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Kavalenya, Nikolay Step

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FIDEFIDE 55805612· Male· Russia· Born in 1960

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Nikolay Step Kavalenya, a 66-year-old Russian player, is rated 1545 — just 2 short of his peak of 1547 (Jan 2026, age 66). He has held steady between 1500 and 1550 for 6 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent appearances: DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026 and DDYUT Chess Cup 2025. Also played 8 rapid (including Lyubertsy Rapid 2026) and 3 blitz events (including 4th Memorial of FIDE Master Oleg Silbert) recently.

Current rating

1545

Standard

Rpd1659·Blz1692

All-time high

1547

−2 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 66

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#168,227

#168,227 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

5 entries
2026
Crossed 1500
at age 66
Jan 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 66
Jan 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 66
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1547
at age 66 · −2 from today
Jan 2026
First FIDE rating
1547 · at age 66
Jan 2026

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Yuri Luzhetskiy 1,996
DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026 · Jan 2026 · +37.2 Elo
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
7W2D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsYuri Luzhetskiy1,996·DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026·R2·+37.2
2.[W]vsAnatoly K. Gaan1,596·DDYUT Chess Cup 2025·R5·+22.8
3.[W]vsPolina Dm Kuznetsova1,456·DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026·R3·+15.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAgata Rus Nasyrova1,430·DDYUT Chess Cup 2025·R7·-26.5
2.[L]vsLev An Fomenko1,527·DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026·R4·-21.0
3.[L]vsMikhail Ev. Markov1,536·DDYUT Chess Cup 2025·R6·-20.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026
Swiss
Jan 20264/3#62447-2.4
DDYUT Chess Cup 2025
Swiss
Dec 20254/4#613990.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsYuri Luzhetskiy
🇷🇺RUS·1996
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsVladimir Shebchenko
🇷🇺RUS·1774
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsViktor Evstigneev
🇷🇺RUS·1973
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsAnton Naskalniy
🇷🇺RUS
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPavel Tseluev
🇷🇺RUS·1600
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings

/
Russia
#4,607
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#30,700
in continent
World
#168,203
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Russia
1
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2
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2,684
3
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2,654
4
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2,649
5
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2,641
5
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2,641
7
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2,628
8
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2,599
9
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2,595
10
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2,594
...
4607🇷🇺Kavalenya, Nikolay Step1,545
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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30700🇷🇺Kavalenya, Nikolay Step1,545
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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168203🇷🇺Kavalenya, Nikolay Step1,545