Ioannis Papaioannou

For other people with the same name, see Ioannis Papaioannou (disambiguation).

Ioannis Papaioannou (Greek: Ιωάννης Παπαϊωάννου; born 20 April 1976) is a Greek chess grandmaster. He is a four-time Greek Chess Champion.

Ioannis Papaioannou
Ioannis Papaioannou, 2011
Country	Greece
Born	20 April 1976 (1976-04-20) (age 49) Athens, Greece
Title	Grandmaster (1998)
FIDE rating	2623 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2652 (August 2017)
Peak ranking	No. 85 (January 2002)

Chess career

Born in 1976, Papaioannou earned his grandmaster title in 1998. He won the Greek Chess Championship in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2007. He is the No. 1 ranked Greek player as of September 2023.^[update][1]