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10 Best Cypriot Chess Players From Cyprus (FIDE Ranked)

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Best Cypriot Chess Players From Cyprus

In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we ranked the best Finn Chess players. In this post, we’re ranking the ten best Cypriot Chess players from Cyprus from FIDE.

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  • 10. Giorgos Ioannou
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 9. Nicolas Skettos
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 8. Michalis Florentiades
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 7. Panikos Savva
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 6. Marina Cherkasova
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 5. Pavlos Constantinou
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 4. Paris Klerides
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 3. Ioannis Damianou
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 2. Alexandros Isaakidis
    • Ratings
    • Profiles
  • 1. Konstantinos Michaelides
    • Ratings
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10. Giorgos Ioannou

Full Name: Giorgos Ioannou

Title: None

Born: November 04, 1998

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 356750

Rapid: Not Rated

Blitz: Not Rated

Classical: 1947

Profiles

  • FIDE

Giorgos Ioannou is a dedicated chess player from Cyprus born on 1998. He currently holds an Elo rating of 1947, the highest FIDE rating he has recorded in his chess career. He is one of the top chess players in his country, with the most impressive Elo rating in his chess career.

9. Nicolas Skettos

Full Name: Nicolas Skettos

Title: None

Born: August 04, 1996

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 27360

Rapid: 1923

Blitz: 1942

Classical: 1972

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Nicolas Skettos is a self-motivated chess player from Cyprus with an impressive Elo rating of 1972. He is among the best chess players in his country, with remarkable Rapid and Blitz ratings in his chess career.

8. Michalis Florentiades

Full Name: Michalis Florentiades

Title: None

Born: January 01, 1973

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 27164

Rapid: 2024

Blitz: Not Rated

Classical: 1974

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Michalis is a famous chess player from Cyprus. He has played a total of 46 games, recording an overall result of Win: 23.9% (11), Loss: 41.3% (19) Draw: 34.8% (16). In the games Michalis played, he recorded a white result of Win: 19% (4), Loss 28.6% (6) Draw: 20% (5) in a total of 21 games. On the other hand, he recorded a black result of Win: 28% (7), Loss: 52% (13), and Draw: 20% (5) in a total of 25 games. Michalis achieved his highest FIDE rating on March 01, 2006, when he was rated 2094.

7. Panikos Savva

Full Name: Panikos Savva

Title: Candidate master

Born: February 01, 1963

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 22814

Rapid: 2019

Blitz: 1973

Classical: 2014

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Panikos is a Cyprus chess player who currently holds a master’s in his chess career. He was granted the title in 2006 and participated in 157 chess games in his history. In the games he played, Savva recorded an overall result of Win: 36.3% (57), Loss: 47.1%, and Draw: 16.6% (26). In white results he recorded: Win: 41.8% (33) Loss: 39.2% (31) and Draw: 19% (15) in a total of 79 matches. In addition, Savva recorded a black result of; Win: 30.8% (24) Loss: 55.1% (43) Draw: 14.1% (11) in a total of 78 games. On January 01, 1993, Savva reached his highest Elo rating of 2210.

6. Marina Cherkasova

Full Name: Marina Cherkasova

Title: Women FIDE Master

Born: September 26, 1983

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 20734

Rapid: 1976

Blitz: Not Rated

Classical: 2034

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Marina Cherkasova is a female chess player from Cyprus who holds a Female Candidate master title in her chess career. Marina is one of her country’s top-rated female chess players and has played 29 chess games. In the games attempted, she recorded an overall result of Win: 13.8% (4), Loss: 68% (20), and Draw: 17.2% (5). She recorded a white result of: win: 20% (2) Loss: 70% (7) Draw: 10% (1) in 10 games. Marina also recorded a black result of: Win: 10.5% (2) Loss: 68.4% (13) Draw: 21.1% (4) in a total of 19 games. On January 01, 2003, Marina recorded her highest Elo rating when she was rated at 2176.

