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Petrov, Nikita

Petrov, Nikita

GM🇲🇪

FIDEFIDE 4101286· Male· Montenegro· Born in 1996

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Nikita Petrov, a 30-year-old Grandmaster, is rated 2554 and ranked 1st among MNE players, and 292nd worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2554 and 2590 over the past 2 years. 72 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and 78th Montenegro Individual Championship. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 5 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2610 was reached at age 23 (Apr 2019); he also reached World #200 in Jun 2019 and has been #1 for 66 months and counting (2 consecutive years on his current run).

Competes for Montenegro since Apr 2023. Awarded GM in 2018 (age 22), IM in 2014 (age 18), and FM in 2012 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #20 in U20, World #28 in U18, World #58 in U16, World #16 in U12 and #1 nationally in U14.

Current rating

2554

Standard

Rpd2539·Blz2526

All-time high

2610

−56 pts below
Apr 2019 · age 23

Activity

94

games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo

72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · MNE players · of 324
#1 nationally since Mar 2024

Career timeline

24 entries
2026
66 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 35 months · since May 2017
May 2026
2023
1,000 career games
at age 27
Dec 2023
Switched federation: FID → MNE
at age 27
Apr 2023
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 27
Jan 2023
2019
Peak World rank: #200
at age 23 · rated 2610
Jun 2019
Crossed 2600
at age 23
Apr 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Javokhir SindarovGM 2,721
FIDE World Cup 2025 · Nov 2025 · +1.9 Elo
Evolution
-22
2576 → 2554
Tournaments
15
72 games
Score
40.5/ 7256.3%
26W41D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAnte BrkicGM2,578·European Team Ch 2025·R6·+4.9
2.[W]vsSergey A. FedorchukGM2,558·CN Equipas 2024-25·R6·+4.8
3.[W]vsValentin DragnevGM2,539·European Team Ch 2025·R8·+4.4
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJovan MilovicFM2,295·78th Montenegro Individual Championship·R5·-8.2
2.[L]vsOleg YaksinFM2,396·78th Montenegro Individual Championship·R4·-7.1
3.[L]vsRobert RuckGM2,498·CN Equipas 2024-25·R4·-6.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10
Team
Mar 20263.5/5#62528-0.3
Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#552492-0.9
78th Montenegro Individual Championship
Open Swiss
Feb 20267.5/11#62422-14.1
Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#442384-2.4
1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-5
Team
Dec 20252.5/5#372527-3.6
Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#382432-2.0
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5
Team
Nov 20252.5/4#232524-2.4
FIDE World Cup 2025
Knockout
Nov 20250.5/2R2562530-1.2
Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 3-4
Knockout
Oct 20251.5/2F2484-1.0
Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Oktober 2025
Team
Oct 20251/1#293274+3.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsOleg VastrukhinIM
🇷🇺RUS·2352
+4 −1 =15
20 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsDavid ZakaryanIM
🇷🇺RUS·2278
+11 −1 =5
17 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsVadim MoiseenkoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2518
+3 −4 =8
15 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsNikita AfanasievGM
🇷🇺RUS·2549
+1 −3 =10
14 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsVladimir ZakhartsovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2432
+2 −2 =10
14 games·last met Sep 2023
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Rankings

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Montenegro
#1
out of 462 players
Europe
#166
in continent
World
#292
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Montenegro
12,554
2
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6
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2,432
7
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8
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9
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2,399
10
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2,371
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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5
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6
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7
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166🇲🇪Petrov, Nikita2,554
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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292🇲🇪Petrov, Nikita2,554