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Denisov, Matvey
🇷🇺FIDE 24229229· Male· Russia· Born in 2008
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Matvey Denisov, a 18-year-old Russian player, is rated 2142 — just 24 short of his peak of 2166 (Mar 2025, age 17) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 1975 and 2166 over the past 2 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Russian Championship B19 2026, Central FD Champ. 2025_B19, and Moscow Open 2025_A. Also played 9 rapid (including RAPID Grand Prix of Russia 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Blitz Grand Prix of Russia 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #20, #25, #35, #38 and #50 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2142
Standard
Rpd2252·Blz2215
All-time high
2166
−24 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 17
Mar 2025 · age 17
Activity
52
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#691 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
14 entries2026
500 career games
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
20th Russian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2166
Mar 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2166
at age 17 · −24 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Dec 2024
2023
25th Russian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2093
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+8
2134 → 2142
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
24/ 3666.7%
18W12D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #26 | 2115 | -24.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2208 | +39.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #52 | 2063 | -29.3 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2163 | +21.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArtem Perevezentsev
🇷🇺RUS·1972
+14 −2 =19
35 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsEvgeny Kozhenkov
🇷🇺RUS·2117
+7 −18 =9
34 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAndrey MakovichCM
🇷🇺RUS·2217
+4 −13 =8
25 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSergey Shirokov
🇷🇺RUS·2110
+8 −10 =7
25 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsArtur Avagyan
🇷🇺RUS·2062
+8 −4 =9
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Russia
#420
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,744
in continent
World
#11,877
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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