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Palamar, Stefan
🇷🇺FIDE 34360298· Male· Russia· Born in 2010
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Stefan Palamar, a 16-year-old Russian player, is rated 2029 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Russian players under 16. He is on a breakout run, having gained +146 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CH UrFO 2026, V.N. Startsev Memorial - 2026, and V.Karasev Memorial 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 47 R.G.Nezhmetdinov Memorial - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including CH UrFO 2026 Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #45 and #53 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
2029
Standard
Rpd2035·Blz1917
All-time high
2029
at best
Apr 2026 · age 16
Apr 2026 · age 16
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#52 · Russian players under 16 · of 1,222
Career timeline
10 entries2026
45th Russian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2029
Apr 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2029
at age 16
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 15
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 14
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+130
1899 → 2029
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
15.5/ 2757.4%
11W9D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #13 | 2118 | +71.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 2026 | +57.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 1934 | +14.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMark Kovalenko
🇷🇺RUS·1997
+4 −1 =8
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLev Mamlin
🇷🇺RUS·1698
+7 −0 =6
13 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsSergey Shikhaliev
🇷🇺RUS·1686
+7 −1 =4
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsOleg Tsaplin
🇷🇺RUS·1824
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsDinis SattarovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2145
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Russia
#736
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,000
in continent
World
#23,382
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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