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Arikov, Artem

FM🇪🇪

FIDEFIDE 4192478· Male· Estonia· Born in 1979

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Artem Arikov, a 47-year-old Estonian FIDE Master, is rated 2278 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearances: EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships and Estonian Team Championship 2026. Also played 21 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 4 blitz events (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III TalTech Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 220 months (2005–2023) and 17 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2415 was reached at age 25 (Jul 2004, Estonian #8 at the time); he spent 14 months in Estonian top 10.

Competes for Estonia since Mar 2023. Awarded FM in 2024 (age 45).

Current rating

2278

Standard

Rpd2104·Blz2106

All-time high

2415

137 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 25

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 2%

#4,815 · players worldwide · of 218,279
14 months in National top 10 (2004–2024)

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
3rd Estonian 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2307
Mar 2026
2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2310 → returned at 2307
Sep 2024
14 months in national top 10
longest streak 12 months · since Jul 2004
Aug 2024
2nd Estonian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2347
Aug 2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 45
May 2024
2023
Switched federation: RUS → EST
at age 44
Mar 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tonu Rauk 2,054
Estonian Team Championship 2026 · Feb 2026 · +1.9 Elo

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Mar 20263.5/7#221738-29.4
Open Swiss
Feb 20264/5#32130-2.8

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Estonia
#15
out of 602 players
Europe
#3,241
in continent
World
#4,815
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Estonia
1
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2,470
2
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2,459
3
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2,426
4
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2,392
5
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2,369
6
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2,362
7
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2,360
8
🇪🇪Seeman, TarvoFollow Tarvo SeemanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,356
8
🇪🇪Shishkov, AndreiFollow Andrei ShishkovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,356
10
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2,355
...
15🇪🇪Arikov, Artem2,278
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
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2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
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2,739
6
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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
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2,713
...
3241🇪🇪Arikov, Artem2,278
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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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
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2,753
...
4815🇪🇪Arikov, Artem2,278