Top chess players in Greece

The highest-rated active players from Greece on FIDE's October 2026 classical list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMNikolas Theodorou GRE	2639	+6	#79	2000
2	GMIoannis Papaioannou GRE	2605	−3	#144	1976
3	GMAntonios Pavlidis GRE	2574	0	#213	1993
4	GMStamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis GRE	2556	−11	#272	1998
5	GMHristos Banikas GRE	2543	0	#337	1978
6	GMDimitris Alexakis GRE	2536	+3	#369	2003
7	GMDimitrios Mastrovasilis GRE	2528	+3	#410	1983
8	IMAnatole Vlachos GRE	2509	+5	#514	2002
9	GMStelios Halkias GRE	2497	0	#602	1980
10	IMEvaggelos Patrelakis GRE	2480	+6	#737	2004
11	GMEvgenios Ioannidis GRE	2468	−10	#844	2001
12	GMIoannis Nikolaidis GRE	2453	0	#975	1971
13	IMStavroula Tsolakidou GRE	2451	+10	#998	2000
14	IMAntonios Kalogridis GRE	2450	+2	#1019	2006
15	GMAthanasios Mastrovasilis GRE	2442	0	#1104	1979
16	IMIoannis Kalogeris GRE	2442	0	#1105	1998
17	IMChristos Krallis GRE	2437	0	#1163	2005
18	FMNikolaos Koutlas GRE	2429	−4	#1256	2006
19	IMGeorgios Gkoumas GRE	2428	0	#1267	1991
20	IMSotirios Malikentzos GRE	2424	0	#1310	1992
21	IMNikolaos Galopoulos GRE	2417	0	#1417	1993
22	FMGeorgios Papadopoulos GRE	2416	0	#1433	1998
23	FMDimitrios Ladopoulos GRE	2405	0	#1597	1998
24	FMVasileios Dim Katsanis GRE	2404	0	#1634	2010
25	IMAngelos Sandalakis GRE	2389	−6	#1891	1988
26	GMIoannis K. Papadopoulos GRE	2375	0	#2166	1988
27	IMNikolaos Spyropoulos GRE	2375	0	#2167	2004
28	FMStefanos Kazantzoglou GRE	2375	−6	#2177	2009
29	FMPanagiotis Koutoukidis GRE	2372	0	#2234	1996
30	FMMichail Vassis GRE	2372	0	#2238	2010
31	FMDimitrios Makridis GRE	2372	0	#2239	2007
32	FMVasilios Kasioumis GRE	2370	+1	#2273	2004
33	IMPanagiotis Christodoulou GRE	2368	0	#2306	1991
34	GMVasilios Kotronias GRE	2368	−10	#2311	1964
35	GMSpyridon Kapnisis GRE	2360	−1	#2490	1981
36	FMDimitrios Papakonstantinou GRE	2355	0	#2596	1996
37	IMHristos Alexiadis GRE	2354	0	#2619	2000
38	FMRodolfos Stamatiou GRE	2352	+1	#2678	2006
39	FMChristos Dogias GRE	2352	0	#2679	2007
40	FMDimitrios Stefanou GRE	2350	+3	#2726	2006
41	IMGeorgios Kanakaris GRE	2346	0	#2815	1991
42	IMGeorgios Mitsis GRE	2341	0	#2927	2002
43	IMAlexandros Papasimakopoulos GRE	2339	0	#2979	1996
44	FMAnastasia Avramidou GRE	2330	0	#3218	2000
45	FMPanagiotis Michelakos GRE	2329	+5	#3244	1996
46	FMVasilios Kotrotsos GRE	2328	0	#3271	1985
47	FMStefanos Magkalakis GRE	2323	−24	#3424	2007
48	GMEfstratios Grivas GRE	2314	0	#3649	1966
49	FMHristos Kokkoris GRE	2312	0	#3703	1942
