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Salmin, Vitaliy
🇮🇪FIDE 34147885· Male· Ireland· Born in 1995
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Vitaliy Salmin, a 31-year-old Irish player, is rated 1847 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +79 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eanna May Quad Group C, The National Club championship 2026, and March quad E. Also played 8 rapid (including The Irish Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including The Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Blitz Open 2026) recently. He took a 102-month break between Apr 2014 and Nov 2022.
Competes for Ireland since Aug 2024. At junior level, he reached #5 and #8 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1847
Standard
Rpd1775·Blz1769
All-time high
1847
at best
Jun 2026 · age 31
Jun 2026 · age 31
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#62,283
#62,283 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
75th Irish 20-35 player
at age 31 · rated 1847
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1847
at age 31
Jun 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 30
Dec 2025
100 career games
at age 30
Dec 2025
2024
Switched federation: RUS → IRL
at age 29
Aug 2024
Best 12-month gain (+203 Elo)
1551 → 1754
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+50
1797 → 1847
Tournaments
13
27 games
Score
13/ 2748.1%
10W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 2595 | +8.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #105 | — | -3.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2614 | +19.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #86 | — | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #17 | 2770 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/7 | #37 | 1726 | -15.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #76 | — | +2.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #109 | — | -4.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #47 | — | +10.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #25 | 1764 | -1.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGennadiy Chinilin
🇷🇺RUS·1827
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsAlexander SotskyIM
🇮🇱ISR·2317
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsAnton Soras
🇷🇺RUS·1506
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsMurray Liu
🇮🇪IRL·1874
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFedor Zaitsev
🇷🇺RUS·1972
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Ireland
#262
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#45,538
in continent
World
#62,282
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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