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Fominykh, Maria
WGM🇷🇺FIDE 4142411· Female· Russia· Born in 1987
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Maria Fominykh, a 39-year-old Russian Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2151 and ranked 27th among Russian women, and in the top 5% worldwide. She is currently in the 2150–2200 range. 14 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearances: Russian Chess Crown standard A and Team Championship Moscow 2025. Also played 9 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 18 blitz events (including Russian Chess Crown blitz C) recently. She had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2017–2019), 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 20 months (2022–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 2335 was reached at age 18 (Jul 2005).
Awarded WGM in 2017 (age 30), WIM in 2009 (age 22), and WFM in 2004 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #49, #35, #51 and #34 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2151
Standard
Rpd2091·Blz2061
All-time high
2335
−184 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 18
Jul 2005 · age 18
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#27
#27 · Russian women · of 1,429
Career timeline
24 entries2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2136 → returned at 2136
Jun 2024
2023
54th Russian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2186
May 2023
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2186 → returned at 2161
Aug 2022
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2206 → returned at 2219
Aug 2019
2017
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2259 → returned at 2243
Aug 2017
500 career games
at age 30
May 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
2136 → 2151
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
7/ 1450.0%
3W8D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/10 | #97 | 2195 | +15.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #47 | 2108 | +0.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDaria VoitWGM
🇷🇺RUS·2302
+2 −18 =3
23 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDaria CharochkinaIM
🇷🇺RUS·2307
+3 −13 =3
19 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAnna GvanceladzeWIM
🇷🇺RUS·2082
+8 −5 =5
18 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsDina GureevaWIM
🇷🇺RUS·2158
+4 −5 =6
15 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsValentina GuninaGM
FID·2374
+2 −9 =2
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Russia
#398
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,649
in continent
World
#11,181
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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