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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2022-09-19 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 8.5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maxim Gavrilov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 302 | 2022-09-18 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 7.58 | Denis O. Danilenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 303 | 2022-09-17 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 6.59 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Dmitrii Suslov | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 304 | 2022-09-16 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 5.53 | Dmitriy Mochalov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 305 | 2022-09-15 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 4.47 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniil Plyasunov | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 306 | 2022-09-14 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 3.56 | Alisher Mazhkenov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 35 | Open |
| 307 | 2022-09-13 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 2.58 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Roman T. Simbelov | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 308 | 2022-09-12 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 1.14 | Dmitry Bocharov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 309 | 2022-09-09 | Kurnosov Mem Rapid 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 2.4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Evgeny Alekseev | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 310 | 2022-07-18 | 18th Moscow Open A 2022 | Moscow RUS | 7.18 | Dmitry Frolyanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 311 | 2022-07-18 | 18th Moscow Open A 2022 | Moscow RUS | 6.21 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ramil Faizrakhmanov | 1/2-1/2 | 46 | Open |
| 312 | 2022-07-17 | 18th Moscow Open A 2022 | Moscow RUS | 5.15 | Aleksey Goganov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 47 | Open |
| 313 | 2022-07-15 | 18th Moscow Open A 2022 | Moscow RUS | 2.5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vadim Zvjaginsev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 314 | 2022-04-10 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 9.45 | Valery Skatchkov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 315 | 2022-04-09 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 8.44 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alen Suleyev | 1/2-1/2 | 43 | Open |
| 316 | 2022-04-08 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 7.42 | Bakhtiyar Askarov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 317 | 2022-04-06 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 6.46 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Danila Sutormin | 1-0 | 55 | Open |
| 318 | 2022-04-05 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 5.44 | Andrei Matsenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 319 | 2022-04-04 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 4.46 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vladislav Efremov | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Open |
| 320 | 2022-04-03 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 3.44 | Dandar Shoboev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 321 | 2022-04-02 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 2.47 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Nikolay Zharkov | 0-1 | 72 | Open |
| 322 | 2022-04-01 | Chelyabinskiy Variant A | Chelyabinsk RUS | 1.23 | Artur Gabrielian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 95 | Open |
| 323 | 2022-01-29 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 8.1 | Andrey Zhigalko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 324 | 2022-01-28 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 7.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Semetei Tologon tegin | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 325 | 2022-01-27 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 6.18 | Erik Obgolts | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 57 | Open |
| 326 | 2022-01-26 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 5.18 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Leya Garifullina | 1/2-1/2 | 96 | Open |
| 327 | 2022-01-25 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 4.9 | Sergey Drygalov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 78 | Open |
| 328 | 2022-01-24 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 3.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Yaroslav Remizov | 1-0 | 95 | Open |
| 329 | 2022-01-23 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 2.8 | Nikita Matinian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 330 | 2022-01-22 | Lozovatsky Mem A 2022 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 1.16 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Kirill Stupak | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 331 | 2021-09-21 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 10.32 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ortik Nigmatov | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 332 | 2021-09-20 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 9.25 | Kirill Stupak | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 333 | 2021-09-19 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 8.44 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Faddey Mochalin | 1-0 | 75 | Open |
| 334 | 2021-09-19 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 7.43 | Lev Rezvy | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 335 | 2021-09-18 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 6.47 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sergey S. Rudakov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 336 | 2021-09-17 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 5.6 | Kirill Gusev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 81 | Open |
| 337 | 2021-09-16 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 4.72 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Evgeni Polosin | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 338 | 2021-09-15 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 3.66 | Sofia Pogorelskikh | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 339 | 2021-09-14 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 2.52 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander Sharikov | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 340 | 2021-09-13 | Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 | Chelyabinsk RUS | 1.2 | Manuel Petrosyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 64 | Open |
| 341 | 2021-07-31 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 9.26 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Volodar Murzin | 1/2-1/2 | 69 | Open |
| 342 | 2021-07-31 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 10.29 | Valentin Vlassow | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 52 | Open |
| 343 | 2021-07-30 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 8.29 | Vladimir Zakhartsov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 344 | 2021-07-30 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 6.28 | Evgeny Romanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 345 | 2021-07-30 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 5.24 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexandre Danin | 1/2-1/2 | 71 | Open |
| 346 | 2021-07-29 | V I Zilberstein Mem 2021 | Bryansk RUS | 2.25 | Dmitry Frolyanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 347 | 2021-03-20 | ch-Moscow Rapid 2021 | Moscow RUS | 1.4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Klementy Sychev | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 348 | 2020-09-21 | ch-Moscow Final 2020 | Moscow RUS | 9.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Gleb Apryshko | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 349 | 2020-09-20 | ch-Moscow Final 2020 | Moscow RUS | 8.4 | Artem Galaktionov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
| 350 | 2020-09-19 | ch-Moscow Final 2020 | Moscow RUS | 7.7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Artem Uskov | 1-0 | 63 | Open |
- vs Maxim GavrilovLost · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Denis O. DanilenkoWon · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Dmitrii SuslovDraw · ½–½Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Dmitriy MochalovLost · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Daniil PlyasunovLost · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Alisher MazhkenovDraw · ½–½Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Roman T. SimbelovDraw · ½–½Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Dmitry BocharovLost · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2022
- vs Evgeny AlekseevDraw · ½–½Kurnosov Mem Rapid 2022
- vs Dmitry FrolyanovDraw · ½–½18th Moscow Open A 2022
- vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovDraw · ½–½18th Moscow Open A 2022
- vs Aleksey GoganovDraw · ½–½18th Moscow Open A 2022
- vs Vadim ZvjaginsevLost · 0-118th Moscow Open A 2022
- vs Valery SkatchkovWon · 0-1Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Alen SuleyevDraw · ½–½Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Bakhtiyar AskarovLost · 1-0Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Danila SutorminWon · 1-0Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Andrei MatsenkoLost · 1-0Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Vladislav EfremovDraw · ½–½Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Dandar ShoboevLost · 1-0Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Nikolay ZharkovLost · 0-1Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Artur GabrielianLost · 1-0Chelyabinskiy Variant A
- vs Andrey ZhigalkoLost · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Semetei Tologon teginWon · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Erik ObgoltsDraw · ½–½Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Leya GarifullinaDraw · ½–½Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Sergey DrygalovLost · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Yaroslav RemizovWon · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Nikita MatinianLost · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Kirill StupakWon · 1-0Lozovatsky Mem A 2022
- vs Ortik NigmatovLost · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Kirill StupakDraw · ½–½Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Faddey MochalinWon · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Lev RezvyDraw · ½–½Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Sergey S. RudakovWon · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Kirill GusevWon · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Evgeni PolosinWon · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Sofia PogorelskikhLost · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Alexander SharikovLost · 0-1Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Manuel PetrosyanLost · 1-0Panchenko Mem Open A 2021
- vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Valentin VlassowDraw · ½–½V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Vladimir ZakhartsovDraw · ½–½V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Evgeny RomanovLost · 1-0V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Alexandre DaninDraw · ½–½V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Dmitry FrolyanovLost · 1-0V I Zilberstein Mem 2021
- vs Klementy SychevLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Rapid 2021
- vs Gleb ApryshkoLost · 0-1ch-Moscow Final 2020
- vs Artem GalaktionovLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2020
- vs Artem UskovWon · 1-0ch-Moscow Final 2020
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 |