5. Pavlos Constantinou

Full Name: Pavlos Constantinou

Title: Candidate Master

Born: August 07, 1982

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 18970

Rapid: 2012

Blitz: 2050

Classical: 2053

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Pavlos Constantinou is a famous chess player from Cyprus who holds a candidate master title by FIDE in 2014. He is among the top-rated chess players after recording his highest Elo rating of 2601 in October 2001. Pavlos has played a total of 66 chess games and recorded overall results of Win: 24.24% (16), 50% (33), and Draw: 25.76% (17), with a maximum score of 37.12% in his chess career.

4. Paris Klerides

Full Name: Paris Klerides

Title: FIDE Master

Born: January 01, 1970

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 14891

Rapid: 2175

Blitz: 2301

Classical: 2101

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Paris Klerides is a high profiled chess player from Cyprus who was awarded a FIDE master title in 2006. He is presently one of the top chess players in his country to achieve a Blitz rating above 2300. In November 2017, Paris reached his highest Elo rating when he earned a rating of 2189.

3. Ioannis Damianou

Full Name: Ioannis Damianou

Title: Candidate Master

Born: March 26, 2003

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 11038

Rapid: 1966

Blitz: 2158

Classical: 2153

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Ioannis is a self-motivated chess player from Cyprus who holds a candidate master title in his chess career. He has played a total of 106 games and recorded an overall result of Win: 34.9% (37), Loss: 43.4% (46), and Draw: 21.7% (23). He achieved a white result of 40% (22), Loss: 40%, and Draw: 20% (11) in a total of 55 games. In addition, he achieved a Black result of Win: 29.4% (15), Loss: 47.1% (24), and a Draw: 23.5% in a total of 51 games. On March 01, 2020, Ioannis reached his maximum rating when he achieved a peak rating of 2212.

2. Alexandros Isaakidis

Full Name: Alexandros Isaakidis

Title: None

Born: January 01, 1998

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 10289

Rapid: 2084

Blitz: 2160

Classical: 2165

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Alexandros Isaakidis is the second top-rated chess player in Cyprus. He has played a total of 85 chess games and achieved an overall result of Win: 41.2% (35), Loss: 34.1% (29), and Draw: 24.7% (21). He scored a white result of Win: 43.2% (19), Loss 43.2% (19), and Draw 13.6% (6) in a total of 41 games. In addition, he scored a Black result of Win: 39% (16), Loss: 24.4% (10), and Draw: 36.6% (15) in a total of 41 games. On July 01, Alexandros achieved his highest Elo rating when he was rated at 2224.

1. Konstantinos Michaelides

Full Name: Konstantinos Michaelides

Title: FIDE Master

Birth: October 08, 2002

Federation: Cyprus

Ratings

World ranking: 4329

Rapid: 1996

Blitz: 2221

Classical: 2300

Profiles

  • FIDE
  • Chessgames.com

Konstantinos Michaelides is the top-rated chess player in Cyprus with a FIDE master title. FIDE first awarded him a candidate master title in 2012 before winning a FIDE master title in 2022. He has played 154 chess games, recording an overall result of Win;36.4% (56), Loss: 39% (60), and Draw: 24.7% (38). On January 01, 2022, Konstantinos achieved his maximum rating of 2302, which he currently holds as his standard rating.

That concludes the list of the best Cypriot Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Indonesian Chess players or the best Portuguese Chess players.

Sources

  1. “FIDE Directory: Cyprus.” FIDE. Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. “ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΤΕΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ” [CHAMPIONS OF CYPRUS]. Cyprus Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  3. “Cyprus, Individual Record.” OlimpBase. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. “Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2013”. Chess-Results. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. “Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2015”. FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  6. “Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2020”. Chess-Results. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  7. “Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2021”. Chess-Results. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  8. “Cyprus Closed Chess Championship 2022”. Chess-Results. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
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