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Kapitsa, Matvey
🇷🇺FIDE 34417303· Male· Russia· Born in 2009
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Matvey Kapitsa, a 17-year-old Russian player, is rated 2090 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +130 Elo over the past 12 months. 80 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include FM RR 113 Putnik, FM RR 111 Putnik, and VO Moscow. February 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including Rapid Moscow. July 2025 - 2) and 17 blitz events (including Blitz Grand Prix of Russia 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #53, #38, #59 and #82 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2090
Standard
Rpd2026·Blz2129
All-time high
2090
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,353 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
53rd Russian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2090
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2090
at age 17
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
May 2026
2025
38th Russian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2052
Jul 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+38
2052 → 2090
Tournaments
7
52 games
Score
31/ 5259.6%
24W14D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #6 | 2032 | +26.4 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3.5/8 | #5 | 1937 | -19.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2238 | +120.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/8 | #7 | 1861 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/8 | #1 | 2046 | +45.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #27 | 1726 | -21.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEvgeny Kambur
🇷🇺RUS·2058
+1 −15 =3
19 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsKirill KozionovIM
🇷🇺RUS·2434
+1 −11 =1
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSimon Bakhchinyan
🇷🇺RUS·1813
+2 −0 =6
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRoman Ol Dedkov
🇷🇺RUS·1959
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDmitriy Ser Kichatov
🇷🇺RUS
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Russia
#551
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,263
in continent
World
#16,353
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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