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Mesnyankin, Nikita
CM🇷🇺FIDE 24175935· Male· Russia· Born in 2001
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Nikita Mesnyankin, a 25-year-old Russian Candidate Master, is rated 2162 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 16 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent appearances: Hurghada Open Chess 2025 and 21eme Festival International d Echecs Chefchaouen. Also played 2 rapid (including RAZUM CUP) and 4 blitz events (including 21eme Festival International d'Echecs Chefchaouen Marathon de Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2018–2019) and 41 months (2021–2025). His peak of 2228 was reached at age 15 (Sep 2016).
Awarded CM in 2020 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #83 in U14 and #42, #46, #30 and #55 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U12.
Current rating
2162
Standard
Rpd2048·Blz2108
All-time high
2228
−66 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 15
Sep 2016 · age 15
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,433 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2021
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 2141 → returned at 2155
Sep 2021
2020
42nd Russian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2176
Oct 2020
CM title awardedCM
at age 19
Jul 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
46th Russian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2175
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
2150 → 2162
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
12/ 1580.0%
11W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/7 | #5 | 2642 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/6 | #31 | 2316 | +5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksey IvlevFM
🇷🇺RUS·2319
+9 −12 =5
26 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsNikolay Marchenko
🇷🇺RUS·2154
+7 −6 =5
18 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDarya ShevchenkoWFM
🇷🇺RUS·2009
+5 −5 =4
14 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsKamil AkhmedzhanovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2045
+3 −8 =2
13 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsViktor Permin
🇷🇺RUS·1926
+7 −1 =4
12 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Russia
#371
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,567
in continent
World
#10,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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