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Bessonov, Nikolai
🇨🇿FIDE 23787163· Male· Czech Republic· Born in 2018
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Nikolai Bessonov, a 8-year-old Czech player, is rated 1487 — his current career high. He is currently in the 1450–1500 range. 10 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament, UCT Chess festival November 2025 - standard, and UCT standard July 2025. Also played 6 rapid events (including 5. Ceskoslovensky sach Rapid Open 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #2 nationally in U8.
Current rating
1487
Standard
Rpd1692·Blz—
All-time high
1487
at best
Apr 2026 · age 8
Apr 2026 · age 8
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#190,707
#190,707 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2026
2nd Czech U8 player
at age 8 · rated 1487
Apr 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 8
Apr 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 8
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1487
at age 8
Apr 2026
First FIDE rating
1487 · at age 8
Apr 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
3
26 games
Score
9/ 2634.6%
7W4D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAdam Pulkrabek1,451·PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament·R4·+17.9
2.[W]vsMartin Zbranek1,432·PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament·R9·+16.9
3.[W]vsFrantisek Tichy1,431·PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament·R6·+16.8
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsVladimir Silhan1,408·PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament·R5·-24.5
2.[L]vsNikol Popova1,428·PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - E9 round-robin tournament·R7·-23.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 5.5/6 | #3 | 1454 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #9 | 1260 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/4 | #14 | 767 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Czech Republic
#5,405
out of 6,361 players
Europe
#119,244
in continent
World
#190,631
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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