How many FIDE-rated chess players are in Greece?

Greece has 140 active FIDE-rated chess players.

How many Grandmasters are in Greece?

Greece has 2 FIDE Grandmasters (GM and WGM).

How many International Masters are in Greece?

Greece has 2 FIDE International Masters (IM and WIM).

How many FIDE Masters are in Greece?

Greece has 4 FIDE Masters (FM and WFM).

How many titled players are in Greece?

Greece has 8 titled players in total (GMs, IMs, FMs and CMs).

Who is the best chess player in Greece?

The highest-rated chess player from Greece is Skembris, Spyridon (GM), with a standard rating of 2276.

What is the highest FIDE rating in Greece?

The highest standard FIDE rating in Greece is 2276, held by Skembris, Spyridon.

What is the average rating of the top 10 chess players in Greece?

The average standard rating of the top 10 players in Greece is 2083.

Where can I find Greece chess rankings?

Full Greece chess rankings, rating history and statistics are available on ChessStats at https://chessstats.app/top/gre.

Top 65+ Standard Chess Players in Greece 🇬🇷

140 65+ active players in Greece by Standard rating.

#1 Spyridon Skembris leads with 2,276 — 101 pts ahead of Panayotis Frendzas (2,175).

This month's standout moves (top 100): Konstantinos Kapagiannidis led all gainers at +38 pts, while Dimitrios Gk Konstantinidis saw the steepest fall at -120 pts.

Top 3 Players

#1 · Current Leader

Spyridon Skembris

Grandmaster · 68 years old

Age Group Leaders

65+Skembris, SpyridonGM▲582,276

Biggest Movers · 1 month

Among top 100 players

Top Movers

Kapagiannidis, Konstantinos1,720

+38

Lamprou, Ilias1,611

+30

Alexakis, Dimitrios1,972

+27

Flop Movers

Konstantinidis, Dimitrios Gk1,644

-120

Iliadis, Georgios1,683

-95

Delithanasis, Dimitrios1,889

-78

HISTORIC GREECE #1 · 2001 → 2026

14 distinct leaders across 25 years

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Standard · Active · 65+ · vs 1 month

