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Nikolaev, Daniil

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FIDEFIDE 24198471· Male· Ireland· Born in 2003

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Daniil Nikolaev, a 23-year-old Irish player, is rated 1910 — his current career high. He has fluctuated between 1880 and 1910 over the past 2 years. 23 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, March quad C, and LCU Heidenfeld Trophy 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10. Also played 3 rapid (including Gens Una Sumus - Rapid Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including The ICU October Blitz 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 24 months (2016–2019), 50 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2024–2025).

Competes for Ireland since Jan 2026. At junior level, he reached World #55 in U10 and #13, #5, #5 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1910

Standard

Rpd1877·Blz1793

All-time high

1910

at best
May 2026 · age 23

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#45,703

#45,703 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
49th Irish 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1910
May 2026
All-time peak 1910
at age 23
May 2026
Switched federation: RUS → IRL
at age 23
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1899 → returned at 1899
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
13th Irish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1832
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Joshua Ryan 1,884
March quad C · Apr 2026 · +9.3 Elo
Evolution
+11
1899 → 1910
Tournaments
10
23 games
Score
13/ 2356.5%
11W4D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJoshua Ryan1,884·March quad C·R3·+9.3
2.[W]vsEmma Fougerat1,792·The Eanna Classic Major 2025·R1·+7.0
3.[W]vsPaul Greenan1,706·The Eanna Classic Major 2025·R5·+5.0
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsPiotr Baczkowski1,736·The Eanna Classic Major 2025·R4·-14.4
2.[L]vsVivaan Singhal1,908·March quad C·R1·-10.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
The National Club championship 2026
Team
Apr 20262.5/5#44—-3.8
March quad C
Round-Robin
Apr 20261.5/3#31890-1.4
LCU Heidenfeld Trophy 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#21—+9.0
LCU Heidenfeld Trophy 2025-2026 Rounds 7-8
Team
Feb 20261/2#38—+3.0
LCU Heidenfeld Trophy 2025-2026 Rounds 5-6
Team
Nov 20251/1#28—+11.4

Rankings

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Ireland
#173
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#33,683
in continent
World
#45,703
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Ireland
1
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2,459
2
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2,418
3
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2,388
4
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2,357
5
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2,354
6
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2,344
7
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2,338
8
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2,320
9
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2,297
10
🇮🇪Heidenfeld, MarkFollow Mark HeidenfeldTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,296
...
173🇮🇪Nikolaev, Daniil1,910
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
33683🇮🇪Nikolaev, Daniil1,910
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
...
45703🇮🇪Nikolaev, Daniil1,910