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RUS · 35 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2760 (Jan 2020)

Best performance: 2934 at World Cup 2017 (Blitz Results)(Best of 2017)

World #=78 live, down 1#77 publishedRussia #9Asia #29among active players

Blitz rating

2614

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

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2012

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2591 to 2614 over the last 12 months; peak 2760 in January 2020.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262592, -4, 9 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262596, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262596, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262596, -3, 9 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262599, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262599, +1, 6 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
May 20262598, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262598, -11, 9 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262609, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262609, 0, 0 games2604, 0, 0 games2614, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262609, +3, 5 games2604, +2, 13 games2614, +23, 19 games
Dec 20252606, 0, 0 games2602, 0, 0 games2591, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 9 games (6 wins, 3 draws), since Dec 29, 2025.

From 704 blitz games on record, the latest on Dec 30, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
32nd Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Blitz OpenAug 200/11

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 693 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2012–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Vladislav Artemiev, 2 wins, Dec 2018 · FIDE Open World Blitz Championship 2018, 2825
2, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Dec 2016 · World Blitz Championship 2016. Open., 2823
3, GM Dmitry Andreikin, 2 wins, Sep 2017 · World Cup 2017 (Blitz Results), 2815

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 128 of 704 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 32 of 63 games, 1.Nf3 in 18, 1.e4 in 11.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5.

All openings (10 as White, 5 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
King's Indian Attack570%
Zukertort Opening560%
Catalan Opening450%
English Opening4100%
Four Knights Game450%

25 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

46 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
20255841½24362602
20242818½24262543
20234523½24992513
2022342225072617
202110565½25212608
20193121½26162757
20189161½25472680
20174026½25272644
20169663½25562673
2015482826112668
2014704925292678
2013422724432545

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

Rated near Maxim Matlakov · Blitz

World

  1. #76GM Sam Shankland2615.3
  2. #77IM Aleksandr E. Usov2614.3
  3. #=78GM Maxim Matlakov2614.0
  4. #=78GM David Paravyan2614.0
  5. #80IM Tobias Koelle2613.3

Russia

  1. #7GM Ivan Bocharov2617.0
  2. #8IM Aleksandr E. Usov2614.3
  3. #9GM Maxim Matlakov2614.0
  4. #10GM Evgeny Tomashevsky2597.0
  5. #11GM Alexander Morozevich2584.8

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