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Sakaev, Konstantin

Sakaev, Konstantin

GM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 4104226· Male· Russia· Born in 1974

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Konstantin Sakaev, a 52-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2535 and ranked 20th among Russian players, and 389th worldwide. He has held steady between 2525 and 2550 for 11 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent appearances: Aeroflot Open 2026 and Championship HL 2025_Men. Also played 4 rapid events (including TOP 28 men_Final stage_RAPID Grand Prix of Russia) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 26 months (2011–2014), 16 months (2014–2015) and 24 months (2015–2017). His peak of 2677 was reached at age 31 (Jan 2005, World #27 at the time); he spent 32 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 27).

Current rating

2535

Standard

Rpd2457·Blz2632

All-time high

2677

−142 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 31

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#20

#20 · Russian players · of 6,982
32 months in World top 100 (2001–2008)

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
9th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 52 · rated 2543
Mar 2026
2023
9th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 49 · rated 2589
Jun 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2600
at age 47
Oct 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2600
at age 46
Nov 2020
2016
19th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 42 · rated 2594
Jul 2016
2015
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2594 → returned at 2580
Nov 2015

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Evgeniy NajerGM 2,614
Championship HL 2025_Men · Jun 2025 · +1.0 Elo
Evolution
-16
2551 → 2535
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10.5/ 1858.3%
5W11D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTeja S. RaviIM2,423·Aeroflot Open 2026·R9·+3.4
2.[W]vsDenis KhayrullinIM2,386·Aeroflot Open 2026·R8·+3.0
3.[W]vsOleg V IvanovIM2,379·Aeroflot Open 2026·R4·+2.9
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsDanila PavlovFM2,408·Aeroflot Open 2026·R7·-6.8
2.[L]vsErdem KhubukshanovGM2,490·Championship HL 2025_Men·R9·-5.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Aeroflot Open 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20265.5/9#452471-8.0
Championship HL 2025_Men
Swiss
Jun 20255/9#142477-7.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsIlia IljiushenokGM
FID·2496
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
View head-to-head →
vsBogdan BelyakovIM
🇷🇺RUS·2345
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met Jan 2020
View head-to-head →
vsVadim ZvjaginsevGM
🇷🇺RUS·2529
+1 −0 =6
7 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsEvgeny AlekseevGM
🇮🇱ISR·2510
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met Oct 2021
View head-to-head →
vsDmitry BocharovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2551
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Russia
#20
out of 13,950 players
Asia-Pacific
#96
in continent
World
#389
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Russia
1
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2,729
2
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2,684
3
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2,654
4
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2,653
4
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2,653
6
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2,641
6
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2,641
8
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2,610
9
🇷🇺Matlakov, MaximFollow Maxim MatlakovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,598
10
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2,595
...
20🇷🇺Sakaev, Konstantin2,535
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
96🇷🇺Sakaev, Konstantin2,535
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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389🇷🇺Sakaev, Konstantin2,535