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RUS · 76 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1815 (Mar 2024)

Best performance: 1877 at Seniors Saratov region Championship 2017(Best of 2017)

World #=82175 live, down 858#81,317 publishedRussia #=1929

NOV26 Rating

1787

Live Rating

1787.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202617870
Oct 202617870
Sep 202617870
Aug 202617870
Jul 202617870
Jun 202617870
May 202617870
Apr 20261787-1
Mar 202617880
Feb 202617880
Jan 202617880
Dec 20251788-27

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 45 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 21, 2025.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
The Golden Autumn Chess Tournament 2025Oct 7, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025TPR 17245½/9

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

Best wins · Classical

From 30 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2016–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Valeriy Astapov, Seniors Saratov region Championship 2017, Nov 2017, 1827
2, Alexandr Grebennikov, Seniors Saratov region Championship 2017, Nov 2017, 1806
3, Alexander Zhuravlev, Seniors Saratov region Championship 2018, Nov 2018, 1697

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 9 of 45 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 3 of 4 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense367%

2 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

5 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
202562½17811724
20187417571807
201794½18771877
201683½16161573

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

Rated near Nikolay Zhidov · Classical

World

  1. #=82175Joseph Watson-McFie1787.0
  2. #=82175Brendan Keenan1787.0
  3. #=82175Nikolay Zhidov1787.0
  4. #=82175Natalia Ivanaynen1787.0
  5. #=82175Xabier Garmendia Diaz1787.0

Russia

  1. #1927Milana Zakharova1787.8
  2. #1928Dmitriy Iv Blokhin1787.2
  3. #=1929Nikolay Zhidov1787.0
  4. #=1929Anna Savosto1787.0
  5. #=1929Maksim Mak Boitsov1787.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE