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Pashikyan, Rudolf
FM🇦🇲FIDE 13312545· Male· Armenia· Born in 2008
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Rudolf Pashikyan, a 18-year-old Armenian FIDE Master, is rated 2308 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 65 Elo over the past 12 months. 100 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Armenian Youth Chess Championship - U18 (2026), Aeroflot Open 2026, and Tigran Nalbandyan Memorial (IM-norm). Also played 1 rapid (including Armenian Rapid Chess Championship 2026) and 2 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He took a 13-month break between Nov 2016 and Jan 2018. His peak of 2378 was reached at age 17 (Nov 2025, Armenian #32 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #90 in U18, World #63 in U16, World #72 in U14, World #32 in U8 and #2 and #1 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
2308
Standard
Rpd2282·Blz2328
All-time high
2378
−70 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 17
Nov 2025 · age 17
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
100 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#226 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,640
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Peak Armenian rank: #32
at age 17 · rated 2378
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2378
at age 17 · −70 from today
Nov 2025
90th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2373
Jul 2025
2024
63rd U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2363
Oct 2024
Crossed 2300
at age 16
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-65
2373 → 2308
Tournaments
9
82 games
Score
44/ 8253.7%
31W26D25L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #2 | 2359 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/8 | #160 | 2212 | -19.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 2237 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #15 | 2218 | -29.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #15 | 2240 | -25.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #24 | 2363 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/11 | #7 | 2435 | +28.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #84 | 2310 | -15.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #102 | 2343 | -7.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMenua HakobyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2269
+8 −1 =4
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVahe A. SukiasyanIM
🇦🇲ARM·2409
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGagik NavoyanCM
🇦🇲ARM·2205
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsErik R. GasparyanIM
🇦🇲ARM·2447
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsEdgar AndreasyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2371
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Armenia
#50
out of 847 players
Europe
#2,535
in continent
World
#3,840
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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