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Shalygin, Nikolay
🇷🇺INACTIVE · since April 2014FIDE 24120090· Male· Russia· Born in 1966
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Nikolay Shalygin, a 60-year-old Russian player, is rated 1978 — his current career high. He plays around 2 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2006–2008) and 44 months (2010–2014). Also played 5 rapid (including Altay Cup 2025 rapid 5) and 5 blitz events (including Altay Cup 2025 blitz 6) recently.
Current rating
1978
Standard
Rpd1734·Blz1720
All-time high
1978
at best
Mar 2024 · age 58
Mar 2024 · age 58
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#31,159
#31,159 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
8 entries2024
All-time peak 1978
at age 58
Mar 2024
2014
Inactive for 145 months
paused at 1964 → still inactive
Apr 2014
2010
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 1977 → returned at 1964
Jul 2010
2009
Best 12-month gain (+49 Elo)
1921 → 1970
Jul 2009
2006
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1920 → returned at 1921
Oct 2006
2005
Crossed 1800
at age 39
Oct 2005
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1978 → 1978
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsViktor GuempelFM
🇷🇺RUS·2046
+2 −17 =2
21 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsSergey Scherbinin
🇷🇺RUS·1816
+10 −2 =4
16 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsSergey Kolesnikov
🇷🇺RUS·1713
+4 −8 =2
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsYulia Kozlova
🇷🇺RUS·1647
+1 −1 =10
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlexander A. ChernovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2314
+3 −9 =0
12 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Russia
#2,941
out of 13,950 players
Asia-Pacific
#29,100
in continent
World
#36,851
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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