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Popov, Valerij

GM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 4119410· Male· Russia· Born in 1974

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Valerij Popov, a 52-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2521 and ranked 24th among Russian players, and 444th worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 18 months (2015–2017), 26 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 35 months (2022–2025). Also played 1 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Almaty Open blitz tournament 2025) recently. His peak of 2595 was reached at age 35 (Sep 2009); he also reached World #109 in Jan 2002.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 27).

Current rating

2521

Standard

Rpd2466·Blz2452

All-time high

2595

−74 pts below
Sep 2009 · age 35

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#24

#24 · Russian players · of 6,953

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
12th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 52 · rated 2534
Mar 2026
2023
17th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 49 · rated 2533
Apr 2023
2022
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2533 → returned at 2534
Jun 2022
2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2535 → returned at 2537
Mar 2019
2015
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2528 → returned at 2528
Nov 2015
33rd 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2555
Jun 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Artem AvanesianCM 2,258
Team men HL chess 2026 · Apr 2026 · +1.8 Elo
Evolution
-13
2534 → 2521
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4.5/ 764.3%
3W3D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsArtem AvanesianCM2,258·Team men HL chess 2026·R2·+1.8
2.[W]vsPolina Pak2,003·Team men HL chess 2026·R6·+0.5
3.[W]vsLev Nikonov1,916·Team men HL chess 2026·R1·+0.3
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsElisei BespalovFM2,224·Team men HL chess 2026·R8·-8.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team men HL chess 2026
Team
Apr 20264.5/7#422268-13.1

Most-Played Opponents

vsAleksey GoganovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2491
+2 −5 =13
20 games·last met Dec 2021
View head-to-head →
vsVasily UsmanovIM
🇷🇺RUS·2450
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsArtyom ZubritskiyIM
FID·2381
+3 −4 =7
14 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsEvgeny A. LevinGM
🇷🇺RUS·2391
+4 −1 =9
14 games·last met Sep 2023
View head-to-head →
vsEvgeny AlekseevGM
🇮🇱ISR·2495
+1 −2 =10
13 games·last met Apr 2023
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Russia
#24
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#111
in continent
World
#444
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Russia
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5
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5
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7
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8
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9
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10
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24🇷🇺Popov, Valerij2,521
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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111🇷🇺Popov, Valerij2,521
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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444🇷🇺Popov, Valerij2,521