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Drygalov, Sergey
GM🇷🇺FIDE 24171743· Male· Russia· Born in 1999
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Sergey Drygalov, a 27-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2530 and ranked 23rd among Russian players, and 408th worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aeroflot Open 2026, Russian Chess Crown standard A, and President's Cup of the Republic of Tajikistan, Group A. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 7 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012) and 19 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2571 was reached at age 26 (Dec 2025); he also reached World #237 in Mar 2026.
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 23) and IM in 2018 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #44 in U20, World #52 in U18, World #52 in U16 and #23 and #38 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
2530
Standard
Rpd2476·Blz2486
All-time high
2571
−41 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 26
Dec 2025 · age 26
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#23
#23 · Russian players · of 6,983
Career timeline
20 entries2026
Peak World rank: #237
at age 27 · rated 2571
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 2571
at age 26 · −41 from today
Dec 2025
Peak Russian rank: #14
at age 26 · rated 2560
Jun 2025
2022
GM title awardedGM
at age 23 · 2022 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2547 → returned at 2558
Aug 2022
2021
Crossed 2500
at age 22
Aug 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-30
2560 → 2530
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
14.5/ 2460.4%
9W11D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #137 | 2412 | -12.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #70 | 2266 | -28.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2646 | +10.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndrey DrygalovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2404
+4 −9 =40
53 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlexander GutenevIM
FID·2455
+9 −8 =13
30 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsTagir SalemgareevIM
🇷🇺RUS·2390
+10 −3 =10
23 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsRodion RadzhabovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2247
+16 −0 =3
19 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsAlexei BezgodovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2406
+2 −5 =10
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Russia
#23
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#104
in continent
World
#408
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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