Photo credit

Pavel Eljanov

Photo: Etery Kublashvili

Шахрияр выигрывает дважды

CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons source

Cropped to a square portrait, resized and converted to WebP.

GMPavel Eljanov

UKR Born 1983 (Age ≈43) Male
FIDE ID
14102951

About Pavel Eljanov

Pavel Eljanov was born in Kharkiv in 1983 into a family involved in chess. His mother taught him the rules, while his father, International Master Vladimir Eljanov, supported his training. He worked with Anatoliy Astrakhantsev before studying more independently with fellow Ukrainian players. Show more

Pavel Eljanov was born in Kharkiv in 1983 into a family involved in chess. His mother taught him the rules, while his father, International Master Vladimir Eljanov, supported his training. He worked with Anatoliy Astrakhantsev before studying more independently with fellow Ukrainian players. When his father began publishing Mark Dvoretsky's books, Pavel and Alexander Moiseenko checked variations and repeatedly worked through the manuscripts. He also studied law, graduating from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.

FIDE awarded Eljanov the grandmaster title in 2001. He helped Ukraine win two Olympiad team gold medals and earned an individual silver. His tournament victories include Corus B in 2007, Bosna in Sarajevo in 2009 and the Astrakhan Grand Prix in 2010. At the 2015 World Cup, he began with six consecutive wins and reached the semifinals. He has also worked as a second for Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen and Mariya Muzychuk during their world-championship campaigns. In interviews, he credited working with Gelfand with changing his approach to professional preparation. By 2023 he was working in Sharjah as a coach for Saleh Salem.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2664.4 -0.6

Live estimate

Rapid

2605

Published FIDE

Blitz

2622

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#49
National rank · UKR
#1

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2765 Mar 2016
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
2805

