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Jekabsons, Ivars
🇱🇻FIDE 11605359· Male· Latvia· Born in 1962
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Ivars Jekabsons, a 64-year-old Latvian player, is rated 2049 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: XXII Calvia Chess Festival 2025 - Amateur Open U2350. Also played 3 rapid events (including XIV Sigulda District Open Rapid Chess Championship) recently. His peak of 2201 was reached at age 55 (Nov 2017, Latvian #33 at the time).
Current rating
2049
Standard
Rpd1860·Blz—
All-time high
2201
−152 pts below
Nov 2017 · age 55
Nov 2017 · age 55
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 10%
#20,907 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2023
5th Latvian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2104
Oct 2023
2019
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2137 → returned at 2120
Nov 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 56
Nov 2018
7th Latvian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2201
Oct 2018
2017
Peak Latvian rank: #33
at age 55 · rated 2201
Nov 2017
1st Latvian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2201
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-1
2050 → 2049
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2034 | -1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnatolijs Selivanovs
🇱🇻LAT·1776
+5 −4 =0
9 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsGirts Lielmezs
🇱🇻LAT·1959
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsMatiss Mitenieks
🇱🇻LAT·1882
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsUldis Deisons
🇱🇻LAT
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsKristaps Kretainis
🇱🇻LAT·2168
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#50
out of 965 players
Europe
#15,346
in continent
World
#20,907
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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