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Kolesnikovs, Ivans
🇱🇻FIDE 11602244· Male· Latvia· Born in 1986
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Ivans Kolesnikovs, a 40-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1978. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 13 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearance: Latvijas 2026. gada pusfinals. Also played 21 rapid (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Rapid Tournament) and 22 blitz events (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Blitz Tournament) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 60 months (2007–2012), 13 months (2013–2014), 12 months (2015–2016) and 31 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2088 was reached at age 17 (Oct 2003); he also reached Latvian #45 in Aug 2023.
At junior level, he reached #10 and #7 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1978
Standard
Rpd2050·Blz2084
All-time high
2088
−110 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 17
Oct 2003 · age 17
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#31,128
#31,128 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2023
Peak Latvian rank: #45
at age 37 · rated 2058
Aug 2023
100 career games
at age 37
Jun 2023
2020
Best 12-month gain (+38 Elo)
2014 → 2052
Oct 2020
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2052 → returned at 2058
Oct 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 32
May 2018
2015
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2025 → returned at 2029
Jun 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-9
1987 → 1978
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4/ 944.4%
3W2D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #27 | 1959 | -8.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAivars Laizans
🇱🇻LAT·1934
+26 −38 =9
73 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsUldis Melderis
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+21 −26 =10
57 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+6 −32 =2
40 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAlexei ShirovGM
🇪🇸ESP·2597
+0 −34 =2
36 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsKonstantins Gudovskis
🇱🇻LAT·2005
+18 −14 =4
36 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#70
out of 965 players
Europe
#23,008
in continent
World
#31,127
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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