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Platonovs, Nikolajs
CM🇱🇻FIDE 11622598· Male· Latvia· Born in 2012
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Nikolajs Platonovs, a 14-year-old Latvian Candidate Master, is rated 2240 — his current career high and ranked 79th among players worldwide under 14, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +196 Elo over the past 12 months. 57 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-U-14, and Iesildisanas Cesim 2026 Clasic. Also played 11 rapid (including V GM Sveshnikov Evgeny rapid memorial-2026) and 7 blitz events (including 6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached Latvian #23 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #71 in U14, World #28 in U12, World #92 in U10 and World #53 in U8.
Current rating
2240
Standard
Rpd2208·Blz2130
All-time high
2240
at best
May 2026 · age 14
May 2026 · age 14
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#79
#79 · players worldwide under 14 · of 20,060
Career timeline
16 entries2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 14
Jun 2026
Peak Latvian rank: #23
at age 14 · rated 2240
May 2026
71st U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2240
May 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 14
May 2026
All-time peak 2240
at age 14
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 13
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+186
2054 → 2240
Tournaments
6
48 games
Score
32.5/ 4867.7%
29W7D12L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKrzysztof JakubowskiGM2,443·6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Keres Classic Open A·R1·+35.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #158 | 2296 | +51.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 9/9 | #1 | 2560 | +56.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #5 | 1971 | -33.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/11 | #18 | 2195 | +65.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #31 | 2158 | +45.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRomans Tolmacevs
🇱🇻LAT·1987
+11 −5 =5
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsDaniel BeniosevCM
🇱🇻LAT·2005
+7 −6 =4
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+4 −12 =0
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsJegors Andrusevics
🇱🇻LAT·1946
+6 −6 =3
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJaroslavs Orlovskis
🇱🇻LAT·1893
+12 −2 =1
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#23
out of 965 players
Europe
#4,271
in continent
World
#6,240
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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