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Alexander Merzlykh

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RUS · 68 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1823 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1791 at Champ. Kirov 2nd league 2017(Best of 2017)

World #=87297 live, down 1223#86,074 publishedRussia #=2057

Classical rating

1772

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2017

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202617720
Oct 202617720
Sep 202617720
Aug 202617720
Jul 202617720
Jun 202617720
May 20261772-51
Apr 202618230
Mar 202618230
Feb 202618230
Jan 202618230
Dec 202518230

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 11 classical games on record, the latest on Apr 5.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Kirov City Chess Championship 2026Apr 4 – Apr 260/3

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

Best wins · Classical

From 11 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2017–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Alexander Shuljya, Apr 2017 · Champ. Kirov 2nd league 2017, 1764
2, Vyacheslav Chigarev, Apr 2017 · Champ. Kirov 2nd league 2017, 1691
3, Andrey Dergachev, Apr 2017 · Champ. Kirov 2nd league 2017, 1634

Event timeline · Classical

2 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
2026201713—
201796½16251791

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

Rated near Alexander Merzlykh · Classical

World

  1. #=87297Mykhailo Nikonenko1772.0
  2. #=87297Vladyslav Klebanyk1772.0
  3. #=87297Alexander Merzlykh1772.0
  4. #=87297Andrey Voronin1772.0
  5. #=87297Djan Sennaroglu1772.0

Russia

  1. #2055Emil S Kuangaliev1772.6
  2. #2056Maria Kazakova1772.2
  3. #=2057Alexander Merzlykh1772.0
  4. #=2057Andrey Voronin1772.0
  5. #=2057Grigoriy Ev Zhirnov1772.0

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