What is Hristos Banikas's FIDE rating?

Hristos Banikas's FIDE rating is 2543 standard, 2606 rapid, 2601 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Hristos Banikas's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Hristos Banikas played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,910 over-the-board games by Hristos Banikas (1,728 classical, 80 rapid, 102 blitz), with 44% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Hristos Banikas's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Hristos Banikas?

Open Hristos Banikas's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Hristos Banikas's style, before facing them.

Hristos Banikas

Greeceborn 1978FIDE ID 4202031

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2520

2560

2600

2640

2592 · Sep 2023

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2606Rapid

2601Blitz

2543Classical

2646peak, Jul 2014

1,910games

842wins, 44%

817draws, 43%

248losses, 13%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2646 · Jul 2014

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.8% average

High resilience (69%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 90%

Very consistent (91%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 as

(81% in 96 games)

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Based on

1,910 games

Based on 1,910 games

Openings

1,910 gamesBased on 1,910 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b519 games, last played 8 years ago84.2%wins

Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c535 games, last played 3 years ago80.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 166 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 166 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.9%

Middlegame

95.1%

Endgame

96.3%

Clutch factor

+4%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%70g

EqualEqual position

96%83g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

91%13g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

30%

23 err

22%

17 err

14%

11 err

14%

11 err

12%

9 err

5 err

Critical moment

Move 33 avg

20%

1-15

16-25

40%

26-35

20%

36-45

20%

46+

40% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

29Errors mapped

f5 / e4Hotspot zone

Critical squares

66 err

55 err

33 err

22 err

f5/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#27

♜b5?? vs Chittka

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

♜e1?? vs Ongut

Opening · OTB · 2025

#36

a4?? vs Alexakis

Endgame · OTB · 2024

#32

♜h1?? vs Kormas

Endgame · OTB · 2023

#54

♚e2?? vs Maerevoet

Endgame · OTB · 2022

#25

♝h3?? vs Hamitevici

Middlegame · OTB · 2022

Recent games

1,910 games

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1–0

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53rd TCh-GRE 2026 · 9 Jul 2026

½–½

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53rd TCh-GRE 2026 · 8 Jul 2026

½–½

Tsaknakis, Zisis(2292)

53rd TCh-GRE 2026 · 6 Jul 2026

½–½

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53rd TCh-GRE 2026 · 4 Jul 2026

½–½

Petrov, Martin(2538)

27º Festival Internaziona... · 5 Sept 2025

½–½

Endgame statistics

86 endgames (53.1%) · force Opposite-Color Bishops (17%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

53.1%

86 / 162

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Opposite-Color Bishops: only 17% win rate (6 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,910 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

956 games50%W40%D10%L

956games in this linewon 50%, drew 40%, lost 10%

Move

1. d4

6892m

47%43%10

68%

1. ♞f3

1291y

60%33%

76%

1. c4

962m

68%27%

81%

1. e4

392m

44%51%

69%

1. ♞c3

218y

100%

50%

1. g3

1Dec 1998