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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Felix Rose | 1-0 | 66 | Open |
| 902 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 9 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Praveen Balakrishnan | 0-1 | 82 | Open |
| 903 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 8 | Mauri Lehtosaari | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 61 | Open |
| 904 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 8 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Todd Andrews | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 905 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 7 | Yi Xu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 44 | Open |
| 906 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 7 | Linxi Zhu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 169 | Open |
| 907 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 6 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Viktor N. Parfenov | 1-0 | 24 | Open |
| 908 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 6 | Alexej Cherepov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 78 | Open |
| 909 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Cristian-Stefan Serban | 0-1 | 31 | Open |
| 910 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 5 | Almas Rakhmatullaev | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 71 | Open |
| 911 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 4 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Sergey Grigoriants | 1/2-1/2 | 80 | Open |
| 912 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 4 | Mostafa Sakhayi | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 70 | Open |
| 913 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | David 2001 Rodriguez Lopez | 1-0 | 21 | Open |
| 914 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 3 | Eduardo Barbosa Mesquita | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 915 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Fidel Corrales Jimenez | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 51 | Open |
| 916 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Marcos Lianes Garcia | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 917 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 1 | Phileas Mathieu | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 918 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Fernando Diaz | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 919 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Lucas Do Valle Cardoso | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 920 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 11 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Erik Golubovic | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 921 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Late | chess.com INT | 10 | Levy Rozman | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 922 | 2024-05-14 | Titled Tue 14th May Early | chess.com INT | 10 | Malak Ismayil | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 923 | 2024-05-10 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 9.23 | Artem Bardyk | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 924 | 2024-05-09 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 8.17 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Anatoliy Demkovich | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 925 | 2024-05-08 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 7.16 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander Morozevich | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 926 | 2024-05-07 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 6.23 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexander Timerkhanov | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 927 | 2024-05-04 | TCh-RUS Premier 2024 | Sochi RUS | 4.28 | Andrey Aminov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 928 | 2024-03-26 | Titled Tue 26th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 3 | Nikolai Vlassov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 929 | 2024-03-26 | Titled Tue 26th Mar Late | chess.com INT | 2 | Levente Miszler | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 111 | Open |
| 930 | 2024-03-19 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 8.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexey Khruschiov | 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 931 | 2024-03-19 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 7.3 | Viachaslau Zarubitski | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 932 | 2024-03-18 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 6.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Svyatoslav Lisenkov | 1-0 | 80 | Open |
| 933 | 2024-03-17 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 5.3 | Evgeny Egorov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 29 | Open |
| 934 | 2024-03-17 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 4.3 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Yaroslav Veselov | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 935 | 2024-03-16 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 3.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Maksim Chertkov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 936 | 2024-03-15 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 2.2 | Maxim Gavrilov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 937 | 2024-03-15 | E.M. Primakov Open Cup | Odintsovo RUS | 1.2 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Isaak Parpiev | 1-0 | 60 | Open |
| 938 | 2024-03-07 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 9.66 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Aldiyar Ansat | 0-1 | 43 | Open |
| 939 | 2024-03-06 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 8.67 | Alexandr Truskavetsky | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 940 | 2024-03-06 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 7.63 | Benik Agasarov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 941 | 2024-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 6.56 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Victor L Ivanov | 0-1 | 58 | Open |
| 942 | 2024-03-05 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 5.66 | Vladislav V Vorotnikov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 943 | 2024-03-04 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 4.63 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Mihail Nikitenko | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 944 | 2024-03-04 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 3.48 | Savva Vetokhin | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 945 | 2024-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 2.5 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Almas Rakhmatullaev | 1/2-1/2 | 65 | Open |
| 946 | 2024-03-03 | Aeroflot Open A 2024 | Moscow RUS | 1.71 | Erik Obgolts | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 947 | 2024-03-01 | ch-Moscow Open Superfinal | Ershovo RUS | 10.2 | Dmitrii Suslov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 948 | 2024-02-29 | ch-Moscow Open Superfinal | Ershovo RUS | 9.21 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Igor Vershinin | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 949 | 2024-02-28 | ch-Moscow Open Superfinal | Ershovo RUS | 8.9 | Pavel Ponkratov | Aleksandr E. Usov | 1-0 | 22 | Open |
| 950 | 2024-02-27 | ch-Moscow Open Superfinal | Ershovo RUS | 7.1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | Alexandr Triapishko | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
- vs Felix RoseWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Praveen BalakrishnanLost · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Mauri LehtosaariWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Todd AndrewsWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Yi XuLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Linxi ZhuWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Viktor N. ParfenovWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Alexej CherepovDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Cristian-Stefan SerbanLost · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Almas RakhmatullaevLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Sergey GrigoriantsDraw · ½–½Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Mostafa SakhayiLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs David 2001 Rodriguez LopezWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Eduardo Barbosa MesquitaWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Fidel Corrales JimenezLost · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Marcos Lianes GarciaLost · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Phileas MathieuWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Fernando DiazWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Lucas Do Valle CardosoLost · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Erik GolubovicWon · 1-0Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Levy RozmanWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Late
- vs Malak IsmayilWon · 0-1Titled Tue 14th May Early
- vs Artem BardykWon · 0-1TCh-RUS Premier 2024
- vs Anatoliy DemkovichWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Premier 2024
- vs Alexander MorozevichLost · 0-1TCh-RUS Premier 2024
- vs Alexander TimerkhanovWon · 1-0TCh-RUS Premier 2024
- vs Andrey AminovWon · 0-1TCh-RUS Premier 2024
- vs Nikolai VlassovWon · 0-1Titled Tue 26th Mar Late
- vs Levente MiszlerWon · 0-1Titled Tue 26th Mar Late
- vs Alexey KhruschiovDraw · ½–½E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 0-1E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Svyatoslav LisenkovWon · 1-0E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Evgeny EgorovDraw · ½–½E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Yaroslav VeselovWon · 1-0E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Maksim ChertkovWon · 1-0E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Maxim GavrilovDraw · ½–½E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Isaak ParpievWon · 1-0E.M. Primakov Open Cup
- vs Aldiyar AnsatLost · 0-1Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Alexandr TruskavetskyLost · 1-0Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Benik AgasarovLost · 1-0Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Victor L IvanovLost · 0-1Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Vladislav V VorotnikovWon · 0-1Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Mihail NikitenkoLost · 0-1Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Savva VetokhinLost · 1-0Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Almas RakhmatullaevDraw · ½–½Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Erik ObgoltsDraw · ½–½Aeroflot Open A 2024
- vs Dmitrii SuslovDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Open Superfinal
- vs Igor VershininDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Open Superfinal
- vs Pavel PonkratovLost · 1-0ch-Moscow Open Superfinal
- vs Alexandr TriapishkoDraw · ½–½ch-Moscow Open Superfinal
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 |