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Popov, Maksim

Popov, Maksim

FM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 54123968· Male· Russia· Born in 2005

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Maksim Popov, a 21-year-old Russian FIDE Master, is rated 2315 and sitting in the top 2% of Russian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 21 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Orsha 2026 Masters 2, President Cup "Open-A", and Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men). Also played 7 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 7 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. His peak of 2371 was reached at age 19 (May 2024).

Awarded FM in 2022 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #83 in U18 and #1, #9 and #16 nationally in U20, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2315

Standard

Rpd2315·Blz2184

All-time high

2371

−56 pts below
May 2024 · age 19

Activity

55

games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo

60 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#160 · Russian players · of 6,983

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
46th Russian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2321
Jan 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 20
Jul 2025
2024
1st Russian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2371
May 2024
All-time peak 2371
at age 19 · −56 from today
May 2024
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 19
May 2024
2023
83rd U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2360
Jan 2023

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men)
perf 2398 (+77) · 4.5/7 · #7
Top opponent
vs Pavel PonkratovGM 2,587
Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men) · Nov 2025 · +8.2 Elo
Evolution
-26
2341 → 2315
Tournaments
6
51 games
Score
32.5/ 5163.7%
25W15D11L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPavel PonkratovGM2,587·Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men)·R5·+8.2
2.[W]vsArtem S. LebedevFM2,357·Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men)·R6·+5.5
3.[W]vsSapar BatyrovGM2,312·Orsha 2026 Masters 2·R6·+5.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYuri KurdakovFM1,970·L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2025·R2·-8.8
2.[L]vsAlexander Poluyanov2,167·L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2025·R9·-7.0
3.[L]vsVitaly TeterevGM2,248·Orsha 2026 Masters 2·R8·-6.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Orsha 2026 Masters 2
Round-Robin
Jan 20265/9#22263-5.8
President Cup "Open-A"
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/9#132295+1.0
Team Cup of Russia 2025 (men)
Team
Nov 20254.5/7#72398+12.2
Voronezh Region Championship Final 2025
Swiss
Nov 20255/8#42226-7.7
L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20255.5/9#222057-20.3
Worst Elo result: L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2025 (-20.3 Elo, finished #22).

Rankings

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Russia
#160
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#708
in continent
World
#3,631
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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8
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160🇷🇺Popov, Maksim2,315
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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9
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10
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708🇷🇺Popov, Maksim2,315
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1
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3631🇷🇺Popov, Maksim2,315