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Shkapenko, Pavel

Shkapenko, Pavel

IM

FIDEFIDE 4151933· Male· FIDE (no federation)· Born in 1983

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Pavel Shkapenko, a 43-year-old International Master, is rated 2389 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open). Also played 10 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 12 blitz events (including UAE National Day Team Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2434 was reached at age 35 (Mar 2018); he also reached #20 nationally in Apr 2003.

Competes for FIDE (no federation) since Dec 2022. Awarded IM in 2004 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #94 in U20 and #5 nationally in U18.

Current rating

2389

Standard

Rpd2413·Blz2401

All-time high

2434

−45 pts below
Mar 2018 · age 35

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#1,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
3rd 40-45 player nationally
at age 42 · rated 2393
Nov 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2390 → returned at 2393
Jan 2024
2022
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 39
Dec 2022
2019
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 2424 → returned at 2412
Dec 2019
2018
All-time peak 2434
at age 35 · −45 from today
Mar 2018
2012
Re-crossed 2400
at age 29
Oct 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Duc Hoa NguyenGM 2,432
17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open) · Dec 2025 · +0.6 Elo
Evolution
-4
2393 → 2389
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
3W6D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open)
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/9#132330-3.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsKrzysztof Budrewicz
🇵🇱POL·2185
+14 −1 =11
26 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsArkadiusz Kaczmarek
🇵🇱POL·2074
+11 −2 =6
19 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsGennadiy Belousov
🇷🇺RUS·2224
+1 −0 =14
15 games·last met Sep 2016
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vsTomasz Rak
🇵🇱POL·1935
+11 −0 =3
14 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsRadoslaw Malczyk
🇵🇱POL·2040
+11 −0 =1
12 games·last met Sep 2018
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Rankings

/
FIDE (no federation)
#53
out of 953 players
Special
#53
in continent
World
#1,868
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
...
53Shkapenko, Pavel2,389
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
...
53Shkapenko, Pavel2,389
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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1868Shkapenko, Pavel2,389