IMAleksandr E. UsovLIVE
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | 2025-10-25 | Chigorin Memorial 2025 | St Petersburg RUS | 1.9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Semion Stancev | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 452 | 2025-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 9.11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Artem Galaktionov | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 453 | 2025-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 8.15 | Nikolay Averin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 454 | 2025-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 7.7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maxim Matlakov | 1/2-1/2 | 28 | Open |
| 455 | 2025-10-19 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 6.11 | Vladimir Zakhartsov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 44 | Open |
| 456 | 2025-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 5.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Savva Vetokhin | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Open |
| 457 | 2025-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 4.7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Lev Zverev | 1-0 | 116 | Open |
| 458 | 2025-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 3.3 | Zhamsaran Tsydypov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 459 | 2025-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 2.27 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Dmitrij Osetrov | 1-0 | 20 | Open |
| 460 | 2025-10-18 | TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 1.26 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Gleb Scheglov | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 461 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 9.15 | Nikita Afanasiev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 462 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 8.11 | Sergey Drygalov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 463 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 7.19 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mikhail Korovin | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Open |
| 464 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 6.15 | Kirill Putrenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 90 | Open |
| 465 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 5.27 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aleksey Ignatiev | 1-0 | 120 | Open |
| 466 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 4.15 | Maxim Matlakov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 467 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 3.19 | Aleksandr E. Usov | David Zakaryan | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 468 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 2.23 | Bilukhadzh Saidov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 469 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 13.7 | Mikhail Demidov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 470 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 12.11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Boris Savchenko | 0-1 | 103 | Open |
| 471 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 11.7 | Ernesto Inarkiev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 472 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 10.23 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniil Voloshkin | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 473 | 2025-10-17 | TCh-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 1.22 | Gleb Scheglov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
| 474 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 9.16 | Roman Al Nosach | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 64 | Open |
| 475 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 8.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniil Plyasunov | 1-0 | 117 | Open |
| 476 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 7.7 | Ivan Zemlyanskii | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 477 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 6.5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Arseniy Nesterov | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 478 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 11.1 | Alexander Grischuk | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 479 | 2025-10-16 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 10.6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander Riazantsev | 1-0 | 83 | Open |
| 480 | 2025-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 5.6 | Vasiliy Korchmar | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 481 | 2025-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 4.11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Andrey Tsvetkov | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 482 | 2025-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 3.24 | Maksim Ermakov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 483 | 2025-10-15 | ch-RUS Rapid 2025 | Sochi RUS | 1.24 | Danil Strokin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 22 | Open |
| 484 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 9.2 | Nikita Dovbnia | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 485 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 8.27 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Dmitrij Rodin | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 486 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 6.29 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniil Manelyuk | 0-1 | 74 | Open |
| 487 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 5.14 | Arsen Kukhmazov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 488 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 4.12 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Roman Al Nosach | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 489 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 3.23 | Kirill Somkin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 33 | Open |
| 490 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 2.15 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vladimir Fotin | 1/2-1/2 | 79 | Open |
| 491 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 13.11 | Ivan Zemlyanskii | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 20 | Open |
| 492 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 12.19 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maksim Samusenko | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 493 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 11.22 | Marat I Gilfanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 26 | Open |
| 494 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 10.16 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Osman Pshmakhov | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 495 | 2025-10-14 | ch-RUS Blitz 2025 | Sochi RUS | 1.2 | Artem Gogolev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 22 | Open |
| 496 | 2025-09-28 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 | Tsaghkadzor ARM | 9.6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Vahe A. Sukiasyan | 1/2-1/2 | 27 | Open |
| 497 | 2025-09-27 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 | Tsaghkadzor ARM | 8.4 | Mikayel Manvelyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 498 | 2025-09-26 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 | Tsaghkadzor ARM | 7.2 | Mamikon Gharibyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 499 | 2025-09-25 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 | Tsaghkadzor ARM | 6.6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Erik Hakobyan | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 500 | 2025-09-24 | Tsaghkadzor Open 2025 | Tsaghkadzor ARM | 5.6 | Anton Sitnikov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 73 | Open |
- vs Semion StancevWon · 1-0Chigorin Memorial 2025
- vs Artem GalaktionovDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Nikolay AverinWon · 0-1TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Vladimir ZakhartsovDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Lev ZverevWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Zhamsaran TsydypovWon · 0-1TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Dmitrij OsetrovWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Gleb ScheglovWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Nikita AfanasievDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Sergey DrygalovDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Mikhail KorovinDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Kirill PutrenkoLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Aleksey IgnatievWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs David ZakaryanWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Bilukhadzh SaidovLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Mikhail DemidovWon · 0-1TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Boris SavchenkoLost · 0-1TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Ernesto InarkievDraw · ½–½TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Daniil VoloshkinWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Gleb ScheglovLost · 1-0TCh-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Roman Al NosachWon · 0-1ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Daniil PlyasunovWon · 1-0ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiLost · 1-0ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Alexander RiazantsevWon · 1-0ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Vasiliy KorchmarDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Andrey TsvetkovWon · 1-0ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Maksim ErmakovWon · 0-1ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Danil StrokinDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Rapid 2025
- vs Nikita DovbniaWon · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Dmitrij RodinWon · 1-0ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Daniil ManelyukLost · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Arsen KukhmazovLost · 1-0ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Roman Al NosachDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Kirill SomkinWon · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Vladimir FotinDraw · ½–½ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiLost · 1-0ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Maksim SamusenkoWon · 1-0ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Marat I GilfanovWon · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Osman PshmakhovLost · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Artem GogolevWon · 0-1ch-RUS Blitz 2025
- vs Vahe A. SukiasyanDraw · ½–½Tsaghkadzor Open 2025
- vs Mikayel ManvelyanDraw · ½–½Tsaghkadzor Open 2025
- vs Mamikon GharibyanDraw · ½–½Tsaghkadzor Open 2025
- vs Erik HakobyanWon · 1-0Tsaghkadzor Open 2025
- vs Anton SitnikovDraw · ½–½Tsaghkadzor Open 2025
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 |