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Vul, Arkadi Eremeevich

GM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 4104307· Male· Russia· Born in 1953

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Arkadi Eremeevich Vul, a 73-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2109 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Russian Chess Crown standard A, Odintsovo Championship A 2026, and Christmas gatherings. Also played 52 rapid (including Russian Chess Crown rapid B (27.02)) and 16 blitz events (including Russian Chess Crown blitz C) recently. His peak of 2510 was reached at age 50 (Oct 2003, Russian #86 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2003 (age 50) and IM in 2001 (age 48).

Current rating

2109

Standard

Rpd2009·Blz1921

All-time high

2510

−401 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 50

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 7%

#14,555 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2024
11th Russian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2176
Mar 2024
2019
15th Russian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2253
Mar 2019
2015
1,000 career games
at age 62
Sep 2015
2014
82nd 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2352
Apr 2014
9-month rising streak
+72 Elo
Apr 2014
2013
14th Russian 55-60 player
at age 60 · rated 2331
Dec 2013

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
Russian Chess Crown standard A
perf 2163 (+54) · 4.5/9 · #103
Top opponent
vs Sapar BatyrovGM 2,312
Christmas gatherings · Dec 2025 · +7.7 Elo
Evolution
-37
2146 → 2109
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
17.5/ 3648.6%
12W11D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSapar BatyrovGM2,312·Christmas gatherings·R9·+7.7
2.[W]vsTigran NazaretyanFM2,246·Russian Chess Crown standard A·R7·+6.9
3.[W]vsGrigorii Ter-SaakianFM2,179·Russian Chess Crown standard A·R10·+6.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsVishva Kumarage1,818·Odintsovo Championship A 2026·R1·-8.4
2.[L]vsBoris Vsev Krasin1,941·Dubna 2025_open A·R3·-7.5
3.[L]vsViktoryia Dorashava1,913·Christmas gatherings·R8·-7.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Russian Chess Crown standard A
Open Swiss
Feb 20264.5/9#1032163+7.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsEvgeni DragomarezkijIM
🇷🇺RUS·2219
+4 −40 =32
76 games·last met Jun 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVadim AfanasievFM
🇷🇺RUS·2258
+21 −21 =16
58 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsOleg Zilbertf
🇷🇺RUS
+22 −20 =14
56 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsValery V. KedrovFM
🇷🇺RUS·1865
+11 −6 =38
55 games·last met Jun 2026
View head-to-head →
vsDmitry LosevIM
🇷🇺RUS·1971
+22 −14 =18
54 games·last met Jan 2018
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Russia
#494
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,038
in continent
World
#14,555
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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6
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8
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2,733
9
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10
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World
1
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