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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | 2024-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.18 | Nikita Afanasiev | Anton Kuzin | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 352 | 2024-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 4.14 | Nikita Afanasiev | Denis Khismatullin | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 353 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.13 | Nikita Afanasiev | Mikhail Demidov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 354 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.17 | Alexander Khripachenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 86 | Open |
| 355 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.5 | Denis Lazavik | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 117 | Open |
| 356 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.17 | Nikita Afanasiev | Erdem Khubukshanov | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 357 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 11.17 | Nikita Afanasiev | Dmitry Kokarev | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 358 | 2024-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 10.9 | Andrey Esipenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 359 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Denis Lazavik | 1/2-1/2 | 3 | Open |
| 360 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.1 | Vadim Moiseenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 12 | Open |
| 361 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Maxim Matlakov | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 362 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.1 | Yaroslav Remizov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 90 | Open |
| 363 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 11.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Daniil Lintchevski | 1/2-1/2 | 4 | Open |
| 364 | 2024-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 10.1 | Andrey Esipenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 365 | 2024-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 5.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Dmitriy Khegay | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 366 | 2024-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 4.2 | Miran Oganian | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 367 | 2024-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 3.4 | Nikita Afanasiev | Roman Shogdzhiev | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 368 | 2024-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2024 | Sochi RUS | 2.5 | Sergey Smagin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 369 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Arseniy Nesterov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 370 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.2 | Matvey Galchenko | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 371 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vladimir Zakhartsov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 372 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.8 | Pavel Boikov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 373 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 5.11 | Nikita Afanasiev | Semen Novozhilov | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 374 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 2.7 | Matfey Yurasov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 375 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 13.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Ruslan Gadzhiev | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 376 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 12.2 | David Paravyan | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 377 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 11.1 | Denis Lazavik | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Open |
| 378 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 10.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Maxim Matlakov | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 379 | 2024-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2024 | Sochi RUS | 1.8 | Nikita Afanasiev | Svyatoslav Lisenkov | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 380 | 2024-10-12 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 10.4 | Nikita Afanasiev | Andrey Gorovets | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 381 | 2024-10-11 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 9.3 | Vladimir Zakhartsov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 382 | 2024-10-10 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 8.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Evgeny Alekseev | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 383 | 2024-10-09 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 7.4 | Konstantin Popov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 384 | 2024-10-08 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 6.7 | Nikita Afanasiev | Evgeny Egorov | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 385 | 2024-10-07 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 5.3 | Pavel Ponkratov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 386 | 2024-10-06 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 4.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Aleksej Aleksandrov | 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 387 | 2024-10-06 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 3.1 | Eldiyar Orozbaev | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 388 | 2024-10-05 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 2.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Konstantin Andreev | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 389 | 2024-10-05 | Ivi GP Chess 2024 | Moscow RUS | 1.4 | Dandar Shoboev | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 390 | 2024-05-10 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.12 | Jurij Tihonov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Open |
| 391 | 2024-05-09 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.24 | Nikita Afanasiev | Nikita Kuzminykh | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 392 | 2024-05-08 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.18 | Konstantin Popov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 393 | 2024-05-06 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 5.24 | Mikhail Demidov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 394 | 2024-05-04 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 4.12 | Nikita Afanasiev | Matfey Yurasov | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 395 | 2024-05-03 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 3.3 | Sergey Pervakov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 396 | 2024-05-01 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 1.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vsevolod Ponomarev | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 397 | 2024-03-26 | ch-Moscow 2024 | Moscow RUS | 3.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Alexei Gubajdullin | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 398 | 2024-03-25 | ch-Moscow 2024 | Moscow RUS | 2.1 | Matfey Yurasov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 399 | 2024-03-22 | ch-Moscow 2024 | Moscow RUS | 1.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Artem Yarikov | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 400 | 2024-03-01 | ch-Moscow Open Superfinal | Ershovo RUS | 10.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Konstantin Popov | 1-0 | 49 | Open |