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Vafin, Alim
🇷🇺FIDE 34451226· Male· Russia· Born in 2013
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Alim Vafin, a 13-year-old Russian player, is rated 1638 — his current career high. He has fluctuated between 1504 and 1638 over the past 2 years. 23 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include V.Yandemirov memorial 2026_B15, Kazan Cup 2025_B13, and R.G.Nezhmetdinov memorial 2025_B13. Also played 1 rapid (including Kazan Mayor's Chess Cup_rapid (tournament C)) and 1 blitz events (including Blitz Chess Championship of the Republic of Tatarstan 2025_B15) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #27 in U8 and #60 nationally in U10.
Current rating
1638
Standard
Rpd1662·Blz1722
All-time high
1638
at best
May 2026 · age 13
May 2026 · age 13
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#132,679
#132,679 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Re-crossed 1600
at age 13
May 2026
All-time peak 1638
at age 13
May 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 12
May 2025
100 career games
at age 12
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+334 Elo)
1189 → 1523
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+83
1555 → 1638
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11.5/ 1863.9%
9W5D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 1718 | +80.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #13 | 1672 | +3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArtem Gafiyatullin
🇷🇺RUS·1465
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsTikhon Larionov
🇷🇺RUS·1922
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAlbert Zakharov
🇷🇺RUS·1603
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsArslan Zhuraev
🇷🇺RUS·1979
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsTimofey Shakhurdin
🇷🇺RUS·1855
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Russia
#3,239
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#20,007
in continent
World
#132,673
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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