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Valdats, Reinis
FM🇱🇻FIDE 11617578· Male· Latvia· Born in 2010
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Reinis Valdats, a 16-year-old Latvian FIDE Master, is rated 2246 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Latvijas 2026. gada pusfinals, Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-U-16, and Int. Graz Open 2026 - A. Also played 8 rapid (including 6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Rapid Tournament) and 7 blitz events (including Lince Andujar Blitz Chess Open) recently. His peak of 2304 was reached at age 15 (Jun 2025); he also reached Latvian #13 in Oct 2025.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #85 in U14 and #1, #2, #2 and #3 nationally in U16, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2246
Standard
Rpd2158·Blz2181
All-time high
2304
−58 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 15
Jun 2025 · age 15
Activity
82
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
68 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#242 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Peak Latvian rank: #13
at age 15 · rated 2302
Oct 2025
1st Latvian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2304
Jun 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 15
Jun 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 15
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2304
at age 15 · −58 from today
Jun 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 15
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-55
2301 → 2246
Tournaments
8
63 games
Score
40.5/ 6364.3%
35W11D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 1.5/3 | #68 | 2089 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #9 | 2269 | +8.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 8.5/8 | #2 | 2599 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #146 | 2159 | -19.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #37 | 2195 | -16.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/10 | #59 | 2108 | -41.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #19 | 2255 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #134 | 2325 | +5.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArtjoms TolmacevsFM
🇱🇻LAT·2268
+8 −10 =2
20 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsRomans Tolmacevs
🇱🇻LAT·1987
+13 −2 =5
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+11 −4 =4
19 games·last met Jul 2026
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vsMikelis VingrisFM
🇱🇻LAT·2300
+5 −9 =2
16 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsNaomi MaklakovaWCM
🇱🇻LAT·2088
+8 −6 =2
16 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#20
out of 965 players
Europe
#4,098
in continent
World
#6,006
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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