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: 2026-11-10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2025-08-12 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 9.12 | Nikita Afanasiev | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 202 | 2025-08-11 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 8.6 | S.P. Sethuraman | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 203 | 2025-08-10 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 7.4 | Nikita Afanasiev | Narayanan S L | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 204 | 2025-08-09 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 6.11 | Nikita Afanasiev | Roman Kezin | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 205 | 2025-08-08 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 5.1 | Ergali Suleimen | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 206 | 2025-08-07 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 4.15 | Nikita Afanasiev | Satbek Akhmedinov | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 207 | 2025-08-06 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 3.4 | Aram Hakobyan | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 208 | 2025-08-05 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 2.16 | Nikita Afanasiev | Junhyeok Lee | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 209 | 2025-08-04 | Qonaev Cup Masters 2025 | Almaty KAZ | 1.17 | Arystan Isanzhulov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 41 | Open |
| 210 | 2025-07-20 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 9.9 | Semen Rumyantsev | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 140 | Open |
| 211 | 2025-07-19 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 8.6 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vladimir Maslovskiy | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 212 | 2025-07-19 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 7.9 | Vasilii Titarov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 213 | 2025-07-18 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 6.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Osman Pshmakhov | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 214 | 2025-07-18 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 5.5 | Igor Vershinin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 56 | Open |
| 215 | 2025-07-17 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 4.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Dmitry Goltsev | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 216 | 2025-07-17 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 3.4 | Aleksey Prokhorov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 66 | Open |
| 217 | 2025-07-16 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 2.6 | Nikita Afanasiev | Artem Polkovnikyan | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 218 | 2025-07-16 | 21st Moscow Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 1.7 | Sergey Popov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 219 | 2025-07-05 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 9.1 | Pavel Ponkratov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 220 | 2025-07-04 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 8.2 | Nikita Afanasiev | Ilia Iljiushenok | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 221 | 2025-07-03 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 7.7 | Evgeny A. Levin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 222 | 2025-07-02 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 6.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Vadim Zvjaginsev | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 223 | 2025-07-01 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 5.1 | Aleksandr Kataev | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 224 | 2025-06-29 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 4.9 | Nikita Afanasiev | Famil Kishiev | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |
| 225 | 2025-06-28 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 3.5 | Aleksey Grebnev | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 226 | 2025-06-27 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 2.12 | Nikita Afanasiev | Gleb Scheglov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 227 | 2025-06-26 | 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 | Lipetsk RUS | 1.12 | Artem Postnikov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 228 | 2025-05-04 | TCh-RUS Premier 2025 | Sochi RUS | 8.6 | Nikolay Konovalov | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 229 | 2025-04-30 | TCh-RUS Premier 2025 | Sochi RUS | 5.6 | Nikita Afanasiev | Erik Obgolts | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 230 | 2025-04-28 | TCh-RUS Premier 2025 | Sochi RUS | 3.6 | Prokhor Moskvinov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 231 | 2025-03-14 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 10.5 | Alexandr Triapishko | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 232 | 2025-03-13 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 9.7 | Nikita Afanasiev | Erzhan Zhakshylykov | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 233 | 2025-03-12 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 8.7 | Ramil Faizrakhmanov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 234 | 2025-03-12 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 7.7 | Nikita Afanasiev | Kirill Stupak | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 235 | 2025-03-11 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 6.8 | Lev Zverev | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 70 | Open |
| 236 | 2025-03-10 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 5.8 | Nikita Afanasiev | Artem Pingin | 1/2-1/2 | 25 | Open |
| 237 | 2025-03-09 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 4.3 | Alisher Suleymenov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 238 | 2025-03-09 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 3.1 | Nikita Afanasiev | Stanislav Bukreev | 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 239 | 2025-03-08 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 2.12 | Marat I Gilfanov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 240 | 2025-03-08 | Ivi GP Chess 2025 | Moscow RUS | 1.5 | Nikita Afanasiev | Namitbir Singh Walia | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 241 | 2025-03-06 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 9.26 | Nikita Afanasiev | Isaak Parpiev | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 242 | 2025-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 8.24 | Evgeny E. Vorobiov | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 243 | 2025-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 7.8 | Raunak Sadhwani | Nikita Afanasiev | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 244 | 2025-03-04 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 6.9 | Nikita Afanasiev | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 245 | 2025-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 5.2 | Nikita Afanasiev | Sauat Nurgaliyev | 1-0 | 53 | Open |
| 246 | 2025-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 4.3 | Maxim Timoshin | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 247 | 2025-03-02 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 3.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Alexander Zabotin | 1/2-1/2 | 99 | Open |
| 248 | 2025-03-02 | Aeroflot Open A 2025 | Moscow RUS | 2.5 | Meruert Kamalidenova | Nikita Afanasiev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 249 | 2025-02-12 | RUDAR 17 GM 2025 | Pozarevac SRB | 9.4 | Kirill Klukin | Nikita Afanasiev | 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Open |
| 250 | 2025-02-11 | RUDAR 17 GM 2025 | Pozarevac SRB | 8.3 | Nikita Afanasiev | Slaven Pastar | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |