Format
Alekseev, Evgeny
GM🇮🇱FIDE 4138147· Male· Israel· Born in 1985
Follow Evgeny AlekseevTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Evgeny Alekseev, a 41-year-old Israeli Grandmaster, is rated 2495 and ranked 12th among Israeli players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 18 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Grand-Open in "Galeria", Final, Israel National Team Championship 2026 5-7, and Israeli Open Chess Championship 2026. Also played 7 rapid (including Jerusalem Masters 2025 Round Robin) and 4 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. His peak of 2725 was reached at age 24 (Sep 2009); he also reached World #15 in Oct 2007 and spent 74 months in the world top 100, with a longest streak of 5 consecutive years.
Competes for Israel since Mar 2023. Awarded GM in 2003 (age 18) and IM in 2001 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U18, World #3 in U20 and World #4 in U16.
Current rating
2495
Standard
Rpd2565·Blz2494
All-time high
2725
−230 pts below
Sep 2009 · age 24
Sep 2009 · age 24
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
78 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#12
#12 · Israeli players · of 1,867
74 months in World top 100 (2003–2015)
74 months in World top 100 (2003–2015)
Career timeline
25 entries2026
62nd 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2517
Feb 2026
2023
Switched federation: RUS → ISR
at age 38
Mar 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2600
at age 37
Jun 2022
2015
74 months in world top 100
longest streak 66 months · since Jan 2003
Jul 2015
1,000 career games
at age 30
Apr 2015
2013
Re-crossed 2700
at age 28
May 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-28
2523 → 2495
Tournaments
10
78 games
Score
51.5/ 7866.0%
31W41D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2517 | +3.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #33 | 2332 | -18.3 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/8 | #18 | 2454 | -4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #41 | 2437 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2523 | +7.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 3.5/4 | #5 | 2673 | +6.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2442 | -3.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 2445 | -8.1 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #10 | 2217 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvan RozumGM
🇷🇺RUS·2455
+12 −5 =13
30 games·last met Oct 2022
View head-to-head →
vsAleksey GoganovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2491
+9 −3 =14
26 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsEvgeny A. LevinGM
🇷🇺RUS·2391
+13 −2 =10
25 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsPavel PonkratovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2538
+8 −7 =10
25 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →
vsDaniil LintchevskiGM
🇷🇺RUS·2499
+5 −2 =16
23 games·last met Oct 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Israel
#12
out of 2,242 players
Europe
#357
in continent
World
#616
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Israel
| 1 | 🇮🇱Follow Boris GelfandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,635 |
| 2 | 🇮🇱Follow Emil SutovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,602 |
| 3 | 🇮🇱Follow Maxim RodshteinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,595 |
| 4 | 🇮🇱Follow Yahli SokolovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,567 |
| 5 | 🇮🇱Follow Ilia SmirinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,565 |
| 6 | 🇮🇱Follow Nitzan SteinbergTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,556 |
| 7 | 🇮🇱Follow Ido GorshteinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,553 |
| 8 | 🇮🇱Follow Semyon LomasovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,551 |
| 9 | 🇮🇱Follow Evgeny PostnyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,527 |
| 10 | 🇮🇱Follow Avital BoruchovskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,514 |
| ... | ||
| 12 | 2,495 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 357 | 2,495 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 616 | 2,495 | |