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Noritsyn, Sergey
FM🇨🇦FIDE 2616408· Male· Canada· Born in 2003
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Sergey Noritsyn, a 23-year-old Canadian FIDE Master, is rated 2250 and ranked 43rd among Canadian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Reading Week Open - Crown, 2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown, and 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship. He took a 37-month break between Jan 2020 and Mar 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2299 was reached at age 22 (Apr 2025); he also reached Canadian #32 in Feb 2026.
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #34 in U12, World #34 in U10 and #5, #10, #5 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2250
Standard
Rpd2053·Blz—
All-time high
2299
−49 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 22
Apr 2025 · age 22
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43
#43 · Canadian players · of 1,718
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Peak Canadian rank: #32
at age 23 · rated 2290
Feb 2026
2025
All-time peak 2299
at age 22 · −49 from today
Apr 2025
2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 21
May 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
May 2024
2023
5th Canadian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2191
Sep 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-48
2298 → 2250
Tournaments
6
31 games
Score
19/ 3161.3%
17W4D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/4 | #27 | 1917 | -38.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #12 | — | -10.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #15 | 2459 | +31.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/5 | #17 | 2067 | -28.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #1 | 2862 | +16.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #10 | 2150 | -18.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMark PlotkinIM
🇨🇦CAN·2360
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsWilliam LiCM
🇨🇦CAN·2086
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsEugene HuaFM
🇨🇦CAN·2241
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsRichard ChenFM
🇨🇦CAN·2239
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsVictor PlotkinFM
🇨🇦CAN·2279
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
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Canada
#43
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#655
in continent
World
#5,836
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Canada
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| 43 | 2,250 | |
Americas
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| ... | ||
| 655 | 2,250 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 5836 | 2,250 | |