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Vainovska, Valentina

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FIDEFIDE 11602848· Female· Latvia· Born in 1950

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Valentina Vainovska, a 76-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1688. She has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 13 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearance: Baltija Cup 2025 (open B, U2400). Also played 11 rapid (including IV Chess Festival Cesis 2025 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including IV Chess Festival Cesis 2025 - Blitz) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 44 months (2006–2010) and 21 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Her peak of 1992 was reached at age 56 (Oct 2006); she also reached Latvian #79 in Jul 2010.

Current rating

1688

Standard

Rpd1608·Blz1580

All-time high

1992

−304 pts below
Oct 2006 · age 56

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#114,321

#114,321 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
2nd Latvian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1688
Jun 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+155 Elo)
1586 → 1741
Mar 2024
2022
5th Latvian 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 1590
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1590 → returned at 1574
Nov 2020
2016
100 career games
at age 66
Sep 2016
5th Latvian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1823
May 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-1
1689 → 1688

Last 12 months — tournaments

0 events

Most-Played Opponents

vsImants Gruduls
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+4 −13 =9
26 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsIlja Sharakovs
🇱🇻LAT·1782
+8 −12 =1
21 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsJanis Isakovs
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+5 −13 =3
21 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsStanislavs Melihovs
🇱🇻LAT·1629
+3 −7 =5
15 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsGunars Lanka
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+14 −1 =0
15 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings

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Latvia
#159
out of 965 players
Europe
#79,830
in continent
World
#114,317
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Latvia
1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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2,328
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159🇱🇻Vainovska, Valentina1,688
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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2,764
4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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79830🇱🇻Vainovska, Valentina1,688
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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