GMNikita Petrov
- FIDE ID
- 4101286
About Nikita Petrov
Nikita Petrov was born in Novorossiysk in 1996. He won the Arco Open in 2016 and 2017 and became a grandmaster in 2018. He won Arco for a third time in 2019. Show more
Nikita Petrov was born in Novorossiysk in 1996. He won the Arco Open in 2016 and 2017 and became a grandmaster in 2018. He won Arco for a third time in 2019. His seventeenth-place finish in that year's European Individual Championship qualified him for the World Cup, where he faced Evgeny Tomashevsky.
Petrov won the Ugra Governor's Cup in 2021. He transferred his international representation from Russia to Montenegro in 2023. In 2024 he became Montenegrin champion, finishing ahead of Nikola Djukić on tiebreak.
FIDE ratings
Rapid
2566Published FIDE
Blitz
2544Published FIDE
Official classical ranks
- World rank
- #211
- National rank · MNE
- #1
Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ
Rating milestones
- Highest recorded rating
- 2610 Apr 2019
- Recorded years
- 2007–2026
- Archived games
- 1475
Based on available monthly lists and saved games.
Rating history
FIDE rating history
Published rating lists through Nov 2026.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2024-04-16 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 9.1 | Nikita Petrov | Shyaam Nikhil P | Won: 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 302 | 2024-04-15 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 8.1 | Vladyslav Larkin | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 8 | Open |
| 303 | 2024-04-13 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 7.1 | Nikita Petrov | Priyanka Nutakki | Won: 1-0 | 52 | Open |
| 304 | 2024-04-12 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 6.1 | Yevgeniy Roshka | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 70 | Open |
| 305 | 2024-04-12 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 5.2 | Nikita Petrov | Mohapatra Sidhant | Won: 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 306 | 2024-04-11 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 4.6 | Stephen R Mannion | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 307 | 2024-04-10 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 3.7 | Nikita Petrov | Minqing Wang | Won: 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 308 | 2024-04-10 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 2.1 | Mobina Alinasab | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 309 | 2024-04-09 | Ponte de Lima Open 2024 | Ponte de Lima POR | 1.1 | Nikita Petrov | Chun Hei Ng | Won: 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 310 | 2024-03-07 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 9.32 | Nikita Petrov | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | Won: 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 311 | 2024-03-06 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 8.31 | Asrorjon Omonov | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 8 | Open |
| 312 | 2024-03-06 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 7.31 | Nikita Petrov | Dmitry Lavrik | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 79 | Open |
| 313 | 2024-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 6.19 | Ramil Faizrakhmanov | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 314 | 2024-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 5.18 | Nikita Petrov | Aleksej Aleksandrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 25 | Open |
| 315 | 2024-03-04 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 4.17 | Andrey Tsvetkov | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 316 | 2024-03-04 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 3.15 | Nikita Petrov | David Shapiro | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Open |
| 317 | 2024-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 2.9 | Maksim Samusenko | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 10 | Open |
| 318 | 2024-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 1.17 | Nikita Petrov | Piotr Korobkov | Won: 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 319 | 2024-02-15 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 11.1 | Milan Drasko | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 320 | 2024-02-14 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 10.2 | Nikita Petrov | Artem Smirnov | Won: 1-0 | 76 | Open |
| 321 | 2024-02-13 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 9.3 | Bogdan Podlesnik | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 322 | 2024-02-12 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 8.1 | Nikita Petrov | Luka Draskovic | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 323 | 2024-02-11 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 7.2 | Denis Kadric | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 324 | 2024-02-11 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 6.1 | Nikita Petrov | Nikola Djukic | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 14 | Open |
| 325 | 2024-02-10 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 5.2 | Andrej Sukovic | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 326 | 2024-02-09 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 4.3 | Nikita Petrov | Nebojsa Nikcevic | Won: 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 327 | 2024-02-08 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 3.6 | Peko Djurovic | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 328 | 2024-02-07 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 2.2 | Nikita Petrov | Andrei Skvortsov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 329 | 2024-02-06 | 76th ch-MNE 2024 | Podgorica MNE | 1.2 | Alena Skvortsova | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 330 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 21.55 | Nikita Petrov | Asrorjon Omonov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 331 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 20.67 | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 14 | Open |
| 332 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 19.5 | Nikita Petrov | Laurent Fressinet | Lost: 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 333 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 18.43 | David Anton Guijarro | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 334 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 17.43 | Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 335 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 16.35 | Nikita Petrov | Maxim Matlakov | Lost: 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 336 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 15.39 | Vincent Keymer | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 337 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 14.45 | Nikita Petrov | Aryan Tari | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 338 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 13.38 | Nikita Petrov | Ruslan Ponomariov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 339 | 2023-12-30 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 12.31 | Baadur Jobava | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 340 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 9.2 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 341 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 8.13 | Nikita Petrov | Vahap Sanal | Lost: 0-1 | 110 | Open |
