GMArseniy Nesterov

Arseniy Nesterov was born in Saint Petersburg in 2003. He completed his final grandmaster norm at the 2020 Aeroflot Open. At the 2023 World Cup he defeated Fernando Peralta before losing to Anish Giri in round two. Later that year he shared the highest score at the World Junior Championship, with Marc'Andria Maurizzi taking the title on tiebreak. In 2025 Nesterov won the Russian Championship Superfinal, remaining unbeaten with 6½ points from eleven games.