.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 1847 | +4.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #14 | 1971 | +14.0 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandros IsaakidisFM
🇨🇾CYP·2252
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKonstantinos MichaelidesFM
🇨🇾CYP·2243
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPavlos ConstantinouCM
🇨🇾CYP·2053
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsStelios Abatzidis
🇨🇾CYP·1705
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsRafail AntoniouFM
🇨🇾CYP·2305
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Cyprus
#15
out of 136 players
Europe
#31,410
in continent
World
#42,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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