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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sebastian Poltorak | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 852 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Pranesh M | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 853 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Alberto Martin Fuentes | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 854 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Jack Mizzi | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 855 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jules Moussard | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 856 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Hans Moke Niemann | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 857 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aydin Suleymanli | 0-1 | 62 | Open |
| 858 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Oleg Papayan | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 52 | Open |
| 859 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bryan Weisz | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 860 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Maroun Tomb | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 861 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Megan Althea Paragua | 1-0 | 23 | Open |
| 862 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Evgeny Alekseev | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 863 | 2024-06-18 | Titled Tue 18th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Anton Demchenko | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 864 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 865 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Tamas Banusz | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 866 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Rinat Jumabayev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 102 | Open |
| 867 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr Shimanov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 21 | Open |
| 868 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Matthias Dann | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 869 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jovana Srdanovic | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 870 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Anna M. Sargsyan | 1-0 | 85 | Open |
| 871 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Denis Pavlov | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 872 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Leonid Nozdrachev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 68 | Open |
| 873 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Emanuel Vaglio Mattey | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 874 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sterling Bayaca | 1-0 | 69 | Open |
| 875 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Daniel Xu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 876 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Tyhran Ambartsumian | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 877 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Dominik Orzech | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 878 | 2024-06-11 | Titled Tue 11th Jun Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Mina Wael Sabry | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 879 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexei Shirov | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 880 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Emir Sharshenbekov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 881 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Rafail Antoniou | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 882 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Bojan Maksimovic | 0-1 | 117 | Open |
| 883 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Peter T Roberson | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 884 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Reza Mahdavi | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 885 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Rasmus Svane | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 70 | Open |
| 886 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Etienne Bacrot | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 887 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Djuro Skaric | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 888 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Vugar Rasulov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 889 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Cristhian Portal Ramos | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 890 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Tuan Minh Le | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 891 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Daniel Herman | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 892 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Daniel Naroditsky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 893 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Alexander Devaev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 894 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Jan Boder | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 895 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Roman Shogdzhiev | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 896 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 15 | Open |
| 897 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Daakshin Arun | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 45 | Open |
| 898 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Viktor Shapiro | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 899 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Karina Ambartsumova | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 900 | 2024-05-28 | Titled Tue 28th May Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Amir Hosein Kashefi | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
- vs Sebastian PoltorakWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Pranesh MLost · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Alberto Martin FuentesWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Jack MizziWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Jules MoussardLost · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Aydin SuleymanliLost · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Oleg PapayanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Bryan WeiszWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Maroun TombWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Megan Althea ParaguaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
- vs Evgeny AlekseevWon · 1-0Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Anton DemchenkoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
- vs Leinier Dominguez PerezWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Tamas BanuszLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Rinat JumabayevDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Matthias DannLost · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Jovana SrdanovicLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Anna M. SargsyanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Denis PavlovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Leonid NozdrachevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Emanuel Vaglio MatteyWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Sterling BayacaWon · 1-0Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Daniel XuWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Tyhran AmbartsumianLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Dominik OrzechLost · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
- vs Mina Wael SabryWon · 0-1Titled Tue 11th Jun Early
- vs Alexei ShirovLost · 0-1Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Emir SharshenbekovLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Rafail AntoniouWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Bojan MaksimovicLost · 0-1Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Peter T RobersonWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Reza MahdaviLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Rasmus SvaneLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Etienne BacrotWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Djuro SkaricWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Vugar RasulovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Cristhian Portal RamosWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Tuan Minh LeWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Daniel HermanWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Daniel NaroditskyLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Alexander DevaevWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Jan BoderWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Roman ShogdzhievDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Alfeu Junior Varela BuenoWon · 0-1Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Daakshin ArunLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Early
- vs Viktor ShapiroWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Karina AmbartsumovaLost · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May Late
- vs Amir Hosein KashefiWon · 1-0Titled Tue 28th May 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 |