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Melnikov, Alexander

🇷🇺INACTIVE · since December 2018

FIDEFIDE 4194543· Male· Russia· Born in 1977

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Alexander Melnikov, a 49-year-old Russian player, is rated 2100 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2004–2006), 20 months (2006–2008), 21 months (2008–2010) and 35 months (2015–2018). His peak of 2133 was reached at age 36 (May 2013).

Current rating

2100

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2133

−33 pts below
May 2013 · age 36

Activity

—

classical only

Signature stat

Top 7%

#15,434 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2018
Inactive for 89 months
paused at 2100 → still inactive
Dec 2018
2015
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2116 → returned at 2128
Jul 2015
2014
100 career games
at age 37
Jul 2014
2013
All-time peak 2133
at age 36 · −33 from today
May 2013
2012
Best 12-month gain (+42 Elo)
2063 → 2105
May 2012
Re-crossed 2100
at age 35
May 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Toni Schreiner 1,832
16. Rheinland-Pfalz-Open 2026 · Jun 2026 · +3.5 Elo
Evolution
0
2100 → 2100
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsNicolas Georgopoulos1,853·16. Rheinland-Pfalz-Open 2026·R5·-16.1
2.[L]vsPawel GrabowskiFM2,272·16. Rheinland-Pfalz-Open 2026·R4·-5.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
16. Rheinland-Pfalz-Open 2026
Open Swiss
Jun 20264/7#631920-27.0
Worst Elo result: 16. Rheinland-Pfalz-Open 2026 (-27.0 Elo, finished #63).

Rankings

/
Russia
#1,234
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#14,448
in continent
World
#18,551
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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10
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6
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8
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9
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10
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1
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2
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4
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6
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8
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9
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