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Nikitenko, Mihail
GM🇧🇾FIDE 13506862· Male· Belarus· Born in 2000
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Mihail Nikitenko, a 26-year-old Belarusian Grandmaster, is rated 2479 and ranked 2nd among Belarusian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 41 Elo over the past 12 months. 165 rated games in the past year (≈93/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Tashkent GM Round Robin, 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A, and Aeroflot Open 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2540 was reached at age 23 (Jul 2023); he also reached World #422 in Dec 2023 and has been in Belarusian top 3 for 44 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 22) and IM in 2017 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #66 in U20, World #72 in U18, World #28 in U16, World #12 in U14, World #32 in U12 and World #44 in U10.
Current rating
2479
Standard
Rpd2428·Blz2364
All-time high
2540
−61 pts below
Jul 2023 · age 23
Jul 2023 · age 23
Activity
137
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
139 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Belarusian players · of 351
National top 3 since Dec 2022
National top 3 since Dec 2022
Career timeline
29 entries2026
44 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 43 months · since Jan 2022
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 24
Dec 2024
2023
Peak World rank: #422
at age 23 · rated 2539
Dec 2023
All-time peak 2540
at age 23 · −61 from today
Jul 2023
Peak Belarusian rank: #2
at age 23 · rated 2519
Feb 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2500
at age 22
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-38
2517 → 2479
Tournaments
14
149 games
Score
83/ 14955.7%
72W47D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsRupam Mukherjee1,954·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-A 1900 & Above)·R7·-9.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2476 | -0.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/10 | #29 | 2374 | -12.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #44 | 2529 | +5.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #17 | 2494 | +1.3 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2567 | +10.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/10 | #23 | 2241 | -30.1 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2520 | +3.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2624 | +11.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #5 | 2349 | -17.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #35 | 2423 | -8.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsViachaslau ZarubitskiIM
🇧🇾BLR·2396
+19 −3 =8
30 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAleksej AleksandrovGM
🇧🇾BLR·2433
+5 −8 =8
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsKirill StupakGM
🇧🇾BLR·2412
+4 −8 =4
16 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsMaksim TsarukGM
FID·2488
+8 −4 =3
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDenis LazavikGM
🇧🇾BLR·2621
+1 −4 =10
15 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
Belarus
#2
out of 544 players
Europe
#449
in continent
World
#748
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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