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FID · 41 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2310 (Nov 2019)

Best performance: 2469 at M.Chigorin Memorial 2019 Open(Best of 2019)

World #=14898 liveFIDE #191among active players

NOV26 Rating

2157

Live Rating

2109.0

Change

-48.0

Games Played

7

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating unchanged at 2157 over the last 12 months; peak 2310 in November 2019.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
May 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252157, 0, 0 games2222, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Working toward the International Master title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2310 of 2400, live 2109composition opendetails ↓

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 5 games, Oct 24 – Oct 27.

From 287 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 28.

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Tsaghkadzor Open 2026 (Group A)Oct 24 – Oct 307 of 9 games since the Nov listTPR 19052½/7-48.0

Title Progress

IM title progress

Working toward the International Master title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2310, needs 2400

Composition: next norm must be earned with the usual foreign-opponent mix (not under a national championship or similar exemption)

M.Chigorin Memorial 2019 OpenOct 20195½/9Rp 2499

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

Best wins · Classical

From 271 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2011–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Sergey Volkov, Oct 2019 · M.Chigorin Memorial 2019 Open, 2576
2, IM Sergey Pavlov, Jan 2020 · Moscow Open 2020 A, 2490
3, IM Miroslav Vlasenko, Apr 2014 · IV Memorial Arakeliana - A, 2412

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 159 of 287 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 24 of 76 games, 1.Nf3 in 22, 1.c4 in 15.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...d5 or 1...c6.

All openings (11 as White, 10 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening1173%
Zukertort Opening933%
Queen's Pawn Game844%
King's Indian Defense675%
Sicilian Defense540%

17 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

32 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
202672½20071905
2023176½20882001
20221812½19302071
20201811½20472149
2019181222002325
2015724821332258
2014261522442301
20133013½22152179
2012241221442144
20112516½21412258

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

Recent opponents · Classical

WFM Sona KrkyasharyanWFM Anastasiya Yar MaslovaDavit MelkonyanArtush AvagyanArmen Art. VardanyanDavit S. GrigoryanHamlet Sahakyan

Rated near Alexander Bulavin · Classical

World

  1. #=14898Jan Roelof Moll2109.0
  2. #=14898GM Arkadi Eremeevich Vul2109.0
  3. #=14898FM Alexander Bulavin2109.0
  4. #=14898IM Carlos Ramirez2109.0
  5. #=14898Dmitrii Postanogov2109.0

FIDE

  1. #189CM Timofey Fisher2113.0
  2. #190WFM Margarita Bendik2112.0
  3. #191FM Alexander Bulavin2109.0
  4. #=192Ivan Golikov2103.0
  5. #=192Artur Movsesian2103.0

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