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Elkin, Lev
🇷🇺INACTIVE · since January 2020FIDE 34116866· Male· Russia· Born in 1941
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Lev Elkin, a 85-year-old Russian player, is rated 1923 — his current career high. He plays around 5 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 24 months (2013–2015) and 24 months (2016–2018). Also played 1 rapid (including Russian Seniors Team Rapid Championship 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Russian Seniors Team Blitz Championship 2026) recently.
Current rating
1923
Standard
Rpd1822·Blz1854
All-time high
1923
at best
Mar 2024 · age 83
Mar 2024 · age 83
Activity
—
classical only
Signature stat
#42,532
#42,532 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
All-time peak 1923
at age 83
Mar 2024
2020
36th Russian 75-80 player
at age 79 · rated 1872
Oct 2020
Inactive for 76 months
paused at 1872 → still inactive
Jan 2020
2016
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1902 → returned at 1875
Jan 2016
2013
Best 12-month gain (+68 Elo)
1834 → 1902
Nov 2013
K-factor lowered to 15
at age 72
Jan 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1923 → 1923
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
3W1D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/9 | #61 | 1680 | -58.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsViktor Mazhnikov
🇷🇺RUS·1439
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsBoris Gusev
🇷🇺RUS·1753
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsAnatoly Fokin
🇷🇺RUS·1585
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsGennady Zhukov
🇷🇺RUS·1908
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsSergey Fedorov
🇷🇺RUS·1973
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Nov 2019
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Rankings
/
Russia
#1,939
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#34,000
in continent
World
#42,490
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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