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Vorobjov, Pavel
🇪🇪FIDE 4500989· Male· Estonia· Born in 1981
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Pavel Vorobjov, a 45-year-old Estonian player, is rated 2240 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Estonian Team Championship 2026, Estonian Chess Championship 2025, and Tartu Chess Championship 2025. Also played 13 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 9 blitz events (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: 3rd Estiko Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2010–2011), 16 months (2012–2014) and 12 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2305 was reached at age 38 (Feb 2019); he also reached Estonian #13 in Sep 2020.
Earned a IM norm at 40th World Chess Olympiad-Open 2012. At junior level, he reached #7 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2240
Standard
Rpd2287·Blz2261
All-time high
2305
−65 pts below
Feb 2019 · age 38
Feb 2019 · age 38
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#6,240 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2262 → returned at 2238
Oct 2022
2nd Estonian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2293
Mar 2022
2020
Peak Estonian rank: #13
at age 39 · rated 2283
Sep 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+83 Elo)
2222 → 2305
Feb 2019
Crossed 2300
at age 38
Feb 2019
All-time peak 2305
at age 38 · −65 from today
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+20
2220 → 2240
Tournaments
4
17 games
Score
13.5/ 1779.4%
13W1D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/4 | #24 | 2434 | 0.0 |
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | R16 | 2222 | -0.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/4 | #1 | 2663 | +11.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2278 | +9.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksandr VolodinGM
🇪🇪EST·2470
+6 −27 =16
49 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndrei ShishkovIM
🇪🇪EST·2356
+7 −23 =11
41 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsGeorg Aleksander Pedoson
🇪🇪EST·2248
+20 −6 =14
40 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsTanel Tiisler
🇪🇪EST·1833
+29 −0 =6
35 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNikita RychagovFM
🇪🇪EST·2295
+7 −14 =8
29 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Estonia
#18
out of 602 players
Europe
#4,271
in continent
World
#6,240
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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