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Arakelyan, Manvel
FM🇦🇲FIDE 13317415· Male· Armenia· Born in 2011
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Manvel Arakelyan, a 15-year-old Armenian FIDE Master, is rated 2279 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 103 rated games in the past year (≈93/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Armenian Youth Chess Championship - U16 (2026), Aeroflot Open 2026, and Russian Chess Crown standard A. Also played 3 rapid (including Armenian Rapid Chess Championship 2026) and 8 blitz events (including Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 (Blitz)) recently. His peak of 2382 was reached at age 14 (Nov 2025, Armenian #29 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 14) and CM in 2024 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U16, World #17 in U14, World #41 in U12 and #3 nationally in U10.
Current rating
2279
Standard
Rpd2269·Blz2154
All-time high
2382
−103 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 14
Nov 2025 · age 14
Activity
106
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
103 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#177 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,341
Career timeline
16 entries2026
79th U16 player worldwide
at age 15 · rated 2339
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Armenian rank: #29
at age 14 · rated 2382
Nov 2025
17th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2382
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2382
at age 14 · −103 from today
Nov 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 14
Apr 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 14
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-47
2326 → 2279
Tournaments
11
112 games
Score
56/ 11250.0%
43W38D31L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsLuka kiladzeFM2,386·Hovhannes Danielyan Memorial 2026 - Round Robin Tournament with IM norm·R2·+13.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #2 | 2176 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/8 | #154 | 2230 | -15.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/10 | #58 | 2360 | +16.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 2.5/9 | #10 | 2186 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #20 | 2297 | -17.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 4.5/11 | #9 | 2294 | -26.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2318 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 8/11 | #4 | 2461 | +34.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #94 | 2361 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #81 | 2349 | +6.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArman G. Harutyunyan
🇦🇲ARM·2115
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVahe A. SukiasyanIM
🇦🇲ARM·2409
+1 −3 =5
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMenua HakobyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2269
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsNarek GhimoyanCM
🇦🇲ARM·2254
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsEdgar HayrapetyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2360
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Armenia
#56
out of 847 players
Europe
#3,185
in continent
World
#4,750
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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