GM Nikita Matinian Full name Nikita Matinian Born 1992 (age 34) Place of birth Federation FIDE Profiles #833 World Ranking 2389 Classical 2365 Rapid 2423 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (33 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (20 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (17 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (16 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (16 games) Black Pieces Modern Defense with 1.e4 (25 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (18 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (14 games) Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (12 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nikita Matinian (2770) Carlos Eduardo Cardozo Munar (2421) 1-0 47 2026 Nikita Matinian (2853) Nitzan Steinberg (3038) 1-0 58 2026 Nikita Matinian (2847) Marius Fromm (2690) 1-0 51 2026 Nikita Matinian (2854) Tokhir Nematov (2500) 1-0 64 2026 Nikita Matinian (2896) Esteban Horacio Deichmann (2618) 1-0 36 2026 Nikita Matinian (2910) Sounak Bagchi (2480) 1-0 35 2026 Nikita Matinian (2442) Maksim Chigaev (2594) 1-0 43 2026 Nikita Matinian (2446) Pranav Venkatesh (2593) 1-0 35 2026 Nikita Matinian (2842) Baris Cinar Sahbudak (2658) 1-0 32 2026 Nikita Matinian (2860) Roman Sergejev (2477) 1-0 59 2026 Show All Games