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: 2026-11-10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | 2019-12-29 | World Blitz 2019 | Moscow RUS | 11.98 | Alexander Galkin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 1102 | 2019-12-29 | World Blitz 2019 | Moscow RUS | 10.101 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Hamoud Al Nhier | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1103 | 2019-12-29 | World Blitz 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.91 | Konstantin Sakaev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 1104 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 15.97 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bibek Thing | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 1105 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 14.93 | Ruslan Shcherbakov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 1106 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 13.99 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Abdulrahman A Masrahi | 1-0 | 64 | Open |
| 1107 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 12.95 | Igor Glek | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 1108 | 2019-12-28 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 11.99 | Hassan S Al Mutairi | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 1109 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 9.99 | Stanislav Novikov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 73 | Open |
| 1110 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 8.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ahmed M Alghamdi | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1111 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 7.99 | Diogo Duarte Guimaraes | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 1112 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 6.98 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mohamed Tissir | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 1113 | 2019-12-27 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 10.97 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ilya Makoveev | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 1114 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 5.96 | Nikita Afanasiev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 1115 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 4.87 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Emre Can | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 1116 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 3.101 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ilia Iljiushenok | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1117 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 2.1 | Grzegorz Gajewski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1118 | 2019-12-26 | World Rapid 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.101 | Evgeny Romanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1119 | 2019-11-26 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 9.4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Nikita Fedorov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 1120 | 2019-11-25 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 8.1 | Rudik Makarian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 1121 | 2019-11-24 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 7.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | David Buniatyan | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1122 | 2019-11-23 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 6.7 | Vachagan Sekoyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 1123 | 2019-11-22 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 5.5 | Aleksandr Orlov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 82 | Open |
| 1124 | 2019-11-21 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 4.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Danila Pavlov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1125 | 2019-11-20 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 3.2 | Aram Yeritsyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 1126 | 2019-11-19 | ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019 | Moscow RUS | 2.4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ekaterina Miroshnik | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 1127 | 2019-07-12 | 21st Torredembarra Open | Torredembarra ESP | 7.8 | Xavier Galimany Rovira | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 1128 | 2019-07-11 | 21st Torredembarra Open | Torredembarra ESP | 6.9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Enric Saldana Caballe | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 1129 | 2019-07-08 | 21st Torredembarra Open | Torredembarra ESP | 3.7 | Miguel Angel Mateos Rozas | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 1130 | 2019-04-06 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 8.27 | Alexander A. Yakimenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 1131 | 2019-04-05 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 7.26 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vitaly Zaitsev | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 1132 | 2019-04-04 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 6.2 | Mikhail Trusov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1133 | 2019-04-03 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 5.23 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aktilek Teiitbaev | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1134 | 2019-04-02 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 4.2 | Alexander Spichkin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 1135 | 2019-04-01 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 3.7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Saveliy Golubov | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1136 | 2019-03-31 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 2.21 | Aleksandr Makarenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 1137 | 2019-03-30 | ch-Moscow Final 2019 | Moscow RUS | 1.34 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sergey Tunik | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 1138 | 2018-12-08 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2018 | Moscow RUS | 6.1 | Jaroslav Ulko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 1139 | 2018-12-08 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2018 | Moscow RUS | 5.11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander Reprintsev | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 1140 | 2018-12-08 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2018 | Moscow RUS | 4.7 | Ivan Yeletsky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 1141 | 2018-12-08 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2018 | Moscow RUS | 3.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander M Chudinovskikh | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
- vs Alexander GalkinLost · 1-0World Blitz 2019
- vs Hamoud Al NhierWon · 1-0World Blitz 2019
- vs Konstantin SakaevLost · 1-0World Blitz 2019
- vs Bibek ThingLost · 0-1World Rapid 2019
- vs Ruslan ShcherbakovLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Abdulrahman A MasrahiWon · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Igor GlekLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Hassan S Al MutairiWon · 0-1World Rapid 2019
- vs Stanislav NovikovDraw · ½–½World Rapid 2019
- vs Ahmed M AlghamdiWon · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Diogo Duarte GuimaraesLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Mohamed TissirLost · 0-1World Rapid 2019
- vs Ilya MakoveevLost · 0-1World Rapid 2019
- vs Nikita AfanasievLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Emre CanLost · 0-1World Rapid 2019
- vs Ilia IljiushenokWon · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Grzegorz GajewskiLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Evgeny RomanovLost · 1-0World Rapid 2019
- vs Nikita FedorovLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Rudik MakarianLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs David BuniatyanLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Vachagan SekoyanWon · 0-1ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Aleksandr OrlovDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Danila PavlovLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Aram YeritsyanDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Ekaterina MiroshnikWon · 1-0ch-Moscow Youth U19 2019
- vs Xavier Galimany RoviraLost · 1-021st Torredembarra Open
- vs Enric Saldana CaballeDraw · ½–½21st Torredembarra Open
- vs Miguel Angel Mateos RozasLost · 1-021st Torredembarra Open
- vs Alexander A. YakimenkoLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Vitaly ZaitsevLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Mikhail TrusovLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Aktilek TeiitbaevWon · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Alexander SpichkinLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Saveliy GolubovLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Aleksandr MakarenkoWon · 0-1ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Sergey TunikDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Final 2019
- vs Jaroslav UlkoLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Rapid 2018
- vs Alexander ReprintsevLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Rapid 2018
- vs Ivan YeletskyLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Rapid 2018
- vs Alexander M ChudinovskikhWon · 1-0ch-Moscow Rapid 2018
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 |