Sarana, Alexey Age 25


Source: https://vk.com/alexbublya

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2671.5
Live Rank
#49
FIDE Rating
2672
World Rank
#49
Serbia Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2717 - Jul 2024 (Age 24)
FIDE Peak Rank
#24 (2717) - Aug 2024 (Age 24)
Rapid
2603 World #121, Peak 2706 (May 2024)
Blitz
2696 World #26, Peak 2717 (Jan 2023)
Born
26 Jan 2000
FIDE ID 24133795
Wikipedia

Active Years:
2009 - 2025
Total Games:
1907
Wins:
887 (47%)
Losses:
401 (21%)
Draws:
619 (32%)
Total score:
63%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2643
White:
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (36 games)
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined (33 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (24 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (96 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (40 games)
D02 London System (38 games)

Alexey Sarana was born on January 26, 2000, in the Moscow region. He began playing chess at the age of five, watching his older brother, and his precociousness with the game quickly drew attention. At the age of seven, he achieved his first successes, and at eight, he was already the champion of Russia for his age group. In subsequent years, he participated many times in youth world and European championships in various age categories, but he never managed to win gold.


However, Sarana won the Olympiad and other tournaments multiple times as part of the Russian youth team, and in 2018 he even joined the World Team. At the age of 16, Alexey became an International Master, and at 17, a Grandmaster. In 2018, when his rating exceeded 2600, he made a spectacular debut among adults: he won the Higher League of the Russian Championship on his first try – 6.5/9. He did not perform very well in the Superfinal (5/11), but it became clear that the country had gained a new bright player in him. A year later, he repeated this cycle: he again won the Higher League – 6.5/9 and again finished with a negative score in the elite round-robin. This "format mismatch" would hinder him for a long time from making an even bigger name for himself: Swiss tournaments, where he needed to move forward by winning games always suited him better than round-robin events, where reliability and strategic calculation come to the fore.

An aggressive attitude greatly helped Sarana online. He quickly established himself as one of the best blitz players in the world, winning or placing in many prestigious tournaments, fighting on equal terms with the elite: Carlsen, Nakamura, and others. His success in online chess extended not only to individual but also team tournaments. For instance, he became the winner of the European Team Championship and then the 2020 Olympiad as part of the Russian team.

After COVID, he experienced rapid growth. He won a series of rapid tournaments for the Russian Cup and triumphed in the final, claimed bronze at the European Championship – 8/11, and won the prestigious Junior U21 Round Table Open, where he finished ahead of Erigaisi, Gukesh, and other young top stars. Alexey was on the verge of joining the "2700 club."

In 2022, Sarana decided to change his citizenship, moving from Russia to Serbia. A year later, he won the European Championship: first individually – 8.5/11, and then as part of the Serbian team, achieving the best result on Board 2 – 6/8 (Board 1 was played by another former Russian, Predke). This allowed him to enter the elite circle – his rating rose to 2717 (24th in the world), and he received many favourable reviews for his fresh and bold play. That year ended for him with a third European Championship victory – this time, Sarana became the best in rapid chess.


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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Sarana, Alexey2677Mendonca, Leon Luke26391/2-1/247Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025
2Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2741Sarana, Alexey26771-029Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025
3Sarana, Alexey2677Harikrishna, Pentala26950-140Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025
4Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2768Sarana, Alexey26771-051Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025
5Sarana, Alexey2677Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/245Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025
6Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/223Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025
7Caruana, Fabiano2803Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/261Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025
8Sarana, Alexey2677Fedoseev, Vladimir127171-045Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025
9Giri, Anish2731Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/243Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025
10Sarana, Alexey2677Gukesh D27771/2-1/270Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025
11Van Foreest, Jorden2680Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/242Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025
12Sarana, Alexey2677Wei, Yi27511/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025
13Warmerdam, Max2646Sarana, Alexey26771/2-1/251Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025
14Kamsky, Gata2609Sarana, Alexey27131-046Germany12 Jan 2025
15Sarana, Alexey2713Rapport, Richard27151/2-1/222Germany11 Jan 2025
16Lenderman, Aleksandr2480Sarana, Alexey26741-081New York30 Dec 2024
17Sarana, Alexey2674Zemlyanskii, Ivan25431-038New York30 Dec 2024
18Gelfand, Boris2657Sarana, Alexey26741-037New York30 Dec 2024
19Sarana, Alexey2674Jumabayev, Rinat25731-074New York30 Dec 2024
20Margvelashvili, Giorgi2531Sarana, Alexey26740-165New York30 Dec 2024
21Sarana, Alexey2674Christiansen, Johan Sebastian26610-125New York30 Dec 2024
22So, Wesley2747Sarana, Alexey26741-070New York30 Dec 2024
23Sarana, Alexey2674Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/284New York30 Dec 2024
24Antipov, Mikhail Al2594Sarana, Alexey26741/2-1/2125New York30 Dec 2024
25Sarana, Alexey2674Vokhidov, Shamsiddin26811-042New York30 Dec 2024
26Hakobyan, Aram2625Sarana, Alexey26740-147New York30 Dec 2024
27Sarana, Alexey2674Gaehwiler, Gabriel23921-035New York30 Dec 2024
28Madaminov, Mukhiddin2501Sarana, Alexey26741/2-1/268New York30 Dec 2024
29Sarana, Alexey2654Juksta, Karolis23091-036New York28 Dec 2024
30Sardana, Rishi2409Sarana, Alexey26541-035New York28 Dec 2024
31Lodici, Lorenzo2450Sarana, Alexey26541-057New York28 Dec 2024
32Sarana, Alexey2654Zemlyanskii, Ivan24950-147New York28 Dec 2024
33Jumabayev, Rinat2503Sarana, Alexey26541-044New York27 Dec 2024
34Sarana, Alexey2654Kadric, Denis25131-047New York27 Dec 2024
35Sarana, Alexey2654Bilych, Olexiy24501-049New York27 Dec 2024
36Christiansen, Johan Sebastian2468Sarana, Alexey26541/2-1/235New York27 Dec 2024
37Makarian, Rudik2498Sarana, Alexey26541-034New York26 Dec 2024
38Sarana, Alexey2654Bjerre, Jonas Buhl25240-146New York26 Dec 2024
39Kobalia, Mihail2522Sarana, Alexey26541/2-1/266New York26 Dec 2024
40Sarana, Alexey2654Vokhidov, Shamsiddin25401/2-1/224New York26 Dec 2024
41Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian2460Sarana, Alexey26540-127New York26 Dec 2024
42Fedoseev, Vladimir12709Sarana, Alexey26741-028Hungary15 Dec 2024
43Sarana, Alexey2674Mihok, Oliver25331-052Hungary15 Dec 2024
44Sarana, Alexey2674Mamedov, Rauf26561-042Skopje9 Dec 2024
45Jobava, Baadur2578Sarana, Alexey26741/2-1/259Skopje9 Dec 2024
46Sarana, Alexey2674Korobov, Anton26291-026Skopje9 Dec 2024
47Fressinet, Laurent2588Sarana, Alexey26740-184Skopje9 Dec 2024
48Sarana, Alexey2674Ragger, Markus25771-051Skopje9 Dec 2024
49Peyrer, Konstantin2440Sarana, Alexey26740-166Skopje9 Dec 2024
50Sarana, Alexey2674Van Foreest, Jorden26770-137Skopje9 Dec 2024