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Aleksey Grebnev
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Aleksey Grebnev

FIDEBorn 2006 (age 20)FIDE ID 34189030

Playing now: Asian Nations Chess Cup 2026

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2615
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FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2608
Luft

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Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 42 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense875%
Italian Game475%
Four Knights Game367%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack2100%
Zukertort Opening1100%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 8 games, won 5, drew 2, lost 1 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack2100%
Moscow Variation250%
French Variation1100%
Taimanov Variation1100%
Hyperaccelerated Dragon1100%
Najdorf Variation10%

Italian Game

With White: 4 games, won 2, drew 2, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Defense275%
Classical Variation275%

Four Knights Game

With White: 3 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 0 · 67%

VariationGamesScore
Scotch Variation Accepted367%

Nimzo-Larsen Attack

With White: 2 games, won 2, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation2100%

Zukertort Opening

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Nimzo-Larsen Variation1100%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 8 games, won 2, drew 5, lost 1 · 56%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation560%
Alapin Variation1100%
Delayed Alapin Variation150%
Modern Variations10%

Petrov's Defense

With Black: 5 games, won 1, drew 4, lost 0 · 60%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Attack250%
Modern Attack1100%
Main line150%
Nimzowitsch Attack150%

Catalan Opening

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Closed150%
Open Defense150%

King's Indian Attack

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line150%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Kmoch Variation150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
Asian Nations Chess Cup 202612 Nov 20265/5+10+10
Asian Individual Chess Championship 20266 Jun 2026=9th−5−7
FIDE World Cup 202515 Nov 20256½/10+15+14
Fujairah Global 202526 Aug 2025=17th+2+2
31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival24 Aug 20255/6+10+10

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMPranesh M.12 Nov 2026 · Asian Nations Chess Cup 20262673
GMD. Navara5 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252648
GMNarayanan S L.29 Jul 2025 · Oskemen Open 20252597
GMS. Kourkoulos-Arditis7 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252585
GMA. Mittal24 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival2560

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMS. SethuramanLast 12 Aug 2025 · Almaty Region Open Qonaev Cup 20252020
GMA. MittalLast 24 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival2110
GMD. QuizonLast 2 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252110
GMD. NavaraLast 5 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252110
GMS. Kourkoulos-ArditisLast 8 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252110

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.