GMMaksim Chigaev
- FIDE ID
- 4108116
About Maksim Chigaev
Maksim Chigaev was born in Kemerovo in 1996. He won team and board-two gold medals with Russia at the 2012 World Youth Under-16 Olympiad. In 2015 he won the Vanya Somov Memorial in Kirishi, and he became a grandmaster in 2016. Show more
Maksim Chigaev was born in Kemerovo in 1996. He won team and board-two gold medals with Russia at the 2012 World Youth Under-16 Olympiad. In 2015 he won the Vanya Somov Memorial in Kirishi, and he became a grandmaster in 2016. He shared second place at the 2019 Tata Steel Challengers tournament and won Russia’s Higher League championship qualifier in 2020.
In 2022 Chigaev joined other Russian players in signing an open letter opposing the invasion of Ukraine. He transferred his international representation to Spain in August 2023. That year he also won silver in the chess competition at Olympic Esports Week.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 41st European Chess Club Cup - OPEN | Classical | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Maksim Chigaev | Pouria Darini | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 1002 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Nagare Kaivalya Sandip | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 1003 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Dawid Janaszak | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1004 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Maksim Chigaev | Jeevan Karamsetty | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 1005 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Maksim Chigaev | Khagan Ahmad | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1006 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Yotam Shohat | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 1007 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Danila Bilan | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 1008 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Jung Min Seo | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 1009 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Ruben Gideon Koellner | Maksim Chigaev | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 1010 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Maksim Chigaev | Igor Bjelobrk | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 1011 | 2023-10-31 | Titled Tue 31st Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Maksim Chigaev | Vahe Danielyan | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1012 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Igor Kovalenko | Maksim Chigaev | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 1013 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Maksim Chigaev | Quang Liem Le | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 1014 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Daniil Dubov | Maksim Chigaev | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 1015 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Maksim Chigaev | Hans Moke Niemann | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 1016 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Maksim Chigaev | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | 1-0 | 74 | Open |
| 1017 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Ricardo D. D`Arruda | Maksim Chigaev | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 1018 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Rao S.V. Srinath | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 1019 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Maksim Chigaev | Marija Kuznecova | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 1020 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Maksim Chigaev | Raahul V S | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1021 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Dana Tuleyeva-Aketayeva | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 1022 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Dimitrios Loutragotis | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 1023 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Maksim Chigaev | Caio Henrique Angelico Silva | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 1024 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Maksim Volkov | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 1025 | 2023-10-24 | Titled Tue 24th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Maksim Chigaev | Alexander Katz | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 1026 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Maksim Chigaev | Arman Geivondian | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 1027 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Alexander Goldin | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 1028 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Maksim Chigaev | Alon Mindlin | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 1029 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Duc Tri Ngo | Maksim Chigaev | 1-0 | 84 | Open |
| 1030 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Georgios Souleidis | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1031 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Maksim Chigaev | Josiah Stearman | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 1032 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Maksim Chigaev | Tobias Kolb | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 1033 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Rauf Mamedov | Maksim Chigaev | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 1034 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Maksim Chigaev | Andrew Hong | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1035 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Antonio Arencibia Monduy | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1036 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Maksim Chigaev | Feliks Tulchynskyi | 1/2-1/2 | 86 | Open |
| 1037 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Maksim Chigaev | Ryan Amburgy | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1038 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Andrey Gorovets | Maksim Chigaev | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 1039 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Jakub Suder | Maksim Chigaev | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
| 1040 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Maksim Chigaev | Nicholas Paltrinieri | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 1041 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Maksim Chigaev | Ali Mortazavi | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1042 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Antonio Arencibia Monduy | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 1043 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Sandi Stojanovski | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1044 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Igor L. Vakhlamov | Maksim Chigaev | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 1045 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Martyn Kravtsiv | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 1046 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Maksim Chigaev | Qingyu Yuan | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 1047 | 2023-10-10 | Titled Tue 10th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Vasiliy Korchmar | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 1048 | 2023-10-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Maksim Chigaev | Luis Eduardo Ballester Llagaria | 1-0 | 76 | Open |
| 1049 | 2023-10-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Dmitriy Kushko | Maksim Chigaev | 0-1 | 73 | Open |
| 1050 | 2023-10-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Maksim Chigaev | Kirill Klukin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |