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Visnevskis, Valdis

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FIDEFIDE 11608161· Male· Latvia· Born in 1956

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Valdis Visnevskis, a 70-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1672. He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include RSF open 1800- 2026 I posms, RSF III stage 1800-2025, and RSF open 1800 Stage-II-2025. Also played 16 rapid (including V GM Sveshnikov Evgeny rapid memorial-2026) and 8 blitz events (including GM Sveshnikov Evgeny blitz memorial-2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015) and 22 months (2018–2020). His peak of 1741 was reached at age 68 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1672

Standard

Rpd1719·Blz1678

All-time high

1741

−69 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 68

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#120,005

#120,005 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+153 Elo)
1588 → 1741
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 68
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1741
at age 68 · −69 from today
Mar 2024
2022
3rd Latvian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1655
Apr 2022
100 career games
at age 66
Mar 2022
2020
7th Latvian 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 1695
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ansis Kantans 1,719
RSF III stage 1800-2025 · Aug 2025 · +1.6 Elo
Evolution
+4
1668 → 1672
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
8.5/ 1365.4%
6W5D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsRolands Ignatenko1,514·RSF open 1800- 2026 I posms·R1·-14.3
2.[L]vsValerijs Rizihs1,712·RSF III stage 1800-2025·R5·-8.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
RSF open 1800- 2026 I posms
Swiss
Jan 20265/7#71706+7.2
RSF III stage 1800-2025
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/6#211642-3.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsUldis Melderis
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+6 −40 =1
47 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVija Zalcmane
🇱🇻LAT·1572
+26 −14 =1
41 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsZiedonis Pomahs
🇱🇻LAT·1509
+24 −8 =1
33 games·last met May 2024
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vsKonstantins Gudovskis
🇱🇻LAT·2005
+5 −27 =1
33 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsAnatolijs Birjukovs
🇱🇻LAT·1551
+19 −11 =1
31 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings

/
Latvia
#162
out of 965 players
Europe
#83,227
in continent
World
#119,999
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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