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Fedotov, Nikita
FM🇷🇺FIDE 24161446· Male· Russia· Born in 1999
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Nikita Fedotov, a 27-year-old Russian FIDE Master, is rated 2253 and sitting in the top 3% of Russian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearances: CFD Chess Championship 2026 (Men) and Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men). Also played 5 rapid (including Rapid_Men Champ. 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Blitz_Men Champ. 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2017–2019) and 62 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2345 was reached at age 17 (Nov 2016).
Awarded FM in 2016 (age 17). Earned a IM norm at M.Chigorin Memorial 2016. At junior level, he reached #18, #16, #32, #24 and #56 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2253
Standard
Rpd2170·Blz2185
All-time high
2345
−92 pts below
Nov 2016 · age 17
Nov 2016 · age 17
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 3%
#243 · Russian players · of 6,953
Career timeline
19 entries2020
Inactive for 62 months
paused at 2311 → returned at 2278
Mar 2020
2018
18th Russian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2342
Feb 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+278 Elo)
2064 → 2342
Jul 2017
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2342 → returned at 2312
Mar 2017
16th Russian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2345
Jan 2017
2016
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Nov 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-25
2278 → 2253
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
10.5/ 1665.6%
8W5D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #4 | 2137 | -20.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #13 | 2274 | -4.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNikita AfanasievGM
🇷🇺RUS·2549
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDavid ZakaryanIM
🇷🇺RUS·2285
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsVladimir ZakhartsovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2432
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met May 2024
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vsKonstantin Novikov
🇷🇺RUS·2284
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2016
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Rankings
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Russia
#243
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,001
in continent
World
#5,723
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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