| 342 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 7.23 | Andrey Esipenko | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 343 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 6.18 | Nikita Petrov | Anton Smirnov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 344 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 5.18 | Rauf Mamedov | Nikita Petrov | Draw: 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 345 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 4.7 | Nikita Petrov | Aleksandr Shimanov | Won: 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 346 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 3.52 | Haowen Xue | Nikita Petrov | Won: 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 347 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 2.56 | Nikita Petrov | Mikhail Markov | Won: 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 348 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 11.16 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 349 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 10.3 | Nikita Petrov | Aleksey Dreev | Won: 1-0 | 59 | Open |
| 350 | 2023-12-29 | World Blitz 2023 | Samarkand UZB | 1.3 | Vladislav Artemiev | Nikita Petrov | Lost: 1-0 | 64 | Open |
- vs Shyaam Nikhil PWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-16 · Round 9.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Vladyslav LarkinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-04-15 · Round 8.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Priyanka NutakkiWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-13 · Round 7.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Yevgeniy RoshkaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-04-12 · Round 6.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Mohapatra SidhantWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-12 · Round 5.2Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Stephen R MannionWon · 0-1Black · 2024-04-11 · Round 4.6Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Minqing WangWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-10 · Round 3.7Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Mobina AlinasabLost · 1-0Black · 2024-04-10 · Round 2.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Chun Hei NgWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-09 · Round 1.1Ponte de Lima Open 2024
- vs Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovWon · 1-0White · 2024-03-07 · Round 9.32Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Asrorjon OmonovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-06 · Round 8.31Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Dmitry LavrikDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-06 · Round 7.31Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-03-05 · Round 6.19Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Aleksej AleksandrovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-05 · Round 5.18Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Andrey TsvetkovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-04 · Round 4.17Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs David ShapiroDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-04 · Round 3.15Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Maksim SamusenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-03 · Round 2.9Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Piotr KorobkovWon · 1-0White · 2024-03-03 · Round 1.17Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Milan DraskoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-02-15 · Round 11.176th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Artem SmirnovWon · 1-0White · 2024-02-14 · Round 10.276th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Bogdan PodlesnikWon · 0-1Black · 2024-02-13 · Round 9.376th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Luka DraskovicDraw · ½–½White · 2024-02-12 · Round 8.176th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Denis KadricDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-02-11 · Round 7.276th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Nikola DjukicDraw · ½–½White · 2024-02-11 · Round 6.176th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Andrej SukovicWon · 0-1Black · 2024-02-10 · Round 5.276th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Nebojsa NikcevicWon · 1-0White · 2024-02-09 · Round 4.376th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Peko DjurovicWon · 0-1Black · 2024-02-08 · Round 3.676th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Andrei SkvortsovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-02-07 · Round 2.276th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Alena SkvortsovaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-02-06 · Round 1.276th ch-MNE 2024
- vs Asrorjon OmonovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-30 · Round 21.55World Blitz 2023
- vs Cem Kaan GokerkanWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-30 · Round 20.67World Blitz 2023
- vs Laurent FressinetLost · 0-1White · 2023-12-30 · Round 19.5World Blitz 2023
- vs David Anton GuijarroLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-30 · Round 18.43World Blitz 2023
- vs Rodrigo Vasquez SchroederDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-30 · Round 17.43World Blitz 2023
- vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 0-1White · 2023-12-30 · Round 16.35World Blitz 2023
- vs Vincent KeymerWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-30 · Round 15.39World Blitz 2023
- vs Aryan TariDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-30 · Round 14.45World Blitz 2023
- vs Ruslan PonomariovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-30 · Round 13.38World Blitz 2023
- vs Baadur JobavaLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-30 · Round 12.31World Blitz 2023
- vs Evgeny TomashevskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 9.2World Blitz 2023
- vs Vahap SanalLost · 0-1White · 2023-12-29 · Round 8.13World Blitz 2023
- vs Andrey EsipenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 7.23World Blitz 2023
- vs Anton SmirnovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-12-29 · Round 6.18World Blitz 2023
- vs Rauf MamedovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 5.18World Blitz 2023
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-29 · Round 4.7World Blitz 2023
- vs Haowen XueWon · 0-1Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 3.52World Blitz 2023
- vs Mikhail MarkovWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-29 · Round 2.56World Blitz 2023
- vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 11.16World Blitz 2023
- vs Aleksey DreevWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-29 · Round 10.3World Blitz 2023
- vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-29 · Round 1.3World Blitz 2023
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 41st European Chess Club Cup - OPEN | Classical | 5 |
| 2026-09-16 | 46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open | Classical | 6 |
| 2026-09-07 | SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 7-8 | Classical | 1 |
| 2026-09-05 | 15. Grandprix de Monthey Standard | Classical | 3½ |
| 2026-09-04 | 15. Grandprix de Monthey Rapid | Rapid | 3 |