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Berezin, Viktor

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FIDEFIDE 4128869· Male· Russia· Born in 1961

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Viktor Berezin, a 65-year-old Russian FIDE Master, is rated 1852. He has slipped back 83 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Dubna October Open and Estafeta pokoleniy 2025 standard. Also played 2 rapid (including Rapid Moscow. January 2026 - 2) and 1 blitz events (including August blitz_seniors_men_Grand Prix of Russia 2025) recently. He had 8 career breaks: 23 months (2001–2003), 29 months (2003–2006), 26 months (2007–2009), 19 months (2016–2018), 12 months (2018–2019), 27 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included), 16 months (2021–2023) and 28 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2297 was reached at age 40 (Jan 2001).

Awarded FM in 2001 (age 40).

Current rating

1852

Standard

Rpd1806·Blz1838

All-time high

2297

−445 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 40

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#60,858

#60,858 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2023
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1935
Jan 2023
2022
60th Russian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1890
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1890 → returned at 1868
Aug 2021
2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1924 → returned at 1890
Apr 2019
2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1938 → returned at 1924
Mar 2018
2016
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1941 → returned at 1938
Jul 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Dubna October Open
perf 1945 (+93) · 4/5 · #4
Top opponent
vs Igor SergeevFM 2,277
Estafeta pokoleniy 2025 standard · Jun 2025 · +8.1 Elo
Evolution
-31
1883 → 1852
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
7.5/ 1550.0%
6W3D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsIgor SergeevFM2,277·Estafeta pokoleniy 2025 standard·R3·+8.1
2.[W]vsSaveliy Aleks Samburov1,760·Dubna October Open·R3·+7.4
3.[W]vsAleksandr Evg Lifantov1,594·Dubna October Open·R6·+3.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Dubna October Open
Swiss
Oct 20254/5#41945-30.8
Estafeta pokoleniy 2025 standard
Swiss
Jun 20253.5/8#121648-52.2
Worst Elo result: Estafeta pokoleniy 2025 standard (-52.2 Elo, finished #12).

Most-Played Opponents

vsYuri Sepp
🇷🇺RUS·1859
+5 −5 =2
12 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsVladimir Doronine
🇷🇺RUS·1541
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVladimir Chernyaev
🇷🇺RUS·1735
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsSergey Protasov
🇷🇺RUS·1854
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2016
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vsIgor SergeevFM
🇷🇺RUS·2232
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings

/
Russia
#1,538
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,255
in continent
World
#60,857
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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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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1538🇷🇺Berezin, Viktor1,852
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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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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World
1
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2,841
2
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4
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2,777
4
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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60857🇷🇺Berezin, Viktor1,852