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Knysh, Alena
🇷🇺FIDE 24292192· Female· Russia· Born in 2008
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Alena Knysh, a 18-year-old Russian player, is rated 1710. She has slipped back 116 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Southern Federal District Women Chess Championship, The Southern Federal District Championship 2025_G-19, and Malaya Zemlya 2025_Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Russian Championship G19 rapid 2026) and 3 blitz events (including Russian Championship G19 blitz 2026) recently. Her peak of 1826 was reached at age 17 (Jun 2025).
Current rating
1710
Standard
Rpd1744·Blz1871
All-time high
1826
−116 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 17
Jun 2025 · age 17
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#106,298
#106,298 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2025
All-time peak 1826
at age 17 · −116 from today
Jun 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+357 Elo)
1418 → 1775
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 15
Apr 2023
2018
First FIDE rating
1117 · at age 10
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-116
1826 → 1710
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
11.5/ 2447.9%
10W3D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/8 | #12 | 1674 | -26.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #6 | 1848 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/7 | #31 | 1558 | -96.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSofia Guseva
🇷🇺RUS·1831
+5 −9 =0
14 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsKsenia Shipichkina
🇷🇺RUS·1788
+8 −4 =2
14 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsValeriya Nesterova
🇷🇺RUS·1574
+11 −1 =1
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsYuliya Dubinskaya
🇷🇺RUS·1558
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsNadezhda Davydova
🇷🇺RUS·1701
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Russia
#2,496
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#14,243
in continent
World
#106,295
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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