IMAleksandr E. Usov
- FIDE ID
- 24257109
About Aleksandr E. Usov
Aleksandr Usov grew up in Moscow's junior chess scene, winning Russian championships in the under-9, under-11 and under-13 age groups. His success with Moscow's winning White Rook school team in 2021 led to an invitation to Primakov Gymnasium, where he worked with grandmaster Igor Yagupov. Show more
Aleksandr Usov grew up in Moscow's junior chess scene, winning Russian championships in the under-9, under-11 and under-13 age groups. His success with Moscow's winning White Rook school team in 2021 led to an invitation to Primakov Gymnasium, where he worked with grandmaster Igor Yagupov. He helped the school win White Rook again in 2023 and 2024. Playing second board for Primakov, he contributed to its bronze medal in the adult Russian Higher League team championship in 2023. He also won the Moscow region's men's blitz championship that year and made his Premier League team debut for the region in 2024. At fifteen, he won the 2025 Moscow Open blitz event, ending with five straight victories in a field containing eight grandmasters. FIDE records his International Master title in 2026. His younger brother Dmitri has also won medals in Russian youth chess.
Rating history
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Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 2025-02-18 | Titled Tue 18th Feb Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Almas Rakhmatullaev | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 402 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Benjamin Bok | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 403 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Matthias Bluebaum | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 404 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Artin Ashraf | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 405 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 406 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Kevin Chor | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 407 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Luca Jr Moroni | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 408 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Darvi Abraham Crispin Ferreras | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 409 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Antonin Ferey | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 410 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Leonel Amato | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 411 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Markus Ragger | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 412 | 2025-02-11 | Titled Tue 11th Feb Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mateusz Bartel | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 413 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Roman Kozelov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 414 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Tahsin Tajwar Zia | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 415 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Serdar Murat Yildiz | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 416 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Samuel Sevian | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 417 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Jan Zienkiewicz | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 418 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 7 | David Anton Guijarro | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 419 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Matheus Mendes Domingues Ribeiro | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 420 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Pablo Zarnicki | 1-0 | 68 | Open |
| 421 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Brejesh Chakrabarti | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 422 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sebastian Zsombor Peczely | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 423 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Dila Baloglu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 87 | Open |
| 424 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Remy Rushbrooke | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 425 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Maksim Ivannikov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 426 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mariano Ostoich | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 427 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jain Jeet | 0-1 | 67 | Open |
| 428 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Marius Fromm | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 429 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Miguel Medina Paz | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 430 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Michal Bodicky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 431 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Vladimir Zakhartsov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 148 | Open |
| 432 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Maksim Chigaev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 433 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Polina Shuvalova | 1/2-1/2 | 129 | Open |
| 434 | 2025-01-28 | Titled Tue 28th Jan Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | David Gasparyan | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 435 | 2025-01-21 | Titled Tue 21st Jan Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Dashgyn Ibadov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 436 | 2025-01-21 | Titled Tue 21st Jan Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Karol Kucza | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 437 | 2025-01-21 | Titled Tue 21st Jan Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Vladimir Bochnicka | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 438 | 2025-01-21 | Titled Tue 21st Jan Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vladislav Voitovich | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 439 | 2025-01-21 | Titled Tue 21st Jan Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Claudiu-Cristian Dobre | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 440 | 2025-01-15 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vasiliy Korchmar | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 441 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Erigaisi Arjun | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 442 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Shaaketh Sivakumar | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 443 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Yovann Gatineau | 1-0 | 82 | Open |
| 444 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Arman Ghevondyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 445 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 446 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 4 | David Paravyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 447 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Manuel Campos Gomez | 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 448 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Maksims Golubovskis | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 449 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Carter Peatman | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 450 | 2025-01-14 | Titled Tue 14th Jan Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Maxim Novik | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
- vs Almas RakhmatullaevLost · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Feb Early
- vs Benjamin BokLost · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Matthias BluebaumWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Artin AshrafWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Kevin ChorWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Luca Jr MoroniLost · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Darvi Abraham Crispin FerrerasWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Antonin FereyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Leonel AmatoWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Markus RaggerLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Mateusz BartelLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Feb Late
- vs Roman KozelovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Tahsin Tajwar ZiaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Serdar Murat YildizWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Samuel SevianLost · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Jan ZienkiewiczLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs David Anton GuijarroWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Matheus Mendes Domingues RibeiroWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Pablo ZarnickiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Brejesh ChakrabartiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Sebastian Zsombor PeczelyWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Dila BalogluDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Remy RushbrookeWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Maksim IvannikovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Mariano OstoichLost · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Jain JeetLost · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Marius FrommWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Miguel Medina PazWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Michal BodickyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Vladimir ZakhartsovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Maksim ChigaevLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs Polina ShuvalovaDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
- vs David GasparyanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
- vs Dashgyn IbadovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
- vs Karol KuczaLost · 0-1Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
- vs Vladimir BochnickaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
- vs Vladislav VoitovichWon · 1-0Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
- vs Claudiu-Cristian DobreWon · 0-1Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
- vs Vasiliy KorchmarWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Shaaketh SivakumarWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Yovann GatineauWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Arman GhevondyanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Seyed Abolfazl MoosavifarLost · 0-1Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs David ParavyanLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Manuel Campos GomezWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Maksims GolubovskisWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Carter PeatmanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
- vs Maxim NovikWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th Jan Late
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | VPHS_RIVIERA 2026 24 OCTOBER RAPID-G | Rapid | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 | VPHS_RIVIERA 2026 25 OCTOBER BLITZ-L | Blitz | 10 |
| 2026-10-22 | 16 stage of the Moscow Cup 2026 blitz | Blitz | 8 |
| 2026-10-16 | Blitz_Men Champ. 2026 | Blitz | 9½ |
| 2026-10-14 | Rapid_Men Champ. 2026 | Rapid | 7½ |
| 2026-10-10 | Rapid Moscow. October 2026 - 2 | Rapid | 5½ |
| 2026-10-10 | Blitz Moscow. October 2026 - 3 | Blitz | 8½ |
| 2026-10-03 | Chess Champions League 2026 - "Ivi Grand Prix Chess IV" | Classical | 6 |
| 2026-10-02 | Blitz Moscow. October 2026 - 1 | Blitz | 9½ |
| 2026-10-01 | 14 stage of the Moscow Cup 2026 blitz | Blitz | 10½ |