Bagdasarian, Semen

Semen Bagdasarian, a 37-year-old Russian player, is rated 1932 — just 14 short of his peak of 1946 (May 2018, age 29). He is on a steady climb with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championship of Russia on sport of blind people 2026: Chess (B1, B2, B3), Anapa_open, and Sea Harbor 2025_Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Sea Harbor 2025_RAPID Grand-Prix of Russia) and 4 blitz events (including Sea Harbor 2025_BLITZ Grand-Prix of Russia) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2008–2009) and 16 months (2018–2019).