IMAleksandr E. Usov
- FIDE ID
- 24257109
About Aleksandr E. Usov
Aleksandr Usov grew up in Moscow's junior chess scene, winning Russian championships in the under-9, under-11 and under-13 age groups. His success with Moscow's winning White Rook school team in 2021 led to an invitation to Primakov Gymnasium, where he worked with grandmaster Igor Yagupov. Show more
Aleksandr Usov grew up in Moscow's junior chess scene, winning Russian championships in the under-9, under-11 and under-13 age groups. His success with Moscow's winning White Rook school team in 2021 led to an invitation to Primakov Gymnasium, where he worked with grandmaster Igor Yagupov. He helped the school win White Rook again in 2023 and 2024. Playing second board for Primakov, he contributed to its bronze medal in the adult Russian Higher League team championship in 2023. He also won the Moscow region's men's blitz championship that year and made his Premier League team debut for the region in 2024. At fifteen, he won the 2025 Moscow Open blitz event, ending with five straight victories in a field containing eight grandmasters. FIDE records his International Master title in 2026. His younger brother Dmitri has also won medals in Russian youth chess.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Alikhan Daulet | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 502 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Guillermo Camacho Martinez | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 503 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Artak Manukian | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 504 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Ratko Novak | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 505 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Cristian Camilo Soto | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 506 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Iljya Grigorjev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 507 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Anthony Atanasov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 123 | Open |
| 508 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Igor Vershinin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 509 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Daniel Naroditsky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 510 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Cristian Sanhueza | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 511 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Luis Fernandez Siles | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 512 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sebastian Poltorak | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 513 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Ruslan Kavyev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 514 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 66 | Open |
| 515 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Sanan Sjugirov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 516 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Eric Zhang | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 517 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Bence Pribelszky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 518 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Dmitry Ponomarev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 519 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bartosz Przybylski | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 520 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Artak Manukian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 521 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Slobodan J Filipovic | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 522 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Nazar Firman | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 82 | Open |
| 523 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Rasmus Svane | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 524 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alberto Martin Fuentes | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 525 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Cristian Camilo Soto | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 526 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 527 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Jorge Soto Vega | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 528 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ivan Martic | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 529 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Nils Grandelius | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 530 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 531 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sanan Sjugirov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 532 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniel Taboas Rodriguez | 1-0 | 64 | Open |
| 533 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Martin Horak | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 534 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Marek Karas | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 535 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Leo Valle Luis | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 536 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ronan Le Goff | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 537 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Sergey Slugin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 90 | Open |
| 538 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Trisha Kanyamarala | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 539 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Orkhan Abdulov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 540 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Hui Li | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 541 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Nikolaos Aggelis | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 542 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Senthil Maran K | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 543 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Yasin Emrah Yagiz | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 544 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Guldona Karimova | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 545 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aarav Sinha | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 546 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Tyrell Harriott | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 547 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jakub Kosakowski | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 548 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Benjamin Bok | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 549 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 550 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Kacper Drozdowski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
- vs Alikhan DauletWon · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Guillermo Camacho MartinezLost · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Artak ManukianWon · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Ratko NovakWon · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Cristian Camilo SotoWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Iljya GrigorjevLost · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Anthony AtanasovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Igor VershininWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Daniel NaroditskyLost · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Cristian SanhuezaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Luis Fernandez SilesWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Sebastian PoltorakWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Ruslan KavyevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveLost · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Sanan SjugirovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Eric ZhangWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Bence PribelszkyLost · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Dmitry PonomarevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Bartosz PrzybylskiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Artak ManukianWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Slobodan J FilipovicWon · 1-0Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Nazar FirmanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Rasmus SvaneLost · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Alberto Martin FuentesLost · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Cristian Camilo SotoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late
- vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early
- vs Jorge Soto VegaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Ivan MarticLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Nils GrandeliusWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Sultanbeibarys DumanulyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Sanan SjugirovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Daniel Taboas RodriguezWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Martin HorakWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Marek KarasWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Leo Valle LuisWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Ronan Le GoffLost · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Sergey SluginDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Trisha KanyamaralaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Orkhan AbdulovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Hui LiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Nikolaos AggelisWon · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Senthil Maran KLost · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Yasin Emrah YagizWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Guldona KarimovaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Aarav SinhaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Tyrell HarriottLost · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Jakub KosakowskiLost · 0-1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
- vs Benjamin BokLost · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Late
- vs Kacper DrozdowskiLost · 1-0Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 | VPHS_RIVIERA 2026 24 OCTOBER RAPID-G | Rapid | 6 |
| 2026-10-25 | VPHS_RIVIERA 2026 25 OCTOBER BLITZ-L | Blitz | 10 |
| 2026-10-22 | 16 stage of the Moscow Cup 2026 blitz | Blitz | 8 |
| 2026-10-16 | Blitz_Men Champ. 2026 | Blitz | 9½ |
| 2026-10-14 | Rapid_Men Champ. 2026 | Rapid | 7½ |
| 2026-10-10 | Rapid Moscow. October 2026 - 2 | Rapid | 5½ |
| 2026-10-10 | Blitz Moscow. October 2026 - 3 | Blitz | 8½ |
| 2026-10-03 | Chess Champions League 2026 - "Ivi Grand Prix Chess IV" | Classical | 6 |
| 2026-10-02 | Blitz Moscow. October 2026 - 1 | Blitz | 9½ |
| 2026-10-01 | 14 stage of the Moscow Cup 2026 blitz | Blitz | 10½ |