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

Download chart or data

View rating lists

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
2701 2013-06-26 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 11.3 Anton Korobov Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
2702 2013-06-25 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 10.1 Pavel Eljanov Yuriy Kryvoruchko Lost: 0-1 38 Open
2703 2013-06-24 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 9.4 Andrei Volokitin Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 81 Open
2704 2013-06-23 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 8.4 Pavel Eljanov Alexander Areshchenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
2705 2013-06-22 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 7.1 Alexander Moiseenko Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
2706 2013-06-20 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 6.5 Pavel Eljanov Martyn Kravtsiv Won: 1-0 37 Open
2707 2013-06-19 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 5.4 Zahar Efimenko Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
2708 2013-06-18 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 4.4 Pavel Eljanov Valeriy Neverov Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
2709 2013-06-17 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 3.5 Pavel Eljanov 14115298 Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
2710 2013-06-16 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 2.2 Ruslan Ponomariov Pavel Eljanov Lost: 1-0 31 Open
2711 2013-06-15 82nd ch-UKR 2013 Kiev UKR 1.3 Pavel Eljanov Andrey Baryshpolets Won: 1-0 40 Open
2712 2013-06-07 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 9 Arkadij Naiditsch Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 37 Open
2713 2013-06-07 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 8 Pavel Eljanov Veselin Topalov Won: 1-0 54 Open
2714 2013-06-07 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 7 Pavel Eljanov Evgeny Tomashevsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
2715 2013-06-06 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 6 Peter Leko Pavel Eljanov Lost: 1-0 42 Open
2716 2013-06-06 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 5 Pavel Eljanov Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
2717 2013-06-06 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 4 Anatoly Karpov Pavel Eljanov Lost: 1-0 52 Open
2718 2013-06-05 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 3 Pavel Eljanov Sergey Karjakin Won: 1-0 33 Open
2719 2013-06-05 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 2 Sergei Zhigalko Pavel Eljanov Lost: 1-0 58 Open
2720 2013-06-05 Sberbank GM Rapid Kiev UKR 1 Pavel Eljanov Alexander Areshchenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
2721 2013-05-16 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 11.4 Pavel Eljanov Aleksandr Shimanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
2722 2013-05-15 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 10.1 Pavel Eljanov Andrey Zhigalko Won: 1-0 40 Open
2723 2013-05-14 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 9.22 Robert Hovhannisyan Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 47 Open
2724 2013-05-13 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 8.24 Pavel Eljanov Tomi Nyback Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2725 2013-05-11 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 7.16 Zaven Andriasian Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
2726 2013-05-10 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 6.3 Evgeny Romanov Pavel Eljanov Lost: 1-0 42 Open
2727 2013-05-09 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 5.9 Pavel Eljanov Michael Roiz Won: 1-0 46 Open
2728 2013-05-08 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 4.7 Alexander G Beliavsky Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
2729 2013-05-07 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 3.3 Pavel Eljanov Vladislav Tkachiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2730 2013-05-06 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 2.6 Sabino Brunello Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 29 Open
2731 2013-05-05 14th Euro Indiv 2013 Legnica POL 1.8 Pavel Eljanov Alexandr Predke Won: 1-0 40 Open
2732 2013-04-12 20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS 6 Artem Iljin Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
2733 2013-04-11 20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS 5 Pavel Eljanov Daniil Dubov Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
2734 2013-04-09 20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS 3 Pavel Eljanov Alexander Riazantsev Draw: 1/2-1/2 98 Open
2735 2013-04-08 20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS 2 Pavel Eljanov Sergei Rublevsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2736 2013-04-07 20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS 1 Pavel Skatchkov Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 32 Open
2737 2013-03-02 TCh-ISL 2012-13 Reykjavik ISL 7.1 Simon K Williams Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 37 Open
2738 2013-03-02 TCh-ISL 2012-13 Reykjavik ISL 6.1 Pavel Eljanov Tomi Nyback Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
2739 2013-03-01 TCh-ISL 2012-13 Reykjavik ISL 5.1 Pavel Eljanov Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Won: 1-0 57 Open
2740 2013-02-27 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 10.1 Pavel Eljanov Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 3 Open
2741 2013-02-26 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 9.1 Liren Ding Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 23 Open
2742 2013-02-25 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 8.1 Pavel Eljanov Grzegorz Gajewski Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2743 2013-02-24 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 7.1 Anish Giri Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 100 Open
