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Mozharov, Mikhail
GM🇷🇺FIDE 4189825· Male· Russia· Born in 1990
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Mikhail Mozharov, a 36-year-old Russian Grandmaster, is rated 2527 and ranked 26th among Russian players, and 427th worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 27 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included), 19 months (2022–2023) and 25 months (2023–2026). Recent appearance: Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including Team championship of the Moscow region 2025_rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Team championship of the Moscow region 2025_blitz) recently. His peak of 2573 was reached at age 25 (Sep 2015, World #317 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2014 (age 24) and IM in 2009 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #46 in U20, World #34 in U18, World #30 in U16 and World #66 in U14.
Current rating
2527
Standard
Rpd2473·Blz2437
All-time high
2573
−46 pts below
Sep 2015 · age 25
Sep 2015 · age 25
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#26
#26 · Russian players · of 6,983
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Peak Russian rank: #26
at age 36 · rated 2527
Feb 2026
2023
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 2524 → returned at 2527
Dec 2023
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2521 → returned at 2524
Apr 2022
2021
1,000 career games
at age 31
Dec 2021
2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2558 → returned at 2528
Aug 2019
2015
Peak World rank: #317
at age 25 · rated 2573
Oct 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
2524 → 2527
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
4W5D0L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMohammad Mehdi Abbasi AbeluieFM2,241·Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A·R4·+1.6
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2517 | +3.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPavel S. DvalishviliIM
🇷🇺RUS·2277
+8 −5 =9
22 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsEvgeni DragomarezkijIM
🇷🇺RUS·2219
+10 −7 =5
22 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsVladimir BelousGM
🇷🇺RUS·2484
+6 −8 =5
19 games·last met Feb 2016
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vsAlexander ReprintsevIM
🇺🇦UKR·2288
+11 −5 =2
18 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsBoris SavchenkoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2489
+1 −11 =3
15 games·last met Aug 2021
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Rankings
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Russia
#26
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#110
in continent
World
#427
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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