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Markelov, Aleksey
🇷🇺FIDE 24294764· Male· Russia· Born in 2009
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Aleksey Markelov, a 17-year-old Russian player, is rated 2096 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +209 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Russian Championship B19 2026, PFO-2025_B19_STD, and International OPEN Tournament "Cup of Hope - 2025". Also played 6 rapid (including RAPID Grand Prix of Russia 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Blitz Grand Prix of Russia 2025) recently. He took a 35-month break between Dec 2019 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #44 and #48 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2096
Standard
Rpd2060·Blz2226
All-time high
2096
at best
Mar 2026 · age 17
Mar 2026 · age 17
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,790 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
44th Russian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2096
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2096
at age 17
Mar 2026
2025
48th Russian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2046
Dec 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 15
Sep 2024
100 career games
at age 15
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+209
1887 → 2096
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
16.5/ 2761.1%
9W15D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #23 | 2162 | +50.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #1 | 2069 | +34.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 1988 | -2.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOleg Khasanov
🇷🇺RUS·2157
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsNikita Uruev
🇷🇺RUS·1945
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIlya Grishan
🇷🇺RUS·1502
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsVadim Andrianov
🇷🇺RUS·1425
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsAlexander Abramov
🇷🇺RUS·1633
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jun 2019
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Rankings
/
Russia
#535
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,199
in continent
World
#15,790
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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