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Nikishin, Igor
🇷🇺FIDE 34367500· Male· Russia· Born in 2012
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Igor Nikishin, a 14-year-old Russian player, is rated 2028 — his current career high and ranked 8th among Russian players under 14. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Moscow Open 2025_A. Also played 11 rapid (including Moscow Cup 2025 rapid final) and 12 blitz events (including Blitz Moscow. August 2025 - 9) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #54 in U10, World #65 in U8 and #5 and #5 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
2028
Standard
Rpd1963·Blz2058
All-time high
2028
at best
Aug 2025 · age 13
Aug 2025 · age 13
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Russian players under 14 · of 1,321
Career timeline
10 entries2026
5th Russian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2028
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 13
Aug 2025
All-time peak 2028
at age 13
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Mar 2024
2023
5th Russian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1711
Feb 2023
2022
54th U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 1583
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+123
1905 → 2028
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
3W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #91 | 2174 | +122.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEvgeny Kambur
🇷🇺RUS·2058
+2 −19 =3
24 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →
vsLyubov V. Frolova
🇷🇺RUS·1943
+6 −9 =4
19 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMikayel ManvelyanFM
🇦🇲ARM·2398
+3 −15 =0
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsDmitry RostovtsevIM
🇷🇺RUS·2482
+0 −18 =0
18 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsAleksandr E. UsovIM
🇷🇺RUS·2436
+2 −14 =0
16 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Russia
#737
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,012
in continent
World
#23,484
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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