Tilicheev, Viacheslav

Viacheslav Tilicheev, a 32-year-old Serbian Grandmaster, is rated 2430 and ranked 26th among Serbian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 22 months. 57 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025, Caissa Hotel IM Chess Tournament - Trumpet Group, and Caissa Hotel IM Chess Tournament - Piano Group. Also played 6 rapid (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including FirstI nternational Chess Festival "Kardzali" Blitz - Under the aegis of BSCF) recently. He took a 18-month break between Dec 2013 and Jul 2015. His peak of 2540 was reached at age 25 (Mar 2019, World #483 at the time).

Competes for Serbia since Mar 2023. Awarded GM in 2020 (age 26), IM in 2018 (age 24), and FM in 2010 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #62 in U20, World #47 in U18, World #27 in U16, World #45 in U14 and #2 nationally in U12.