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RUS · 55 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2598 (Jun 2017)

Best performance: 2636 at Deutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2016(Best of 2016)

World #=1762Russia #=161among all players, November list

Blitz rating

2403

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2014 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating unchanged at 2403 over the last 12 months; peak 2598 in June 2017.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
May 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252417, 0, 0 games2478, 0, 0 games2403, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating metcomposition unverifieddetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 13 games (11 wins, 2 draws), since Oct 25, 2024.

From 212 blitz games on record, the latest on Mar 24, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Carl Jaenisch Memorial 2025 at PGUPS, BlitzMar 24, 2025TPR 229110/11

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 requirement met (peak 2515, SEP12 list)

Composition: unverified whether a tracked norm came from an event played at one round a day.

projected2.Bundesliga WestOct 20086/9Rp 2608

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 205 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2014–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Sergei Rublevsky, Jun 2017 · 34. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2017 im Blitzschach, 2640
2, GM Adrien Demuth, Jun 2017 · 34. Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2017 im Blitzschach, 2578
3, IM Oleg Krivonosov, May 2016 · Deutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2016, 2539

Event timeline · Blitz

13 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
2025111019082291
20242216½19932186
2023222018832266
20221110½19062376
202111919532215
2017433322932504
20164237½22322583
2014211622752477

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

Rated near Mikhail Zaitsev · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=1762Shahruh Turayev2403
  2. #=1762FM Serdar Murat Yildiz2403
  3. #=1762IM Mikhail Zaitsev2403
  4. #=1780GM Aryam Abreu Delgado2402
  5. #=1780FM Patrick Emilio Aizpurua2402

Russia

  1. #=156FM Alexei Lubashov2405
  2. #=156IM Vitaly Grigoriev2405
  3. #=161IM Mikhail Zaitsev2403
  4. #=161FM Rafail Farakhov2403
  5. #=161IM Artem Pingin2403

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

IM Mikhail Zaitsev: Live FIDE Rating 2417