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Velikanov, Igor

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FIDEFIDE 4114256· Male· Russia· Born in 1960

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Igor Velikanov, a 66-year-old Russian FIDE Master, is rated 1968. He has slipped back 62 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent appearances: VO Moscow. October 2025 and Kolomenskaya versta 2025_OPEN. Also played 16 rapid (including Championship of the Moscow region rapid 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Championship of the Moscow region blitz 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015), 14 months (2018–2020) and 32 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2320 was reached at age 51 (May 2011).

Awarded FM in 2010 (age 50).

Current rating

1968

Standard

Rpd1927·Blz1817

All-time high

2320

−352 pts below
May 2011 · age 51

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#33,084

#33,084 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
35th Russian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1968
May 2026
2021
17th Russian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2206
Dec 2021
2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2206 → returned at 2145
Feb 2020
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2207 → returned at 2206
Nov 2018
2016
23rd Russian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2286
Oct 2016
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2270 → returned at 2281
Nov 2014

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Pavel Lagashin 2,014
VO Moscow. October 2025 · Oct 2025 · +11.3 Elo
Evolution
-62
2030 → 1968
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
10.5/ 1761.8%
6W9D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPavel Lagashin2,014·VO Moscow. October 2025·R7·+11.3
2.[W]vsArtem Osipchuk1,822·Kolomenskaya versta 2025_OPEN·R7·+5.4
3.[W]vsSergey Chapygin1,678·VO Moscow. October 2025·R5·+3.2
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsDaniil Kryukov1,872·VO Moscow. October 2025·R3·-12.7
2.[L]vsValery V. KedrovFM1,941·VO Moscow. October 2025·R8·-10.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
VO Moscow. October 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20254.5/7#181889-27.2
Kolomenskaya versta 2025_OPEN
Swiss
Oct 20256/9#31815-34.6
Worst Elo result: Kolomenskaya versta 2025_OPEN (-34.6 Elo, finished #3).

Rankings

/
Russia
#944
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,024
in continent
World
#33,084
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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Asia-Pacific
1
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2
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9
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2
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