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Shuljya, Alexander
🇷🇺FIDE 34193127· Male· Russia· Born in 1947
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Alexander Shuljya, a 79-year-old Russian player, is rated 1606. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearances: Kirov City Chess Championship 2026 and Kirov region Champ 2025. He took a 14-month break between May 2023 and Aug 2024. His peak of 1946 was reached at age 68 (Aug 2015).
Current rating
1606
Standard
Rpd1651·Blz1701
All-time high
1946
−340 pts below
Aug 2015 · age 68
Aug 2015 · age 68
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#144,704
#144,704 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+157 Elo)
1557 → 1714
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1523 → returned at 1678
May 2023
70th Russian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1557
Jan 2023
2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 70
Jun 2017
100 career games
at age 70
Apr 2017
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 68
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-54
1660 → 1606
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
4W3D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/7 | #23 | 1639 | -19.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/8 | #26 | 1500 | -34.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVyacheslav Chigarev
🇷🇺RUS
+21 −13 =7
41 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsLeonid Dvinskikh
🇷🇺RUS·1812
+2 −29 =1
32 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGenrikh Kostitsyn
🇷🇺RUS
+12 −15 =1
28 games·last met Mar 2020
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vsDmitrij Shustov
🇷🇺RUS·1821
+9 −13 =5
27 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsEvgeny Malyshev
🇷🇺RUS·2028
+1 −24 =2
27 games·last met Mar 2020
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Rankings
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Russia
#3,685
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#23,240
in continent
World
#144,692
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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