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Galkins, Semjons

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FIDEFIDE 11606061· Male· Latvia· Born in 1993

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Semjons Galkins, a 33-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1845 — just 12 short of his peak of 1857 (Oct 2025, age 32). He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Jurmala Chess open-2026, Rigas cempionats 2025 clasic, and RSF open 2400- III posms. Also played 5 rapid (including Rigas cempionats 2025 rapid) and 3 blitz events (including Shirov trains for Samarkand) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 38 months (2014–2017), 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 39 months (2022–2025).

Current rating

1845

Standard

Rpd1969·Blz1865

All-time high

1857

−12 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 32

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#62,840

#62,840 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+36 Elo)
1821 → 1857
Oct 2025
All-time peak 1857
at age 32 · −12 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 31
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 29
May 2022
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 1701 → returned at 1847
May 2022
2020
29th Latvian 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 1725
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
RSF open 2400- III posms
perf 2042 (+185) · 3.5/5 · #3
Top opponent
vs Reinis PaikensFM 2,255
RSF open 2400- II posms · Aug 2025 · +18.3 Elo
Evolution
+24
1821 → 1845
Tournaments
4
19 games
Score
10.5/ 1955.3%
8W5D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsReinis PaikensFM2,255·RSF open 2400- II posms·R3·+18.3
2.[W]vsOleg Korchagin1,885·Jurmala Chess open-2026·R6·+11.1
3.[W]vsJaroslavs Orlovskis1,884·RSF open 2400- III posms·R5·+10.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAleksejs Jans Olshevskis1,820·Rigas cempionats 2025 clasic·R2·-11.1
2.[L]vsGustavs Rupais1,855·Jurmala Chess open-2026·R5·-9.7
3.[L]vsHyuk Lee2,005·Jurmala Chess open-2026·R4·-5.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Jurmala Chess open-2026
Swiss
Feb 20263/6#121897-12.4
Rigas cempionats 2025 clasic
Swiss
Sep 20250/2#341123-16.2
RSF open 2400- III posms
Swiss
Sep 20253.5/5#32042+26.4
RSF open 2400- II posms
Swiss
Aug 20254/4#32702+26.4
Worst Elo result: Rigas cempionats 2025 clasic (-16.2 Elo, finished #34).

Rankings

/
Latvia
#110
out of 965 players
Europe
#45,933
in continent
World
#62,839
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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