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Nikitin, Vladimir
🇷🇺FIDE 24184187· Male· Russia· Born in 1949
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Vladimir Nikitin, a 77-year-old Russian player, is rated 1722. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). Recent appearance: Team Leningrad region Chmp. 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Novaya Ladoga Summer 2025. Zinder memorial. Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Novaya Ladoga Summer 2025. Zinder memorial. Blitz) recently. His peak of 2070 was reached at age 63 (Nov 2012).
Current rating
1722
Standard
Rpd1762·Blz1700
All-time high
2070
−348 pts below
Nov 2012 · age 63
Nov 2012 · age 63
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#102,130
#102,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
55th Russian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1753
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1662 → 1795
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1658 → returned at 1753
Aug 2023
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1749 → returned at 1662
Apr 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 70
Sep 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2000
at age 68
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-31
1753 → 1722
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
3W1D5L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #28 | 1713 | -31.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir A. Semenov
🇷🇺RUS
+4 −5 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsDmitry Rashitov
🇷🇺RUS·1873
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSergey Semenenko
🇷🇺RUS·1890
+0 −7 =2
9 games·last met Mar 2020
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vsAlexey AnjuhinIM
🇷🇺RUS·2185
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsVladimir S. Smirnov
🇷🇺RUS·2114
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
/
Russia
#2,405
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#13,450
in continent
World
#102,128
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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