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Avanesyan, Aleksandr
CM🇦🇲FIDE 13317334· Male· Armenia· Born in 2011
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Aleksandr Avanesyan, a 15-year-old Armenian Candidate Master, is rated 2239 — his current career high and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +250 Elo over the past 12 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Team Championship of ESSTH-CHALK - POA play off - play out, PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open, and 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A. Also played 1 rapid (including 24th European Youth Rapid Championship - open 14) and 3 blitz events (including Yerevan Open 2025 (blitz)) recently. He reached Armenian #66 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #2, #5, #10 and #9 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2239
Standard
Rpd2023·Blz1993
All-time high
2239
at best
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
69
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#250 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Peak Armenian rank: #66
at age 15 · rated 2239
May 2026
2nd Armenian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2239
May 2026
All-time peak 2239
at age 15
May 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 15
Apr 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Apr 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
7th International Chess OPEN SKG - A 2025 Greek open Championshipperf 2228 (+136) · 5/9 · #29
Top opponent
Evolution
+264
1975 → 2239
Tournaments
8
50 games
Score
28.5/ 5057.0%
17W23D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #37 | 2230 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #84 | 2326 | +113.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #34 | 2105 | +10.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #7 | 2132 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/9 | #85 | 2126 | +18.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #163 | 1277 | -20.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #29 | 2228 | +115.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 1944 | -13.2 |
Rankings
/
Armenia
#66
out of 863 players
Europe
#4,293
in continent
World
#6,272
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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