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Kabanov, Nikolai
GM🇷🇺FIDE 4127820· Male· Russia· Born in 1980
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Nikolai Kabanov, a 46-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2422 and sitting in the top 1% of Russian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 3 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent appearances: Championship of Ugra (men) 2026 and Asian Chess Club Champions League. Also played 2 rapid (including Cup of Ugra 2025_RAPID Grand Prix of Russia) and 1 blitz events (including Marathon-2025_blitz final) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2021–2022) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2535 was reached at age 31 (May 2011); he also reached World #389 in Apr 2003.
Awarded GM in 2009 (age 29) and IM in 2001 (age 21).
Current rating
2422
Standard
Rpd2355·Blz2311
All-time high
2535
−113 pts below
May 2011 · age 31
May 2011 · age 31
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#66 · Russian players · of 6,953
Career timeline
24 entries2026
85th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2423
Apr 2026
2025
Peak Russian rank: #60
at age 45 · rated 2423
Sep 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2422 → returned at 2423
Jun 2024
2022
83rd 40-45 player worldwide
at age 42 · rated 2467
Aug 2022
2021
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2467 → returned at 2446
Sep 2021
2019
1,000 career games
at age 39
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-1
2423 → 2422
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
12/ 1580.0%
11W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2171 | -1.0 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #9 | 2417 | +0.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksei PridorozhniGM
🇷🇺RUS·2477
+4 −6 =13
23 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAleksandr Lilov
🇷🇺RUS·2187
+9 −2 =4
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDmitry BocharovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2540
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsSergey SavitskiyIM
🇷🇺RUS·2391
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsPavel PonkratovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2538
+0 −8 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2019
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Rankings
/
Russia
#66
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#299
in continent
World
#1,331
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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