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Pozdnyakov, Nikita A
🇷🇺FIDE 55866034· Male· Russia· Born in 2014
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Nikita A Pozdnyakov, a 12-year-old Russian player, is rated 1846 — just 5 short of his peak of 1851 (Mar 2026, age 12) and sitting in the top 3% of Russian players under 12. He is on a breakout run, having gained +260 Elo over the past 12 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈41/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include High_League_Dinamo_Cup (standard), Russian Championship B13 2026, and First_League_Dinamo_Cup_2025 (standard). Also played 9 rapid (including Yenisey bridges 2025) and 12 blitz events (including Irkutsk_Open_February_2026 (blitz)) recently.
At junior level, he reached #16 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1846
Standard
Rpd1905·Blz1962
All-time high
1851
−5 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 12
Mar 2026 · age 12
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#27 · Russian players under 12 · of 1,031
Career timeline
6 entries2026
16th Russian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1851
Mar 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1851
at age 12 · −5 from today
Mar 2026
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
1500 → 1789
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Sep 2025
2024
First FIDE rating
1488 · at age 10
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+260
1586 → 1846
Tournaments
6
52 games
Score
31/ 5259.6%
23W16D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/8 | #3 | 1960 | -4.8 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 1975 | +44.1 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #15 | 1832 | +17.9 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/9 | #8 | 1828 | +37.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/6 | #10 | 2080 | +80.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFedor Gordeev
🇷🇺RUS·1932
+3 −12 =1
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsSemen Mikh Kuznetsov
🇷🇺RUS·1601
+5 −4 =2
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsRomik Ziroyan
🇷🇺RUS·1786
+4 −3 =4
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIvan Naumov
🇷🇺RUS·2006
+1 −9 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsMaxim A Kozyrin
🇷🇺RUS·1759
+1 −3 =4
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Russia
#1,573
out of 13,878 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,463
in continent
World
#62,565
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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