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Atabayev, Saparmyrat
GM🇹🇲FIDE 14000571· Male· Turkmenistan· Born in 1999
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Saparmyrat Atabayev, a 27-year-old Turkmen Grandmaster, is rated 2479 and ranked 1st among Turkmen players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 97 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Turkmenistan Team Championship, Russian Chess Crown standard A, and President Cup "Open-A". Also played 1 rapid (including Russian Chess Crown rapid B (27.02)) and 1 blitz events (including ALMATY BLITZ CUP 2nd stage) recently. He took a 31-month break between Nov 2019 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2530 was reached at age 26 (Apr 2025, World #435 at the time); he has been Turkmen #1 for 32 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2025 (age 26), IM in 2017 (age 18), FM in 2014 (age 15), and CM in 2014 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #67 in U20, World #47 in U18, World #40 in U16, World #39 in U14, World #28 in U12 and World #18 in U10.
Current rating
2479
Standard
Rpd2365·Blz2478
All-time high
2530
−51 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 26
Apr 2025 · age 26
Activity
103
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
92 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Turkmen players · of 448
#1 nationally since Nov 2023
#1 nationally since Nov 2023
Career timeline
23 entries2026
32 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 32 months · since Nov 2023
Jun 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #435
at age 26 · rated 2530
Apr 2025
GM title awardedGM
at age 26 · 2025 1st FIDE Council
Apr 2025
All-time peak 2530
at age 26 · −59 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Crossed 2500
at age 25
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Turkmen rank: #1
at age 24 · rated 2481
Nov 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-26
2505 → 2479
Tournaments
10
83 games
Score
53.5/ 8364.5%
42W23D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2460 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/6 | #9 | 2549 | +6.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 9.5/11 | #3 | 2271 | -1.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/10 | #42 | 2380 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/9 | #4 | 2413 | -5.0 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | R256 | 2404 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #17 | 2394 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 2594 | +12.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #44 | 2401 | -12.6 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #1 | 2621 | +12.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaksat AtabayevGM
🇹🇲TKM·2358
+2 −7 =17
26 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsYusup AtabayevGM
🇹🇲TKM·2434
+3 −10 =12
25 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsSemiyev SuhrapIM
🇹🇲TKM·2217
+7 −3 =7
17 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsMergen KakabayevFM
🇹🇲TKM·2247
+7 −1 =5
13 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsAnnaberdi EsenovFM
🇹🇲TKM·2363
+6 −5 =2
13 games·last met Dec 2017
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Rankings
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Turkmenistan
#1
out of 560 players
Asia-Pacific
#181
in continent
World
#748
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
Turkmenistan
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