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Budantsev, Sergei
🇷🇺FIDE 24196002· Male· Russia· Born in 1987
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Sergei Budantsev, a 39-year-old Russian player, is rated 1657. He has slipped back 52 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: Etude February 2026 Classic and 96th Novosibirsk Championship. Also played 1 blitz event (including New year's blitz in Iniciativa 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 31 months (2013–2016), 24 months (2016–2018), 32 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2021–2023). His peak of 1729 was reached at age 26 (Mar 2013).
Current rating
1657
Standard
Rpd1693·Blz1629
All-time high
1729
−72 pts below
Mar 2013 · age 26
Mar 2013 · age 26
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#125,591
#125,591 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
100 career games
at age 38
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+245 Elo)
1453 → 1698
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 37
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 37
Mar 2024
2021
Re-crossed 1500
at age 34
Nov 2021
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1503 → returned at 1465
Nov 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-52
1709 → 1657
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
4.5/ 1530.0%
2W5D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/7 | #7 | 1678 | -18.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/7 | #20 | 1526 | -34.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexey Okunkov
🇷🇺RUS·1618
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAlexey Shestakov
🇷🇺RUS·1983
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsMargarita Narchuk
🇷🇺RUS·1840
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsVasily Blakha
🇷🇺RUS·1607
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsVyacheslav Solomin
🇷🇺RUS·1912
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
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Russia
#3,000
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#18,283
in continent
World
#125,585
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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