Arseniy Nesterov | |
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Country | Russia (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023) |
Born | January 20, 2003 |
Title | Grandmaster (2022) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2592 (March 2024) |
Peak rating | 2597 (November 2023) |
Arseniy Yurievich Nesterov is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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]
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