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Afanasiev, Nikita
GM🇷🇺FIDE 24183555· Male· Russia· Born in 2000
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Nikita Afanasiev, a 26-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2549 and ranked 14th among Russian players, and 315th worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 147 rated games in the past year (≈83/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A, and Aeroflot Open 2026. Also played 20 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 23 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. His peak of 2583 was reached at age 22 (Jun 2022, World #272 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2020 (age 20), IM in 2019 (age 19), and FM in 2014 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #24 in U20, World #20 in U18, World #57 in U16, World #6 in U14, World #2 in U12 and World #20 in U10.
Current rating
2549
Standard
Rpd2486·Blz2503
All-time high
2583
−34 pts below
Jun 2022 · age 22
Jun 2022 · age 22
Activity
122
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
141 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#14
#14 · Russian players · of 6,953
Career timeline
23 entries2026
Peak Russian rank: #17
at age 26 · rated 2549
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 25
Sep 2025
2024
1,000 career games
at age 24
Feb 2024
2022
Peak World rank: #272
at age 22 · rated 2583
Jun 2022
All-time peak 2583
at age 22 · −34 from today
Jun 2022
2020
24th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2519
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-Aperf 2591 (+50) · 7/10 · #4
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
2511 → 2549
Tournaments
15
138 games
Score
93.5/ 13867.8%
63W66D9L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPouya IdaniGM2,615·19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A·R8·+6.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2590 | +7.7 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/10 | #4 | 2591 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #19 | 2511 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/10 | #13 | 2516 | -1.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir ZakhartsovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2432
+33 −26 =70
129 games·last met May 2026
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vsMikhail BryakinGM
🇷🇸SRB·2478
+23 −7 =45
75 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsEvgeni DragomarezkijIM
🇷🇺RUS·2219
+33 −10 =26
69 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsRudik MakarianGM
FID·2548
+33 −15 =17
65 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsArsen KukhmazovIM
FID·2442
+26 −11 =23
60 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Russia
#14
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#81
in continent
World
#315
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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