50	FMMihail Chatzidakis GRE	2310	0	#3766	1975
51	CMPanayotis Papadopoulos GRE	2310	0	#3767	1996
52	CMDimitrios Papaioannou GRE	2307	+14	#3882	2009
53	Markos Kazakos GRE	2297	−7	#4242	2005
54	Spyridon Naoum GRE	2296	+3	#4256	1997
55	FMDimitrios Loutragotis GRE	2295	0	#4294	2000
56	FMGeorgios-Alexandros Kouskoutis GRE	2290	0	#4449	2000
57	Nikolaos K. Georgakopoulos GRE	2285	0	#4600	2002
58	FMAntonios Gkavardinas GRE	2285	0	#4612	2010
59	FMNikolaos Aggelis GRE	2283	0	#4671	1992
60	FMLampros Giannoulakis GRE	2281	0	#4748	2001
61	FMKonstantinos Anagnostopoulos GRE	2278	0	#4850	1995
62	Christos Tsarsitalidis GRE	2278	0	#4865	2008
63	Nikolaos Papadopoulos GRE	2277	0	#4894	1990
64	FMNikolaos Georgakopoulos GRE	2276	0	#4929	1988
65	IMAnastasios Pavlidis GRE	2270	0	#5144	1991
66	FMAnastasios Georgiadis GRE	2269	−31	#5198	2009
67	IMKonstantinos Moutousis GRE	2268	0	#5223	1971
68	GMSpyridon Skembris GRE	2267	0	#5265	1958
69	FMGeorgios Ketzetzis GRE	2265	0	#5348	1992
70	Nikolaos Gouloutis GRE	2265	0	#5349	1998
71	FMDimitrios Katopodis GRE	2260	0	#5547	2003
72	FMNikolaos Karousos-Theodorakis GRE	2259	0	#5583	2002
73	FMGrigorios Drakoulakos GRE	2256	0	#5691	2000
74	FMPetros Rahmanidis GRE	2255	0	#5725	1997
75	Athanasios Papadimitriou GRE	2253	0	#5793	1993
76	Ilias Roinos GRE	2251	+7	#5873	1997
77	Panagiotis Kostas GRE	2250	0	#5906	1993
78	FMZisis Tsaknakis GRE	2247	0	#6041	1999
79	FMStamatis Argiroudis GRE	2245	0	#6116	1980
80	FMKonstantinos Stefanou GRE	2245	+19	#6140	2006
81	Konstantinos Tsarsitalidis GRE	2242	0	#6229	2004
82	Nikolaos Ch. Sidiropoulos GRE	2241	0	#6275	1976
83	Ioannis Papadopoulos GRE	2241	0	#6287	2003
84	Panagiotis Tzagarakis GRE	2240	+30	#6327	2005
85	Nikolaos Spyratos GRE	2232	0	#6703	2006
86	CMFilippos Oikonomopoulos GRE	2230	−31	#6790	2012
87	Sevastianos Papadogiannis GRE	2228	+2	#6857	1994
88	CMNikolaos Sandalakis GRE	2227	0	#6908	1994
89	Vasileios Koudounis GRE	2227	0	#6923	2003
90	CMDionysios Merkouropoulos GRE	2226	−42	#6966	2011
91	IMAndreas Kofidis GRE	2224	0	#7045	1964
92	CMMichail Karamichos GRE	2224	0	#7068	2007
93	WGMAnna-Maria Botsari GRE	2223	0	#7097	1972
94	CMHristos Marinakis GRE	2217		#7375	2003
95	Georgios Kalogridakis GRE	2215	0	#7489	1996
96	IMAtanas Dimitrov GRE	2213	0	#7597	1967
97	FMGeorgios Dimitriadis GRE	2211	0	#7703	1963
98	CMGeorgios Milonakis GRE	2206	−6	#7967	1982
99	Odyseas Kesidis GRE	2206	0	#7968	1991
100	FMKonstantinos Markidis GRE	2205	0	#8030	1979

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.