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Vavulin, Maxim
GM🇩🇪FIDE 4169530· Male· Germany· Born in 1998
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Maxim Vavulin, a 28-year-old German Grandmaster, is rated 2537 and ranked 18th among German players, and 369th worldwide. He has held steady between 2525 and 2550 for 2 years. 55 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft 2026 Meisterklasse, and Hong Kong International Open 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. His peak of 2604 was reached at age 19 (Jan 2017); he also reached World #217 in Mar 2017.
Competes for Germany since Feb 2024. Awarded GM in 2018 (age 20) and IM in 2014 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #5 in U20, World #5 in U18, World #17 in U16, World #19 in U14, World #21 in U12 and World #53 in U10.
Current rating
2537
Standard
Rpd2487·Blz2528
All-time high
2604
−67 pts below
Jan 2017 · age 19
Jan 2017 · age 19
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#18
#18 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
22 entries2024
Switched federation: FID → GER
at age 26
Feb 2024
2022
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 24
Sep 2022
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2554 → returned at 2550
Jan 2020
2018
GM title awardedGM
at age 20 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Oct 2018
2017
5th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2595
Jul 2017
Peak World rank: #217
at age 19 · rated 2604
Mar 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
2545 → 2537
Tournaments
7
28 games
Score
17/ 2860.7%
13W8D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #100 | 2573 | +1.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2505 | -1.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #16 | 2707 | +7.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #132 | 2591 | +0.9 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #14 | 2460 | -4.3 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #123 | 1778 | -9.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #112 | 2446 | -2.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEvgeni DragomarezkijIM
🇷🇺RUS·2219
+9 −9 =5
23 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsPavel S. DvalishviliIM
🇷🇺RUS·2277
+7 −9 =3
19 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsJaroslav UlkoIM
🇷🇺RUS·2437
+6 −8 =3
17 games·last met Mar 2016
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vsVladimir SeliverstovIM
🇷🇺RUS·2462
+5 −9 =2
16 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsDavid ParavyanGM
FID·2593
+5 −6 =2
13 games·last met Apr 2018
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Rankings
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Germany
#18
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#214
in continent
World
#369
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Germany
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