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Mierins, Emils Janis
🇱🇻FIDE 11616830· Male· Latvia· Born in 2005
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Emils Janis Mierins, a 21-year-old Latvian player, is rated 2246 — just 12 short of his peak of 2258 (Dec 2023, age 18) and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent appearances: European Individual Chess Championship 2026 and 40th European Club Cup (open). Also played 6 rapid (including V GM Sveshnikov Evgeny rapid memorial-2026) and 5 blitz events (including Mokate Blitz Tournament - XIII Katowice Chess Festival) recently. He reached Latvian #17 in Dec 2023.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2246
Standard
Rpd2250·Blz2225
All-time high
2258
−12 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 18
Dec 2023 · age 18
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#5,993 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
16 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 20
Nov 2025
500 career games
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
1st Latvian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2255
Jan 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Latvian rank: #17
at age 18 · rated 2258
Dec 2023
1st Latvian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2258
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+47
2199 → 2246
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
8W4D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/11 | #272 | 2305 | +23.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #147 | 2320 | +24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsUldis Melderis
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+22 −21 =10
53 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsKonstantins Gudovskis
🇱🇻LAT·2005
+14 −17 =9
40 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2299
+17 −11 =5
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVitaly LevchenkovFM
🇱🇻LAT
+10 −14 =8
32 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsAivars Laizans
🇱🇻LAT·1934
+10 −12 =5
27 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
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Latvia
#20
out of 966 players
Europe
#4,091
in continent
World
#5,993
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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