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Nikulin, Oleg
🇪🇪FIDE 4500652· Male· Estonia· Born in 1996
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Oleg Nikulin, a 30-year-old Estonian player, is rated 2002 — just 3 short of his peak of 2005 (Apr 2025, age 29). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2015–2017), 12 months (2018–2019), 39 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2022–2024). Recent appearance: EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships. He reached Estonian #37 in Jan 2023.
At junior level, he reached #4, #6, #8 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2002
Standard
Rpd2004·Blz2003
All-time high
2005
−3 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 29
Apr 2025 · age 29
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#27,179
#27,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Crossed 2000
at age 29
Apr 2025
All-time peak 2005
at age 29 · −3 from today
Apr 2025
2023
Peak Estonian rank: #37
at age 27 · rated 1949
Jan 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 26
Aug 2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1949 → returned at 1999
Aug 2022
2019
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1977 → returned at 1949
Apr 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-3
2005 → 2002
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
4W2D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAndrei Skladtshikov1,929·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R6·+7.9
2.[D]vsSofia BlokhinWFM2,133·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R7·+3.6
3.[W]vsOleg Veerik1,626·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R3·+2.1
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #7 | 1947 | -2.8 |
Rankings
/
Estonia
#42
out of 602 players
Europe
#20,082
in continent
World
#27,179
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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