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Jansone, Melanija Luize
WCM🇱🇻FIDE 11614722· Female· Latvia· Born in 2008
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Melanija Luize Jansone, a 18-year-old Latvian Woman Candidate Master, is rated 2065 — her current career high and ranked 77th among women worldwide under 18, and in the top 9% worldwide. She is rising rapidly, having gained +232 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-G-18, Int. Graz Open 2026 - A, and European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Girls U18. Also played 11 rapid (including Latvian 2025 Team Rapid Chess Championship) and 4 blitz events (including Latvian 2025 Team Blitz Chess Championship) recently. She reached Latvian #46 in Jun 2026.
Awarded WCM in 2026 (age 18). At junior level, she reached #8, #10, #6, #8 and #8 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2065
Standard
Rpd1991·Blz2016
All-time high
2065
at best
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#77
#77 · women worldwide under 18 · of 2,457
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak Latvian rank: #46
at age 18 · rated 2065
Jun 2026
8th Latvian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2065
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2065
at age 18
Apr 2026
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 18
Mar 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Mar 2026
2024
10th Latvian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1884
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 B im 3. Muenchner Schachfestivalperf 2165 (+186) · 7.5/9 · #1
Evolution
+86
1979 → 2065
Tournaments
4
35 games
Score
23/ 3565.7%
20W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsDmytro PeretsFM2,078·Internationales Pfingst-Open 2025 B im 3. Muenchner Schachfestival·R5·-14.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7.5/8 | #1 | 2231 | +52.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #195 | 2068 | +42.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #31 | 1965 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2165 | +146.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNaomi MaklakovaWCM
🇱🇻LAT·2088
+14 −10 =9
33 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+1 −9 =8
18 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsLauma Mierina
🇱🇻LAT·1731
+13 −2 =2
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsSofja Vasiljeva
🇱🇻LAT·1924
+2 −6 =9
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMarija Krasilnikova
🇱🇻LAT·1775
+12 −0 =5
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#46
out of 965 players
Europe
#13,895
in continent
World
#18,981
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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