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Khismatullin, Denis
GM🇷🇺FIDE 4142578· Male· Russia· Born in 1984
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Denis Khismatullin, a 42-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2522 and ranked 23rd among Russian players, and 438th worldwide. He is currently in the 2500–2525 range. 24 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aeroflot Open 2026, Russian Chess Crown standard A, and Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men). Also played 5 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. He took a 16-month break between Aug 2024 and Jan 2026. His peak of 2714 was reached at age 30 (Mar 2014, World #33 at the time); he spent 42 months in the world top 100.
Awarded GM in 2004 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #17 in U20 and World #27 in U18.
Current rating
2522
Standard
Rpd2487·Blz2442
All-time high
2714
−192 pts below
Mar 2014 · age 30
Mar 2014 · age 30
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#23
#23 · Russian players · of 6,953
42 months in World top 100 (2009–2015)
42 months in World top 100 (2009–2015)
Career timeline
25 entries2025
35th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2540
May 2025
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2540 → returned at 2532
Aug 2024
2017
Re-crossed 2650
at age 33
Apr 2017
2015
42 months in world top 100
longest streak 21 months · since Nov 2009
Dec 2015
Re-crossed 2650
at age 31
Sep 2015
2014
Peak Russian rank: #7
at age 30 · rated 2714
Mar 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-18
2540 → 2522
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
19.5/ 3162.9%
14W11D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #10 | 2629 | +9.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #42 | 2503 | -2.9 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/10 | #35 | 2393 | -16.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #31 | 2552 | -8.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPavel PonkratovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2538
+7 −9 =6
22 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDmitry BocharovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2540
+4 −0 =16
20 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsPavel SmirnovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2460
+9 −7 =0
16 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsArtyom TimofeevGM
🇷🇺RUS·2511
+5 −4 =7
16 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsEvgeny AlekseevGM
🇮🇱ISR·2495
+7 −3 =6
16 games·last met Oct 2024
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Rankings
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Russia
#23
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#109
in continent
World
#438
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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