Nikita Afanasiev

Russian chess grandmaster (born 2000)
Nikita Afanasiev
CountryRussia
Born (2000-08-29) August 29, 2000 (age 23)
TitleGrandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating2536 (June 2024)
Peak rating2583 (June 2022)

Nikita Afanasiev (born August 29, 2000) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2020.

Chess career

Afanasiev earned the FIDE Master title in 2014, International Master in 2019 and Grandmaster title in 2020.[1]

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 through the European continental qualifiers.[2]

In March 2022, he won the Moscow Championship on tie-break ahead of Ivan Eletskiy and Viacheslav Zakhartsov after all scored 7/9.[3]

In July 2023, he won the Aluston Open with a score of 7/9.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Afanasiev, Nikita". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ "Participants of the World Cup 2021" (PDF), FIDE
  3. ^ "The Week in Chess 1428". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "The Week in Chess 1497". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2023-07-23.

External links

  • Nikita Afanasiev rating card at FIDE Edit this at Wikidata
  • Nikita Afanasiev chess games at 365Chess.com
  • Nikita Afanasiev player profile and games at Chessgames.com