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Gurevich, Mikhail
GM🇧🇪FIDE 200930· Male· Belgium· Born in 1959
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Mikhail Gurevich, a 67-year-old Belgian Grandmaster, is rated 2554 and ranked 2nd among Belgian players, and 292nd worldwide. He has held steady between 2550 and 2575 for 15 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9. His peak of 2694 was reached at age 42 (Jan 2001, World #14 at the time); he spent 29 months in the world top 100, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
Competes for Belgium since Oct 2015. Awarded GM in 2001 (age 42).
Current rating
2554
Standard
Rpd2567·Blz2610
All-time high
2694
−140 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 42
Jan 2001 · age 42
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Belgian players · of 2,958
29 months in World top 100 (2001–2008)
29 months in World top 100 (2001–2008)
Career timeline
24 entries2026
1st 65-70 player worldwide
at age 67 · rated 2569
Jan 2026
2023
1,000 career games
at age 64
May 2023
2022
1st 60-65 player worldwide
at age 63 · rated 2580
Sep 2022
2020
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2577 → returned at 2576
Mar 2020
2018
3rd 55-60 player worldwide
at age 59 · rated 2576
Oct 2018
2015
Switched federation: TUR → BEL
at age 56
Oct 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-13
2567 → 2554
Tournaments
15
40 games
Score
31/ 4077.5%
24W14D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #1310 | 1663 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #133 | 2519 | -2.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #85 | 2365 | -4.9 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #854 | 2268 | -3.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #112 | 2950 | +0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2860 | +0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #195 | 3101 | +1.7 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #66 | 2497 | -0.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #62 | 2507 | -0.7 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #450 | 2911 | +0.8 |
Rankings
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Belgium
#2
out of 3,309 players
Europe
#166
in continent
World
#292
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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