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RUS · 43 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2923 (Aug 2012)

Best performance: 3020 at ACP Cup blitz(Best of 2013)

World #24 live, up 1#25 publishedRussia #3Asia #14among active players

NOV26 Rating

2697

Live Rating

2698.9

Change

+1.9

Games Played

13

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2665 to 2697 over the last 12 months; peak 2923 in August 2012.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262628, 0, 0 games2671, 0, 0 games2697, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262628, 0, 0 games2671, 0, 0 games2697, +4, 17 games
Sep 20262628, 0, 0 games2671, 0, 0 games2693, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262628, 0, 0 games2671, 0, 0 games2693, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262628, 0, 0 games2671, -11, 12 games2693, +15, 13 games
Jun 20262628, -13, 7 games2682, -2, 7 games2678, 0, 0 games
May 20262641, 0, 0 games2684, +11, 9 games2678, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262641, -4, 9 games2673, 0, 0 games2678, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262645, 0, 0 games2673, 0, 0 games2678, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262645, 0, 0 games2673, 0, 0 games2678, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262645, -9, 9 games2673, -4, 13 games2678, +13, 19 games
Dec 20252654, 0, 0 games2677, 0, 0 games2665, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (3 wins, 1 draw), since Oct 19. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 14 games, Sep 13.

From 1,045 blitz games on record, the latest on Oct 19.

Blitz games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
Чемпионат России 2026 года среди мужских команд по блицу Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2026Oct 19TPR 269310½/13+1.9

Best wins · Blitz

From 1,036 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2012–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 3 wins, Jul 2019 · 2019 GCT Paris Blitz, 2948
2, GM Magnus Carlsen, 5 wins, Jun 2015 · Norway Chess Blitz 2015, 2933
3, GM Hikaru Nakamura, 4 wins, Aug 2019 · 2019 GCT Paris Blitz, 2902

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 267 of 1,045 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 83 of 139 games, 1.d4 in 44, 1.Nf3 in 7.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5 or 1...c5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (10 as White, 12 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense3561%
Ruy Lopez2971%
Indian Defense1771%
Queen's Pawn Game1173%
Caro-Kann Defense875%

23 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

50 of 69 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
2026433424822712
202511480½24892647
2024392825082674
202313587½25432653
20223422½25362653
20215332½26742754
2019663826722729
20188847½27642793
20178145½27412784
20166138½26562751
20155034½26732814
201410163½27062801
20127549½27082825

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

GM Vladislav ArtemievIM Aleksandr E. UsovGM Artem UskovGM Vladimir ZakhartsovGM Boris SavchenkoFM Roman Al NosachGM Denis KhismatullinIM Andrey TsvetkovIM David ZakaryanFM Nikita ShemyakinskiyFM Daniil PlyasunovFM Kirill OtdelnovFM Dmitry Tatarinov

Rated near Alexander Grischuk · Blitz

World

  1. #22GM Praggnanandhaa R2703.6
  2. #23GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda2700.4
  3. #24GM Alexander Grischuk2698.9
  4. #25GM Michael Adams2695.0
  5. #26GM Martyn Kravtsiv2694.0

Russia

  1. #1GM Daniil Dubov2779.0
  2. #2GM Ian Nepomniachtchi2765.0
  3. #3GM Alexander Grischuk2698.9
  4. #4GM Vladislav Artemiev2691.4
  5. #5GM Andrey Esipenko2645.0

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