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Afanasiev, Nikita

Afanasiev, Nikita

GM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

122

games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo

141 past 12 mo · ≈12/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#14

#14 · Russian players · of 6,953

Career timeline

23 entries
2026
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

Evolution
+38
25112549
Tournaments
15
138 games
Score
93.5/ 13867.8%
63W66D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Apr 20267/9#12590+7.7
Open Swiss
Mar 20267/10#42591+8.8
Open Swiss
Feb 20266/9#192511-2.4
Open Swiss
Feb 20267/10#132516-1.3

Most-Played Opponents

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

Europe & World

Europe
World
Russia
1
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2
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3
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2,654
4
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2,649
5
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2,641
5
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2,641
7
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2,628
8
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2,599
9
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2,595
10
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2,594
...
14🇷🇺Afanasiev, Nikita2,549
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
1
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
...
81🇷🇺Afanasiev, Nikita2,549
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
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2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
315🇷🇺Afanasiev, Nikita2,549