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Cherniaiev, Tykhon
FM🇺🇦FIDE 14182360· Male· Ukraine· Born in 2010
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Tykhon Cherniaiev, a 16-year-old Ukrainian FIDE Master, is rated 2365 — just 4 short of his peak of 2369 (Apr 2026, age 16) and ranked 2nd among Ukrainian players under 16, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10, Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 7. Also played 1 rapid event (including Luxembourg Province Championship 2025) recently. He took a 14-month break between Dec 2023 and Mar 2025. He reached Ukrainian #74 in Mar 2026.
Competes for Ukraine since Jan 2023. Awarded FM in 2022 (age 12) and CM in 2022 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U8, World #65 in U16, World #19 in U14, World #7 in U12 and World #3 in U10.
Current rating
2365
Standard
Rpd2283·Blz2438
All-time high
2369
−4 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 16
Apr 2026 · age 16
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Ukrainian players under 16 · of 217
Career timeline
20 entries2026
65th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2369
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2369
at age 16 · −4 from today
Apr 2026
Peak Ukrainian rank: #74
at age 16 · rated 2367
Mar 2026
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 13
Dec 2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2306 → returned at 2309
Dec 2023
19th U14 player worldwide
at age 13 · rated 2330
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+38
2327 → 2365
Tournaments
10
18 games
Score
12/ 1866.7%
8W8D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2207 | -4.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #72 | 2348 | +2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #49 | 3115 | +8.6 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | R16 | 2624 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #8 | 3269 | +13.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #67 | 2428 | +2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2892 | +7.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3/7 | #345 | 2328 | -1.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #15 | 2872 | +3.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #50 | 2890 | +3.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsValery ShalimovIM
🇺🇦UKR·2284
+5 −11 =6
22 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsDmitriy KushkoIM
🇧🇾BLR·2444
+2 −6 =6
14 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsNikita Testeshnikov
🇺🇦UKR·2174
+6 −2 =6
14 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsValeriy NeverovGM
🇺🇦UKR·2369
+1 −4 =5
10 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsNikolay AvanesovFM
🇺🇦UKR·2173
+0 −4 =6
10 games·last met Aug 2021
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Rankings
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Ukraine
#74
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#1,502
in continent
World
#2,356
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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