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Geranichev, Mikhail
🇷🇺FIDE 24144029· Male· Russia· Born in 1985
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Mikhail Geranichev, a 41-year-old Russian player, is rated 1944. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 9 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Anatoly Borisovich and Alla Alexandrovna Kazantsevs Memorial, XIII Pavlyutin V.M. Memorial, and A.A. Filin Memorial 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Artur Manvelyan Memorial Rapid Open 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Zagorovsky Memorial Team Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 21-month break between Sep 2021 and Jul 2023. His peak of 2129 was reached at age 29 (Apr 2014).
Current rating
1944
Standard
Rpd1956·Blz1933
All-time high
2129
−185 pts below
Apr 2014 · age 29
Apr 2014 · age 29
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,892
#37,892 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
76th Russian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1944
May 2026
2021
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1995 → returned at 1972
Sep 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 35
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 34
Sep 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 33
Jun 2018
2015
500 career games
at age 30
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-15
1959 → 1944
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
16/ 2564.0%
13W6D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/7 | #7 | 2196 | -9.2 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #6 | 1933 | -6.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/6 | #3 | 2596 | +0.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGrigorij Skomorohov
🇷🇺RUS·2040
+6 −6 =19
31 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsAnatolij B. KasantsevFM
🇷🇺RUS·1930
+8 −3 =10
21 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsKirill Logvinov
🇷🇺RUS·1990
+4 −9 =7
20 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsIvan Ruchkin
🇷🇺RUS·2076
+4 −6 =9
19 games·last met Dec 2016
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vsAlexey A. Mukhin
🇷🇺RUS·1969
+6 −5 =7
18 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings
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Russia
#1,043
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,513
in continent
World
#37,891
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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