IMAleksandr E. UsovLIVE
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Artak Manukian | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 702 | 2024-12-10 | Titled Tue 10th Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Ratko Novak | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 703 | 2024-12-09 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 7.3 | Sergei Lobanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 73 | Open |
| 704 | 2024-12-08 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 6.4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Hovik Hayrapetyan | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 705 | 2024-12-08 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 5.3 | Mihail Nikitenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 706 | 2024-12-07 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 4.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Platon Galperin | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Open |
| 707 | 2024-12-06 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 3.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Pavel Ponkratov | 1-0 | 83 | Open |
| 708 | 2024-12-06 | 6th Yerevan Open A 2024 | Yerevan ARM | 2.11 | Setayesh Karimi | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 709 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Cristian Camilo Soto | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 710 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Iljya Grigorjev | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 711 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Anthony Atanasov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 123 | Open |
| 712 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Igor Vershinin | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 713 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Daniel Naroditsky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 714 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Cristian Sanhueza | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 715 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Luis Fernandez Siles | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 716 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sebastian Poltorak | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 717 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Ruslan Kavyev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 718 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | 66 | Open |
| 719 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Sanan Sjugirov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 720 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Eric Zhang | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 721 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Bence Pribelszky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 722 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Dmitry Ponomarev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 723 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bartosz Przybylski | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 724 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Artak Manukian | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 725 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Slobodan J Filipovic | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 726 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Nazar Firman | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 82 | Open |
| 727 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Rasmus Svane | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 728 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alberto Martin Fuentes | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 729 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Cristian Camilo Soto | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 730 | 2024-12-03 | Titled Tue 3rd Dec Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 731 | 2024-11-28 | 3rd President of UZB 2024 | Tashkent UZB | 8.18 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aleksey Goganov | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 732 | 2024-11-27 | 3rd President of UZB 2024 | Tashkent UZB | 7.19 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Arystanbek Urazayev | 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Open |
| 733 | 2024-11-26 | 3rd President of UZB 2024 | Tashkent UZB | 6.23 | Almas Rakhmatullaev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 734 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 9.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Nikolay Konovalov | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 735 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 8.9 | Maxim Turov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 736 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 11.5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | David Paravyan | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 737 | 2024-11-17 | Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid | Leninskiy RUS | 10.16 | Aleksei Shushunov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 738 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Jorge Soto Vega | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 739 | 2024-11-12 | Titled Tue 12th Nov Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Ivan Martic | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 740 | 2024-11-05 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 8.1 | Ziming Guo | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 741 | 2024-11-05 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 7.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jinnan Xia | 0-1 | 75 | Open |
| 742 | 2024-11-05 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 6.1 | Houlin Shen | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 743 | 2024-11-05 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 5.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Zimu(JS) Chen | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 744 | 2024-11-04 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 4.1 | Wangxueyao Mu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 75 | Open |
| 745 | 2024-11-04 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 3.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Hongtao Jin | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 746 | 2024-11-04 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 2.1 | Miaoyi Lu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 60 | Open |
| 747 | 2024-11-04 | CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024 | Harbin CHN | 1.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Zilong Yang | 0-1 | 66 | Open |
| 748 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Nils Grandelius | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 55 | Open |
| 749 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 750 | 2024-10-29 | Titled Tue 29th Oct Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sanan Sjugirov | 1-0 | 32 | Open |
- vs Artak ManukianWon · 1-0Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Ratko NovakWon · 0-1Titled Tue 10th Dec Early
- vs Sergei LobanovLost · 1-06th Yerevan Open A 2024
- vs Hovik HayrapetyanDraw · ½–½6th Yerevan Open A 2024
- vs Mihail NikitenkoDraw · ½–½6th Yerevan Open A 2024
- vs Platon GalperinDraw · ½–½6th Yerevan Open A 2024
- vs Pavel PonkratovWon · 1-06th Yerevan Open A 2024
- vs Setayesh KarimiWon · 0-16th Yerevan Open A 2024
- 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 Aleksey GoganovLost · 0-13rd President of UZB 2024
- vs Arystanbek UrazayevDraw · ½–½3rd President of UZB 2024
- vs Almas RakhmatullaevDraw · ½–½3rd President of UZB 2024
- vs Nikolay KonovalovDraw · ½–½Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid
- vs Maxim TurovDraw · ½–½Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid
- vs David ParavyanLost · 0-1Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid
- vs Aleksei ShushunovWon · 0-1Yuri Dokhoian Mem Rapid
- vs Jorge Soto VegaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Ivan MarticLost · 0-1Titled Tue 12th Nov Early
- vs Ziming GuoWon · 0-1CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Jinnan XiaLost · 0-1CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Houlin ShenWon · 0-1CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Zimu(JS) ChenWon · 1-0CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Wangxueyao MuWon · 0-1CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Hongtao JinWon · 1-0CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Miaoyi LuDraw · ½–½CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- vs Zilong YangLost · 0-1CHN-RUS Youth Rapid 2024
- 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
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 |