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Iljin, Artem

Iljin, Artem

GM🇲🇪

FIDEFIDE 4156021· Male· Montenegro· Born in 1987

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Artem Iljin, a 39-year-old Grandmaster, is rated 2497 and ranked 4th among MNE players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 15 months (2011–2012), 21 months (2013–2015), 35 months (2015–2018), 16 months (2018–2020) and 39 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2572 was reached at age 21 (Oct 2008); he also reached World #254 in Jul 2007 and spent 29 months as #1, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Competes for Montenegro since Jan 2023. Awarded GM in 2007 (age 20), IM in 2003 (age 16), and FM in 2002 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #15 in U20, World #14 in U18, World #7 in U16 and World #15 in U14.

Current rating

2497

Standard

Rpd2496·Blz2437

All-time high

2572

−75 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 21

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#4

#4 · MNE players · of 328
29 months in #1 nationally (2007–2014)

Career timeline

25 entries
2023
Switched federation: RUS → MNE
at age 36
Jan 2023
2020
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2506 → returned at 2503
Feb 2020
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2509 → returned at 2506
Sep 2018
2015
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2528 → returned at 2520
Jun 2015
500 career games
at age 28
Jun 2015
2014
29 months in National #1
longest streak 24 months · since Jul 2007
Jul 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nikita PetrovGM 2,554
Montenegro Premier League 2026 · May 2026 · +0.8 Elo
Evolution
0
2497 → 2497
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMilos StankovicIM2,410·Montenegro Premier League 2026·R6·-6.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Montenegro Premier League 2026
Team
May 20266/9#52474-0.3

Most-Played Opponents

vsVitaly RodchenkovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2304
+6 −6 =1
13 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsRuslan MurtazinFM
🇷🇺RUS·2244
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsIldar IbragimovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2533
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsMaksim SamusenkoIM
🇷🇺RUS·2455
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsPavel ToropovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2308
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings

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Montenegro
#4
out of 459 players
Europe
#343
in continent
World
#599
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Montenegro
1
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2,554
2
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2,517
3
🇲🇪Anisimov, PavelFollow Pavel AnisimovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,506
42,497
5
🇲🇪Draskovic, LukaFollow Luka DraskovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,491
6
🇲🇪Djukic, NikolaFollow Nikola DjukicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,470
7
🇲🇪Blagojevic, DragisaFollow Dragisa BlagojevicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,413
8
🇲🇪Yaksin, OlegFollow Oleg YaksinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,401
9
🇲🇪Kalezic, BlazoFollow Blazo KalezicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,400
10
🇲🇪Pajkovic, VladimirFollow Vladimir PajkovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,398
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
343🇲🇪Iljin, Artem2,497
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
...
599🇲🇪Iljin, Artem2,497