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Stepovoj, Vladimir
IM🇷🇺FIDE 4120159· Male· Russia· Born in 1952
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Vladimir Stepovoj, a 74-year-old Russian International Master, is rated 2097 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 2 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent appearances: Senior Men Russian Championship 2025 and Chess Festival "Yeseninskaya Rus" 2025 - OPEN. Also played 1 rapid (including Chess Festival "Yeseninskaya Rus" 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Chess Festival "Yeseninskaya Rus" 2025 - Blitz) recently. His peak of 2506 was reached at age 49 (Oct 2001, World #500 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2001 (age 49).
Current rating
2097
Standard
Rpd2134·Blz1973
All-time high
2506
−409 pts below
Oct 2001 · age 49
Oct 2001 · age 49
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,701 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2023
10th Russian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2164
Jun 2023
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2222 → returned at 2225
Feb 2020
2018
14th Russian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2261
Nov 2018
2016
500 career games
at age 64
May 2016
2013
86th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2345
Nov 2013
2010
76th 55-60 player worldwide
at age 58 · rated 2381
Jan 2010
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
2099 → 2097
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #15 | 2075 | -1.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLeonid RaikinIM
🇷🇺RUS·1937
+12 −3 =29
44 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVladimir P. VasilievIM
🇷🇺RUS·2314
+1 −2 =32
35 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsEvgeniy Laevsky
🇷🇺RUS·1973
+13 −0 =12
25 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsEgor Lunin
🇷🇺RUS·1892
+23 −0 =1
24 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsSergey GazakaevFM
🇷🇺RUS·2164
+8 −6 =9
23 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
/
Russia
#528
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,180
in continent
World
#15,701
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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