2744 2013-02-23 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 6.3 Ivan Cheparinov Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 31 Open
2745 2013-02-22 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 5.1 Pavel Eljanov Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2746 2013-02-21 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 4.6 Pavel Eljanov 12800040 Won: 1-0 34 Open
2747 2013-02-20 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 3.6 Zhongyi Tan Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 38 Open
2748 2013-02-20 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 2.7 Pavel Eljanov Alina L`Ami Won: 1-0 48 Open
2749 2013-02-19 Reykjavik Open 2013 Reykjavik ISL 1.8 Johann Ragnarsson Pavel Eljanov Won: 0-1 25 Open
2750 2013-02-16 Aeroflot Open Rapid Final Moscow RUS 2.2 Pavel Eljanov Gata Kamsky Lost: 0-1 38 Open
  1. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-26 · Round 11.382nd ch-UKR 2013
  2. vs Yuriy KryvoruchkoLost · 0-1White · 2013-06-25 · Round 10.182nd ch-UKR 2013
  3. vs Andrei VolokitinDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-24 · Round 9.482nd ch-UKR 2013
  4. vs Alexander AreshchenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-23 · Round 8.482nd ch-UKR 2013
  5. vs Alexander MoiseenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-22 · Round 7.182nd ch-UKR 2013
  6. vs Martyn KravtsivWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-20 · Round 6.582nd ch-UKR 2013
  7. vs Zahar EfimenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-19 · Round 5.482nd ch-UKR 2013
  8. vs Valeriy NeverovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-18 · Round 4.482nd ch-UKR 2013
  9. vs 14115298Draw · ½–½White · 2013-06-17 · Round 3.582nd ch-UKR 2013
  10. vs Ruslan PonomariovLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-16 · Round 2.282nd ch-UKR 2013
  11. vs Andrey BaryshpoletsWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-15 · Round 1.382nd ch-UKR 2013
  12. vs Arkadij NaiditschWon · 0-1Black · 2013-06-07 · Round 9Sberbank GM Rapid
  13. vs Veselin TopalovWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-07 · Round 8Sberbank GM Rapid
  14. vs Evgeny TomashevskyDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-07 · Round 7Sberbank GM Rapid
  15. vs Peter LekoLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-06 · Round 6Sberbank GM Rapid
  16. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-06 · Round 5Sberbank GM Rapid
  17. vs Anatoly KarpovLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-06 · Round 4Sberbank GM Rapid
  18. vs Sergey KarjakinWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-05 · Round 3Sberbank GM Rapid
  19. vs Sergei ZhigalkoLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-05 · Round 2Sberbank GM Rapid
  20. vs Alexander AreshchenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-05 · Round 1Sberbank GM Rapid
  21. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-05-16 · Round 11.414th Euro Indiv 2013
  22. vs Andrey ZhigalkoWon · 1-0White · 2013-05-15 · Round 10.114th Euro Indiv 2013
  23. vs Robert HovhannisyanWon · 0-1Black · 2013-05-14 · Round 9.2214th Euro Indiv 2013
  24. vs Tomi NybackDraw · ½–½White · 2013-05-13 · Round 8.2414th Euro Indiv 2013
  25. vs Zaven AndriasianDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-05-11 · Round 7.1614th Euro Indiv 2013
  26. vs Evgeny RomanovLost · 1-0Black · 2013-05-10 · Round 6.314th Euro Indiv 2013
  27. vs Michael RoizWon · 1-0White · 2013-05-09 · Round 5.914th Euro Indiv 2013
  28. vs Alexander G BeliavskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-05-08 · Round 4.714th Euro Indiv 2013
  29. vs Vladislav TkachievDraw · ½–½White · 2013-05-07 · Round 3.314th Euro Indiv 2013
  30. vs Sabino BrunelloWon · 0-1Black · 2013-05-06 · Round 2.614th Euro Indiv 2013
  31. vs Alexandr PredkeWon · 1-0White · 2013-05-05 · Round 1.814th Euro Indiv 2013
  32. vs Artem IljinDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-04-12 · Round 620th TCh-RUS 2013
  33. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-04-11 · Round 520th TCh-RUS 2013
  34. vs Alexander RiazantsevDraw · ½–½White · 2013-04-09 · Round 320th TCh-RUS 2013
  35. vs Sergei RublevskyDraw · ½–½White · 2013-04-08 · Round 220th TCh-RUS 2013
  36. vs Pavel SkatchkovWon · 0-1Black · 2013-04-07 · Round 120th TCh-RUS 2013
  37. vs Simon K WilliamsWon · 0-1Black · 2013-03-02 · Round 7.1TCh-ISL 2012-13
  38. vs Tomi NybackDraw · ½–½White · 2013-03-02 · Round 6.1TCh-ISL 2012-13
  39. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesWon · 1-0White · 2013-03-01 · Round 5.1TCh-ISL 2012-13
  40. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2013-02-27 · Round 10.1Reykjavik Open 2013
  41. vs Liren DingWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-26 · Round 9.1Reykjavik Open 2013
  42. vs Grzegorz GajewskiDraw · ½–½White · 2013-02-25 · Round 8.1Reykjavik Open 2013
  43. vs Anish GiriDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-02-24 · Round 7.1Reykjavik Open 2013
  44. vs Ivan CheparinovWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-23 · Round 6.3Reykjavik Open 2013
  45. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveDraw · ½–½White · 2013-02-22 · Round 5.1Reykjavik Open 2013
  46. vs 12800040Won · 1-0White · 2013-02-21 · Round 4.6Reykjavik Open 2013
  47. vs Zhongyi TanWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-20 · Round 3.6Reykjavik Open 2013
  48. vs Alina L`AmiWon · 1-0White · 2013-02-20 · Round 2.7Reykjavik Open 2013
  49. vs Johann RagnarssonWon · 0-1Black · 2013-02-19 · Round 1.8Reykjavik Open 2013
  50. vs Gata KamskyLost · 0-1White · 2013-02-16 · Round 2.2Aeroflot Open Rapid Final

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-1741st European Chess Club Cup - OPENClassical3½
2026-10-091. Schachbundesliga 2026-2027 Oktober 2026Classical2

All tournament results