Avg. top 10

2,083-3

Avg. top 100

1,790-14

Active players

140-8

Titled players — 8

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14%

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29%

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57%

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Rankings

Standard · Active · vs 1 month · 65+

#	Player	Standard↓	Rapid	Blitz	Δ 1M	Games
1▲58	Skembris, SpyridonGM · 68 yrs	2276	2340	2141	−15	11
2▲120	Frendzas, PanayotisIM · 67 yrs	2175	2297	2323	0	0
3▲184	Haliamanis, GeorgiosFM · 65 yrs	2113	1982	2103	+4	3
4▲188	Lirindzakis, TimotheosIM · 66 yrs	2103	2192	—	0	0
5▲193	Makropoulou, MarinaWGM · 66 yrs	2078	2129	—	−18	5
6▲250	Angelis, Mihail · 69 yrs	2055	2142	2134	0	0
7▲258	Gkekas, Sokratis · 67 yrs	2048	1983	—	0	0
8▲294	Perifanis, Georgios · 66 yrs	2014	1953	2074	−2	1
9▲357	Cook, Michael-Antony · 70 yrs	1989	—	2020	0	0
10▲382	Kofidis, Spyridon · 66 yrs	1976	—	—	0	0
11▲451	Alexakis, Dimitrios · 65 yrs	1972	1954	1895	+27	21
12▲414	Zahilas, Loukas N. · 66 yrs	1971	1968	1817	+6	1
13▲406	Koutsidis, Mihail · 69 yrs	1957	1954	1962	−10	3
14▲451	Papathanasiou, Panayotis · 66 yrs	1944	1994	1998	0	0
15▲462	Kontsetti, Paolo · 65 yrs	1940	—	—	0	0
16▲457	Efthimiatos, Georgios · 65 yrs	1934	1859	1988	−7	9
17▲495	Katsogridakis, Stelios · 66 yrs	1927	—	—	0	0
18	Douros, Georgios · 66 yrs	1927	1969	1989	+24	6
19▲505	Antonoglou, Christos · 72 yrs	1923	1852	1884	+1	1
20▲502	Gimnopoulos, Lazaros · 65 yrs	1922	1901	—	0	0
21▲487	Papastavropoulos, AndreasFM · 71 yrs	1918	2201	2065	−9	2
22▲527	Aftsoglou, Ioannis · 83 yrs	1913	1894	1980	0	0
23▲525	Maris, IoannisFM · 79 yrs	1913	1852	1880	0	0
24▲535	Diamanteas, Petros · 70 yrs	1910	1855	1844	0	0
25▲551	Bras, Emanouel · 65 yrs	1905	1859	1885	0	0
26▲557	Hrisanthopoulos, Dimitrios · 67 yrs	1903	1903	1998	0	0
27▲390	Delithanasis, Dimitrios · 71 yrs	1889	2106	2183	−78	15
28▲626	Ter-gevorkian, Aram · 68 yrs	1883	1866	1923	0	0
29▲650	Arvanitis, Konstantinos · 67 yrs	1874	—	—	0	0
30▲703	Zannias, Spyridon · 66 yrs	1856	—	—	0	0
31▲737	Psomiadis, Haralampos · 65 yrs	1853	1837	1746	+8	6
32▲729	Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos · 88 yrs	1843	1807	1844	−4	1
33▲770	Sklavounos, Panayotis · 66 yrs	1840	1777	1818	+6	14
34▲751	Hadzopoulos, Antonios · 75 yrs	1839	1843	1875	0	0
35▲758	Almaliotis, Hristos · 74 yrs	1837	1956	1875	0	0
36▲752	Kaldis, Georgios · 74 yrs	1836	1834	1891	−2	1
37▲788	Despotakis, Vasilios · 66 yrs	1829	1779	1850	0	0
38▲776	Koursaris, Nikolaos · 68 yrs	1829	1890	1888	−2	8
39▲790	Kogias, Antonios · 75 yrs	1828	—	—	0	0
40▲811	Politis, Dionisos · 70 yrs	1821	1886	—	0	0
41▲785	Bahar-Mosse, Iakov · 71 yrs	1818	1812	1842	−11	11
42▲854	Tsikerdanos, Konstantinos · 65 yrs	1810	1785	1818	0	0
43▲787	Tsomis, DimitriosFM · 76 yrs	1802	1848	2070	−25	8
44▲941	Chatzipolitis, Georgios · 71 yrs	1795	1759	—	+5	5
45▲862	Kalogiannis, Andreas · 68 yrs	1791	1675	—	−17	2
46▲962	Katsaragakis, Georgios · 69 yrs	1791	—	—	+7	2
47▲905	Giasouridis, Nikolaos · 71 yrs	1790	1739	—	−7	2
