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Zajakins, Artjoms
🇱🇻FIDE 11624280· Male· Latvia· Born in 2007
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Artjoms Zajakins, a 19-year-old Latvian player, is rated 2090 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +118 Elo over the past 12 months. 66 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Latvijas 2026. gada pusfinals, RSF open 2400- I posms-2026, and Jurmala Chess open-2026. Also played 20 rapid (including IV Chess Festival Cesis 2025 Rapid (and standard)) and 6 blitz events (including Mikhail Tal memorial blitz-2025) recently. He reached Latvian #42 in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #3, #3, #7, #7 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2090
Standard
Rpd2005·Blz2032
All-time high
2090
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
54
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,353 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Peak Latvian rank: #42
at age 19 · rated 2090
Jun 2026
3rd Latvian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2090
May 2026
All-time peak 2090
at age 19
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+105
1985 → 2090
Tournaments
10
57 games
Score
41/ 5771.9%
33W16D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #13 | 2120 | +9.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/6 | #1 | 2556 | +19.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #11 | 1916 | -7.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2149 | +40.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 1991 | +0.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaksims Otrohovs
🇱🇻LAT·1841
+9 −5 =7
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAivars Laizans
🇱🇻LAT·1934
+4 −12 =4
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+2 −13 =5
20 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAleksejs Adamovics
🇱🇻LAT·2160
+0 −11 =7
18 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDmitrijs Lisovskis
🇱🇻LAT·1984
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#42
out of 965 players
Europe
#11,899
in continent
World
#16,353
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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