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Zhigalko, Sergei

GM🇧🇾INACTIVE · since January 2020

FIDEFIDE 13502956· Male· Belarus· Born in 1989

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Sergei Zhigalko, a 37-year-old Belarusian Grandmaster, is rated 2572 and ranked 2nd among Belarusian players, and 236th worldwide. He plays around 62 rated games per year. Also played 4 blitz events (including Slavic Defense (28.03.2026)) recently. His peak of 2696 was reached at age 22 (Sep 2011); he also reached World #49 in Jul 2011 and spent 61 months in the world top 100, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2007 (age 18), IM in 2005 (age 16), and FM in 2004 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #6 in U20, World #8 in U18, World #3 in U16, World #3 in U14 and World #26 in U12.

Current rating

2572

Standard

Rpd2562·Blz2588

All-time high

2696

−124 pts below
Sep 2011 · age 22

Activity

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classical only

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Belarusian players · of 346
61 months in World top 100 (2009–2017)

Career timeline

26 entries
2020
Inactive for 75 months
paused at 2572 → still inactive
Jan 2020
2017
61 months in world top 100
longest streak 42 months · since Sep 2009
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2650
at age 27
Jun 2016
2013
1,000 career games
at age 24
Jun 2013
2012
Re-crossed 2650
at age 23
May 2012
2011
All-time peak 2696
at age 22 · −124 from today
Sep 2011

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Evolution
0
2572 → 2572

Rankings

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Belarus
#1
out of 521 players
Europe
#229
in continent
World
#325
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Belarus
1
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2,621
2
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2,479
3
🇧🇾Kushko, DmitriyFollow Dmitriy KushkoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,448
4
🇧🇾Aleksandrov, AleksejFollow Aleksej AleksandrovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,433
5
🇧🇾Gorovets, AndreyFollow Andrey GorovetsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,427
6
🇧🇾Stupak, KirillFollow Kirill StupakTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,412
7
🇧🇾Kovalev, AndreiFollow Andrei KovalevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,407
8
🇧🇾Zarubitski, ViachaslauFollow Viachaslau ZarubitskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,396
9
🇧🇾Fedorov, AlexeiFollow Alexei FedorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,388
10
🇧🇾Spizharny, MikhailFollow Mikhail SpizharnyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,365
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753