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Lysyj, Igor

Lysyj, Igor

GM

FIDEFIDE 4150120· Male· FIDE (no federation)· Born in 1987

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Igor Lysyj, a 39-year-old Grandmaster, is rated 2533 and ranked 17th among FID players, and 388th worldwide. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈50/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Sakha Republic Head's Cup - Stage of Russia Cup 2026, Aeroflot Open 2026, and Final stage Cup of Russia 2025 (men). Also played 5 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 7 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. He took a 16-month break between Jun 2023 and Nov 2024. His peak of 2700 was reached at age 28 (Jan 2015, World #45 at the time); he spent 37 months in the world top 100, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Competes for FIDE (no federation) since Jan 2023. Awarded GM in 2007 (age 20) and IM in 2005 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #11 in U20, World #15 in U18, World #5 in U16 and World #25 in U14.

Current rating

2533

Standard

Rpd2487·Blz2468

All-time high

2700

−167 pts below
Jan 2015 · age 28

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#17

#17 · FID players · of 720
37 months in World top 100 (2012–2016)

Career timeline

26 entries
2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2589 → returned at 2586
Jun 2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 36
Mar 2023
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 36
Jan 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2600
at age 33
Nov 2020
2017
1,000 career games
at age 30
Jul 2017
2016
37 months in world top 100
longest streak 34 months · since Mar 2012
Jul 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Roman KezinIM 2,471
Lepikhin Memorial 2025 · Jul 2025 · +3.6 Elo
Evolution
-49
2582 → 2533
Tournaments
5
40 games
Score
26.5/ 4066.3%
14W25D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRoman KezinIM2,471·Lepikhin Memorial 2025·R8·+3.6
2.[W]vsSergey VolkovGM2,391·Sakha Republic Head's Cup - Stage of Russia Cup 2026·R7·+3.1
3.[W]vsAlina BivolIM2,367·Aeroflot Open 2026·R1·+2.6
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsErik HakobyanIM2,396·Goris Open 2025 - Tournament A·R6·-7.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Sakha Republic Head's Cup - Stage of Russia Cup 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20266/9#32290-14.4
Aeroflot Open 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20265/9#602448-13.2
Final stage Cup of Russia 2025 (men)
Knockout
Dec 20252/4QF2346-10.6
Goris Open 2025 - Tournament A
Open Swiss
Nov 20256.5/9#32514-2.7
Lepikhin Memorial 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20257/9#32324-8.1

Most-Played Opponents

vsPavel PonkratovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2538
+0 −0 =23
23 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsDmitry BocharovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2540
+4 −7 =8
19 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsSergey VolkovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2382
+2 −4 =12
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRoman KezinIM
🇷🇺RUS·2460
+1 −2 =13
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDmitriy KhegayGM
🇷🇺RUS·2504
+4 −1 =9
14 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings

/
FIDE (no federation)
#17
out of 953 players
Special
#17
in continent
World
#388
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
FIDE (no federation)
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
...
17Lysyj, Igor2,533
Special
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
...
17Lysyj, Igor2,533
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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388Lysyj, Igor2,533