GM Sergei Azarov Full name Sergei Azarov Born 1983 (age 43) Place of birth Federation FIDE Profiles #183 World Ranking 2557 Classical 2559 Rapid 2475 Blitz Rating Bio GM Sergei Azarov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (41 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (33 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (26 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (23 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line (19 games) Black Pieces Catalan Opening: Closed (24 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Smyslov Defense (23 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Godiva Variation (21 games) English Opening: Agincourt Defense (16 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense (16 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Sergei Azarov (2588) Aryan Tari (2556) 1-0 30 2026 Sergei Azarov (2555) Olga Girya (2334) 1-0 67 2026 Sergei Azarov (2590) Maksim Tsaruk (2500) 1-0 60 2026 Sergei Azarov (2565) Polina Shuvalova (2379) 1-0 72 2026 Sergei Azarov (2527) Anna Muzychuk (2721) 1-0 32 2026 Sergei Azarov (2535) Artur Gabrielian (2438) 1-0 34 2026 Sergei Azarov (2595) Amin Tabatabaei (2687) 0-1 41 2026 Sergei Azarov (2599) Jakhongir Vakhidov (2554) 0-1 51 2026 Sergei Azarov (2590) Alexey Sarana (2664) 0-1 60 2026 Sergei Azarov (2590) Gleb Dudin (2512) 0-1 44 2026 Show All Games