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Kataev, Aleksandr
🇷🇺FIDE 34171972· Male· Russia· Born in 2005
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Aleksandr Kataev, a 21-year-old Russian player, is rated 2256 and sitting in the top 3% of Russian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include PFO championship 2026 - men, M.Chigorin Memorial 2025 Standard, and Moscow Open 2025_A. Also played 2 rapid (including PFO rapid championship 2026 - men) and 5 blitz events (including M.Chigorin Memorial 2025 Blitz) recently. His peak of 2302 was reached at age 20 (May 2025).
At junior level, he reached World #64 in U12, World #75 in U10 and #5, #6, #65 and #12 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2256
Standard
Rpd2220·Blz2250
All-time high
2302
−46 pts below
May 2025 · age 20
May 2025 · age 20
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#239 · Russian players · of 6,953
Career timeline
16 entries2026
71st Russian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2258
Mar 2026
2025
5th Russian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2302
Jul 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 20
May 2025
All-time peak 2302
at age 20 · −46 from today
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Aug 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-46
2302 → 2256
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
16.5/ 2566.0%
12W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #10 | 2228 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 2208 | -9.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #156 | 2087 | -34.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNikita Lvov
🇷🇺RUS·2215
+9 −1 =2
12 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsMatvey GalchenkoIM
FID·2435
+0 −10 =0
10 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsKirill ShoshinFM
FID·2232
+2 −2 =6
10 games·last met Dec 2020
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vsAleksandr Zhuravlev
🇷🇺RUS·2003
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsLeonid Golovin
🇷🇺RUS·2408
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Russia
#239
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#986
in continent
World
#5,608
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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