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Zharkov, Nikolay
🇷🇺FIDE 54193648· Male· Russia· Born in 2003
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Nikolay Zharkov, a 23-year-old Russian player, is rated 2215 and sitting in the top 4% of Russian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 3 years. 36 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CH UrFO 2026, V.N. Startsev Memorial - 2026, and Magnezit Group Cup 2025. Also played 15 rapid (including Rapid_Team Men Champ. 2025) and 7 blitz events (including Blitz_Team Men Champ. 2025) recently. He took a 13-month break between Dec 2023 and Feb 2025. His peak of 2249 was reached at age 20 (Dec 2023).
At junior level, he reached #9, #37, #22 and #84 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2215
Standard
Rpd2330·Blz2360
All-time high
2249
−34 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 20
Dec 2023 · age 20
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#294 · Russian players · of 6,983
Career timeline
16 entries2023
All-time peak 2249
at age 20 · −34 from today
Dec 2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2249 → returned at 2231
Dec 2023
9th Russian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2248
Sep 2023
2022
Crossed 2200
at age 19
Sep 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-16
2231 → 2215
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
22.5/ 3662.5%
17W11D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #6 | 2117 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #11 | 2259 | +16.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #35 | 2206 | -1.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKirill KopjonkinFM
🇷🇺RUS·2314
+7 −13 =9
29 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsVadim Zasukhin
🇷🇺RUS·2221
+16 −7 =3
26 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSergei Inozemtsev
🇷🇺RUS·2206
+9 −7 =8
24 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsArtem OdegovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2244
+1 −10 =12
23 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsArgisht Voskanyan
🇷🇺RUS·2270
+9 −9 =5
23 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Russia
#294
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,221
in continent
World
#7,380
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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