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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Rudik Makarian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 552 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Robert Ernst | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 553 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Vuk Damjanovic | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 554 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Kostya Kavutskiy | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 555 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Lucas Liascovich | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 556 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Dmitrij Kollars | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 557 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Jose Javier Gonzalez Castillo | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 17 | Open |
| 558 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Afruza Khamdamova | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 559 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sergei Zhigalko | 0-1 | 92 | Open |
| 560 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Arturs Neiksans | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 561 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Daniel Girsh | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 562 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Matthew Herman | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 563 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 564 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Giorgio Belli | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 565 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Connor Clarke | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 112 | Open |
| 566 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Theo Bressy | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 567 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Stefanos Kazantzoglou | 1/2-1/2 | 113 | Open |
| 568 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Michal Redzisz | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 569 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Fernando Diaz | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 570 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Evgenij Shuvalov | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 571 | 2024-10-22 | Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Egor Baskakov | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 572 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Hakki Berat Dalgar | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 73 | Open |
| 573 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Fernando Diaz | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 574 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Velimir Ivic | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 575 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Christian Braun | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 576 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Boris Abrashkin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 577 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Andrey Esipenko | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 578 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Andre Mendez Machado | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 73 | Open |
| 579 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Robert Hungaski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 580 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bozidar Kisic | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 581 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Sabreen Oraby | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 582 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Matvey Galchenko | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 583 | 2024-10-15 | Titled Tue 15th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Andrew Hong | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 584 | 2024-10-08 | Titled Tue 8th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Jesus Alberto Molina Sumoza | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 585 | 2024-10-08 | Titled Tue 8th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Luciano Justi Antunes | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 586 | 2024-10-08 | Titled Tue 8th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alberto Santos Flores | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 587 | 2024-10-08 | Titled Tue 8th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Piotr Sygulski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 38 | Open |
| 588 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Michael Kotyk | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 589 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Kacper Drozdowski | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 590 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Grigoriy Oparin | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 591 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Arkadiusz Skawinski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 592 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Andrey Esipenko | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 593 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Magnus Carlsen | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 594 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mateusz Brozyna | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 595 | 2024-09-17 | Titled Tue 17th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Jacob Templen Grave | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 596 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Milosz Szpar | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 597 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Oleg Papayan | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 598 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Jules Moussard | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 599 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Efe Kerem Uzunoglu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 600 | 2024-09-10 | Titled Tue 10th Sep Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sasha-Matei Craciun | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
- vs Rudik MakarianLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Robert ErnstLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Vuk DamjanovicWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Kostya KavutskiyWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Lucas LiascovichWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Dmitrij KollarsLost · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Jose Javier Gonzalez CastilloWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Afruza KhamdamovaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Sergei ZhigalkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Arturs NeiksansLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Daniel GirshWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Matthew HermanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Aansh Nandan NerurkarWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Giorgio BelliWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Connor ClarkeWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Theo BressyDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Stefanos KazantzoglouDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Michal RedziszWon · 1-0Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Fernando DiazWon · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Evgenij ShuvalovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
- vs Egor BaskakovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Late
- vs Hakki Berat DalgarWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Fernando DiazWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Velimir IvicLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Christian BraunWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Boris AbrashkinWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Andrey EsipenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Andre Mendez MachadoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Robert HungaskiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Bozidar KisicWon · 1-0Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Sabreen OrabyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Early
- vs Matvey GalchenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Andrew HongLost · 0-1Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
- vs Jesus Alberto Molina SumozaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
- vs Luciano Justi AntunesWon · 1-0Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
- vs Alberto Santos FloresLost · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
- vs Piotr SygulskiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
- vs Michael KotykLost · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Kacper DrozdowskiLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Arkadiusz SkawinskiWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Andrey EsipenkoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Magnus CarlsenWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Mateusz BrozynaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Jacob Templen GraveWon · 0-1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Milosz SzparLost · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Oleg PapayanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Jules MoussardLost · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Efe Kerem UzunogluWon · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Sasha-Matei CraciunWon · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
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 |