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Ponkratov, Pavel
GM🇷🇺FIDE 4157800· Male· Russia· Born in 1988
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Pavel Ponkratov, a 38-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2538 and ranked 17th among Russian players, and 364th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2546 and 2587 over the past 2 years. 74 rated games in the past year (≈69/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aeroflot Open 2026, Grand-Open in "Galeria", Final, and Orsha 2026 Open. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 6 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2662 was reached at age 33 (Nov 2021, World #76 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2010 (age 22) and IM in 2006 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #24 in U20, World #53 in U18, World #17 in U16 and World #65 in U14.
Current rating
2538
Standard
Rpd2476·Blz2560
All-time high
2662
−124 pts below
Nov 2021 · age 33
Nov 2021 · age 33
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
68 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#17
#17 · Russian players · of 6,953
Career timeline
27 entries2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 35
Nov 2023
2021
Peak Russian rank: #10
at age 33 · rated 2662
Nov 2021
All-time peak 2662
at age 33 · −116 from today
Nov 2021
Peak World rank: #76
at age 33 · rated 2659
Oct 2021
Re-crossed 2650
at age 33
Aug 2021
2019
Crossed 2650
at age 31
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-18
2556 → 2538
Tournaments
7
59 games
Score
37/ 5962.7%
24W26D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #17 | 2448 | -7.5 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #96 | 2500 | -6.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #20 | 2453 | -12.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2430 | -4.9 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/6 | #24 | 2309 | -17.1 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #7 | 2589 | +0.5 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2731 | +16.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladislav ArtemievGM
🇷🇺RUS·2641
+6 −8 =20
34 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDmitry BocharovGM
🇷🇺RUS·2540
+16 −5 =13
34 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsIlia IljiushenokGM
FID·2503
+12 −5 =14
31 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaksim ChigaevGM
🇪🇸ESP·2644
+9 −5 =13
27 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsBoris SavchenkoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2478
+10 −12 =4
26 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Russia
#17
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#90
in continent
World
#364
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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