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Babaev, Pavel
🇷🇺FIDE 24142425· Male· Russia· Born in 1987
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Pavel Babaev, a 39-year-old Russian player, is rated 1918 — just 21 short of his peak of 1939 (Mar 2024, age 37). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 200-month break between Apr 2009 and Jan 2026. Recent appearance: Championship of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 2025 (men).
Current rating
1918
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1939
−21 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 37
Mar 2024 · age 37
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#43,725
#43,725 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2024
All-time peak 1939
at age 37 · −21 from today
Mar 2024
2009
Inactive for 200 months
paused at 1899 → returned at 1918
Apr 2009
2007
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Jan 2007
First FIDE rating
1915 · at age 20
Jan 2007
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-21
1939 → 1918
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
2.5/ 641.7%
2W1D3L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsDemid Yu Volkov1,466·Championship of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 2025 (men)·R1·+1.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsVladislav Eremeev1,843·Championship of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 2025 (men)·R3·-12.1
2.[L]vsTimofey IljinIM2,242·Championship of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 2025 (men)·R2·-2.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/4 | #8 | 1878 | -21.4 |
Worst Elo result: Championship of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 2025 (men) (-21.4 Elo, finished #8).
Rankings
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Russia
#1,174
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,173
in continent
World
#43,724
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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