Sarana, Alexey Age 24

Source: https://vk.com/alexbublya

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2677.9
Live Rank
#47
FIDE Rating
2674
World Rank
#50
Serbia Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2717 - Jul 2024 (Age 24)
FIDE Peak Rank
#24 (2717) - Aug 2024 (Age 24)
Rapid
2654 World #48, Peak 2706 (May 2024)
Blitz
2689 World #29, Peak 2717 (Jan 2023)
Born
26 Jan 2000
FIDE ID 24133795
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2009 - 2024
Total Games:
1843
Wins:
859 (47%)
Losses:
383 (20%)
Draws:
601 (33%)
Total score:
64%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2667
White:
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (34 games)
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined (32 games)
E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (24 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (94 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (39 games)
D02 London System (37 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 
101Sarana, Alexey2706Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad24201-029Aktobe25 May 2024
102Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan2621Sarana, Alexey27061/2-1/220Sharjah22 May 2024
103Sarana, Alexey2706Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27621/2-1/216Sharjah21 May 2024
104Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2707Sarana, Alexey27061/2-1/272Sharjah20 May 2024
105Sarana, Alexey2706Sankalp, Gupta25321-068Sharjah19 May 2024
106Niemann, Hans Moke2689Sarana, Alexey27061/2-1/216Sharjah18 May 2024
107Sarana, Alexey2706Vakhidov, Jahongir25991-052Sharjah17 May 2024
108Yuffa, Daniil2617Sarana, Alexey27061/2-1/236Sharjah16 May 2024
109Sarana, Alexey2706Gurel, Ediz25781-059Sharjah15 May 2024
110Daneshvar, Bardiya2582Sarana, Alexey27061/2-1/261Sharjah14 May 2024
111Laznicka, Viktor2597Sarana, Alexey26990-157Barcelona13 Apr 2024
112Sarana, Alexey2699Yoo, Christopher Woojin25831/2-1/280Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
113Haring, Filip2452Sarana, Alexey26990-128Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
114Sarana, Alexey2699Weishaeutel, Moritz23781-030Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
115Petrovskiy, Vadim2421Sarana, Alexey26991/2-1/245Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
116Sarana, Alexey2699Maurizzi, Marc Andria26020-133Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
117Buckels, Valentin2450Sarana, Alexey26990-159Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
118Sarana, Alexey2699Gaal, Zsoka23791-032Karlsruhe29 Mar 2024
119Nurgaliyev, Sauat2262Sarana, Alexey26990-158Karlsruhe29 Mar 2024
120Sarana, Alexey2699Pfrengle, Tim21271-039Karlsruhe28 Mar 2024
121Istratescu, Andrei2374Sarana, Alexey26990-158Bucharest24 Mar 2024
122Sarana, Alexey2699Bulmaga, Irina24291-034Bucharest24 Mar 2024
123Mikhalevski, Victor2514Sarana, Alexey26991-060Bucharest24 Mar 2024
124Sarana, Alexey2699Sargsyan, Shant26370-137Bucharest24 Mar 2024
125Bologan, Viktor2594Sarana, Alexey26990-140Bucharest24 Mar 2024
126Sarana, Alexey2699Moroni, Luca Jr25801-080Bucharest24 Mar 2024
127Tilicheev, Viacheslav2485Sarana, Alexey26990-129Bucharest23 Mar 2024
128Sarana, Alexey2699Patrascu, Catalin Lucian22981-032Bucharest23 Mar 2024
129Barbu, Simon Alexandru1998Sarana, Alexey26990-139Bucharest23 Mar 2024
130Sarana, Alexey2699Zanfir, Iulian17861-016Bucharest23 Mar 2024
131Sarana, Alexey2699Alsina Leal, Daniel24941/2-1/262Barcelona16 Mar 2024
132Sarana, Alexey2695Alsina Leal, Daniel24951-060Barcelona17 Feb 2024
133De la Riva Aguado, Oscar2443Sarana, Alexey26950-134Barcelona20 Jan 2024
134Lazavik, Denis2566Sarana, Alexey26881-090Samarkand30 Dec 2023
135Sarana, Alexey2688Artemiev, Vladislav27111/2-1/243Samarkand30 Dec 2023
136Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2727Sarana, Alexey26881/2-1/268Samarkand30 Dec 2023
137Sarana, Alexey2688Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311-038Samarkand30 Dec 2023
138Muradli, Mahammad2550Sarana, Alexey26881/2-1/261Samarkand30 Dec 2023
139Sarana, Alexey2688Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan26091-044Samarkand30 Dec 2023
140Sindarov, Javokhir2701Sarana, Alexey26881/2-1/238Samarkand30 Dec 2023
141Carlsen, Magnus2830Sarana, Alexey26881-036Samarkand30 Dec 2023
142Sarana, Alexey2688Sjugirov, Sanan27031-071Samarkand30 Dec 2023
143Riazantsev, Alexander2616Sarana, Alexey26881-056Samarkand30 Dec 2023
144Sarana, Alexey2688Vokhidov, Shamsiddin25961-050Samarkand29 Dec 2023
145Makhnev, Denis2486Sarana, Alexey26881/2-1/271Samarkand29 Dec 2023
146Sarana, Alexey2688Jobava, Baadur25911-050Samarkand29 Dec 2023
147Bharath, Subramaniyam H2504Sarana, Alexey26881-044Samarkand29 Dec 2023
148Sarana, Alexey2688Kovalev, Vladislav25821-039Samarkand29 Dec 2023
149Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2573Sarana, Alexey27071/2-1/251Samarkand29 Dec 2023
150Sarana, Alexey2688Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna26771-043Samarkand29 Dec 2023
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