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LAT · 43 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2401 (Jan 2015)

Best performance: 2530 at Riga Chess Federation Christmas blitz Cup(Best of 2013)

World #=3935 live, down 40#3,895 publishedLatvia #24Europe #=2354among active players

Blitz rating

2221

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Mar 2013

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2239 to 2221 over the last 12 months; peak 2401 in January 2015.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262345, 0, 0 games2341, -19, 11 games2221, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
May 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2221, -18, 11 games
Dec 20252345, 0, 0 games2360, 0, 0 games2239, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 167 blitz games on record, the latest on Dec 7, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
Latvian 2025 Team Blitz Chess ChampionshipDec 7, 2025TPR 21184/11

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 160 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2025

#OpponentRating
1, GM Tomas Laurusas, Aug 2019 · Riga Technical University Open 2019 - H Closing blitz tournament, 2520
2, IM Vladimir Sveshnikov, Dec 2014 · Riga Chess Federation Christmas blitz Cup 2014, 2507
3, GM Evgeny Sveshnikov, Dec 2013 · Riga Chess Federation Christmas blitz Cup, 2489

Event timeline · Blitz

16 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
202511422202118
20222211½19731987
2020138½20472157
2019241720632221
2018241621392264
2017117½22032336
20142014½22032378

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Denis Nikolajev · Blitz

World

  1. #=3935FM Harold Wanyama2221.0
  2. #=3935Jesper De Groote2221.0
  3. #=3935Denis Nikolajev2221.0
  4. #=3935FM Azamat Daurimbetov2221.0
  5. #=3935Dino Markovic2221.0

Latvia

  1. #22Aleksejs Adamovics2229.0
  2. #23FM Marija Kuznecova2228.0
  3. #24Denis Nikolajev2221.0
  4. #25IM Guntars Antoms2220.0
  5. #=26GM Zigurds Lanka2211.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.