Arseniy Nesterov

Arseniy Yurievich Nesterov (; born 20 January 2003) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the Russian Chess Championship in 2025.

Chess career Nesterov was born in Saint Petersburg on 20 January 2003.

In May 2018, he led the pack at the start of the Vanya Somov stage of the European Youth Grand Prix alongside Shant Sargsyan. He ultimately finished in 10th place out of 12 players.

In February 2020, Nesterov obtained his final GM norm at the Aeroflot Open 2020 held in Moscow.

Nesterov competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Fernando Peralta in the first round, but was defeated by Anish Giri in the second round.

Nesterov participated in the 2023 World Junior Chess Championship, where he finished the tournament in equal first place with Marc'Andria Maurizzi, Luka Budisavljevic, and Mamikon Gharibyan. He lost the title to Maurizzi on tiebreaks.

In October 2025, he won the 78th Russian Chess Championship with 6½/11, undefeated ahead of Vadim Zvjaginsev, Daniil Dubov and Andrey Esipenko.