Arseniy Nesterov

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Arseniy Nesterov
Personal information
Born (2003-01-20) January 20, 2003 (age 22)
Chess career
Country Russia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
Title Grandmaster (2022) [1]
FIDE   rating 2584 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2609 (June 2024)

Arseniy Yurievich Nesterov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the Russian Chess Championship in 2025.

Chess career

In May 2018, Nesterov led the pack at the start of the Vanya Somov stage of the European Youth Grand Prix alongside Shant Sargsyan. [2] He ultimately finished in 10th place out of 12 players. [3]

In February 2020, Nesterov obtained his final GM norm at the Aeroflot Open 2020 held in Moscow. [1] In September 2022, he participated in the 75th Russian Chess Championship, finishing last in a field of 12 players. [4]

Nesterov competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Fernando Peralta in the first round, but was defeated by Anish Giri in the second round. [5]

Nesterov participated in the 2023 World Junior Chess Championship, where he finished the tournament in equal first place with Marc'Andria Maurizzi, Luka Budisavljevic, and Mamikon Gharibyan. He lost the title to Maurizzi on tiebreaks. [6]

In October 2025, he won the 78th Russian Chess Championship with 6½/11, undefeated ahead of Vadim Zvjaginsev, Daniil Dubov and Andrey Esipenko. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Arseniy Nesterov and Shant Sargsyan Lead Vanya Somov Memorial". May 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bajarani, Ilgar (May 26, 2018). ""World's Youth Stars" Vanya Somov's Memorial - 3 stage European Youth Grand Prix".
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (September 22, 2022). "75th Russian Chess Championship 2022".
  5. ↑ "FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced".
  6. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - FIDE World Junior Chess Championship "México 2023" OPEN". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Arseniy Nesterov and Anna Shukhman Become New Russian Champions" . Retrieved 2025-10-12.


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