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RUS · 65 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2381 (By May 2016)

Best performance: 2298 at Russian Seniors Team Blitz Championship 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=11047 live, down 142#10,905 publishedRussia #=1048Asia #=2458among active players

Blitz rating

2051

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2016

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2091 to 2051 over the last 12 months; peak 2381 by May 2016.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262362, 0, 0 games2154, -11, 9 games2051, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262362, 0, 0 games2165, -23, 19 games2051, -68, 13 games
Sep 20262362, 0, 0 games2188, -7, 9 games2119, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262362, 0, 0 games2195, 0, 0 games2119, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262362, 0, 0 games2195, 0, 0 games2119, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262362, 0, 0 games2195, -13, 17 games2119, 0, 0 games
May 20262362, 0, 0 games2208, -15, 9 games2119, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262362, 0, 0 games2223, 0, 0 games2119, +29, 11 games
Mar 20262362, 0, 0 games2223, 0, 0 games2090, -1, 0 games
Feb 20262362, 0, 0 games2223, 0, 0 games2091, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262362, 0, 0 games2223, 0, 0 games2091, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252362, 0, 0 games2223, 0, 0 games2091, 0, 0 games
Next title: IMrating 2393 of 2400, live 2343no norms on record yetdetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 draws), since Sep 25. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, Mar 29.

From 146 blitz games on record, the latest on Sep 25.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
Chelyabinsk Mayor's Cup 2026 blitzSep 25TPR 18657½/13

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

Title Progress

IM title progress

Next title: International Master

Rating: peak 2393, needs 2400 · live 2343

Norms: none on record with us yet

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 142 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Pavel Ponkratov, Jan 2024 · Memorial D. S. Shcherbin - BLITZ Grand Prix of Russia 2024, 2525
2, IM Valentin M. Kormyshev, Aug 2023 · Rashkovsky and Fradkin Cup 2023, 2461
3, FM Valery Skatchkov, Aug 2022 · Rashkovsky and Fradkin Cup, 2242

Event timeline · Blitz

12 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
20262415½19032013
20254831½19232040
20242616½19422037
2023138½19352045
2022138½18611971
2019117½19532086

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 Volkov · Blitz

World

  1. #=11047FM Wilbert Yanez Rodriguez2051.0
  2. #=11047FM Igor Tarasov2051.0
  3. #=11047FM Nikolay Volkov2051.0
  4. #=11047Vladimir Maxin2051.0
  5. #=11047Rauno Parnits2051.0

Russia

  1. #=1048Komilzhon Menshikov2051.0
  2. #=1048FM Igor Tarasov2051.0
  3. #=1048FM Nikolay Volkov2051.0
  4. #=1048Vladimir Maxin2051.0
  5. #1053German Dovgal2050.4

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