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UKR · 50 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2437 (Jul 2015)

Best performance: 2504 at Ukraine Women's Championship (rapid) - 2014(Best of 2014)

World #=2372 live, down 47#2,325 publishedUkraine #76Europe #=1460among active players

Rapid rating

2305

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Jun 2013

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2294 to 2305 over the last 12 months; peak 2437 in July 2015.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262314, +6, 10 games2305, 0, 0 games2233, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262308, -2, 1 game2305, +4, 10 games2233, -31, 11 games
Sep 20262310, -2, 10 games2301, +10, 18 games2264, -11, 9 games
Aug 20262312, +4, 1 game2291, 0, 0 games2275, +14, 24 games
Jul 20262308, -9, 12 games2291, 0, 0 games2261, +26, 15 games
Jun 20262317, -14, 7 games2291, 0, 0 games2235, 0, 0 games
May 20262331, +2, 4 games2291, 0, 0 games2235, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262329, +6, 2 games2291, 0, 0 games2235, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262323, +4, 2 games2291, 0, 0 games2235, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262319, -4, 2 games2291, -3, 11 games2235, +9, 13 games
Jan 20262323, -2, 4 games2294, 0, 0 games2226, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252325, -2, 4 games2294, 0, 0 games2226, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2482 of 2500, live 2301composition metdetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 7 games, Aug 16 – Aug 29.

From 338 rapid games on record, the latest on Sep 13.

In Progress

vsYelena Gaichenya1939
PairedR9FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 2026 - Women 50+standard

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
Craiova Grand Prix Rapid 2026Sep 12 – Sep 13TPR 22957/10

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2482, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

projected27. ChessOrg Schachfestival OpenApr 20117/9Rp 2612

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 332 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2013–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Nikola Djukic, Dec 2024 · European Rapid Chess Championship 2024, 2588
2, GM Nana Dzagnidze, Apr 2014 · Women's World Rapid Championship 2014, 2580
3, GM Daniil Yuffa, Jul 2019 · 8th World Champion in the Mikhail Tal rapid chess memorial-2019, 2568

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 49 of 338 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 25 of 25 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...d6 or 1...d5, and 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (2 as White, 3 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense1263%
French Defense383%

10 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

37 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20263925½21652275
20252516½21372254
20242718½21622303
2023166½23292264
2022191020792100
2021201421382287
202096½20652231
2019432821972307
20182514½21952252
20172714½23012330
2016281523022331
201513823492436
20142416½22912432

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Inna Gaponenko · Rapid

World

  1. #=2372IM Kamal Aghasiyev2305.0
  2. #=2372IM Jacob Sylvan2305.0
  3. #=2372IM Inna Gaponenko2305.0
  4. #=2372FM Benedikt Dauner2305.0
  5. #=2372FM John Heinrich2305.0

Ukraine

  1. #74FM Vasiliy Lyakh2312.0
  2. #75GM Gennady Matjushin2308.0
  3. #76IM Inna Gaponenko2305.0
  4. #77FM Mykhailo Podolskyi2304.0
  5. #78FM Alexander Kononenko2303.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.