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Isayev, Maksym
🇺🇦FIDE 14134110· Male· Ukraine· Born in 2000
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Maksym Isayev, a 26-year-old Ukrainian player, is rated 2053 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2034 and 2066 over the past 2 years. 23 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and 38. Internationale Hasslocher Schachtage 2025 A-Turnier. He had 3 career breaks: 60 months (2016–2021, COVID-19 included), 34 months (2021–2024) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2121 was reached at age 15 (Aug 2015).
At junior level, he reached #12, #7, #10 and #6 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2053
Standard
Rpd1987·Blz2000
All-time high
2121
−68 pts below
Aug 2015 · age 15
Aug 2015 · age 15
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,420 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2037 → returned at 2034
Jun 2024
2022
99th Ukrainian 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 2041
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2041 → returned at 2037
Jul 2021
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2017
12th Ukrainian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2047
Jan 2017
2016
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 2047 → returned at 2041
Jun 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2034 → 2053
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
7.5/ 1646.9%
4W7D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #57 | 2013 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #607 | 2176 | +31.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksandr Neznanov
🇺🇦UKR·2086
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2016
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vsAnatolij Savvopulo
🇺🇦UKR·2045
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2015
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vsViktoriya Mukhtarova
🇺🇦UKR·1987
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Jul 2013
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vsYulia PischalWFM
🇺🇦UKR·1964
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2014
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vsValeriy ShemyakinFM
🇷🇺RUS·2141
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Aug 2014
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#307
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#14,986
in continent
World
#20,420
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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