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UKR · 43 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2765 (Mar 2016)

Best performance: 2951 at FIDE World Cup 2015(Best of 2015)

World #53 live, down 4#49 publishedUkraine #1Europe #21among active players

NOV26 Rating

2665

Live Rating

2662.8

Change

-2.2

Games Played

2

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 2656 to 2665 over the last 12 months; peak 2765 in March 2016.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262665, +1, 9 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262664, 0, 0 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262664, 0, 0 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262664, 0, 0 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262664, 0, 6 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262664, -10, 3 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
May 20262674, -8, 13 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262682, +23, 8 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262659, +4, 5 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262655, +6, 2 games2605, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262649, -7, 11 games2605, +11, 10 games2622, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252656, 0, 0 games2594, 0, 0 games2622, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 6 games (2 wins, 4 draws), since Oct 20. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 12 games, Feb 22 – Apr 4.

From 1,364 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 1.

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
šachy.cz Extraliga 2026/2027Oct 31 – Apr 11, 2027TPR 25851/2-2.2

Best wins · Classical

From 1,362 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2005–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Sep 2015 · FIDE World Cup 2015, 2814
2, GM Veselin Topalov, 2 wins, Jan 2008 · Corus Chess 2008 - GM A, 2780
3, GM Alexander Grischuk, 2 wins, Sep 2015 · FIDE World Cup 2015, 2771

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 655 of 1,364 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 197 of 326 games, 1.e4 in 62, 1.Nf3 in 41.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (25 as White, 19 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Gambit Declined3065%
Slav Defense2969%
English Opening2767%
Nimzo-Indian Defense2261%
King's Indian Defense2171%

18 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

11 of 219 events · All years

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 month

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Nov 20261½2620—
Oct 202610625852657
Jun 20266425172642
May 20263125522427
Apr 2026139½24002575
Mar 202654½25352901
Feb 20266426492774
Jan 202643½25762912
Dec 20256326322632
Nov 20255226632591

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

Recent opponents · Classical

GM Anton KorobovGM Felix Blohberger

Rated near Pavel Eljanov · Classical

World

  1. #=51GM Nikita Vitiugov2663.0
  2. #=51GM Peter Leko2663.0
  3. #53GM Pavel Eljanov2662.8
  4. #=54GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac2661.0
  5. #=54GM David Anton Guijarro2661.0

Ukraine

  1. #1GM Pavel Eljanov2662.8
  2. #2GM Igor Kovalenko2651.0
  3. #3GM Vasyl Ivanchuk2634.1
  4. #4GM Ruslan Ponomariov2624.8
  5. #5GM Anton Korobov2621.1

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