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Safonova, Valeriia
🇩🇪FIDE 24113662· Female· Germany· Born in 1993
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Valeriia Safonova, a 33-year-old German player, is rated 1889 — just 6 short of her peak of 1895 (Oct 2025, age 32). She is progressing steadily with +39 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2. Frauenbundesliga Ost 2025-2026 Februar 2026 and Deutsche Frauen-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft (LV) 2025. She had 3 career breaks: 118 months (2005–2015), 19 months (2016–2017) and 54 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included).
Competes for Germany since Jun 2023. Previously known as Valeria Shkljar (until Jun 2022). At junior level, she reached #43 and #10 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd1848·Blz1821
All-time high
1895
−6 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 32
Oct 2025 · age 32
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
100 career games
at age 33
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 1895
at age 32 · −6 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 31
Mar 2024
2023
Switched federation: RUS → GER
at age 30
Jun 2023
2022
Renamed to Safonova, Valeria
at age 29
Jun 2022
2017
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 1767 → returned at 1756
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+5
1884 → 1889
Tournaments
4
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
6W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #39 | 1836 | -2.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #26 | 1842 | -2.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #12 | 2094 | +11.0 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 4/5 | #9 | 2123 | +34.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#5,570
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#37,407
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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