48▲957	Dimopoulos, Georgios · 69 yrs	1785	1820	1818	0	0
49▲991	Kaloskambis, Mihail · 84 yrs	1778	—	—	0	0
50▲931	Mastoras, Ilias I. · 70 yrs	1777	1771	1812	−13	3
51▲1012	Karahisaridis, Vasilios · 73 yrs	1772	1721	1728	0	0
52▲1023	Christodoulou, Athanasios P · 65 yrs	1770	1702	1778	0	0
53▲1080	Nikolaidis, Georgios · 69 yrs	1765	1826	1880	+9	9
54▲1053	Symeonidis, Ilarion · 73 yrs	1763	—	—	0	0
55▲1082	Grammatopoulos, Aristeidis · 66 yrs	1756	1936	—	0	0
56▲1027	Hristodoulou, Georgios · 68 yrs	1748	1872	—	−20	8
57▲1122	Vlahos, Athanasios · 81 yrs	1745	1751	1718	0	0
58▲1126	Dionysopoulos, Nikolaos · 87 yrs	1745	1723	1798	0	0
59▲1121	Lazos, Ioannis · 70 yrs	1743	1824	1785	−2	1
60▲903	Kiseliov, Sergkei · 71 yrs	1740	—	—	−53	4
61▲1140	Kouroumbas, Kosmas · 70 yrs	1740	1725	1869	0	0
62▲1170	Georgiou, Hristos D. · 65 yrs	1737	1710	1766	+5	1
63▲1148	Malliaros, Stavros · 69 yrs	1737	1671	—	0	0
64▲1164	Currie, Fergus · 65 yrs	1733	—	1732	0	0
65▲1078	Panagiotakos, Petros · 73 yrs	1730	1664	1837	−24	13
66▲1256	Moraitis, Thomas · 67 yrs	1729	1614	1637	+17	2
67▲1413	Kapagiannidis, Konstantinos · 79 yrs	1720	1536	1660	+38	8
68▲1367	Diamandis, Georgios · 69 yrs	1717	1814	1813	+27	2
69▲1251	Galanis, Evangelos · 75 yrs	1712	—	—	0	0
70▲1261	Nichlos, Antonios · 69 yrs	1710	1779	—	0	0
71▲1154	Papandreou, Nikolaos · 65 yrs	1706	1674	1702	−28	7
72▲1451	Boudalakis, Filippos · 65 yrs	1693	—	—	+21	4
73▲968	Iliadis, Georgios · 70 yrs	1683	1752	—	−95	9
74▲1352	Georgiopoulos, Har. · 72 yrs	1667	1665	1728	−24	5
75▲1492	Zygourakis, Themistoklis · 69 yrs	1663	1777	—	0	0
76▲1515	Kefalos, Kosmas · 72 yrs	1660	1746	—	0	0
77▲1576	Fotiadis, Kleanthis · 66 yrs	1649	1797	1737	0	0
78▲1583	Nathanail, Spyridon · 65 yrs	1647	1631	1677	0	0
79▲1591	Mavromoustakos, Thomas · 66 yrs	1645	1720	1717	0	0
80▲1635	Virvilis, Petros · 69 yrs	1644	—	—	+9	1
81▲1025	Konstantinidis, Dimitrios Gk · 74 yrs	1644	1650	1734	−120	12
82▲1668	Koutsompinas, Georgios · 66 yrs	1629	1743	—	0	0
83▲1813	Fiamegkos, Andreas · 75 yrs	1628	—	—	+21	3
84▲1688	Gouloumian, Kevork · 66 yrs	1624	1636	1687	−2	3
85▲1491	Ioannidis, Georgios Zak · 74 yrs	1623	1693	—	−40	3
86	Stolakis, Eleftherios · 71 yrs	1620	—	—	−78	4
87▲1718	Pagalis, Georgios · 78 yrs	1619	1502	1479	−1	1
88▲1975	Lamprou, Ilias · 65 yrs	1611	1451	—	+30	0
89▲1824	Frosinos, Ioannis · 72 yrs	1610	1767	1765	+6	1
90▲1809	Mavroudis, Dionisios · 78 yrs	1606	1642	1684	0	0
91▲1816	Toumanian, Akop · 67 yrs	1605	1581	1843	0	0
92▲1773	Ioannou, Ioannis · 86 yrs	1604	1738	—	−7	1
93▲1857	Kotopoulis, Efstratios · 65 yrs	1599	1711	—	0	0
94▲1866	Toumanian, Pargkev · 73 yrs	1594	1659	—	−3	2
95▲1947	Papageorgiou, Ioannis · 77 yrs	1578	—	—	−5	1
96▲1726	Lillis, Panagiotis · 71 yrs	1577	—	—	−41	6
97▲1921	Binta, Konstantin · 69 yrs	1576	1560	—	−11	1
98▲2001	Siouris, Michail · 67 yrs	1576	—	—	0	0
99▲2015	Koukoufikis, Ioannis · 80 yrs	1573	1649	1655	0	0
100▲2018	Theodoridis, Stefanos · 67 yrs	1573	1602	1648	0	0

Rating distribution

Standard · Active · 65+

12-month evolution

Standard · Active · 65+