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Golsta, Madara
🇱🇻FIDE 11607386· Female· Latvia· Born in 2003
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Madara Golsta, a 23-year-old Latvian player, is rated 2023 — just 16 short of her peak of 2039 (Aug 2019, age 16). She has fluctuated between 1951 and 2023 over the past 2 years. 73 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Int. Graz Open 2026 - A, and Iesildisanas Cesim 2026 Clasic. Also played 10 rapid (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Rapid Tournament) and 5 blitz events (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Blitz Tournament) recently. She took a 28-month break between Jun 2022 and Nov 2024. She reached Latvian #55 in Jun 2026.
At junior level, she reached #6, #3, #2, #5 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2023
Standard
Rpd2021·Blz1902
All-time high
2039
−16 pts below
Aug 2019 · age 16
Aug 2019 · age 16
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
64 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,164
#24,164 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Peak Latvian rank: #55
at age 23 · rated 2023
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 23
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Jun 2025
500 career games
at age 22
Jun 2025
2022
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1980 → returned at 1979
Jun 2022
6th Latvian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2037
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
2008 → 2023
Tournaments
10
65 games
Score
30/ 6546.2%
21W18D26L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/11 | #307 | 2063 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #148 | 2124 | +30.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #9 | 1917 | -8.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 1950 | -12.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #15 | 2918 | +13.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #6 | 2826 | +11.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2392 | +4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRamona Golsta
🇱🇻LAT·1946
+19 −1 =9
29 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsUldis Melderis
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+3 −10 =2
15 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsMargarita Parhomenko
🇱🇻LAT·1951
+8 −5 =2
15 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsArina Petrovska
🇱🇻LAT·1750
+6 −5 =2
13 games·last met Aug 2020
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vsArtjoms Vissarionovs
🇱🇻LAT·1795
+9 −4 =0
13 games·last met Mar 2019
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Rankings
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Latvia
#55
out of 965 players
Europe
#17,810
in continent
World
#24,164
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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