GMNikita Afanasiev
- FIDE ID
- 24183555
About Nikita Afanasiev
Nikita Afanasiev is a Russian grandmaster born in 2000. He earned the FIDE Master title in 2014, became an International Master in 2019 and reached grandmaster in 2020. He qualified for the 2021 World Cup through the European qualifying competition. Show more
Nikita Afanasiev is a Russian grandmaster born in 2000. He earned the FIDE Master title in 2014, became an International Master in 2019 and reached grandmaster in 2020. He qualified for the 2021 World Cup through the European qualifying competition. In March 2022 he won the Moscow Championship on tiebreak after sharing the highest score with Ivan Eletskiy and Viacheslav Zakhartsov. He won the Aluston Open in July 2023 with seven points from nine games.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Blitz_Men Champ. 2026 | Blitz | 8½ |
| 2026-10-14 | Rapid_Men Champ. 2026 | Rapid | 7½ |
| 2026-10-03 | Chess Champions League 2026 - "Ivi Grand Prix Chess IV" | Classical | 6 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2024-12-12 | Russian Cup Final 2024 | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 1.3 | Artem Pingin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 302 | 2024-12-12 | Russian Cup Final 2024 | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 1.2 | Artem Pingin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 303 | 2024-12-11 | Russian Cup Final 2024 | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 1.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Artem Pingin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 304 | 2024-12-03 | II Russian Team Men's Cup | Sochi RUS | 7.8 | Nikita Afanasiev | Mikhail Panin | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 305 | 2024-12-02 | II Russian Team Men's Cup | Sochi RUS | 6.9 | Maksim Chertkov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 306 | 2024-12-01 | II Russian Team Men's Cup | Sochi RUS | 5.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Dmitry Bocharov | 0-1 | 108 | Open |
| 307 | 2024-11-29 | II Russian Team Men's Cup | Sochi RUS | 3.5 | Maksim Popov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 308 | 2024-11-28 | II Russian Team Men's Cup | Sochi RUS | 2.9 | Nikita Afanasiev | Arseniy Chumaevskiy | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 309 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 9.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Pavel Smirnov | 1/2-1/2 | 85 | Open |
| 310 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 8.2 | Boris Savchenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 311 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 7.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Artem Uskov | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 312 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 11.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Pavel Ponkratov | 1/2-1/2 | 141 | Open |
| 313 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 10.6 | Kirill Klukin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 314 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 6.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | David Paravyan | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 315 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 5.1 | Ivan Zemlyanskii | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 316 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 4.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Ivan Rozum | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 317 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 3.1 | Konstantin Popov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 318 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 2.2 | Nikita Afanasiev | Maksim Chertkov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 319 | 2024-11-16 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 1.2 | Damir Kafiatulin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 320 | 2024-11-13 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 9.1 | Artem Mescheryakov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 321 | 2024-11-12 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 8.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Bogdan Belyakov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 322 | 2024-11-11 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 7.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Maksim Volkov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 323 | 2024-11-10 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 6.1 | Aleksey Goganov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 324 | 2024-11-09 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 5.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Erik Obgolts | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 325 | 2024-11-08 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 4.1 | Artem Pingin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 79 | Open |
| 326 | 2024-11-07 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 3.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Marat I Gilfanov | 1-0 | 87 | Open |
| 327 | 2024-11-06 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 2.1 | Vasilii Titarov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 328 | 2024-11-05 | 20th Ugra Governor's Cup | Khanty-Mansiysk RUS | 1.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Mikhail Rozhdestvensky | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 329 | 2024-11-03 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 9.2 | Nikita Afanasiev | Aleksey Goganov | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 330 | 2024-11-02 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 8.3 | Nikita Shemyakinskiy | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 331 | 2024-11-01 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 7.6 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vladimir Shkuratov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 332 | 2024-10-31 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 6.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Grant Antonian | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 333 | 2024-10-30 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 5.8 | Ruslan Gadzhiev | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 334 | 2024-10-29 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 4.7 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vladislav Sheremetev | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 335 | 2024-10-28 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 3.1 | Kirill P. Filippov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 336 | 2024-10-27 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 2.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Georgii Rakhmanov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 337 | 2024-10-26 | Chigorin Memorial 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 1.2 | Ilya Andronov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 338 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 9.6 | Nikita Afanasiev | Oleg Orlov | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 339 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 8.2 | Maksim Shchukin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 340 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 7.4 | Nikita Afanasiev | Viktor Shapiro | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 341 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 5.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Miroslav Vlasenko | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 342 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 4.1 | Kirill P. Filippov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 343 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 3.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vladislav Sheremetev | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 344 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 2.1 | Artem Ershov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 345 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 11.2 | Evgeny A. Levin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 346 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 10.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Nikita Shemyakinskiy | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 347 | 2024-10-25 | Chigorin Mem Blitz 2024 | St Petersburg RUS | 1.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Luka Sakovich | 1-0 | 19 | Open |
| 348 | 2024-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.2 | Haik M. Martirosyan | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 349 | 2024-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.14 | Sergey Drygalov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 350 | 2024-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Pavel Smirnov | 1-0 | 70 | Open |