Ernesto Inarkiev

Ernesto Inarkiev
Inarkiev in Moscow 2020
Personal information
Born (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985
Chess career
Country
TitleGrandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating2653 (March 2026)
Peak rating2732 (September 2016)
RankingNo. 63 (March 2026)
Peak rankingNo. 25 (October 2016)

Ernesto Kazbekovich Inarkiev (Russian: Эрнесто Казбекович Инаркиев; born 9 December 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia. He was European champion in 2016.

Since July 2005, Inarkiev has continuously been among the 100 highest FIDE-rated chess players in the world.

Inarkiev was part of the Moscow team that won the Russian championship in rapid chess in 2015.