GM Nikita Afanasiev Full name Nikita Afanasiev Born 1/1/2000 (age 24) Place of birth Federation Russia Profiles #437 World Ranking 2531 Classical 2558 Rapid 2547 Blitz Rating Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces English Opening: Agincourt Defense (11 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (11 games) King's Indian Attack (8 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (8 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (7 games) Black Pieces Modern Defense with 1.e4 (19 games) Modern Defense: Standard Line (14 games) Modern Defense with 1.d4 (13 games) Pirc Defense (11 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (5 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nikita Afanasiev (2535) Olga Girya (2335) 1-0 60 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2535) Polina Shuvalova (2377) 1-0 74 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2530) Ivan Yudin (2306) 1-0 50 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2538) Erik Obgolts (2455) 1-0 41 2023 Nikita Afanasiev Ivan Strizhnev (1905) 1-0 36 2023 Nikita Afanasiev Egor Kurchenko (2125) 1-0 30 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2515) Alexey Smirnov (2290) 1-0 39 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2515) Alisher Suleymenov (2447) 1-0 45 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2515) Sergei Lobanov (2437) 1-0 37 2023 Nikita Afanasiev (2515) Roman Ovetchkin (2403) 0-1 94 2023 Show All Games