GMGrigoriy Oparin

USA Born 1997 (Age ≈29) Male

FIDE ID: 24125890

About Grigoriy Oparin

Grigoriy Oparin was born in Munich in 1997. By five, he was spending several hours a day playing chess and solving positions. He earned the grandmaster title in 2013 and won the Russian junior championship the following year. Later he moved into American university chess, joining the University of Missouri as a graduate student and a member of its first chess team. He trained there under Cristian Chirila.

As team captain, Oparin won the individual title at the 2021 U.S. Online Collegiate Blitz Championship, bringing Missouri its first national chess title. That year he also tied Fabiano Caruana for second at the FIDE Grand Swiss in Riga. The tiebreak placed Oparin third, narrowly denying him a Candidates place, but qualified him for the 2022 Grand Prix. He began representing the United States in 2022.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2656.0

Published FIDE

Rapid

2611

Published FIDE

Blitz

2655

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #60
National rank · USA: #10

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating: 2687 Jun 2023
Recorded years: 2006–2026
Archived games: 1388

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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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
1001	2016-07-29	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	9.3	Tsegmed Batchuluun	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	40	Open
1002	2016-07-28	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	8.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Pavel Smirnov	Draw: 1/2-1/2	64	Open
1003	2016-07-27	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	7.1	Dmitry Kokarev	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	50	Open
1004	2016-07-26	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	6.1	Ivan Rozum	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	40	Open
1005	2016-07-25	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	5.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Aleksey Goganov	Draw: 1/2-1/2	40	Open
1006	2016-07-24	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	4.1	Dmitry Bocharov	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	45	Open
1007	2016-07-23	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	3.4	Grigoriy Oparin	Roman Yanchenko	Won: 1-0	32	Open
1008	2016-07-22	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	2.4	Vsevolod Ovchinnikov	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	54	Open
1009	2016-07-21	Primorsky Debut 2016	Vladivostok RUS	1.4	Grigoriy Oparin	Tuskul Kilbienep	Won: 1-0	42	Open
1010	2016-07-01	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	9.1	Alexander Riazantsev	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	27	Open
1011	2016-06-30	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	8.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Vadim Zvjaginsev	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
1012	2016-06-29	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	7.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Dmitry Kokarev	Draw: 1/2-1/2	40	Open
1013	2016-06-28	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	6.1	Maxim Matlakov	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	42	Open
1014	2016-06-27	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	5.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Vladimir Fedoseev	Won: 1-0	55	Open
1015	2016-06-25	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	4.4	Maxim Vavulin	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	37	Open
1016	2016-06-24	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	3.5	Grigoriy Oparin	Ivan Popov	Won: 1-0	45	Open
1017	2016-06-23	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	2.19	Grigoriy Oparin	Kirill Kozionov	Won: 1-0	48	Open
1018	2016-06-22	69th ch-RUS HL 2016	Kolomna RUS	1.22	Alexey Sarana	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
1019	2016-05-23	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	11.27	Mateusz Bartel	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	38	Open
1020	2016-05-21	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	9.5	Juraj Druska	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	118	Open
1021	2016-05-20	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	8.26	Grigoriy Oparin	Sergei Zhigalko	Lost: 0-1	36	Open
1022	2016-05-19	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	7.18	Nils Grandelius	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
1023	2016-05-17	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	6.19	Grigoriy Oparin	Hrant Melkumyan	Draw: 1/2-1/2	39	Open
1024	2016-05-16	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	5.18	Alexander Ipatov	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	35	Open
1025	2016-05-14	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	3.26	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	24	Open
1026	2016-05-13	17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016	Gjakova KOS	2.15	Grigoriy Oparin	Anton Korobov	Draw: 1/2-1/2	37	Open
1027	2016-05-09	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	9.1	Artyom Timofeev	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	88	Open
1028	2016-05-08	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	8.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Evgeny Tomashevsky	Draw: 1/2-1/2	46	Open
1029	2016-05-07	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	7.2	Nikita Vitiugov	Grigoriy Oparin	Lost: 1-0	33	Open
1030	2016-05-05	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	5.2	Vadim Zvjaginsev	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	28	Open
1031	2016-05-04	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	4.1	Grigoriy Oparin	Artyom Timofeev	Won: 1-0	59	Open
1032	2016-05-03	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	3.1	Evgeny Tomashevsky	Grigoriy Oparin	Lost: 1-0	52	Open
1033	2016-05-02	TCh-RUS Men 2016	Sochi RUS	2.2	Grigoriy Oparin	Nikita Vitiugov	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
1034	2016-03-09	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	9.28	Grigoriy Oparin	Emilio Cordova	Won: 1-0	54	Open
1035	2016-03-08	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	8.37	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	90	Open
1036	2016-03-06	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	6.32	Grigoriy Oparin	Shahin Lorparizangeneh	Draw: 1/2-1/2	109	Open
1037	2016-03-05	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	5.33	Tingjie Lei	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	37	Open
1038	2016-03-04	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	4.2	Grigoriy Oparin	Vladislav Artemiev	Lost: 0-1	50	Open
1039	2016-03-03	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	3.24	Robert Hovhannisyan	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	50	Open
1040	2016-03-02	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	2.39	Grigoriy Oparin	Yiye Wang	Won: 1-0	39	Open
1041	2016-03-01	Aeroflot Open A 2016	Moscow RUS	1.12	Alexander Moiseenko	Grigoriy Oparin	Lost: 1-0	78	Open
1042	2016-02-04	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	10.15	Grigoriy Oparin	Nigel D Short	Draw: 1/2-1/2	48	Open
1043	2016-02-03	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	9.27	Pontus Carlsson	Grigoriy Oparin	Won: 0-1	58	Open
1044	2016-02-02	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	8.4	Grigoriy Oparin	Stefan Docx	Won: 1-0	90	Open
1045	2016-02-01	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	7.25	Irina Krush	Grigoriy Oparin	Lost: 1-0	41	Open
1046	2016-01-31	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	6.26	Grigoriy Oparin	Rout Padmini	Draw: 1/2-1/2	42	Open
1047	2016-01-30	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	5.26	Siva Mahadevan	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
1048	2016-01-29	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	4.8	Grigoriy Oparin	Viswanathan Anand	Draw: 1/2-1/2	31	Open
1049	2016-01-28	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	3.1	Hikaru Nakamura	Grigoriy Oparin	Draw: 1/2-1/2	58	Open
1050	2016-01-27	Gibraltar Masters 2016	Caleta ENG	2.35	Grigoriy Oparin	Lothar Vogt	Won: 1-0	34	Open

FIDE tournaments

Date	Tournament	Type	Score
2026-10-09	2026 US Championship	Classical	6½

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