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Meshkovs, Nikita
GM🇱🇻FIDE 11602740· Male· Latvia· Born in 1994
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Nikita Meshkovs, a 32-year-old Latvian Grandmaster, is rated 2543 and ranked 3rd among Latvian players, and 345th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2529 and 2567 over the past 2 years. 118 rated games in the past year (≈79/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, 2. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Stichkampf Aufstieg, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15. Also played 4 rapid (including 6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Rapid Tournament) and 4 blitz events (including Lince Andujar Blitz Chess Open) recently. His peak of 2586 was reached at age 29 (Mar 2023, World #247 at the time); he spent 16 months as Latvian #1.
Awarded GM in 2017 (age 23), IM in 2014 (age 20), and FM in 2011 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #44 in U20, World #67 in U16, World #38 in U14, World #83 in U12 and #2 nationally in U18.
Current rating
2543
Standard
Rpd2561·Blz2515
All-time high
2586
−43 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 29
Mar 2023 · age 29
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
91 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#3
#3 · Latvian players · of 376
16 months in #1 nationally (2019–2021)
16 months in #1 nationally (2019–2021)
Career timeline
23 entries2023
Peak World rank: #247
at age 29 · rated 2586
Mar 2023
All-time peak 2586
at age 29 · −46 from today
Mar 2023
2021
16 months in National #1
since Jan 2019
Aug 2021
2020
8-month rising streak
+41 Elo
Mar 2020
2019
Peak Latvian rank: #1
at age 25 · rated 2557
Jan 2019
2018
1,000 career games
at age 24
Nov 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
2539 → 2543
Tournaments
24
82 games
Score
53.5/ 8265.2%
35W37D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #4 | 2601 | +1.5 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2557 | +2.9 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/11 | #53 | 2577 | +8.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #15 | 1835 | -4.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #30 | 2455 | -2.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #58 | 2347 | -8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #72 | 2443 | -1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/3 | #100 | 2211 | -12.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 3262 | +4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/3 | #52 | 2373 | -8.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsArturs NeiksansGM
🇱🇻LAT·2555
+11 −18 =17
46 games·last met May 2026
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vsToms KantansGM
🇱🇻LAT·2571
+7 −7 =26
40 games·last met May 2026
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vsNormunds MiezisGM
🇱🇻LAT·2417
+18 −6 =10
34 games·last met May 2026
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vsMatiss MustapsFM
🇱🇻LAT·2371
+22 −5 =4
31 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsIgor KovalenkoGM
🇺🇦UKR·2672
+6 −18 =4
28 games·last met Nov 2021
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Rankings
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Latvia
#3
out of 965 players
Europe
#199
in continent
World
#345
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Latvia
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