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RUS · 77 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1974 (Oct 2014)

Best performance: 2166 at Kem blitz 2013 chmp(Best of 2013)

World #=94901 live, up 5537#100,438 publishedRussia #=8020Asia #=28085among active players

NOV26 Rating

1499

Live Rating

1528.4

Change

+29.4

Games Played

6

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1619 to 1499 over the last 12 months; peak 1974 in October 2014.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261572, +74, 19 games1529, +4, 7 games1499, -2, 28 games
Oct 20261498, 0, 0 games1525, -12, 12 games1501, -63, 27 games
Sep 20261498, -6, 19 games1537, -15, 6 games1564, +2, 20 games
Aug 20261504, +2, 11 games1552, +9, 4 games1562, +46, 9 games
Jul 20261502, +22, 5 games1543, 0, 0 games1516, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261480, +11, 15 games1543, -62, 27 games1516, -42, 18 games
May 20261469, 0, 0 games1605, -1, 24 games1558, +7, 19 games
Apr 20261469, +9, 5 games1606, -17, 10 games1551, +14, 17 games
Mar 20261460, -51, 16 games1623, -4, 30 games1537, -54, 22 games
Feb 20261511, -6, 16 games1627, +40, 34 games1591, -19, 17 games
Jan 20261517, 0, 0 games1587, -30, 12 games1610, +1, 20 games
Dec 20251517, +24, 16 games1617, -23, 7 games1609, -10, 28 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 5 games (4 wins, 1 draw), since Nov 3. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 1,995 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 3.

Blitz games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Ohta-park National unity day 2026 Blitz C2Nov 3TPR 16896½/8+29.4

Best wins · Blitz

From 1,646 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2026

#OpponentRating
1, WFM Natalya Makogon, Jul 2015 · CZECH OPEN 2015 - Q1 - blitz tournament, 2118
2, Ilnur Kunakbaev, Dec 2021 · Petrograd District Blitz 2021-12, 2083
3, Pavel A. Shuvaev, Sep 2013 · Karelian blitz 2013 open cup, 2077

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 9 of 1,995 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 5 of 5 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 Defense30%

1 more game in an opening played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

25 of 186 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 202664½14961689
Oct 202628717141521
Sep 20267½17481326
Aug 2026401117311565
Jul 20269417851742
May 202618416861466
Apr 202619716781583
Mar 202683½18001757
Feb 2026318½16831508
Jan 2026102½18301637
Dec 202527717851601
Nov 2025288½17701621

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

Erik DmitrievEkaterina VoronkovaOleg Al KholodnovPlaton SamoylovIgor Evg ShibaevVictoriia UlozhenkoTimur ZaripovMinkail Biyachuev

Rated near Alexander Simkin · Blitz

World

  1. #=94899Anastasiya M Silanteva1528.6
  2. #=94901Vitaliy Fominykh1528.4
  3. #=94901Alexander Simkin1528.4
  4. #=94901Amaira Amar Naik1528.4
  5. #=94901Grigoriy Tsvetkov1528.4

Russia

  1. #8019Anastasiya M Silanteva1528.6
  2. #=8020Vitaliy Fominykh1528.4
  3. #=8020Alexander Simkin1528.4
  4. #=8020Grigoriy Tsvetkov1528.4
  5. #=8023Artemy Alipov1528.0

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