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Papou, Illia
🇧🇾FIDE 13528980· Male· Belarus· Born in 2010
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Illia Papou, a 16-year-old Belarusian player, is rated 1786 — just 11 short of his peak of 1797 (Feb 2026, age 16). He is on a steady climb with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ch BLR U16 M 2026, Ch Minsk U16 2026, and Ch BLR U18 M 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including Memorial D.I.Bronstein) and 8 blitz events (including Slavic Defense (28.03.2026)) recently. He reached Belarusian #83 in Feb 2026.
At junior level, he reached #7, #13 and #15 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1786
Standard
Rpd1814·Blz1892
All-time high
1797
−11 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 16
Feb 2026 · age 16
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#80,760
#80,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak Belarusian rank: #83
at age 16 · rated 1797
Feb 2026
7th Belarusian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1797
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1797
at age 16 · −11 from today
Feb 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 15
Apr 2025
2024
13th Belarusian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1675
Apr 2024
Best 12-month gain (+449 Elo)
1226 → 1675
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
1735 → 1786
Tournaments
7
62 games
Score
34/ 6254.8%
27W14D21L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #76 | 2189 | +26.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/9 | #8 | 1909 | +109.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/8 | #7 | 1677 | -83.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/8 | #42 | 1741 | -65.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #34 | 1843 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #32 | 1898 | +18.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #119 | 1978 | +24.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMikhail Kholiusev
🇧🇾BLR·1699
+3 −8 =5
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsMikhail Zoryn
🇧🇾BLR·1605
+9 −2 =3
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRoman Tolkatch
🇧🇾BLR·1731
+3 −1 =9
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAndrei Tsyhanou
🇧🇾BLR·1765
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAnton Vitsiuk
FID·1922
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Belarus
#92
out of 544 players
Europe
#58,260
in continent
World
#80,758
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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