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Bystrov, Alexander

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FIDEFIDE 13500880· Male· Belarus· Born in 1963

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Alexander Bystrov, a 63-year-old Belarusian FIDE Master, is rated 2039. He has slipped back 80 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Ch BLR 1st M 2025 and Minsk-2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Open Republican Veterans Tournament 2025) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 38 months (2004–2007), 23 months (2009–2011), 55 months (2012–2017), 18 months (2018–2020) and 44 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2300 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2004); he also reached Belarusian #21 in Dec 2023.

Awarded FM in 2004 (age 41).

Current rating

2039

Standard

Rpd1982·Blz2105

All-time high

2300

−261 pts below
Jan 2004 · age 41

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#22,069

#22,069 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
4th Belarusian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2127
Nov 2024
2023
Peak Belarusian rank: #21
at age 60 · rated 2139
Dec 2023
100 career games
at age 60
Dec 2023
2020
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 2164 → returned at 2139
Mar 2020
2019
3rd Belarusian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2199
Jul 2019
2018
1st Belarusian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2199
Sep 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Peter KorzubovIM 2,333
Ch BLR 1st M 2025 · Dec 2025 · +6.9 Elo
Evolution
-80
2119 → 2039
Tournaments
2
19 games
Score
11.5/ 1960.5%
7W9D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsPeter KorzubovIM2,333·Ch BLR 1st M 2025·R5·+6.9
2.[W]vsTimofey Shakhurdin1,865·Minsk-2025·R9·+4.6
3.[W]vsDzmitry Pasiashnichenka1,823·Minsk-2025·R3·+3.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMilena Sidorenja1,762·Minsk-2025·R6·-17.2
2.[L]vsMaksim Luhinin1,823·Ch BLR 1st M 2025·R8·-15.5
3.[L]vsKiryl Parkhimchyk1,890·Minsk-2025·R4·-14.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Ch BLR 1st M 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20255/9#251880-35.8
Minsk-2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20256.5/10#191860-44.2
Worst Elo result: Minsk-2025 (-44.2 Elo, finished #19).

Rankings

/
Belarus
#32
out of 521 players
Europe
#16,240
in continent
World
#22,069
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Belarus
1
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2
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2,479
3
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2,448
4
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2,433
5
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2,427
6
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2,412
7
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2,407
8
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2,396
9
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2,388
10
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2,365
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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16240🇧🇾Bystrov, Alexander2,039
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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