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Ignatyev, Viktor
🇷🇺INACTIVE · since February 2024FIDE 24182915· Male· Russia· Born in 1954
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Viktor Ignatyev, a 72-year-old Russian player, is rated 2123 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays around 12 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2018–2020) and 26 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Also played 5 rapid (including Russian Seniors Team Rapid Championship 2026) and 6 blitz events (including Russian Seniors Team Blitz Championship 2026) recently. His peak of 2255 was reached at age 57 (May 2011).
Current rating
2123
Standard
Rpd2044·Blz1990
All-time high
2255
−132 pts below
May 2011 · age 57
May 2011 · age 57
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,364 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
17 entries2025
18th Russian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2123
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2123 → still inactive
Feb 2024
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2135 → returned at 2116
Nov 2020
19th Russian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2181
Oct 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 64
Feb 2018
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2207 → returned at 2181
Feb 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2123 → 2123
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsValeriy Zhikharev
🇷🇺RUS·2105
+5 −8 =9
22 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAleksandr PavlovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2038
+1 −6 =10
17 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsRobert Shin
🇷🇺RUS·1913
+8 −1 =6
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVladimir Grigoriev
🇷🇺RUS·1966
+9 −4 =2
15 games·last met Mar 2018
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vsVladimir Polevoi
🇷🇺RUS·1855
+7 −2 =4
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Russia
#488
out of 13,950 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,964
in continent
World
#12,950
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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