Nikita Afanasiev (born 2000) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2020.
Nikita Afanasiev | |
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Country | Russia |
Born | 2000 (age 21–22) |
Title | Grandmaster (2020) |
FIDE rating | 2583 (June 2022) |
Peak rating | 2561 (April 2022) |
Afanasiev earned the FIDE Master title in 2014, International Master in 2019 and Grandmaster title in 2020.[1]
He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021 through the European continental qualifiers.[2]
In March 2022, he won the Moscow Championship on tie-break ahead of Ivan Eletskiy and Viacheslav Zakhartsov after all scored 7/9.[3]